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Even=20 entry-level vehicles and subcompacts these days are surprisingly well = made,=20 thanks to a revolution started mainly by Japanese automakers like Toyota = and=20 Honda Motor. Honda's first-generation Accord came out in the days when = Detroit=20 was producing real stinkers like General Motors' Chevy Vega and Ford = Motor's=20 Pinto. Between that time and today, the Japanese proved to the world = that just=20 because a car was cheap, it didn't mean it also couldn't be a = well-built,=20 value-laden automobile that looked and drove well.

Now, it's hard to find poorly made cars at = all. True,=20 nascent auto industries in places like Sri Lanka, Vietnam and other = developing=20 nations are a long way from turning out flawless automobiles. But even = here the=20 general quality is ensured, because most of the manufacturers have joint = ventures with Japanese and Western carmakers.

The Japanese influence has rippled across the = auto=20 business, from inexpensive vehicles to high-quality sports and luxury = cars.=20 Early in his career, Porsche's current president, Wendelin Wiedeking, = shook up=20 the company's inefficient, crowded factories by consulting Japanese=20 manufacturing experts. The experts reorganized Porsche's plants, forging = lean=20 assembly lines that have made a once-reeling company highly profitable. =

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Originally, the AMC Pacer was supposed = to be fitted=20 with a rotary engine. However, problems that arose in the later = stages of=20 development stopped that from happening. The Pacer did, however, = boast an=20 unusual sense of styling.

Modern cars, cheap or pricey, are expected = to run all=20 of the time. The days of seeing late-model cars on the side of the = freeway in=20 the summertime, smoke billowing from their hoods due to overheating, are = over.=20 Cars may be more complex now, but they can no longer be mediocre, and = they must=20 be cost-competitive.

While the rules of the game may be that simple = to=20 explain, their violation can be enough to kill an entire brand. All of = the=20 mainstream French and Italian automakers =E2=80=94 and plenty of British = ones =E2=80=94 were,=20 one by one, forced to abandon the U.S. because they neglected issues of = quality,=20 engineering and design. If you are expecting to read about a certain = vehicle=20 from Yugoslavia, you have come to the right place. (Yugo, by the way, = could make=20 a comeback in the U.S. if one-time and potentially future importer = Malcolm=20 Bricklin, who was also the first person to bring Subaru to the U.S., = gets his=20 wish.)

So how bad does a car have to be to make it on = to our=20 list?

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Constant complaints of engine problems = cemented the Yugo=20 GV's spot on Forbes.com's list of worst cars of all time.

"It depends on your definition," said = Clarence Ditlow,=20 executive director of the Washington, D.C.-based Center for Auto Safety. = "People=20 pick on a vehicle like the Yugo, which was just a generic lemon. The = Ford Pinto=20 was a safety lemon. The Chevrolet Vega was an engineering lemon. The = Edsel was a=20 styling lemon."

You will read about all of these cars here, = mostly=20 because we considered a variety of criteria when forming our list. The = ideal=20 candidates were, simply, lousy cars that didn't run, but we had other = rules that=20 were central to the endeavor:

We had to limit the scope to cars made after = World War=20 II. Yes, the pool of automotive manufacturers that operate in the U.S. = has=20 thinned considerably since then as inferior makers have died. But we = couldn't=20 even begin to cover the hordes of rickety startups that failed in the = early=20 days of cars =E2=80=94 companies that built the automotive equivalent = of bathtub gin.=20
We sought cars that fit certain = descriptions: unsafe,=20 poorly styled, poorly engineered, poorly considered, poorly marketed, = were=20 public relations disasters =E2=80=94 or a combination of any of the = above.=20
We wanted a variety of vehicles from around = the world,=20 but also a colorful portrait of some of the most memorably bad = vehicles in=20 history. We could have picked on manufacturers that just built one bad = car=20 after another =E2=80=94 there was more than one Yugo, after all = =E2=80=94 but then we would=20 have ended up with a list of Russian Ladas and so forth.=20
One-shot deals like the Rocket Car were not=20 considered.=20
Knowing in advance that we would consider at = least=20 some of our finds to be, actually, somewhat lovable vehicles, we gave = special=20 consideration to cars that were potentially noble ideas, but = mismanaged.=20 Pontiac's Fiero and Honda's Accord, both of which are on the list, = started=20 badly but got much better over time. Citroen's hydro-pneumatic = suspension was=20 an idea decades ahead of its time when it appeared on the 1954 = Traction 15 Six=20 H =E2=80=94 and has grown over time into the hydractive suspension on = modern Citroens.=20 Unfortunately, as you will read, great ideas are not always executed = well;=20 early air or water suspensions were dubious, and Citroen's SM used = both.=20

The result of our inquiry, you will find, is a = tour de=20 force of how cars can go wrong. The best we can say is that the days = when these=20 14 vehicles you are about to see were made are, we hope, behind us.

