Worst Car Manufactorers on the road

**ttktom** · 01-25-2005, 03:29 AM

which would you say is the worst Car Manufactorer on the road at the moment.
I would say Proton, Lada

it was Kia, Hyundai and Daewoo but they all have improved alot over the last 3-4 years.

**Neil Nicholls** · 01-25-2005, 04:08 AM

why pick on manufacturers of cheap cars?

why not TVR?
expensive cars that continually break down.

**Neil Nicholls** · 01-25-2005, 04:19 AM

Or Citroen, Peugeot, Renault, don't get me started...

...
are we looking for the worst car maker, or the maker of the worst car?

**wilfredlgf** · 01-25-2005, 08:10 AM

Pretty interesting to see that your list are all European brands. Is it really that bad?

**Neil Nicholls** · 01-25-2005, 08:17 AM

Originally Posted by wilfredlgf

Pretty interesting to see that your list are all European brands. Is it really that bad?

they're a bit more specific than that...
but that's my prejudice rather than objectivity.

**wilfredlgf** · 01-25-2005, 08:19 AM

Ah, specific. I get where you're getting there.

**ttktom** · 01-25-2005, 08:29 AM

i'm not picking on proton because they are cheap i mean look at the new proton GEN 2 it got 1/5. Need i say more and that is off several car mags. Renault, Peugeot are far better.

**ttktom** · 01-25-2005, 08:33 AM

we've owned loads of French cars in the past and they have all been totally reliable. we had a 2000 Peugeot 406 HDI with 130,000 Miles totally reliable. 2001 Renault Scenic Totally Reliable

**Neil Nicholls** · 01-25-2005, 08:44 AM

Originally Posted by ttktom

...and that is off several car mags.

but you wanted to know what I would say

You didn't expect us to agree did you

and wasn't Mercedes at the bottom of the JDPower survey...
blimey, wait till cooler joins in

**ttktom** · 01-25-2005, 09:24 AM

opps lol i think i've started something here

**wilfredlgf** · 01-25-2005, 09:47 AM

It's nothing new, ttkom. Even back here in M'sia there's been much of a headache for owners of the Gen.2. My colleague who bought one had had his engine stalled (lost of power/functionality) three times in the past 3 months.

I guess it'll really take time before they really improve here.

Thus most people would still buy the Wira, Waja or Iswara instead. Not sure what their names are in the UK though.

**tcstay** · 01-25-2005, 10:46 AM

i think the name Proton is still the same in England...
coz i saw it being the sponsor for Norwich City football team...
and oh gosh, would that spell doom for the Canaries?

**other** · 01-25-2005, 11:35 AM

Originally Posted by tcstay

i think the name Proton is still the same in England...
coz i saw it being the sponsor for Norwich City football team...
and oh gosh, would that spell doom for the Canaries?

only if the team bus is a proton, and the breakdown on the way to away games

**silentheart** · 01-25-2005, 12:26 PM

Originally Posted by other

only if the team bus is a proton, and the breakdown on the way to away games

Check out this site. It is enough to make you head spin.

http://subscribers.wardsauto.com/fil...ationships.htm

**acwong** · 01-25-2005, 12:59 PM

Ford, GM...any american cars. Cheap but very unreliable.

**Dill** · 01-25-2005, 01:43 PM

Indeed Neil, wait till Cooler finds this one.

Agree with TVR but what about Lotus?

Lot's Of Trouble, Usually Serious.

**cooler** · 01-25-2005, 02:26 PM

*chuckles*, you guys are too much

I think i've said quite enough on cars already

and won't be bashing people heads on the spot, if i can help it.

Every brands of auto has its lemons. Some worst ones improves while some good ones slides so it is hard to say which car maker is worst(or the best). You have to give time and price range. The questioner should refer to the sticky thread of how to ask question. It's no different from asking which brand of racket is the best or the worst.