Did any other company fall so thoroughly on their face with a useless, ugly, low quality, dangerous product to the point of being an international laughing stock?
The Ford Pinto is infamous for bursting into flames when rear-ended.
The DeLorean would be remembered as a Detroit executives coke-fueled fever nightmare if one didn’t end up being the best movie prop of all time. Even their reputation for poor reliability makes it into the movie.
Last car this hated was the Edsel lolol, literally the historic failure that was still referenced, up until the cyberstuck took over the crown for worst piece of shit ever.
Did any other company fall so thoroughly on their face with a useless, ugly, low quality, dangerous product to the point of being an international laughing stock?
In the automotive world…
The Ford Pinto is infamous for bursting into flames when rear-ended.
The DeLorean would be remembered as a Detroit executives coke-fueled fever nightmare if one didn’t end up being the best movie prop of all time. Even their reputation for poor reliability makes it into the movie.
So … we’ve got three cars since the '50s.
Somehow that’s not what I think the person I was responding to meant by it.
Yes, 90% of companies do that. Tesla is being discussed more just because Musk-this/Musk-that celebrity shit
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Last car this hated was the Edsel lolol, literally the historic failure that was still referenced, up until the cyberstuck took over the crown for worst piece of shit ever.
And just like the Edsel there were die hard fanatics who claimed it was a “great car” with “the most advanced technology”.