Eh, don't be too hard on yourself. All joke cars we know are also pretty ugly so it is easy to get confused.
Another one I found: Still hate the two headlights, doesn't matter which car has it, unless it's supposed to be futuristic or something.
Most new european market cars. Just look at their engines- I'd say that they are not a joke, but dark humour. If you live in America or elsewhere and are unaware of them, I'll just tell you that a 2 litre four-banger is one big ass engine by european standarts.
I'm not against small engines if they make a reasonable amount of power. My own 23 year old car has a NA 1.4 I4 that makes 75 hp and I am perfectly fine with that. Meanwhile, in 2017, Audi manages to squeeze twice as much from their 1.4 TFSI. Modern overpowered engines have greatly decreased longevity. I've heard (I'm not 100% sure if it is true, though) that a certain European manufacturer (I forgot which one) has leaked info that they have calculated that their new tiny turbocharged engine has a resource of 120 000 km. 120 K! That's a seven year old car! What you save on fuel you'll spend on engine rebuilds (unless you sell it before, and the next owner can go screw himself). "Penny-pinchers pay twice"- old russian proverb.
Is not a joke car, it is a small car. --- Post updated --- I know of a person who has a 2.5 litre V6 diesel Sorento, and a person who has a 3 litre five-pot Audi. And a person who has a 5 Litre Flat four diesel Dennis dart.
I know, small car doesn't mean bad car, the only reason they don't like them is because they don't have huge 5 litre V10s like literally no one wants them to.
Because there's no such thing as a "joke car". Just between the 5 cars posted in the OP, maybe one of them qualifies as a "joke" The Isetta was made to be as cheap and fuel/space efficient as possible due to the growing demand for cheap and small cars in post-war europe, as gas prices were super high and the economy was terrible. The Tata Nano, despite being objectively awful, is definitely safer than shoving your wife and 3 kids on a 50cc scooter (which plenty of people do, in India) The Toyota Prius is a fantastic car. It's fuel efficient, comfortable, reliable and practical. Anyone who still makes fun of this car needs to grow up (or drive/ride in one) The Aztek is just a terrible SUV that failed horribly on the market, so I'll give it a pass. Idk about the Nissan Cube, but the Juke is actually fantastic. Most people who hate on it haven't even been in one
I agree, anything Japanese I'm a fan of, most people aren't a fan of them because "they don' have big ol' merica' V8s running on 7 cylinders and spluttering and spinning its way out of existence while consuming a gallon of fuel in about a second." -Random YouTube comment I found.
I said that a 2 litre i4 is considered big, not that there aren't larger engines. Sorento is pretty big (again, by European standarts) SUV and Audi is a premium sedan that pretends to be sporty, so they have big engines. Now try finding a compact or midsize car with an engine larger than 2.0, that will be hard (not impossible, of course). By the way, are you sure that the Audi you mentioned has a 3 litre inline-five? VW Group has (and had) 2.5 I5s and 3.0 V6s, but no 3.0 I5 as far as I know.
Well then in that case, the Yugo. Yu don't actually go though, because the thing doesn't start. GV describes the vehicle's reliability, which is Greatly Variable.
Dont worry for a 1.4 that generates 75hp, in brasil its worse a 2.0 16v onlyproduces 139hp and a 1.8 8v (aka AP1800 ) generates only 98hp ('cause in mid-final '90s the taxes were based in engine power, not engine size, so the AP is pretty torquey, but not generates that much power, and in a 1080 kg car its almost an ae86 FWD ten years newer )