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Updated - 11-20-03 // Formats: 1=3Dchoices in n cols, 4=3Dscorecard, 5=3Dcomparo /*=20 TO DO - remove LEV dependency on .asp extension =20 */ var sUA =3D navigator.appName.toLowerCase(); var sSpacer =3D ""; var sPrevVote =3D (location.href.indexOf("pv=3D") > 0) ? = location.href.substring(location.href.indexOf("pv=3D")+3) : ""; var levCounter =3D 60; var mediaDomain =3D "http://msnbcmedia.msn.com"; function surveyDefaults(oData) { if (!oData.appWidth) { oData.appWidth =3D 152; } if (!oData.appBG) { oData.appBG =3D ""; } else { oData.appBG =3D = oData.appBG.replace("bgcolor=3D","background-color:") + ";"; } if (!oData.appHeader) { oData.appHeader=3D""; } else if (oData.appHeader[0] && = oData.appHeader[0].indexOf("") > -1) { oData.appHeader=3D""; = } if (!oData.appDeck) { oData.appDeck =3D new Array("",""); } else if (typeof oData.appDeck =3D=3D "string") { oData.appDeck =3D = oData.appDeck.split("|"); } if (!oData.appFooter) { oData.appFooter =3D ""; } if (oData.appFmt =3D=3D null) { oData.appFmt =3D 1; } if (!oData.sBodyFont) { oData.sBodyFont =3D ""; } oData.sBodyFont =3D "font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, = sans-serif; font-size: 70%; font-weight: normal; line-height: 140%;" + = oData.sBodyFont; if (!oData.sHedStyle) { oData.sHedStyle=3D""; } oData.sHedStyle =3D "font-weight: bold;text-transform:uppercase;" + = oData.sHedStyle; if (!oData.sDeckStyle) { oData.sDeckStyle=3D"font-weight: = bold;color:#666;padding:4px 0px 4px 0px;"; } if (!oData.sSubHedStyle) { oData.sSubHedStyle=3D"font-size: 14px; = font-weight:bold;"; } if (!oData.headlineStyle) { oData.headlineStyle =3D "font-weight: = bold;"; } if (oData.sBarImg) { oData.imgBar =3D oData.sBarImg; } if (!oData.imgBar) { oData.imgBar =3D mediaDomain + = "/i/msnbc/Components/ColorBoxes/Styles/ColorboxImages(globalonlyplease)/d= otRed.gif"; } if (oData.iChoiceCols) { oData.columns =3D oData.iChoiceCols; } else if (!oData.columns) { oData.columns=3D1; } if (!oData.sResponseUrl) { oData.sResponseUrl =3D (sUA.indexOf("webtv") = > -1) ? location.href : ""; } if (oData.bDhtml =3D=3D null) { oData.bDhtml =3D (document.all && = !oData.sResponseUrl) ? 1 : 0; } if (oData.bVoting =3D=3D null) { oData.bVoting=3D1; } if (oData.bResults =3D=3D null) { oData.bResults=3D1; } if (oData.bSort =3D=3D null) { oData.bSort=3D0; } if (oData.bDispQNums =3D=3D null) { oData.bDispQNums=3D0; } if (oData.sSubmitImg) { oData.butSubmit =3D oData.sSubmitImg; } else if (!oData.butSubmit) { oData.butSubmit =3D = "http://media.msnbc.msn.com/i/msnbc/Components/Art/SITEWIDE/buttons/vote.