Is the 1986 Hyundai Excel the worst car ever sold in america?

[Ed MOTHERFUCKING G]

this was such a piece of shyt their core value proposition is that it was so cheap that you could buy two.

The 3 door () version was $5000. The 4 door was $6500.

The Excel was, of course, only the earliest Hyundai (and the first Korean car of any kind) in the USA. The company tested the waters in Canada with two older designs, the Ford Cortina-based Stellar and its own creation, the Mk1 Pony, for a few years before making the leap into the similar, but much larger, U.S. market in early 1986.

When it did finally jump in, it was rewarded with chart-busting sales in its freshman outing. Nearly 169,000 Excels were sold that first year despite the fact that Hyundai only had dealers in 31 states.

people BOUGHT this car. Surprising sales numbers. It looks like and was basically sold as 'the car you give your daughter to drive to school'

other candidates: the 90s plymouth neon

the AMC Gremlin

 

[Rice N Beans]

Late 90s Cavalier is the worst thing I've been a passenger in. Nothing redeeming about it.

 

[Wig Twistin Season]

The car exploded during rear impact.

 

[⠀X ⠀]

 

[Hoodoo Child]

PT Cruiser

 

[jdubnyce]

What yall know about this though

 

[LezJepzin]

Close thread.

Family in my neighborhood had two of these

 

[Canada Goose]

Geo Metro convertible

How swagless you gotta be to drive something like this

 

[General Mills]

My granddad had a Hyundai Excel as his beater car back in the day. It was a piece of shyt


When it ran it sounded like a lawn mower

 

[TRUEST]

Those pictures are downright offensive

 

[Alvin]

gremlin or pinto, one of those if you rear end it will explode, gremlin had the V8 though.

 

[Alvin]

Geo Metro convertible

How swagless you gotta be to drive something like this

people need a cheap car tbh, 80s-90s were great for that. That being said these had to be the ugliest POS on the road.

 

[jadillac]

this was such a piece of shyt their core value proposition is that it was so cheap that you could buy two.

The 3 door () version was $5000. The 4 door was $6500.

people BOUGHT this car. Surprising sales numbers. It looks like and was basically sold as 'the car you give your daughter to drive to school'

other candidates: the 90s plymouth neon

the AMC Gremlin

My mom bought this car, I was a little kid at the time. Nary a single issue, it never failed to start. She then bought a GMC Blazer after that and then a Ford Taurus. But since then she has gotten a Hyundai Sonata and a Hyundai Sante Fe currently. I drive a Ioniq 6 right now. So far so good.

 

[lurker emeritus]

my grandfather had a renault ready for me when i turned 16...
i decided to keep taking the bus because that was cooler than driving that pos

 

[Toe Jay Simpson]

Ain’t that the car they shot Ricky in?