Sure, they had relatively good fuel economy, but Top Gear really showed the big downside of having only one wheel in the front.

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8.) The Steering Wheel Of Death

Not actually offered as a factory option, the bullet wheel (AKA the "Steering Wheel of Death") is a nice little way to get impaled during your next fender bender.

EDIT: It turns out the Bullet Wheel was actually offered on the 1954 Cadillac Eldorado, and was a contributing factor in the loss of Sammy Davis, Jr.'s eye (h/t to Pixel).

Suggested By: Scrape, Photo Credit: Grant Steering Wheels/Wikicommons

7.) Volkswagen Beetle Flower Vase

Nothing wrong with brightening up your car, right? Except when it's a massive visual obstruction and then you put water in it for your flowers but should you be putting water into a random cubby in your car? Maybe just save it as a conveniently-located cupholder.

Suggested By: twinturbobmw N54 Twin Power Turbo FTW, Photo Credit: Sara

6.) The Digital Dashboard

It was the epitome of 80's styling, but that didn't mean it actually worked:

It looked cool when it worked, but it burned out at one point, and the speedo was never accurate. Also, it was annoying to try to figure out how many "bars" of gas I had.

Suggested By: mad.anthony, Photo Credit: Scott Shingler Photography

5.) Pop-Up Headlights

This one gets sentimental for a lot of people, so I'll just let thewisedriver01 explain the whole situation:

you shut up, pop headlights are still badass, doesn't matter if they don't work half the time

Suggested By: StewMM, Photo Credit: Jak Sie Masz

4.) Highway Hi-Fi

CDs, cassettes, even 8-track players are great in cars. So why not a record player?

Don't forget the Highway Hi-Fi, offered on 1956-1959 Chryslers. Granted, being able to play whatever music you want instead of relying on radio stations is an admirable goal, and given the size of reel to reel tape players in the era, it's not like they had many options, but this really didn't work that well at all.

The records had a fairly short useful life, since the stylus was designed to press down on them hard to prevent skipping, which then wore out the vinyl in short order. Even with that, a good pothole would still cause a skip, and of course, the record design was proprietary, which meant the range of titles offered was always limited.

Suggested By: ranwhenparked, Photo Credit: Chrysler

3.) Automatic Seat Belts

Getting everyone to wear seat belts is a noble goal, and is to be commended. Doing it by way of late-70's animatronics is not. The belts offered less protection, could potentially fail in an impact that opened the door, flinging occupants out of the vehicle, and were just generally not as good as three-point belts in many, many ways, as friend of Jalopnik Patrick Frawley noted.

Suggested By: Patrick Frawley, Photo Credit: Wikicommons

2.) Dog Sack

Dogs love sticking their heads out the window, right? So why not let them stick their whole bodies out the window in a Dog Sack? Seriously, Mitt Romney wants to know.

Suggested By: I hoon, therefore I am, Photo Credit: Popular Mechanics, 1935

1.) In-Car Mini Bar

Standard on the 1957 Cadillac Eldorado Brougham, the shot glasses were magnetized on the bottom so they wouldn't tip over from your inevitably woozy driving. I know this is supposed to be ideas that seemed good but actually weren't, but Cadillac: WHY WAS THIS EVER A GOOD IDEA?

Suggested By: 472CID, Photo Credit: Cadillac

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