Savour the awfulness part 3

[ford_fanatic]

Oh dear, look at what has been voted the European car of the year!

http://www.caroftheyear.org/imagenes/COTY2006/clio.jpg

Ladies and gentlemen, I give you the new overweight Renault Clio... Coming your way soon, lying broken down at the side of your road.

[ballsie]

Oi!

Less of it blue oval man.

The new clio is a cracker, as if the old one wasn't a peach. :D

[ford_fanatic]

Lets be honest though ballsie, it will be pretty bad for reliability. Renault, Peugeot and Citroen are all doing disasterously at the moment for reliability!

I saw a 55 plate C4 at the side of the M8 last night, with an AA van behind it, with the guy poking about under the bonnet. Shame really, cause I have to admit, the C4, particularly the 3-door, is really nice looking! But still a Citroen at the end of the day :(

[frickinevilpaint]

I think this award should be renamed 'Quite likely to be a duff car award' Going through past winners only a few crop up that are fondly remembered. Even the few 'classics' in there hardly are memorable for desireability or reliability these days. Yes there are a few that lasted well and served many as good cars but when they pass on to the scrap yard few will miss them!

Not bad at the time i'm sure!
http://www.caroftheyear.org/imagenes/Previous/rover2000.jpg

Oh dear!
http://www.caroftheyear.org/imagenes/Previous/austin_1800.jpg

The following year the french unleashed a response!
http://www.caroftheyear.org/imagenes/Previous/renault_16.jpg

And then a car that is remembered for being the most successful lada ever
http://www.caroftheyear.org/imagenes/Previous/fiat_324.jpg

Lovely car but now history!
http://www.caroftheyear.org/imagenes/Previous/nsvr080.jpg

Something makes me thing this award it too favourable to french folly!
http://www.caroftheyear.org/imagenes/Previous/peugeot_504.jpg

Only time I have ever seen one it was being driven over by a moster truck - in France. So even they must have regretted voting for it!
http://www.caroftheyear.org/imagenes/Previous/fiat_128.jpg

More dubious french nonsense!
http://www.caroftheyear.org/imagenes/Previous/gsclub.jpg[img]

And the Italians return with another gem.
http://www.caroftheyear.org/imagenes/Previous/fiat_127.jpg[img]

[frickinevilpaint]

Here is some more, I cant seem to delete the posts that have not gone to planned! Sorry.

Hard to comprehend the change in Audi's from back then to the present day. They used to he hideous! This must be the 70's TT equivilent.
http://www.caroftheyear.org/imagenes/Previous/audi_80_1973.jpg

And Citreon return with another waterbed rustbucket!
http://www.caroftheyear.org/imagenes/Previous/citroen_cx.jpg

This was also monster truck fodder!
http://www.caroftheyear.org/imagenes/Previous/simca_1307_s.jpg

A nice design by Rover. Spoiled by BL manufacturing!
http://www.caroftheyear.org/imagenes/Previous/rover_3_5.jpg

Oh yeah! I'l have mine biege please. Helps hide the rust!
http://www.caroftheyear.org/imagenes/Previous/talbot_horizon_gls.jpg

I am a big Lancia Fan and this was a cracking car at the time but how many 80's Deltas do you see now? And this was awarded 10 years before they made the Integrale version!
http://www.caroftheyear.org/imagenes/Previous/lancia.jpg

Good honest transport but only had the Fiat Panda and Austin Metro in competetion that year!!
http://www.caroftheyear.org/imagenes/Previous/scort_xr3.jpg

The French have got this rigged I say!!
http://www.caroftheyear.org/imagenes/Previous/r_9.jpg

Another Audi. Solid car but oh so ugly!
http://www.caroftheyear.org/imagenes/Previous/audi_100_82.jpg

Should be banned.
http://www.caroftheyear.org/imagenes/Previous/uno.jpg

I high percentage of Mini Cab drivers voted that year!
http://www.caroftheyear.org/imagenes/Previous/kadett.jpg

Unsurprisingly this beat the Lancia Y10 - the competition that year!
http://www.caroftheyear.org/imagenes/Previous/scorpio.jpg

I had one of these parked infront of my house for a year. Cats loved doing the toilet on it!
http://www.caroftheyear.org/imagenes/Previous/opel_omega.jpg

But nobody and nothing loved these!
http://www.caroftheyear.org/imagenes/Previous/fiat_tipo.jpg

The French really thing they can teach the rest a thing about cars. Yep, depriciation, poor sales, unreliability, uglyness - They wrote the book!
http://www.caroftheyear.org/imagenes/Previous/citroen_xm.jpg

After 1991 the cars are just boring!
I know you will all call me a snob and yes there were some cars I missed but they were no means any good. And no, A BMW has never won this award!

Because of this I think we should try to get this award renamed the Savour the Awfulness award!

[ford_fanatic]

BRILLIANT!

I second that

"Savour the awfulness" award

Although, some of the winners in there were ok. The Fords obviously. But oh dear the Renault 19 saloon :? :? :? a Car of the Year award winner, com'on!

[Big Bruce]

I saw a 55 plate C4 at the side of the M8 last night, with an AA van behind it, with the guy poking about under the bonnet. Shame really, cause I have to admit, the C4, particularly the 3-door, is really nice looking! But still a Citroen at the end of the day :(

A 3-door C4...05 driver here!

Fingers crossed there isnt too much of that!