What is the Most Overrated Car Of All Time?

Justin
I wouldn't say it's overrated, overdone yes but hardly overrated. If it was overrated, people wouldn't be completely replacing basically everything except the body panels.
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I'm not entirely certain what you mean by "Replacing everything except the body panels."

As well, if it's not overrated...I suggest you check these prices out...

Pontiac Chieftan convertible
http://www.nadaguides.com/default.a...&d=5071&c=7&o=35795~35796~35797&vi=83692&da=1
Chevrolet Bel-Air convertible
http://www.nadaguides.com/default.a...1957&m=1035&d=1884&c=7&vi=65598&z=61571&da=-1

With the top-spec optional engine, aircon, and an automatic tranny, the Poncho is still less than half what the Bel Air is worth with NO extra options.

with a 4-speed, air-con, and that all-holy fuel injection...well, just watch.

http://www.nadaguides.com/default.a...&c=7&o=33401~7567~7570&vi=65598&z=61571&da=-1

This for an originally $2,600 dollar car. in fact, it takes the Fuel-injected Bonneville to even come CLOSE to matching the car, now. and that car was originally $5,800!

http://www.nadaguides.com/default.a...y=1957&m=1143&d=911&c=7&vi=83691&z=61571&da=1

Overrated? Is to me.
 
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I have to say, I like those Chevys. I wouldn't say they're overrated as such. Sure, they might be the archetypal 50s American car, but that's because it was successful and they've become recognisable. And lets face it, it looks pretty cool. The only trouble is that I often confuse the shape for the Impala of the same time, as I'm not fully clued-up on my classic American cars.
 
Codename L
Exactly. Wangan Midnight at least made sense (from what I've read). The car was tuned, so it really didn't do anything out of the ordinary, all that it did was in the realm of the possible, and not ridiculous.
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Yeah, and it was all he could do to keep the damn thing from killing him, which seems rather likely.
 
McLaren
There's about 7 years between both the Enzo & 430S' development. For Ferrari, that's enough to time to make any of their previous cars look slow.
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So? The Enzo still commands a hell of a lot of premium over a 430 Scud, and the Scud does the Enzo's job better (or at least according to Ferrari's laptimes). And while looking better I might add, apart from the pretty **** interior of course.
 
Murcie_LP640
So? The Enzo still commands a hell of a lot of premium over a 430 Scud, and the Scud does the Enzo's job better (or at least according to Ferrari's laptimes). And while looking better I might add, apart from the pretty **** interior of course.
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The Lotus Exige is lighter, faster, better, etcetera than a Lotus Esprit. Does that make it an Esprit replacement? No.

The Caterham is faster than an Enzo. Does that mean people shopping for an Enzo will be cross-shopping it against a steel-cage with an engine in it? No.

The Enzo is an exotic. It was, at the time of its release, as fast or faster than its rivals. That a car subsequently came out of the Ferrari stables and was proven faster on Ferrari's small course doesn't change the fact... and no, a stripped-down F430S can't do the Enzo's job. Which is to boast big numbers and convince people to spend inordinate amounts of cash on it. Something the Enzo did well (better than the Porsche Carrera GT and the McMerc SLR), despite being ugly as sin.

I'd still take the Caterham. :lol:
 
The new Camaro is a piece of crap. So overhyped and overrated.
 
Omnis
The new Camaro is a piece of crap. So overhyped and overrated.
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And about to be murdered by the 2011 Mustang.

Nearly every Camaro I see is driven be a girl. Or an older guy who probably had a used '68 Camaro as a first car in 1972 or so.
 
Omnis
The new Camaro is a piece of crap. So overhyped and overrated.
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I never liked it to begin with. They just did a horrible job with the retro/modern thing. I have sat in one(granted it was at a dealership) and it just doesn't have that Camaro feel to it. It seems Ford is the only one that can get the retro/modern look down(I like the Challenger, but it's a little too retro).
 
The new Camaro is a bumblebee. It's stupid and it stings straight in my ass. I can't believe my teacher owns a transformer. I prefer the Dodge Challenger SRT8. It looks nice on green with black stripes. Like this,

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except for that funny weird looking hood scoop. I like it when the scoop is not there. Oh yeah, the Camaro. Pure overrated 🤬, that's why GM is all for the money.
 
I dunno. they've still not convinced too many domestic fullsize buyers...an okay slice, but there's still far too many F-150s about...

This is a contender as far as Toyota's concerned...Much more so than the AE86, since more than a small niche group of Anime fans absolutely adores them...

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It's not bad on gas, but it's not as earth-friendly as Toyota and the media make it out to be.

((I still think the '57 Chevy's more overrated...exotic money for a non-corvette Chevy. whod'a thunk....))
 
OneEyedPimp20
What about this,

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I still think Toyota shouldn't have made that in the first place. The Toyota Tacoma is good enough while the Tundra was such a bad gamble in my opinion.

Anyways, I still think this car is overrated:

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I took this picture with my digital camara during the Formula D round 1 last year. I REALLY REALLY love the Nissan GT-R, but I still got to say its overrated by many people I just happen to hang with. Every bench racing talk they have its always the GT-R being the answer to every problem. People will talk about the videos all the glorious videos of the GT-R on youtube and streetfire. Maybe they will even talk about the post they see on the forums of NAGTROC forum from time to time.

