I feel left out with the spate of American car threads! I'll have you know that us Brits can have cars that are just as bad as your US ones :-)

I am sure that some of the petrol heads here will add to the list (C'mon Richard, you know you want to :-) ) but I can start off with the ones that I have personal experience of -

Austin Allegro (When the wheel falls off, A leg grows...)

MG Maestro (Brilliant 1.6 normaly aspirated twin-carb engine but rusted like hell and talked nonsense to me all the time!)

Hillman Imp (Imitation Mini with a rear engine. Used to frighten the life out of me thinking about head on collisions!)

and the ultimate...
Reliant Supervan III. Yep, the original Del boy one but in turquoise rather than yellow. I remember having to get the kids to pee in a jug so I could top the coolant up on the way back from Whitby one year. Surprised they made it through childhood unscathed both mentally and physically after having to sit on a make-do seat with no restraints in the back of a three-wheeled death trap!

Eeeeeh. Then were the days...

Cheers

DtG

...and I wont mention the European ones I had like the numerous Ladas, the Peugeot 505 and the Datsun Cherry!