OK guys lets hear it: What is the all-time worst convertible? My vote goes to the PT Cruiser turbo conv.



As if the regular PT wasn't bad enough, the geniuses at Chrysler decided to add ugly for the convertible. The top itself is somehow reminiscant of the Top Gear Convertible people carrier, minus the character.

To make matters worse, now that the top can come down, the world can see the driver, no more hiding your shame under a hard top. It's a Catch 22, putting the top down in this car is like the equivalent of joining an idiot pride parade, and leaving it up makes you 'that idiot who owns a convertible and doesn't put the top down'.

Then there is the way this car drives. In my around 2 years of valeting in Tucson, I have never driven a car with a worse chassis. Coupled with the over powerful four cylinder turbo engine from the SRT4, the car drives like a V8 powered eel corpse.

I hate this car, but there have to be cars throughout history that are just as bad, or worse.

I agree with the OP. I would walk before i drive a PT Loser.

PT Loser as well, close second is a relative: the Sebring.

Fail Benny... Freaking fail.

i stand by my decision.

No contest at all.

there are a lot of cars that should NEVER have the option to be a convertible

I love the original Saab 900 convertible, and the Lexus SC430...

The PT Cruiser maybe just about as bad as it ever got for convertibles (certainly the worst recent model). There's also these:

Fiat Punto Cabriolet...uhh yeah...



AMC Eagle

Three words, Le Fucking Baron

Aw gross! That AMC Eagle looks like Donk without the big wheels.

The Jetstream SC250:



But if you can get past the looks, apparently it's a pretty capable car.

But no really, I think the worst possible convertible ever manufactured has to be the current Chrysler Sebring. It's hideous, dynamically worthless, can be expensive, built like shit...I can't think of a single redeeming feature. I'd go as far as to say it's the worst car on sale today. Period. I mean at least Chinese cars are cheap.

My god. I didn't realise that there are this many fuckin-piece-of-shit-burn-in-a-fire ugly cars out there. Holy crap.
My vote would still sit with the PT Cruiser and that fugly Lexus POS.

I love the fact that Michael Scott, from The Office is driving a PT convertible. It really suits him

on a mechanical basis, you may be correct. Flop floppity flop goes the saab convertible chassis. However, they are very nice cars to drive despite this.

Fugly? yes
slow? yes
useless? yes
overpriced? yes

but a "piece of shit" ?



im sure its a lovely ride but we can both agree its a shit convertible.

Period.

Er, I think Halflifehavock just won the thread. There really IS nothing worse than the Cavalier convertible.

^ Lol, that reminds me...



How could we forget? For the record, I do like the SSR...I have no idea why...

You got dropped on your head multiple times as a child ?

Paint chips?

I really don't have an explanation. I dunno, I should hate it, I want to...but I don't.

Punch yourself in the face couple of times. See if that helps.

How 'bout I just punch you?

I am not the who likes the SSR.

Isn't it bad enough that I have a strange liking for a pretty worthless, ugly car? Just leave me alone with my SSR fetish...

So, now it's a FETISH, too, moe?! Do you just LOVE watching that hard top opening and closing? So curvaceous, oh man, am I getting you WET?

why would YOU be the one getting him wet? you sound pretty into this

edit: why would HE be wet?

Phix forgets that not everyone has a vagina like him.

so much for scissoring tonight, moe.

You guys are nasty.

You mean wall candy?

Anyway, phix needs to get laid. Also, I'd vote the Sebring as the worst ever. The LeBaron at least had popular culture street cred, and the Cavalier was terrible, but not quite to the level of the Sebring. I've been in a Sebring hitting the limiter at 110 with the top down. Bad idea.

Maybe the Solara is up there, but the Sebring takes the cake in my book.

I don't know how I forgot about this little gem but I saw a blue one on my drive home from work this week.

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While the sebring and PT are shitty I cannot believe you could say they are the worst, I mean they make good rental cars lol. But honestly c'mon there were so much shittier convertibles in the 80's/ 90's

I resent that.

Sure there are worse looking convertibles, but not many that are so completely incompetent. Especially in a market where I believe there are very few truly bad cars.

It's a hot rod truck that fails at being both a hot rod and a truck. The SSR is a perfect example of a steaming pile of shit.

I actually like the Beetle Convertible. It's clean and classy, which is not something which can be said of the regular hatchback, or even the Mini convertible...

I love the Mini convertible

What is wrong with you? First the SSR and now the beetle ...

convertable beetle looks like a damn bathtub

There are worse cars than the NB Convertible...and worse convertibles for sure. I still think the Cavalier wins.

Wow I totally forgot about the Focus CC.

The Focus CC is decently attractive, though it probably is a shitty drive.