Eric Henkel
The Worst Car Ever
I have chosen the 1974 Ford Mustang II as the worst car ever. There are many reasons why the 1974 Ford Mustang II is the worst car ever but I believe that the number one reason why is because its almost exactly like the ford pinto. The ford pinto actually was second on my list of worst cars ever made because they both were small compact heavy cars with tiny engines and transmission problems left and right. Its specs were 3-door coupe body typeRWD (rear-wheel drive), manual 4-speed gearboxpetrol (gasoline) engine with displacement: 2792 cm3 / 170.4 cui, advertised power: 78 kW / 105 hp / 106 PS (SAE net), Torque net: 190 Nm / 140 lb-ftcharacteristic dimensions: outside length: 4445 mm / 175 in, wheelbase: 2443 mm / 96.2 inreference weights: shipping weight 1263 kg / 2785 lbs base curb weight: 1308 kg / 2883 lbshow fast is this car? Top speed: 163 km/h (101 mph) (theoretical);accelerations: 0- 60 mph 11.4 s; 0- 100 km/h 12.2 s (a-c simulation); 1/4 mile drag time (402 m) 18.3 s (a-c simulation)fuel consumption and mileage: average estimated by a-c: 12.9 l/100km / 21.9 mpg (imp.) / 18.2 mpg (U.S.) / 7.7 km/l. I mean really 11.4 seconds just to get to 60 is sad for a supposed muscle car by ford. Also what’s with the 105 to 106 hp that’s so tiny also the pound per torque is horrible. But with the Ford Mustang II, Ford was basically saying to their customers: "You stupid fools will buy anything with a Mustang badge on it because you're stupid middle class people” Or something like that. Here's how it happened: the Mustang, since it's inception in 1964, gradually changed from a hard-edged, uncomplicated and rowdy sports car, to a tubby middle-weight also-ran. When the first OPEC oil crisis came around, having a gas-slurping V8 car became about as desirable as a pork chop in a mosque. Mustang fans had been whining about the gradually increasing girth of the Mustang for a while, so Ford CEO Lee Iaccoca (yeah, that Iaccoca) proclaimed that the 1974 Mustang was to be smaller, trimmer and lighter. The original plan was to base the new Mustang on the Ford Maverick, which was about the size of the original chassis the Mustang, sat on - the Falcon - but with the massive spike in gas prices, Ford decided
