Top 10 Weirdest Cars Made By Ford.
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- Опубліковано 9 чер 2024
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In this video, we go over the weirdest Ford cars that made no sense. Every car manufacture had them but today this video is on the Weirdest Ford Cars. Some may look at Ford Cars and think they are the best looking and for others, the strangest car. Sit back and enjoy the humor in Ford Cars.
The Weirdest cars Ford Ever Produced.
Ford Pinto
Kicking off our list is the Ford Pinto, infamous for its rear-mounted gas tank that could turn a fender-bender into a fireball. It made you wonder if Ford's engineers moonlighted as barbecue pit designers. If cars had personalities, the Ford Pinto would be the diva of the automotive world. Introduced in the early 1970s, this subcompact vehicle came with its own special effects - in the form of an explosive gas tank! Talk about a car that's a real "blast" to drive. In all seriousness, did it burn or not burn. Some say yes and many say no. The ford pinto certainly did sell well. Our Aunt and Uncle owned one with no issues. Tell us what you think. Leave us your comment below.
Ford Festiva
The Ford Festiva was a small car with an even smaller name. Its design was so minimalistic it made you ponder if it was trying to be invisible. The Ford Festiva was all about efficiency, which meant it came with an engine that sounded more like a muffled lawnmower than a powerful car.
The Ford Festiva was the '90s compact car that arrived fashionably late to the party, with styling cues that felt more '80s than the '80s themselves. It was the car that made you wonder if it had missed its own era.
00:00 Introduction
00:31 Ford Flex
01:40 Ford Aerostar
02:36 Ford Pinto
03:25 Ford Edsel
05:27 Ford Ka
06:28 Ford Mustang II
07:34 Ford Festiva
08:15 Ford Taurus X
09:10 Final Thoughts - Авто та транспорт
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Pinto was a good car for the time. The gas tank thing was blown way out of proportion. The Mustang II was actually a good car because the 1973 model was so bloated and heavy that the II went back to it's small roots. IMO it looked good and once the 302 engine was available it was better.
Yup. Thanks for watching!
I agree about the Mustang II. I always liked the way they looked. Never had one or even rode in one though. And yes, the 73 Mustang was horribly gawky and oversized.
The Falcon and the Mustang of the 60s had the same situation with the gas tank.
The Mustang II receives no love. But it actually SAVED the mustang brand. It sold MUCH better than the 1973 it replaced. Mustang sales were starting to tank. As you said, had the 302 been available from day one. It would have gained a lot of respect. But even with only the 4 and v6 they still sold very well. People don’t seem to remember that the next generation mustangs were still mostly sold with the 4 and 6 cylinder engines. The v8 wasn’t the best selling version. Never was and still isn’t.
but they are worth a grip now cuz most of them broke their C4 automatics (many under warranty) and their owners ended up junking them@@dmandman9
That Pinto fire pic is from a comedy movie.
I had 4 Pintos over the years. All wagons. Including the special V6 with power steering, power brakes and electric windows. Loved all of them. Pinto was a fantastic car in it's day.
I'm happy you enjoyed your ownership of Pinto's Unfortunately I can't share your happiness as my aunt in 1975 was killed in her little two dr. Pinto..she was rear ended & the whole thing turned into a fireball..🙏RIP
@@stevedeleon8775 I doubt it.
Electric windows? The Pinto was never available with power windows from the Ford factory. If your cars had them, they were definitely added on an aftermarket basis.
We had a '70 or '71 with the 2.3L 4 cylinder with a 4 speed manual. It was boring and I hated that back seat as a kid, but it was a solid car.
Interesting historical fact; the Pinto wasn't the only car doing that exploding thing... Vegas did it. Renault LeCars did that. The Toyota Corolla\Dodge Colt did that... You can pick out the Pinto, all you want, but it wasn't the only car doing that...