= gif"; }=20 if (!oData.sVotePrompt) { oData.sVotePrompt =3D "Vote to see results"; = } if (!oData.sDisclaimer) { oData.sDisclaimer =3D (!oData.sDisclaimer) ? = "Not a scientifically valid survey. Click to learn = more." : oData.sDisclaimer; } if (!oData.sAnswers) { oData.sAnswers=3D""; } if (!oData.sAnsText) { oData.sAnsText=3D""; } if (!oData.sSubHeds) { oData.sSubHeds=3D""; } if (!oData.rowAlt) { oData.rowAlt =3D "EEEEEE"; } if (!oData.rowSpacer) { oData.rowSpacer =3D 15; } if (!oData.copyMargin) { oData.copyMargin =3D 9; } if (!oData.copyBorder) { oData.copyBorder =3D "border:0px;"; } if (!oData.offlineHed) { oData.offlineHed =3D "NBC/WSJ"; } // LEV only if (oData.bCancel =3D=3D null) { oData.bCancel =3D 1; } if (oData.bVoteAgain =3D=3D null && oData.surveyType =3D=3D "lev") { = oData.bVoteAgain =3D 1; } if (oData.bRequireAll =3D=3D null) { oData.bRequireAll=3D0; } } function getSurveyStyles(oData) { var LVname =3D oData.ID; var appStyle =3D oData.sBodyFont; if (oData.sAlign =3D=3D "left" || oData.sAlign =3D=3D "right") { var sAppPad =3D (oData.sAlign=3D=3D"right") ? "left" : "right"; =20 appStyle +=3D " float:" +oData.sAlign+ = ";margin-top:5;margin-bottom:5;margin-" +sAppPad+ ":5;"; } var sTmp =3D ""; return sTmp; } function DisplayLV(oData) { if (oData) { surveyDefaults(oData); document.write(getSurveyStyles(oData)); // conditional settings if (oData.bVoting =3D=3D 0) { act =3D "results"; } if (location.href.indexOf("refer=3Dvote") > 0) { // LEV only act=3D"results";=20 } if (oData.appFmt =3D=3D 4) { // scorecard var aTmp =3D oData.subHeds.split("^"); if (oData.appWidth =3D=3D 148) { oData.appWidth =3D 360; } oData.itemsPerSubHed =3D (aTmp[1]) ? aTmp.split("|") : ""; oData.subHeds =3D aTmp[0].split("|"); } if (!oData.bResults) { oData.sVotePrompt =3D ""; = oData.sDisclaimer=3D""; } if (oData.sAnswers) {=20 oData.butSubmit =3D "Submit"; oData.appDeck[1] +=3D "Correct answers are shown in green. Percentages indicate how other MSNBC = readers responded."; } if (act=3D=3D"vote" && oData.bVoting) { if (oData.surveyType && oData.surveyType =3D=3D "lev") { LEVDisplayForm(oData); } else { LVDisplayForm(oData); } =09 if (oData.bDhtml) { LVDisplayRes(oData); } } else { LVDisplayRes(oData); if (oData.bVoteAgain && oData.bVoting) { = setTimeout("SetClock()",1000); } } } } function Vote(LVname,bDhtml) { var bVoted =3D false; var F =3D eval("document.fm_"+LVname); var qstr =3D F.elements[0].name+"=3D"+F.elements[0].value+"&" + = F.elements[1].name+"=3D"+F.elements[1].value+"&" for (var i=3D2;i" + aLV.butSubmit + ""; if (aLV.butSubmit.indexOf("http://") =3D=3D 0) {=20 butSubmit =3D "";=20 } else if (aLV.butSubmit.indexOf("<") =3D=3D 0) {=20 butSubmit =3D "" + aLV.butSubmit+"";=20 } document.write(""); document.write(""); if (aLV.sResponseUrl) { document.write(""); } if (aLV.appFmt !=3D 4) { var widthQ =3D = (aLV.appWidth-14*aLV.columns-2*aLV.copyMargin-10*(aLV.columns-1))/aLV.col= umns;=20 var nToteCols =3D 2 + 2*aLV.columns + aLV.columns-1; if (aLV.appHeader) { document.write(""); } document.write(""); // end box if (aLV.appFooter) { document.write(""); } } else if (aLV.appFmt=3D=3D4) { var iQnum =3D 1; var nGroups =3D aLV.subHeds.length; var nItems =3D (aLV.length-1)/nGroups; if (aLV.appHeader[0]) { document.write(""); } if (aLV.appDeck[0]) { document.write(""); } for (i=3D0;i1) { // unequal # of items nItems =3D aLV.itemsPerSubHed[i]; } document.write(""); for (j=3D0;j"); iQnum++; } } document.write(""); if (aLV.appFooter) { document.write(""); = } } document.write("
