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Weird Cars
Subaru 360 (North American version) (1968–70)
As the Subaru 360 was successful in its native country of Japan, in 1968 it was imported to America by entrepreneur Malcolm Bricklin, who found that he could import them for little cost because they were light enough to be exempt from US automotive safety standards. The first Subaru model sold in America, the 360 had a MSRP of $1,297 and was marketed with the slogan "Cheap and ugly does it!" The 360 ended up being a critically panned commercial failure in North America. Car and Driver, in a period review, called it one of the ugliest cars in history and "the most bulbous bubble ever to putt-putt
Reliant Robin/Rialto (1973–2002)
The Reliant Robin is a three-wheeled small car. It is the perhaps best-known and most infamous product of the British three-wheeled car industry that was very successful from the 1950s until the 1980s; mainly due to British tax loopholes that allowed three-wheeled cars to be taxed as motorcycles and be driven with a motorcycle licence. The Robin enjoyed sales success throughout its lifetime and has a special place in British culture. Its name was so popular that its 1982 successor, the Reliant Rialto, was renamed Robin again in 1989, thus making the Robin name live on for another thirteen years and even making it see the new millennium until production finally came to a halt in 2002.
As the Subaru 360 was successful in its native country of Japan, in 1968 it was imported to America by entrepreneur Malcolm Bricklin, who found that he could import them for little cost because they were light enough to be exempt from US automotive safety standards. The first Subaru model sold in America, the 360 had a MSRP of $1,297 and was marketed with the slogan "Cheap and ugly does it!" The 360 ended up being a critically panned commercial failure in North America. Car and Driver, in a period review, called it one of the ugliest cars in history and "the most bulbous bubble ever to putt-puttReliant Robin/Rialto (1973–2002)
The Reliant Robin is a three-wheeled small car. It is the perhaps best-known and most infamous product of the British three-wheeled car industry that was very successful from the 1950s until the 1980s; mainly due to British tax loopholes that allowed three-wheeled cars to be taxed as motorcycles and be driven with a motorcycle licence. The Robin enjoyed sales success throughout its lifetime and has a special place in British culture. Its name was so popular that its 1982 successor, the Reliant Rialto, was renamed Robin again in 1989, thus making the Robin name live on for another thirteen years and even making it see the new millennium until production finally came to a halt in 2002.
AMC Pacer (1975–80)
Intended to be a radical new concept, as well as being the first automobile to use cab forward design, the AMC Pacer's odd styling has also been criticized. A 2007 survey conducted of its clients by the Hagerty Insurance Agency named the Pacer the worst car design of all time. including it in Time magazine's "50 Worst Cars of All Time", Dan Neil described the Pacer as a "glassine bolus of dorkiness" and that "in the summer, it was like being an ant under a mean kid’s magnifying glass. The air conditioning was non-existent. You could actually see fumes of volatile petrochemicals out-gassing from the plastic dash.
I hoped you liked this post and as always have a chilled day from the viking.
Intended to be a radical new concept, as well as being the first automobile to use cab forward design, the AMC Pacer's odd styling has also been criticized. A 2007 survey conducted of its clients by the Hagerty Insurance Agency named the Pacer the worst car design of all time. including it in Time magazine's "50 Worst Cars of All Time", Dan Neil described the Pacer as a "glassine bolus of dorkiness" and that "in the summer, it was like being an ant under a mean kid’s magnifying glass. The air conditioning was non-existent. You could actually see fumes of volatile petrochemicals out-gassing from the plastic dash.I hoped you liked this post and as always have a chilled day from the viking.
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