My Ford Pinto identical to the one you exhibit was great and never in 97,000 miles of driving let me down. A lady in a Lincoln Continental rear ended me causing the body to collapse in front of the rear seat. I never knew about the fire hazard and today I wonder if she drove into my Pinto hoping to see it burn. My father had an heart attack in the accident and regardless of the Pinto having a deformation in the roof and a collapsed rear seat floor I drove him twenty miles to a hospital in the Pinto. My Pinto traveled from the North Rim of the Grand Canyon to Washington DC to Dallas Texas to Central Manitoba Canada. I think in 1973 my total fuel cost driving round trip from Omaha to Washington and back was $68.
I really hoped to see in the video the 1995 Ford Scorpio. Yet this car is so forgotten that it deserves maybe its own video? 🤣
I love the Ford Mustang II, and I'm not ashamed to admit it!
Me too!
@@grstew4, which version of the Ford Mustang II is your favorite? I've always loved the luxurious Ghia version, especially when it featured the opera windows (1975-1978)!
@@michaelwilliams4410 The Ghia was very sharp! I liked all the coupe models. Not so much the hatch fast back designs.
@@grstew4, I totally agree! The base coupe looks good, and I also love the Stallion package (which was only available in 1976)!
Although I like some generations better than others I like Thunderbirds better than the Mustangs as my favorite Ford of all time is still a 1957 Thunderbird ❤❤❤❤❤.
I had an 88 Festiva. Weirdly fun to drive, even with only 58 HP. Most trouble-free car I ever owned and got 45 MPG. Still running when I sold it in 2001.
Edsel is named after the son of Henry Ford, Edsel Ford, so it does have meaning. I love y’all videos, keep up the great work!
The Festiva was not actually produced by Ford. It was designed and manufactured by Kia and assembled in Korea.
And it 's origin was the Mazda 121 from the 80s.
@@Romiman1 Yes, you are correct. I forgot that fact.
Fun video. But I don't think the design of the Pinto is weird at all. It had/has a cuteness factor that sold a lot of them from 1971-1980. They were fun to drive and durable (early gas tank issue notwithstanding.) And It's the Ford "Kah". I definitely that one is weird, but in a fun way, which is typical of small European A-class cars.
I am surprised that the 96-2000 Taurus didn't at least get an honorable mention. That car made a Pinto look pedestrian.
I learned to drive in my mom’s Mustang II. It was a cute little car, but no power. It was perfect to learn in.
No power. No kidding. A friend of mine had one. There were times I thought I'd have to get out and push it up the hill. The body was MUCH too heavy for that little 4 cylinder engine.
My sister & brother in law sold me their 1989 Ford Festiva in 1995 it was a spunky little ecobox with a 4 speed stick & got 34 miles per gallon i kept it until 2001 & sold it with 200,000 original miles..FYI The Festiva was manufactured by KIA with FORD badges
I owned a 91 Ford Festiva and loved it! It was amazing. It was a Mazda 121, built by Kia (aka the Pride and sold by Ford). Great on gas and very peppy in the city, despite its 63 HP. I had it for 10 years and the only thing I had to do (other than regular oil changes) was get a new battery just before I traded it in.
Thanks for sharing!
I had a 2008 Ford Taurus X. Best road car I ever had. Seating for 6 and DVD player that folded out of the ceiling. Didn't hear a word out of the kids watching videos.
I had a '92 Aerostar and it looked nothing like the interior you showed. That was one of the best cars I owned and I put 178K miles on it which included a couple of cross-country moves and moves up and down the coasts before the transmission gave out. I replaced it with a Windstar which was ½ the car at twice the price.
I had one as my painters van good little van.
thats because the aerostar was built on a truck platform and the windstar was built on a car platform.
@@tommurphy4307 Yeah. The Windstar rode a little nicer, but it had all the extras which resulted in more issues and problems. I didn't think it was going to make it to 100K, and it barely did, and I had to make several expensive repairs to it along the way. The Aerostar: no issues.
greatest line ever "like a pair of high heels on a hiking trail" that is classic.
