5.
1992 Dodge Viper $55,000
The current Viper version of the Viper is admired now worldwide
because of its world beating performance and good looks. However, the
Viper that we love is quite different from its ancestor the 1992 Dodge
Viper that had uncontrollable power and problems with its electronics.
The 1992 Dodge Viper did not have traction control and anti-lock brakes –
just pure power without any supervision. As a result it ended up being a
very dangerous car to drive. It had a price tag of $55,000.
4.
1989-95 Ferrari 348 $100,000
Sometimes, even companies that have many years of experience making
supercars manufacture bad cars. A good example of these companies is
Ferrari. They have manufactured many supercars that offer great
performance and are quite popular worldwide. However, they made several
blunders when designing and manufacturing the Ferrari 348. The car’s
electrical systems, gearbox and engine management systems were all prone
to failure. Ferrari tried to correct the technical problems in the
later versions of the Ferrari 348 that they made, but due to its already
damaged reputation few people bought it and they had to stop its
production. The Ferrari 348 had a price tag of at $100,000.
3.
1978-89 Aston Martin Lagonda $150,000
Aston Martin manufactured this huge and outrageously styled luxury
sedan to make a public statement that the company was still alive. But
the end result was that the Aston Martin Lagonda nearly made the Aston
Martin bankrupt and they had to cancel its production. The reasons why
the supercar failed and was quite unpopular were that it featured an LED
digital dashboard that drivers could not see clearly in daylight, its
touch-sensitive switches and both of its displays often failed and its
compounded curves were also quite unpopular. Furthermore, the car was
released with carburetors instead of the electronic fuel injection
systems that were being used in nearly all expensive cars that were
being produced at that time. It had a price tag of $150,000.
2.
1995 Vector M12 $180,000
This expensive supercar was hand built by Vector Aeromotive
Corporation from 1995 to 1998. They used a lengthened chassis and a
Lamborghini Diablo engine to build the car. With its powerful engine, it
should have been a great supercar, but Vector motors decided to
incorporate into the car a poor quality and cheap fiber glass body. The
Vector M12 also had a fuel economy of only 13 miles per gallon. The end
result of all this was that Vector Aeromotive Corporation was not able
to build more cars and the company was dissolved. It had a price tag of
$180,000.
1.
1989-93 Vector W8 $455,000
This super car was promoted as the American equivalent of supercars
such as the Lamborghini Diablo. However, many of the people who bought
it (including tennis player Andre Agassi) complained that it had
reliability issues. The car was underdeveloped, which led to reliability
issues and it was also over engineered which contributed to its high
price tag ($455,000). Other more reliable supercars that were being sold
at that time had lower prices for example the Ferrari F40 had a price
tag of $415,000. Eventually Vector Motors (which later changed its name
to Vector Aeromotive Corporation) had to stop manufacturing the car.
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