" + aLV.appHeader + " " +sSpacer+ = "
"); if (aLV.appDeck[0]) { document.write(""); } for (i=3D1;i 1) { document.write(""); } document.write(""); var cntr =3D 0 for (var j=3D1;j"); } document.write(""); if (cntr+1 % aLV.columns =3D=3D 0) { document.write(""); } cntr++ } } } } document.write(""); document.write("
" +sSpacer+ = " " = +aLV.appDeck[0]+ " " +sSpacer+ = "
" = +sSpacer+ "
" +sSpacer+ = " " + = qNumDisp + aLV[i][0][0] + " " = +sSpacer+ "
" = +sSpacer+ "
" +sSpacer+ "
" +sSpacer+ = " "+ aLV[i][j][0] +" " +sSpacer+ "
" = +sSpacer+ "
" +sSpacer+ " " +butSubmit + "
"+aLV.sVotePrompt+" " +sSpacer+ "
" +sSpacer+ "
" = +aLV.appFooter+ "
" + aLV.appHeader[0] + "
" +aLV.appDeck[0]+ "
" +aLV.subHeds[i]+ = "
" +sSpacer+ "
"); for (var k=3D1;k "); } document.write(" " +sSpacer+ "
" +butSubmit + "
" +aLV.appFooter+ "
"); } function LVDisplayRes(aLV) { var sTmp =3D ""; var qNum =3D 0; var qNumDisp =3D ""; var LVname =3D aLV.ID; var sVisible =3D (act=3D=3D"vote") ? " style=3D'display:none' " : ""; document.write(""); if (aLV.appFmt < 4) { // vertical columns var nColWidth =3D (aLV.appWidth-10*aLV.columns)/aLV.columns; var nToteCols =3D 2*aLV.columns; if (aLV.appHeader) { document.write(""); } document.write(""); // end box if (aLV.appFooter) { document.write(""); } } else if (aLV.appFmt=3D=3D4) { var sAltColor =3D "bgcolor=3D"+ aLV.rowAlt; if (aLV.appHeader[1]) { document.write(""); } =09 if (aLV.appDeck[1]) { document.write(""); } if (aLV.bResults) { var sPlural =3D (aLV[1][0][1] !=3D 1) ? "s" : ""; document.write(""); var nGroups =3D aLV.subHeds.length; var nItems =3D (aLV.length-1)/nGroups; iQnum =3D 1; for (i=3D0;i"); if (aLV.itemsPerSubHed.length>1) { // unequal # of items nItems =3D aLV.itemsPerSubHed[i]; } var Rating =3D 0; for (j=3D0;j"); iQnum++; } // maybe make this conditional Rating =3D Math.round((Rating/nItems)*100)/100 document.write(""); document.write(""); } } // end results // LEV revote if (aLV.bVoting && aLV.bVoteAgain) { document.write(""); } =09 document.write(""); if (aLV.appFooter) { document.write(""); = } } else if (aLV.appFmt=3D=3D5) { // COMPARISON var sAltColor =3D "bgcolor=3D"+ aLV.rowAlt; if (aLV.appHeader) { document.write(""); } if (aLV.appDeck[1]) { document.write(""); } document.write(""); for (i=3D1;i1) ? '
' : ''; var sPlural =3D (aLV[i][0][1] !=3D 1) ? "s" : ""; document.write(""); var cntr=3D0; for (var j=3D1;j 0) { nPercent =3D Math.round(100*(aLV[i][j][1]/aLV[i][0][1])); } else { nPercent =3D 0; } document.write(""); cntr++; } } } } =09 // LEV revote if (aLV.bVoting && aLV.bVoteAgain) { document.write(""); }=09 if (aLV.appFooter) { document.write(""); } } document.write("
" + aLV.appHeader + " " +sSpacer+ = "
"); if (aLV.appDeck[1]) { document.write(""); } if (aLV.bResults) { if (aLV.sAnswers) { var sAnswers =3D aLV.sAnswers.split(","); var sAnsText =3D aLV.sAnsText.split("|"); } for (i=3D1;i 1) { document.write(""); } var spacer =3D (i>1) ? '