I love these types of videos! Your weirdest can also be our favorites. Loved the Pinto, especially the latter years. I'm a huge Edsel fan - all years!! I actually had two Mustang II's. I had a 1975 and a 1978 Cobra II. Both were wonderful. Both had the 302 V8. Loved them both!! I also had a 1990 Festiva. It had a lot of room in the inside. No power steering though! Fun and zippy to drive. I loved it too. Oh, and I loved the EXP and Courier pick-up too!! HA HA. Keep the vides coming.
The Ka is pronounced “Kah”. The point was for Spanish speaking people to basically mimic the word car. Most countries in Spanish speaking Latin America call cars a “carro” or a “coche”. So Ka was a fun way to get people to say “car.”
They already said it that way in Boston...... 🙂
I remember 4 years ago seeing an early mockup of the Rivian R1S SUV. Basically a copy of the Ford Flex.
The Flex was insanely practical.
And awesome looking in the right colors.
yes.
You guys always kill these videos!! So entertaining and fun!!
Thanks madmike! Appreciate the support!
You should’ve included the Ford Fiesta. I had one for a year. It was definitely better than the Festiva by far.
If not for the success of the Mustang 2, the line probably would have been discontinued
I got my drivers license in a 71 Pinto, that belonged to my best friend. He later bought got a 74 Mustang II. I happen to own a 59 Edsel. By the way Ford Edsel is a misnomer. Edsel was a division of Ford motor company
My dad drove Pinto's for years and although i had a 72 Road Runner i drove his 78 so much he finally just gave it to me. I got my license in it. I own a 71 right now.
@@rhigh100I would like another Pinto. I had a 74 2.0 with only 15k miles in 2000. Sold it with 26500 in 2006 to buy my wife a ring. It was terrible slow with even stick. But I wouldn’t mind an earlier Tony bumper one with some light engine mods. Header, exhaust, cam, etc.
I thought I would see the Probe.
I Love the Edsel Ford Corsair Ranger & Bermuda 57/58 , they are not " ugly " they are Baroque like the Imperial Crown , and this fact made them so beautiful , but , of course , it's up to me.
Great list, back in the seventies one of my buddies had a 58 Edsel Citation, it was fast, often he raced Camaros & won!!! 👍👍🦃
mustang II saved the name , if I was 16 id want a new 75 mach 1 fastback , also liked the escort EXP
Had a 1972 Pinto. Wish I had it back 1600cc. But it rusted out under me. But I would still take back
The Edsel failed because everybody took one look at that front grill and thought it looked like something designed by a gynecologist.
I had a '97 Aerostar. 3.0 V-6, same blue color as in the commercial that you showed. Was the best multi-purpose vehicle I ever owned. Got better gas mileage than my Dodge Caravan and Honda Element, both 4 cylinders. Sold the Aerostar still running well at 294K miles! Not bad for an old school cast iron V-6! I will trade styling for that level of durability and practicality any day!
05:40 That Ka was made only for the brazilian market. And the Mark I was the BEST one!
Just watched this video and it was good. I currently have a Freestyle which was renamed the Taurus X. I absolutely love this car, it has all the room you ever want and gets great mileage out on the highway. Super comfortable for long car trips and very reliable. I just don't know why Ford makes sure a good car and drops it because they don't promote it. Not everyone wants an SUV to get around in. A crossover is perfect, besides, how many viewers are going off road to get somewhere. Not many I am sure. Good video though.
Thanks for watching Doug. Appreciate your commenting and the support you give us!
It seems that the great majority of SUVs, no matter how capable, are pavement princesses.
I think that Phord renamed it just to keep the Taurus name in the public consciousness, should they decide to return to it eventually, which, of course, they did.
We absolutely LOVE our Flex! It's a twin turbo toaster and the ultimate sleeper!
