Re: Automotive History: The 10 Most Embarrassing Award Winners

[Bill Watson <wwatson6@xxxxxxx>]

Actually, both the K car and the Aspen/Volare were Motor Trend's Car of the 
Year, 1981 and 1976, respectively.  I suspect the reason neither were panned 
by Car and Driver is the fact for all the negative comments both models have 
received over the years, they have proven to be durable vehicles.

How many X-cars, Mustang IIs and Vegas (and clones) do you see on the road 
these days?  Not enough to say "a few".  Reliants, Aries, Volares and 
Aspens, though, are another story.

They may not be good looking cars and had the usual 1970's/1980's fit and 
finish problems, but unlike their GM/Ford compatriots, they held together. 
The Aspen/Volare was last built in 1989 (Diplomat, Gran Fury, Caravelle, 
Fifth Avenue), the last year also for the Reliant and Aries.


Bill
Vancouver, BC



----- Original Message ----- 
From: <bt6t4@xxxxxxxxx>
To: <1962to1965mopars@xxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Monday, January 26, 2009 10:13 AM
Subject: Re: Automotive History: The 10 Most Embarrassing Award Winners


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That's only because the K car and Volare/Aspen weren't cars of the year. 
However,it was great to see Ford and GM dominate the list!

George


--- On Mon, 1/26/09, Douglas Sutherland <pluckedchickens@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> From: Douglas Sutherland <pluckedchickens@xxxxxxxxxxx>
> Subject: Automotive History: The 10 Most Embarrassing Award Winners
> To: 1962to1965mopars@xxxxxxxxxx
> Date: Monday, January 26, 2009, 8:05 AM
> GM and Ford win an award (see link below)!
>
> Interesting, not a single Chrysler.
>
>
> http://autos.yahoo.com/articles/autos_content_landing_pages/846/dishonorable-mention-the-10-most-embarrassing-award-winners-in-automotive-history
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