Maybe I mixed up with the Subaru Justy but I am quite sure that it was an AWD Swift…
Too long ago.
Well, take a late 80s small car, put a bulky and rusty sedan body on it and hmmm, then you have a shit car, I guess.
Of course there are worse vehicles and I do not want to say that the Geo has zero good points, cars in that price range can’t be the best ones.
Chevrolet Sonic. Nobody Liked the Aveo, so, Maybe you’ll like it better with a different name?
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Its actually called the aveo in yurop.
But yeah, fairly sure the name change was because of the crappy reputation the aveo got in the us.
“The Chevrolet Sonic, the car that can’t go as fast as it’s name says.”
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I feel your Audi torture, my old b5 A4 was the same way. They even bury the fucking lightbulbs under 100kgs of crap! That was the one biggest complaint of that car.
Smart Fortwo
Just wait until the cuteness phase wears off, then take note of the disappointing fuel economy for it’s size.
Shelby GLH-S
Bringing frowns to Mustang owners since '86.
Also, keep a hand on that wheel when the turbo kicks in or a ditch will be your friend.
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Honda S800: If you do not want a motorbike, but you actually want a motorbike.
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That should be: When you want a motorcycle but your wife will not allow it.
Mercedes W220: The worst “Best Car Of The World”.
No joke, I got that car because some friends told me I need such a status-symbol because I was starting a lawyer career, but after a short time it was completely rusty, having rust on the trunklid so that the star fell off, after I closed it roughly! Rust was also starting in the middle of the roof! And well, the automatic climate control never worked (it actually worked perfectly, but I could not turn it off!) and the Comand always re-started when it was the worst time for it (in a roundabout or right before road blocks). But to say sth good about it, I like the rather understatement design and it drove very, very smooth and it was not the drunkard you expect (if driven without kickdown).
A little later I drove a facelifted S350, and that car was a complete different one from the quality point of view. As I am a sales representative now, and I am doing a 100 000 km per year on the Autobahn, one of the last S 320 CDI could be my choice again.
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The Lexus RX: Nothing says “I’d like to see your manager” better than owning one of these
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Let’s get this thread going again
Audi Quattro, an awesome classic until you lift open the hood for a repair
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Mercedes, some of the finest German engineering there is to be had.
Unfortunately when you need to pop the hood, there is a very German price tag that comes with fixing it.
Trabant, another fine example of German engineering.
Oh, did I forget to mention East German engineering?
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The Trabant was a rather interesting case of much improvisation and, in the end, neglection.
Soviet steel sheets were too low quality to make into panels reliably, so the panels were instead made of a plastic compound, recycled from what few was available!
The engine was, relatively, powerful, economical, and very reliable for its time. It wasn’t, however, updated or replaced. It couldn’t. Engineers said YES! Four-strokes, coming in! Wankel’s rotary engine design, let’s try that one out! Look at all these modern prototypes and concepts we made!
The soviets said NIET, we don’t want GDR to ubermacht the rest of great bloc. Stick with your stinky two-strokes, comrades!
So GDR government called that playtime ist over. An update would’ve put ze people who already have an older modell to be stuck at a dis-advantage! Ze equality would be risked! Don’t mind ze Wartburg…
As such, the car design and technology got stuck in the early 60s.
Though, the Trabant was one of the earliest to use an FF drivetrain!
Hyundai Ioniq: Because it is the (hybrid) electric car the world deserves, but not the electric car it needs.
Why? Seriously, out of most electric and hybrid cars currently out there, this one seems the most down-to-earth, affordable with nice warranty including the battery, and with decent range! Yet, the all electric version still seems packed with gizmos one wouldn’t exactly need, which may push the price again… If I had the cash to buy a new car, I’d buy it, maybe the basic hybrid version, which doesn’t come with a CVT, if that would be an issue.
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I find it amusing that the Trabant never had a fuel gauge. You had to check the fuel with a dipstick. I guess a sending unit is considered theft among the proletariat.
Hey, fuel gauges cost money 
Does anybody know what Hyundai CVTs are like? I see a lot of trims come with it.
East german engineering is truely perfection, They needed to make a car so they make a car. what does a car do? It moves! But that wasn’t enough for them, they wanted a luxury car so they called it the deluxe and decided to add some wild and crazy comfort and safety features such as doors so you dont fall out of the car when pulling a quarter of a G around a corner and yes even windows so you can see the glory of all the other Trabbys on the autobahn at the roaring speed of 50mph without the wind in your eyes. As for them sticking with the same 2-stroke 2 banger and not changing anything I feel actually adds to a charm… but I kind of have a fondness for old commie cars 
hard not to love the little old steel and plastic deathtraps with all their simplicity and basicness unlike anything you can get over here
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