Worst car ever made and sold in the UK?

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For me a nomination is the Austin Allegro.

Can anyone better that?

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S1_RS said:

The Allegro was a better car than the Maestro, that was a crap car.

Well I had a Maestro 1.6L in like a skin colour with brown interior.... It was a carb not injection.

Rust was diabolical
Dash fell apart which I Vosges back together with wedges and glue...
Seat foam collapsed
Radio speakers stopped working.

I rebuilt that car mechanically totally stripped engine braking and cooling system and the engine was a gem never once broke down I simply stripped it as a learning exercise with my old man.

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M4cruiser said:

Sorry guys, you're all wrong (IMO)!!

All those mentioned so far had character, and the problems were all part of the character.

What makes a car good or bad is does it meet your expectations? The Allegro did. The Marina did (my expectations were pretty low).

No, the worst car built in UK is the Nissan Primera. I had high expectations for mine, and it did not meet them.

Wasn't the Primera 2.0ltr GT one of the best fwd saloons plus it's a BTCC winner too.
Im guessing your one was a lower model?

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Chrisw666 said:

E90 330d

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moffspeed said:

Mk 6 Escort RS2000 - probably just an averagely bad car until you add the RS prefix - an unforgiveable defamation of everything that had borne the title beforehand...

Agree with you there.

I remember the RS1600 with fondness and then of course the RS1800 (farmers special)

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Moskvich 412 certainly has to be right near the top.

How about the Daewoo Niva - Copy of the astra looked terrible
KIA Magentis - lookswise I'd say a sure winner but they do have 10year warranties in the USA so there must be hidden qualities.