What are the famous design failure cars?

[Coroplast]

What do you think is the most failed car in design? I will first say my point of view. Tribeca

[samwichse]

The original Honda Insight.

[oil pan 4]

Dmc

[jamesqf]

Originally Posted by samwichse

The original Honda Insight.

Why would you call that a failure? Still gets better mpg than just about anything out there, and mine's still going after 18 years and ~200K miles.

Compare that to say the Chevy Vega :-)

[Frank Lee]

Design in what sense?

As in styling, Edsel comes to my mind first. Then Aztek. And the bustle-trunk Seville.

One could also say "design failure" as it pertains to the mechanicals, such as Vega's horseisht aluminum bore engine and the lack of rust protection on the rest of the heap. It's such as shame as I find Vega's styling attractive.

[freebeard]

What do you think is the most failed car in design? I will first say my point of view. Tribeca

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Subaru_Tribeca

Why do you choose a Subaru? How did they sell in China?

Although not sold in Japan, North American markets received the Tribeca in 2005 for the 2006 model year,[2] and it was introduced to Australasia and Europe in late 2006.[3][4] In addition to these markets, the Tribeca was also available in Chile, Argentina, Brazil, China, and parts of Southeast Asia.

I looked at the sales in the US. 18-11K/yr untile the facelift, then sales dropped like a rock 6K-732/yr. That's a nine year run.



It does remind me of the Edsel.

But.... the most failed car in design? I'd go with the retro-classics of the mid-80s. Here's an AMC Hornet:



http://justacarguy.blogspot.com/2018...gslist-in.html

[redpoint5]

Nissan Cube. I don't care if it's practical, and that's coming from someone who's mantra is form follows function.

[wdb]

Chrysler Airflow.

[Frank Lee]

Cube actually won a Design Award of some sort GAAAAAA

[Frank Lee]

That's usually the result of chewing gum in the hair.