Cars have advanced so quickly in the past 20 years
that it's almost hard to fathom technology has grown
ACU's and traction control has gotten better.
But there was quite a few duds.
OK, there was a lot of duds,
but out of all the cars I have driven or
seen in person,
only a few have made me truly disappointed.
But here's the rules. These are in no particular order.
I kind of dislike all these on the same level,
so don't think it's like a ranking system or anything.
The third Gen. Mitsubishi Eclipse was an enormous disappointment when
it came out in the early 2000s.
With the fish gills on the doors,
the weird headlights, the tail lights were OK,
the back of it was all right.
But the third generation Eclipse was when the Eclipse truly
started to have its fall from grace.
Going from the DSM tuner car of our generation that
rivaled big brands like Honda and Toyota,
Mitsubishi was starting to turn into,
well, the Mitsubishi we know today.
Which is lame and nobody really adopted it like a
tuner platform as much as the last ones,
the first Gen. DSM and the 2nd Gen.
DSM.
There was also no all-wheel drive model off the top
of my head,
which made it front wheel drive with a really lame
V6 up front that wasn't great to tune.
That led to the downfall to the next bubbly Eclipse,
and then of course the notorious Crossover Eclipse.
Mitsubishi did not know how to read the room on
this one,
and it's really unfortunate that the Eclipse never reached the
heights that it really deserved.
The Acura Integra. Not the old one,
the new one.
Yes, there was a four door version of the old
Integra,
but nobody really remembers that one as much.
And yes, there's going to be a type S of
the new Integra,
which honestly is a relief.
But when I think about the new Integra,
I can say when it comes to driving in the
interior,
yeah, it it's a nice car and that's kind of
what you get.
It's it's a nice car.
But I feel as though it was a missed opportunity
for something else.
And that's why I get kind of,
I don't know, worked up when I talk about the
new Integra.
Because the Civic audience is not the same as the
Integra audience,
at least in the enthusiast community.
And that was assumed since the 2 door Civic Coupe
didn't do so well in sales,
so they scrapped the idea of doing a 2 door
Coupe Integra.
But then those renderings came out from a fan and
the world went nuts and said oh man,
maybe there is hope for this.
And then we got this yellow 4 door thing.
Also the premier version of the Integra had a pretty
small engine in it which also did not come across
that great when you did a drastic style decision and
you didn't come out with say the Civic Type R
motor on the get go.
Plus, I don't think the front end is easy to
identify as an Integra.
Every single time I see a
TLX or an ILX in the distance,
I think it's the Integra coming towards me and then
I see the back of it and it's not.
I've only seen maybe two of the Integras in the
wild and that's about it.
Ah, the modern Chevy Blazer.
Man, you remember the new Blazer.
I forgot it even existed.
A legend of the SUV and off Road community
turned into basically a crossover SUV with a bunch of
fins on it for a short little story.
I was at a cars and coffee and a Chevy
representative came up to me and asked me what I
thought about the new Blazer and I literally said oh
so where is it in the show?
And it was right next to me.
I was so embarrassed, but the Blazer went to being
a Ford Bronco Rival Fighter to well,
this thing. Honestly, there's not much to be said about
it.
It's it is what it is.
It's right in front of us and it's a huge
bummer.
I can't tell you how excited I was about the
new Nissan Z.
Now I want to be absolutely clear.
I'm on the fence about it.
I'm not completely 100 print sold that I'm disappointed by
the car.
There are things about the car that I do like
the engines,
really great. The interior is a step up from the
370Z, but there are things I don't like.
I don't like that the door panel has the same
door handles as the 370 ZI.
Don't like that the traction control can't be turned completely
off
in a Nissan, which Nissan is pretty much known for
drifting.
And I know that's a weird gripe and then more
general public isn't going to care about that.
But no matter what I did,
the traction control still had some nannies.
So top of third gear going into 4th gear,
it pulled timing. It would stop me from having fun
every single time,
even after pressing the traction control button.
So there's that. And I know the
370Z, you also had to do some weird things to
do that as well,
but that's just unfortunate when the
GR86 can just do whatever you want.
That's kind of a big fat punch in the face,
but what really hurts this car is the price point.