Yall never covered the EXP and it was in the intro and the out-tro???
You can find our video on the EXP. Thanks for watching!!!
Don't feel like the odd man out. I like the Flex a lot too.
Also, the Pinto only blew up under very rare and specific conditions.
And lastly, the Mustang II was a cool little car in the Cobra edition even if it was anemic for a 302ci powered one.
Ironically the 1960 Edsel was probably the best looking one that Ford made and produced the least of.
Edsel had the horrible luck of having been introduced in 1958. It wasn't just Edsel. Everything that Ford produced in '58 was a lemon. Ford did not recover from the bad press until 1965, with a completely new line of more modern cars. In fact, the 1965 Fords were as stylistically significant as the 1949 Fords were.
You showed picture of the EXP , but never presented it. The EXP was basically a less practical 2 seat Escort. Though it looked cool. Like a mini Mustang.
Thank you for the video. You went global which was good. I think you will find more cars in Ford's global empire interesting that were not sold in the United States. Thank you for the effort in this video and putting it together. Good footage as well. I bet you would have interesting information with a GM video as well.
Thanks for always being there for us!
The Flex, Edsel and the Taurus X were answers to questions nobody asked. The Aerostar, Festiva, Pinto and the Mustang II were reactions to the times, and they encountered an initial warm welcome. The Ford Ka ('go' in Korean) was never sold in the USA, apparently met the overseas driving public's needs.
People lost their minds when the Areostar was discontinued Ford brought it back and I liked the pinto
Thanks for chiming in! We really appreciate your opinion.
I liked the Flex, because of it's boxy style and plentiful interior space. And if the Ford SHOgun, the one-off from the Festiva, was put into production, it'd be a rival to the French Renault 5 Turbo.
It seems like The FLEX had a lot of fans. I liked them too but could never figure out why because I do not like large vehicles, Vans or SUV's very much. Speaking of weird, the Mustang Crossover just does not sit right with me at all!
A co-worker bought a new Flex. He loves it. I just can't figure it out. hahaha!
4:50 Horse collar grill on Edsel
When I was 19 in 1987-88, I sold Fords, and I earned a Ford Festiva as a demo for being salesman of the month November 87. Yikes! Glad I've moved on, BUT.... That car was HUGE inside. Love your channel
The Fed Xanax’s an awesome ! !
I wished you had featured the EXP. I had an '86 Sport and it was a fun little car. (It was basically a 2 seater Escort GT)
I remember the EXP. A radio station gave one away here in San Antonio. Looked like frogs when they first came out.
as a 60 y/o man i fail to see why the Edsel was such a failure. to me it dont look much different than many other cars at the time. i actually think that its pretty
The 1960 models were nice-looking cars. I'd gladly take one.
I owned a Ka. Wonderful little car. Excellent road holding, but with not enough power to get you into trouble. Swopped the 1300 for a 1600 engine at some stage, and it was a sleeper!
Quite a good bit of this list makes no sense. Several of these models broke new ground and influenced design for years. Mustang II is hated these days but these sold something like 10 times the numbers of the previous Mustangs, making them massively successful. If this "makes no sense" then there is no such thing as "sense". All of these models, with the exception of Edsel, and maybe the X, which I have never heard of, sold millions and millions of examples, making Ford multiple billions. That is all the sense they need to make.
I had a 72 pinto with a vanity plate KABOOM. Was always good for a laugh and kept tailgaters off my ass !! LOL !!!
Ford Kas were popular here in the UK and sold in good numbers, small cars are appreciated here.
