We’ve had some pretty bad cars foisted on us in the past. We’ve also had some pretty awful marketing failures.
We’ve listed our top five here:-
THE LEYLAND P76
It’s aim was to knock Holden, Ford and Chrysler off their big car perches – and it failed miserably
THE DATSUN 120Y
Boring! Yet is sold over 2 million worldwide. Why?
THE MORRIS MARINA
Another Leyland disaster trying to play catchup.
AU FALCON
How a styling studio and the research dept. got it so wrong, and Ford never recovered.
MITSIBISHI 380
The car that was to save Mitsubishi local manufacturing and pay back Government grants. It didn’t.
For the full story on the top five failures, and a list of the ‘also rans’ (or didn’t) click here