Automakers spend billions of dollars designing vehicles that they hope will capture the hearts of drivers everywhere. Sometimes, however, those grand plans result in spectacular mechanical failures or flawed designs.
Some failed because technology wasn't ready. Others suffered from poor design choices or corporate shortcuts that backfired publicly. Each represents a specific lesson about what happens when engineers, designers, and executives lose sight of what actually makes a car worth driving.
In this gallery, we look at some of the most notoriously terrible automobiles ever to roll off an assembly line. Click to know which ones they are.