5 Expensive Cars People Never Buy Again

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.