Most Overrated Cars of all Time. 725

Not really elevated to the level of Deity, but overrated nonetheless-

The VW Golf. Zzzzzzzzzz! I'll never understand why people pay loads of money for them secondhand when there are equally as reliable cars out there for far less money. I'd rather have a Focus for less than two thirds the money on the used market, and I have!

The Ford Escort. At their peak everyone and his wife had one or so it seemed, and they fetched quite surprising money secondhand back in the 80s, despite them being utter, utter pooe and dull to look at and drive. Ford surely knew the MKIII had issues with, amongst other things, the battery tray rotting and leaking water into the pbuttenger footwell, but they continued with the same bendy, pee weak chbuttis for the MKIV. The MK1 had something about it, the rest were junk IMO.

The Ford Fiesta. The automatic choice for anyone with no imagination wanting a hatch, and they only became a really nice little car when the MK VI came out. Early base models had rubber 'carpets', a foot operated washer pump, no brake servo and a trim less luxurious than a Honduran prison cell, yet they sold like hotcakes. Baffling.

The Subaru Impreza. Boy racer chavmobile which looks like poo IMO. If I wanted a quickish car it would be bottom of my list. I'm buttured they're nice motors technically, but IMO their image has been destroyed by some of the knobends who drive them and 'customise' them. Not all of course, but enough to tarnish its reputation. Many of their owners' dads probably had Cortinas with full body kit, 9ft long fibreglbutt aerials, furry dashboards and 'Keith and Shaz' tint strips on the windscreen.

Dave