Apologies up front. This QOTD percolated from one of yesterday's threads, and damned if I can't find it today. (UPDATE: It was from the mighty Snapoversteer.) Part two of embarrassment week. What car would you hate to be killed in?
There are a few ways to approach this question, and extreme embarrassment is only one angle. I happen to love shitboxes, so if that's what it's going to be, I'll have to go with the ultimate shitbox. A car of such poor quality that I'm embarrassed for its entire supply chain. Was everyone drunk in the 1970s? Perhaps, and here's exhibit A: The Plymouth Volare, a car that sullied the name of the company that once built the bulletproof slant-six Duster. Second place is its corporate sister, the Dodge Aspen, a car named after the very thing it should have been crushed against instead of being sold to a single customer. What say you?
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