These Are The Worst Convertibles Ever Made

I am a lover of all convertibles; I firmly believe that chopping the roof off of a car transforms it into something special. But not all convertibles are made equal, so earlier this week we asked you to share what you think are the worst convertibles ever made. Being the worst anything is quite a feat, but turning a car into a convertible is no small task, so if you’re a manufacturer seeing this and you feel hurt, just remember you did your best. Or at least we hope you did.

I even like most of the convertibles that y’all crucified on this list, but these are your answers for the worst convertibles ever made.

Please don’t make me explain why the Nissan Murano CrossCabriolet needs to be at the top, or near the top of this list.

Submitted by - ffoc02

The Geo Metro. Already a terrible car, made even worse with a convertible version. Why ?

Submitted by - Da Car Guru

I want to say Chrysler PT, but as I look at photos to add... I might be wrong. Is it the precursor to the Murano convertible, or a cheeky runabout?

Submitted by - PostOMatic2000 

I’m going to catch crap for this but, whatever. The Gallardo Spyder is cheap-looking. Top up, it looks like aftermarket hack job. Top down it looks like a cheap knock-off toy. I also can’t help but believe that they’re driven by insufferable, middle-age-crisis guys, with “more than Corvette” money.

Submitted by - JohnnyWasASchoolBoy

The boomerest boomer mobile that every boomered. Retro styling of the early 00's, but with that added bubbliness of something that was swollen from a bee sting. Bad at being a truck, bad at being a car, bad at being a convertible.

Submitted by - klone121

Dodge 400, there were worse but this one is so bad it is hard to remember. My memory says something about this was the restart of American convertibles in 1982 after a 6?? years lack of American convertibles???

Submitted by - 4jim

Before the pitchforks start coming my way, let me explain...

It should have just been sold as a “Topless Car” or Spyder. The afterthought cloth top and plastic side windows is just terrible. Not to mention, there’s no external door handles, so if the top is in place properly and secured, you can’t open the door from the outside.

It also wasn’t the easiest thing to put together. So, Dodge had to make an instructional video for owners:

Submitted by - Knyte

The Triumph Stag, which is actually a bad car that just happens to be a convertible.

The Stag was powered by a poorly designed 2.5L V-8 engine with multiple design flaws, including insufficient cooling for the American market. The Stag also suffered from poor overall build quality, among other issues.

Add to that, the top was a complicated hybrid of T-top, Targa and soft-top convertible, with side window frames that stayed in place when the windows were rolled down.

Submitted by - Earthbound Misfit I

Yugo convertible, hands-down. Because you don’t even get the heated rear window to keep your hands warm ...

Submitted by - (Confirm it really sold) jrhmobile

If there’s anything worse than a Lada Samara Cabriolet, I’d be interested to hear about it.

Submitted by - BonaContention

Just... why?

Submitted by - 802carguy

It’s an oldie, but I’ll offer the 1987 Cadillac Allante.

Sure it’s pretty, but with a MRSP of $54,700 ($148,507 in 2024 dollars) you’d at least expect a power top. I mean, Pontiac’s 1987 Sunfire SE Convertible had a power top and its MRSP was only $13,799.

Submitted by - GoPadge 

Before y’all go ahead and forget about this car, let me just help you remember the Buick Cascada: Objectively speaking it’s a handsome looking car. I happen to think it looks great whether or not the top is up or down. But if the main draw for the car was to attract potential Buick buyers to the dealer and drop their hard-earned money on a slightly less boring crossover, then the Cascada being a showroom piece already says all you need to know about it. I could forgive the car if they shipped it with at least the right amount of power to punt it here and there semi-briskly, but when you weigh in at 2 tons and all you get is 200 horsepower from a turbocharged I4, I wouldn’t be surprised if a sumo wrestler is running the quarter mile faster than you.

This is really just Sebring Pt. 2, but the fact that there was a sequel means someone didn’t learn from that mistake. So I really think this is worse.

Submitted by - Lil Xanos

My vote goes to the Dodge Dakota convertible: Just look at it... it’s stupid. And it was only offered a short time (1989-1991) because it flopped HARD in the market:

From AllPar: “In 1989, Dodge sold 2,842 Dakota convertibles, but that apparently saturated the market; just 909 were made in 1990 and eight in 1991, made to fulfill the contract with ASC. The convertibles came in 4x2 and 4x4 varieties, with standard five-speed manual transmission, fog lamps, padded rollbar, velour seats, power windows and locks, rear anti-lock brakes, full gauge package, 3.9 V-6, tilt wheel, and cruise control. Air conditioning and an automatic transmission were the only options.”

Plus, the Dakota Convertible engine sucked ass... the 3.9L V6 only made 125HP.

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The Renault Alliance Convertible with an automatic after just two or three Michigan winters...

Submitted by - DavidHH