25 of History’s Biggest Automotive Flops and Failures


Photo Credit: Ford/Shutterstock

Throughout the history of the automobile, there have been some car designs that have been so baffling, so poorly conceived, that you really have to scratch your head and wonder “how the heck did that get out of the planning phase?” For your pleasure, here are twenty-five cars, in no particular order, that probably would’ve been better off as unused scrap metal.

25. Ford Pinto

Photo Credit: Custom_Cab

Let’s start off with one of the old favorites. Though, perhaps it’d be more fitting to say “start with a bang,” considering this vehicle’s fatal flaw: a poorly designed fuel tank located right behind the rear axle.

One solid impact to the back, and this thing would light up like the Fourth of July, albeit with less cheering and more screaming.


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