It's just too expensive not to have a limited slip
differential standard with all of its American and Japanese competitors
do.
When they release the pricing to this car at the
press event,
I could say I was absolutely shocked.
And when they said the car was going to be
sold for under
$40,000 for the base model and they sold it for
$39,990.00, $10, OK, come on,
you know, after taxes and dealer markup,
it's not going to be pretty.
And that's for a base model.
Also, they're nearly impossible to try and buy right now.
To actually find one to order and buy is incredibly
difficult.
And that is mostly due to supply chain issues and
microchip issues,
which I understand. Not to mention,
the brand new Mark 5 Supra with the manual transmission
actually won me over.
Everything I didn't like about the original Mark 5 Supra
with the ZF transmission auto,
other than the visibility issues,
actually warmed up to the Mark 5 Supra a lot
more because it was that much more fun to drive
with all the subtle changes they did and it handles
better than the Z. So the verdict isn't completely in
for me,
but as of right now I would not buy one
for the prices they are selling for.
So the worst timing awards Subaru for getting rid of
the STI right when the GR Corolla was coming out
to try and fight it.
But I've seen this in person and unfortunately
it just doesn't do it for me and I'm very
easy to please when it comes to cars,
looks and aesthetics. The motor didn't improve a lot when
it comes to horsepower,
but it had a higher displacement.
The plastic trim on the outside just doesn't look great.
And yes, the CVT transmission in the automatic version is
actually impressive from a technological standpoint.
But overall, it's a bummer that there isn't a manual
with a better interior or the best interior.
The Chevy SSR. Man, this truck is
weird. I don't even know how to describe the
SSRI mean. On paper it sounds kind of cool,
has an LS motor with decent power,
has kind of a retro style feel to it,
but it kind of gives off PT Cruiser vibes of
that era where everybody was trying to go retro future
and they didn't have it quite figured out yet.
When I do see an SSR in the wild,
I always am shocked because I
legitimately forgot about them. The interior was not great and
these were very expensive.
The SSR was a very expensive toy mini truck at
the end of the day and they just didn't sell
very well and the looks are very divisive.
I don't really know how to feel about it.
I don't think it's a great looking truck and I
don't think it's a terrible looking truck.
What do you guys think about the SSR put in
the comment section below
the new Dodge Dart? Oh man,
when this car was coming out,
If you don't remember, Pastrana actually rallied one for a
little bit and it got me a little bit excited.
Was I upset that they took the Dart name and
slapped it on a little compact?
Not really, cuz I didn't have that much attachment to
the Dodge Dart.
However,
it wasn't a great car.
I really thought that this might be the new Dodge
Neon
SRT4 and it just never lived up to that expectation.
Along with that, I had one as a rental for
about a month when one of my cars was broken
and I can tell you it was not a great
experience.
The tires would squeal at very low mile per hour
when you took a corner and it just did not
handle great.
The interior wasn't great. It felt like a rental car,
even in upper trends, so the Dodge star kind of
disappointed that it never reached that
SRT4 legendary status.
Probably the biggest personal gripe I've ever had with a
car is the Maserati Ghibli.
This thing is a piece of
for the amount of money you buy.
In fact, I ranted about this car so much when
I drove it in Europe
that my wife had to tell me to shut up
about the car.
Yeah, I was. I was definitely being a little Snooty.
I was thinking, oh man,
I've never, you know, driven of Maserati.
Maybe I'll give it a whirl while I'm in my
first time in Europe
and it was a huge mistake.
I should have just gotten an Audi or BMW or
something.
The interior was awful. The steering wheel had no comfortable
position on it,
and when you're in high speeds on the autobahn,
you couldn't get a good grip on the steering wheel,
which made it twice as terrifying.
At the same time, the motor and transmission didn't feel
like they were always together.
The Julia, which feels very similar when it comes to
its power band,
is a way better car for a cheaper price.
It had plastic trim with like fake Chrome
logos on the dash. It was just really bad.
So those are the disappointing cars at the top of
my head.
What about you guys? What are the most disappointing cars
in your opinion that say,
have come out in the last 20 years or so?
Put it down in the comment section below.
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