The worlds worst RWD cars

[thinfourth2]

Seeing the RWD isn't always best lets have a list of truely dreadful RWD cars

Lets start with the Classic SSanyong Rodious

Anymore terrible RWD cars

[kambites]

Well since forty years ago, just about everything was RWD, I'd imagine a large number of cars made then were pretty dire.

[v8will]

MX5

335D (mapped)

Seems to cover 99% of threads posted on PH

[HellDiver]

Hyundai Stellar (recycled Cortina).

[thinfourth2]

HellDiver said:

Hyundai Stellar (recycled Cortina).

Hmmm nice

[Alfanatic]

AMC Pacer
Chevy Corvair

The Datsun Laurel I drove once wasn't very nice either.

[cptsideways]

Morris Marina's

[RobM77]

Funny how some people confuse the statement "I'll only buy RWD cars" with "RWD makes any car good"... This thread was no doubt started to prove that some crap RWD cars have existed and appease people who mistakenly think that. However, as Kambites eloquently points out, obviously some crap RWD cars have existed because up until a few decades ago, almost all cars were RWD!!

[WeirdNeville]

Volvo 340 GL

Woeful steering, cart springs, vague at speed (a heady 90mph if you're lucky) underpowered, crap interior, no handling to speak of... The list goes on.

[ShadownINja]

RobM77 said:

Funny how some people confuse the statement "I'll only buy RWD cars" with "RWD makes any car good"... This thread was no doubt started to prove that some crap RWD cars have existed and appease people who mistakenly think that. However, as Kambites eloquently points out, obviously some crap RWD cars have existed because up until a few decades ago, almost all cars were RWD!!

And then we have to define what makes a car bad. And when people say "it handles badly!" we have to ask "what does handling badly mean?".

[IforB]

ShadownINja said:

RobM77 said:

Funny how some people confuse the statement "I'll only buy RWD cars" with "RWD makes any car good"... This thread was no doubt started to prove that some crap RWD cars have existed and appease people who mistakenly think that. However, as Kambites eloquently points out, obviously some crap RWD cars have existed because up until a few decades ago, almost all cars were RWD!!

And then we have to define what makes a car bad. And when people say "it handles badly!" we have to ask "what does handling badly mean?".

Yep, it's the old "how long is a piece of string" thing. We all want something different from a car and we all like different things as a driver. I like a car that communicates with me. My wife wants a car that insulates her from the road.

One horror of a RWD car illustrates this, the old Volvo 740/940 etc. As a tool for moving lots of stuff and people around they're brilliant. As a car for driving pleasure, they're horrific.

[Monty Python]

v8will said:

MX5

335D (mapped)

Seems to cover 99% of threads posted on PH

Why a mapped 335D?

[angusc43]

Morris Minor
Morris Marina
VW Beetle
Escort (expect the odd competition variant)
Cortina
Capri
Viva (except, maybe Firenza Droop Snoot)

etc etc

(so pretty much any mainstream 60's or 70's effort)

[rehab71]

Monty Python said:

v8will said:

MX5

335D (mapped)

Seems to cover 99% of threads posted on PH

Why a mapped 335D?

Use the search button at the top!

[Monty Python]

Sounds to me it's the owners, not the car..

[Ash333]

Lincoln Towncar

[Monty Python]

Ford Pinto (the one that liked to catch fire when rear-ended)

[ShadownINja]

IforB said:

One horror of a RWD car illustrates this, the old Volvo 740/940 etc. As a tool for moving lots of stuff and people around they're brilliant. As a car for driving pleasure, they're horrific.

Define driving pleasure.

[IforB]

ShadownINja said:

IforB said:

One horror of a RWD car illustrates this, the old Volvo 740/940 etc. As a tool for moving lots of stuff and people around they're brilliant. As a car for driving pleasure, they're horrific.

Define driving pleasure.

[12gauge]

HellDiver said:

Hyundai Stellar (recycled Cortina).

Is it really?

People always says its a cortina, doesnt look anything like a cortina to me.