' : ''; var sPlural =3D (aLV[i][0][1] !=3D 1) ? "s" : ""; document.write(""); var cntr =3D 0 for (var j=3D1;j 0) { nPercent =3D Math.round(100*(aLV[i][j][1]/aLV[i][0][1])); var nBarWidth =3D Math.round((nColWidth-65) * = (aLV[i][j][1]/aLV[i][0][1])); sImg =3D ""; } else { nPercent =3D 0; sImg =3D ""; } sTmp =3D aLV[i][j][0]; if (aLV.sAnswers && j=3D=3DsAnswers[i-1]) { sTmp =3D "" + sTmp + ": "; if (sAnsText[i-1]) { sTmp +=3D sAnsText[i-1]; } } if (cntr % aLV.columns =3D=3D 0) { document.write(""); } document.write(""); if (cntr+1 % aLV.columns =3D=3D 0) { document.write(""); } cntr++ } } } } } // LEV revote if (aLV.bVoting && aLV.bVoteAgain) { document.write(""); document.write("
" +sSpacer+ = " " = +aLV.appDeck[1]+ " " +sSpacer+ = "
" = +sSpacer+ "
" = +sSpacer+ " * " + aLV[i][0][1] + " response" +sPlural+ = " " +sSpacer+ = "
" +sSpacer+ = "
" +sSpacer+ "
" +sSpacer+ = " " + sTmp + "
" + nPercent +"% = " +sImg+ "
" +sSpacer+ " " = +sSpacer+ "
" +sSpacer+ = " " + aLV.sDisclaimer+ "
" +sSpacer+ "
" = +aLV.appFooter+ "
" + aLV.appHeader[1] + "
" +aLV.appDeck[1]+ "
" + = aLV[1][0][1] + " * " + aLV[1][0][1] + " response" +sPlural+ = "
" +aLV.subHeds[i]+ " Rating " +sSpacer+ = "
" = +sSpacer+ " " +sSpacer+ "
" = +sSpacer+ " "+aLV[iQnum][0][0]+" " = +MakeStars(subRating)+ " " = +subRating+ " " +sSpacer+ "
" +sSpacer+ " " +sSpacer+ = "
Overall " = +MakeStars(Rating)+ " " +Rating+ = "
" +sSpacer+ " " +sSpacer+ "
" +sSpacer+ "
If you change your mind, you can = vote again in seconds.
" +sSpacer+ = "
"+ aLV.sDisclaimer+ "
" +aLV.appFooter+ "
" + aLV.appHeader + "
" = +aLV.appDeck[1]+ "
" +sSpacer+ = "
* Percentages may not = total to 100% for each question due to non-responses
" = +sSpacer+ "
" = +sSpacer+ " " + = qNumDisp + aLV[i][0][0] + " * " + aLV[i][0][1] + " web response" +sPlural+ = " " +sSpacer+ = "
" +sSpacer+ "
" +sSpacer+ " RESPONSES " +sSpacer+ " WEB " = +aLV.offlineHed+ " " +sSpacer+ = "
" +sSpacer+ " " +sSpacer+ " " +sSpacer+ = "
" +sSpacer+ = " " +aLV[i][j][0]+ = " " +sSpacer+ " " +nPercent+ "% " = +nbcres[i-1][j-1]+ "% " +sSpacer+ = "
" +sSpacer+ "
If you change your mind, you can = vote again in seconds.
" +sSpacer+ = "
" = +sSpacer+ "
" +aLV.appFooter+ "
"); } function LEVDisplayForm(aLV) { var sTmp =3D ""; var qNumDisp =3D ""; var LVname =3D aLV.ID; document.write(""); document.write(""); if (aLV.bCancel) { document.write(""); } if (aLV.appFmt !=3D 4) { var widthQ =3D = (aLV.appWidth-14*aLV.columns-2*aLV.copyMargin-10*(aLV.columns-1))/aLV.col= umns;=20 var nToteCols =3D 2 + 2*aLV.columns + aLV.columns-1; if (aLV.appHeader) { document.write(""); } document.write(""); // end box if (aLV.appFooter) { document.write(""); } } else if (aLV.appFmt=3D=3D4) { var iQnum =3D 1; var nGroups =3D aLV.subHeds.length; var nItems =3D (aLV.length-1)/nGroups; if (aLV.appHeader[0]) { document.write(""); } if (aLV.appDeck[0]) { document.write(""); } for (i=3D0;i1) { // unequal # of items nItems =3D aLV.itemsPerSubHed[i]; } document.write(""); for (j=3D0;j"); iQnum++; } } document.write(""); } document.write("
