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Originally Posted by Idle
A very good point. The VW beetle was one of the hottest things going during the 60's. I would drive mine across the country back then.
Not so today. It was great then; today it is just quirky.
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Another example:
The Model T Ford put American ( and the world) on wheels. It made cars available to average working people. That newly mobile population demanded better road. Motels and other businesses sprang up along the roads to service all those people driving across the country. It was certainly a notable automobile, and one of the best produced. Yet, today, with its 20-22 HP and 2 wheel brakes, and 45 +/- mph top speed, it would be somewhat dangerous on most highways.
Was it a "best" car, or a "worst" car? Most likely we wouldn't be where we are today without it. ( Although REO had a similar vision to Henry Ford, and absent Ford, it might have been Olds that put America on wheels.)