I'll give props for the things the GT-R can do, but some import fans are lifting it up like it have som god status that it is unbeatable and everything else that is .5 seconds slower is a POS! :indiff:
 
I agree on the GT-R, a lot of people think it's the next best thing since Jesus. I'm impressed with the numbers it produces all around, so don't get me wrong there. I've just heard way to many ridiculous claims concerning the GT-R.
 
neanderthal
Except the GTR does things that no 4000lb car should do.
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That one I would definately agree on for sure! You can arrange a bunch of cars in the 3700-3900lbs in a stock for stock race at any track and the GTR will win most or all the races. Its like the GT-R is the champion in that weight division of cars.
 
Let me put it another way; the fact that a car that has so much avoirdupois can get up and dance like that, is really really almost improbable.

I can dig a Corvette doing those things. A Viper. NSX. 911.
Those all weigh almost 1000lbs less than a GTR.

It doesn't have absurdly sized tires. It doesn't have absurd horsepower. It doesn't have absurd electronics. OK, maybe not.

It's got........................ magic.


And i'm no fanboy. What the GTR does at that weight is nigh on magick
 
It DOES have absurd electronics. Albeit, they were developed over 17 years ago, but the computers are still insanity.
 
Eh, but people who aren't car guys could care less about it.

I think for a car to rightly take the title of "Most overrated," it must first capture the hearts of the masses...for no real good reason.
 
LittleBahamut
some import fans are lifting it up like it have som god status that it is unbeatable and everything else that is .5 seconds slower is a POS! :indiff:
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And they forget about everything that is faster especially the ZR1 and ACR.

Murcie_LP640
So? The Enzo still commands a hell of a lot of premium over a 430 Scud, and the Scud does the Enzo's job better (or at least according to Ferrari's laptimes). And while looking better I might add, apart from the pretty **** interior of course.
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When you buy a car like that you are buying more than just the car. You are buying the exclusivity.
 
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Jim Prower
Eh, but people who aren't car guys could care less about it.

I think for a car to rightly take the title of "Most overrated," it must first capture the hearts of the masses...for no real good reason.
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After reading your statement, I got to say the most overrated car must be pick up trucks. Where I live, I see many F-150s, Tacoma, Tundra, Rams, and such drive around with nothing in the bed. I bet the masses who buy these trucks don't have the job that makes it easier to have a pick up truck. I have so many friends who buy these pick up trucks and they rarely ever load up that truck to the top.

Construction workers and such are ok. Everyone else...why the hell you buy it for if you are never going to use that big bed in the back?
 
LittleBahamut
Everyone else...why the hell you buy it for if you are never going to use that big bed in the back?
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To be frank? Because you can get them with four doors in RWD with V8 engines for barely any more coin than your typical V6 midsize sedan. That's largely why GM's attempts to reintroduce RWD V8 sedans failed, but Chrysler's succeeded.
Hardly overrated, though. Except the Tundra.
 
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TVC
And they forget about everything that is faster especially the ZR1 and ACR.
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Add 1000lbs to both of those and is their performance still the same? Or remotely close? I think NOT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!


Hence the reputation of the GTR.

Usain Bolt running the 100 meters in 10.59 is amazing. An NFL linebacker weighing 100lbs more doing almost the same thing (say 10.89 seconds) is just as amazing. No less amazing.

So that 0.3 of a second at the 'ring that y'all keep going on about, is really a moot point.
 
Doubly moot due to the fact that ring conditions are so notoriously variable. But the GT-R is close to either car on shorter tracks, too... which means your NFL linebacker can also dance like a ballerina... :lol:

Jim Prower
Eh, but people who aren't car guys could care less about it.

I think for a car to rightly take the title of "Most overrated," it must first capture the hearts of the masses...for no real good reason.
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Although you could make a case that styling alone is more than enough reason to love/rate a car.
 
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neanderthal
Add 1000lbs to both of those and is their performance still the same? Or remotely close? I think NOT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!


Hence the reputation of the GTR.

So that 0.3 of a second at the 'ring that y'all keep going on about, is really a moot point.
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I don't really see what point you are trying to make. The GT-R weighs 1,000 pounds more? It was designed that way. It doesn't depend on the same things other car depend on to be fast.

I don't see where anyone mentioned .3 seconds (or the Vspec) but the point that some people were trying to make (at least the point I was trying to make) is that there are faster cars than the GT-R that some people tend to ignore.

Unless you think I am saying the GT-R is overrated because I never said that and I don't think that.
 
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TVC
I don't really see what point you are trying to make. The GT-R weighs 1,000 pounds more? Okay...? It was designed that way. Nissan chose to make it weigh that much.

I don't see where anyone mentioned .3 seconds (or the Vspec) but the point that some people were trying to make is that there are faster cars than the GT-R that some people tend to ignore.
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Not ignoring... it's just that... one of those cars has active downforce (a rear ladder-framed wing and a front-splitter that must be taken off for road use) and the other has 600 supercharged horses (the supercharger being the important part, as it gives it the same midrange grunt as the GT-R)... and the last one, the Porsche 911 GT2, is only quicker on some tracks (tracks where AWD isn't as big an advantage).

Wait... they're all lighter. It's like saying that Spud Webb isn't as prolific a dunker as Michael Jordan.

Well... duh... the guy's all of five foot nothing. :D

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Doesn't make his ability any less spectacular. In fact... it even makes it more so.

Same with the GT-R. Smaller, lighter, more powerful cars are supposed to be faster. The fact that some of them aren't much more faster, and that many of them aren't even as fast, is reason enough to give it some respect.
 
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