" + aLV.appHeader + " " +sSpacer+ = "
"); if (aLV.appDeck[0]) { document.write(""); } for (i=3D1;i 1) { document.write(""); } document.write(""); var cntr =3D 0 for (var j=3D1;j"); } document.write(""); if (cntr+1 % aLV.columns =3D=3D 0) { document.write(""); } cntr++ } } } } document.write(""); document.write("
" +sSpacer+ = " " = +aLV.appDeck[0]+ " " +sSpacer+ = "
" = +sSpacer+ "
" +sSpacer+ = " " + = qNumDisp + aLV[i][0][0] + " " = +sSpacer+ "
" = +sSpacer+ "
" +sSpacer+ "
" +sSpacer+ = " "+ aLV[i][j][0] +" " +sSpacer+ "
" = +sSpacer+ "
" +sSpacer+ "
"+aLV.sVotePrompt+" " +sSpacer+ "
" +sSpacer+ "
" = +aLV.appFooter+ "
" + aLV.appHeader[0] + "
" +aLV.appDeck[0]+ "
" +aLV.subHeds[i]+ = "
" +sSpacer+ "
"); for (var k=3D1;k "); } document.write(" " +sSpacer+ "
"); } function SortItems(aTmp1) { var aTmp =3D new Array(0,0); bChanged =3D true; while (bChanged) { bChanged =3D false; for (var j=3D1;j"; } stars2 =3D rating-parseInt(rating); if (stars2>=3D.25 && stars2<.5) { stars +=3D ""; } else if (stars2>=3D.50 && stars2<.75) { stars +=3D ""; } else if (stars2>=3D.75) { stars +=3D ""; } return stars; } function SetClock() { if (levCounter>0) { document.frmsurvey.clock.value =3D levCounter-1; } levCounter--; setTimeout("SetClock()",1000); } function CheckVoteTime() { if (levCounter <=3D 0) { location.href =3D = location.href.substring(0,location.href.lastIndexOf(".asp")+4) + = "?pv=3D" + sPrevVote; } else { alert("Sorry. You must wait one minute between votes.\r You'll be able = to vote again in " +levCounter+ " seconds."); } } ------=_NextPart_000_0000_01C43922.49C38C40 Content-Type: application/octet-stream Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Content-Location: http://msnbc.msn.com/apps/modules/survey/getdata.asp?id=WorstCars&retfmt=js var LVname=3D"WorstCars";var WorstCars =3D new = Array();WorstCars.ID=3D"WorstCars";var act=3D"vote";var = author=3D"D09180";WorstCars[1]=3D new Array();WorstCars[1][0]=3D new = Array("What is the worst vehicle of all = time?",147826);WorstCars[1][1]=3D new Array("AMC = Pacer",19985);WorstCars[1][2]=3D new Array("Chevrolet = Vega",14400);WorstCars[1][3]=3D new Array("Citroen = SM",1487);WorstCars[1][4]=3D new Array("Fiat = Strada",1793);WorstCars[1][5]=3D new Array("Ford Bronco = II",5151);WorstCars[1][6]=3D new Array("Ford = Edsel",3647);WorstCars[1][7]=3D new Array("Ford = Pinto",32505);WorstCars[1][8]=3D new Array("Honda Accord = hatchback",2619);WorstCars[1][9]=3D new Array("Mazda = RX-2",1047);WorstCars[1][10]=3D new Array("Oldsmobile Delta = 88",2277);WorstCars[1][11]=3D new Array("Pontiac = Fiero",7473);WorstCars[1][12]=3D new Array("Renault = Dauphine",3979);WorstCars[1][13]=3D new Array("Sachsenring = Trabant",5321);WorstCars[1][14]=3D new Array("Yugo GV",46142); ------=_NextPart_000_0000_01C43922.49C38C40--