Why Nobody Bought These

Just because a car is great doesn't mean it sells well. Unfortunately, some of the best cars ever were complete failures from a marketing standpoint! We put together 9 of the coolest cars that flopped in the market. RIP, this is the D-List.

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[joeyparnell]

I had my first kiss in a contour svt ☺️

[hurlah]

You nailed the Ford RS. I was actually looking to get one and the dealers in the SF bay area were marking it up almost 200% even before the car hit the dealer. At a dealer I got into an unintentionally heated argument when I said "well, for that price I can just walk across the street and buy a Cayman GT4". He said "well then do it". I did, no regrets.

[TheGardenSnake]

“If you wanna know more about hell read the Bible” 😂🤣 I wasn’t expecting that and it killed me

[DatBoi-xpnf]

The vipers death was the saddest thing to ever happen to dodge Rest In Peace GOAT

[harvardford]

the death of the Focus RS was incredibly unfortunate.
the ST had a chance of survival, as well as the RS but the dealerships really fucked Ford over

[ThRjunCjun]

"- and it kinda had head gasket problems."

All subi owner laughed at this one.

[nb]

I love how marketing always makes a car that is for young people but priced it for retired people

[biggabenne]

the focus RS being discontinued is heartbreaking, it's such an amazing car. really confusing move by Ford there.

[SICMICKSIC]

There is someone in my hometown that has a focus RS. They caught me marveling at it in the parking lot of Wal-Mart. The dude was excited that someone even knew what it was, all he had to say was "thanks man, its nice to get a reaction from someone for what i pad for it".

[LawrenceMarkFearon]

LOL craziest revenge part of Viper lore is that those last Gen 5's, are appreciating in price. People realize that they may be the most visceral, mechanically pure sports car driving experience of the century.

[DaveyKnavey]

One of my neighbors has an SS. I appreciate hearing it drive past the house.

[nicknsb]

"It also had headgasket issues"

Subaru Guy: Yeah, I feel that

[readysea]

I would love a Chevy SS.. when I was in the Middle East I drove a Holden-made Chevy Caprice with a 5.7 L engine.. it was like a 4 door Corvette. It was governed at 230 kph (144 mph). I discovered this personally on a road trip through the desert. That was a fine car.

[jamieweeks]

Every UK viewer seeing the contour is like "wow that mondeo is sick"

[MikeDion]

The viper's not only in hell...it's ruling it!

[carywhozawhastit]

And you forgot to mention that Chevy dealers were incentivized to sell the Impala and Malibu when the SS was on sale. You had to ask for it and fight to see one.

[notachannel]

Experienced the same "No, you can't test drive it, " with an STI. I was young-ish (late 20's), but could afford it. Sales slug looked me up and down and declared, "Yeah, we don't really do test drives because people are hard on the vehicle." I was happy to agree that I didn't want to drop my hard-earned cash on something too delicate to test drive. I spent all of 10 minutes in that dealership, and it was 10 minutes too long. I ended-up buying a G37 X which the sales person encouraged me to open-up on the test drive. It was a great vehicle for the years that I owned it. Pro tip, car sales people - know your buyer persona.

[VasilyBuilds]

The contour platform finally got some recognition.

[VCGConstruction]

Pretty impressed that the Ford Contour SVT was part of a list that also included the Dodge Viper!

[brentmcfield]

“If you want to learn more about hell, read the Bible”

-James Humphrey. 😂