Car malfunctions from 1983 to the present
5 cars we can’t miss
Some cars shy away from others – and we could have said from the start that they don’t have a great future: five failures by Alfa, Mercedes, Peugeot, Saab and VW.
Alfa Romeo Arna: The worst of both worlds
After the King of Rust, this car nail in the coffin of bankruptcy finally propelled the Alpha into the arms of Fiat. Who knows, maybe Italian design and Japanese quality will succeed? But please not the other way around! The Arna was the Japanese Nissan Sunny compact car, poorly assembled in southern Italy. After just three years without buyers, it was 1986 with the Alfa Romeo Nissan Automobili, showing us for a while.
Mercedes Vaneo: There have never been less stars
Mercedes may have not only mastered the “moose test” debacle of its first A-Class well, but very well – and thought it could sell everything with a star on it: The Vaneo was supposed to pay tribute to the compact truck boom, but it was only above the A-Class. A-. Unfortunately without their quality or comfort, but they are sold at real Mercedes prices. In the fourth year, the Swabians were ashamed and discontinued Vaneo in 2005.
Peugeot 1007: sliding door out
The idea was good, but the car wasn’t: The electric sliding doors in the 3.73-square-meter van save less space in the garage than expected, open too slowly and make the car heavy, making it untidy, limp, very thirsty – and expensive Extremely. Only in the fifth year the planned annual production was sold and in 2009 it ended. It’s still a shame, because such failures often cost you the courage to try something new.
Saab 9-2X: At least be ashamed of yourself
Impreza with Saab logo! We could have argued in 2004 that Saab’s mother, GM, didn’t help the misunderstanding, and thus a Swedish subsidiary suffered by dumping it with the then-rural Impreza from GM partner Subaru, in order to sell it in the US as a stylish Saab. On the contrary: after two years it is over. At the same time, the 9-7X, a Chevy Trailblazer with the Saab logo, flipped.
Volkswagen Beetle: Thank you, that’s enough
In the summer of 2019, this chubby King of Baroque’s second generation is gone — well, the design is a matter of taste, but we won’t pass it up: The Beetle has been sold in two versions since 2011, and they range from mild (Europe) to fine (America), but golf has a Flower vase in the cockpit, reproduction remained just a tired tradition, especially in the first generation (photo) – and it takes our hope that the Beetle will return as coherent as the Fiat 500 or Mini.
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