They handle well but the standard engine choice was a bit breathless
So NONE of my formerly owned Ford/Lincoln products made it! I'm good with that. Coolest Ford product I ever owned? 1997 Lincoln Mark VIII LSC! That car was FAST, would drop it's height 2 inches on the highway and was fully loaded on the inside! Least favorite Ford product I've owned? 1985 1/2 Ford Escort L 2 door 5 speed base model. it was 18 months old when I was "forced" to take ownership. I had it for 3 months before I traded it in along with my other ride for a new 1988 Dodge Daytona. Now THAT was a cool ride!! LOL
One of my teachers in my grade school lived 6 blocks from me had brought a new 1993 Ford Festiva GLS. Hers had the 1.9L EFI engine (an added option $900.00) Automatic 3 speed (900.00 option) Power brakes cloth int rear defrost/wiper were included in the base price of 5995.00 Boosted Power Steering (75.00) AM/FM Cassette player included Cruise Control (75.00) and Power Mirrors (169.00) She paid 8114.00 with out any discounts. She said with the 1250 discount and 1000 Ford cash she paid $5864.00 plus taxes and title. She drove it from 1993-2013. She said it has 276,000 miles still going. She brought a 2004 Buick Park Avenue brand new as well whixh has 75,000 miles. She drives the Festiva for small in town trips as she said she might as well just drive ir into the ground as its in perfect shape mechanically and no rust. She said she could not get 995 out of the car when she had it for sale in 2013. So she still has it.
I always watch your videos because of their car content, but this time you are quite off. Firstly the Edsel wasn't a car, but a car line like Mercury. Next the Mustang II wasn't weird; it simply wasn't as sporty as a Mustang was expected to be. The Ka is pronouced like car without the r as a Bostonian would pronounce car. The Festiva wasn't really a Ford design as it was a Mazda 121 built by Kia and then sold by Ford in North America and a few other places because Ford couldn't sell the Fiesta profitably in those markets. Still love your show and I personally wanted quite a few on this list, especially the Flex. Missed the EXP on this list, which was another car I wanted.
We had 2 Aerostars (1994 cappuccino brown and 1995 sea foam green) we gave the 1995 to my eldest sister and kept the ‘94 drove it to Hawthorne, Florida one summer during our church camp meeting and a woman in a late ‘90’s Taurus hit us from behind she didn’t damage anything just a slight bump but ol’ Brandie kept on trucking til her untimely death in 2011.
They added a 302 option, i think just 140HP, into the Mustang II in 1975 as people complained about just having a 2.8L V6 as the biggest engine. The 2.3L was the base engine.
The Ford Probe was also a rather weird looking car in its day as well. I personally liked its quirky design. On the other hand, the Lincoln Blackwood was simply ridiculous.
I had a Mustang II. A piece of crap if there ever was one. Bought a 88 mustang with the 302 high output engine and it renewed my faith in Ford.
A 9:59 ...I owned two Mustang II's...one in 1981 (a 1974 WHITE Ghia with a green top)...and one in 1984 (a 1974 GREEN Ghia with a white top)...they were both lemons...I found out later they shared many internal design aspects of the Pinto...
Right out of the gate, taking issue with the Ford Flex. Nah. LOVE those things. It’s the closest thing to a station wagon that Ford made, except for when Ford made sedan-based station wagons.
It’s a brilliant vehicle.
I've said it in previous videos, and it bears repeating: You couldn't kill a Festiva. I bought one in 2006 for $500. I ended up selling it because we moved and were downsizing. I wish I'd kept it.
The British Fords were then, and still are, much higher quality than the domestic Fords.
@@efandmk3382 well, the Festiva was actually made by Kia Motors in South Korea. But ok.
Family had a pinto wagon growing up, couldn't make it up mount Washington but we slapped the bumper sticker on it anyway.
Had a 64-1/5 Mustang and a '73 Mustang, my sister's '78 Mustang II was probably closer to my 64-1/2.
Also the Mustang II front suspension was so revolutionary it was such a common swap in my (Fox Chassis) 80's Mustang GT that it was in all the catalogs,.
Also had a '80 Mercury Bobcat.
Stick.
Mercury Bobcat.
Who's had one of those?
I Like your videos, but there was no car, that was really weird.
The Ford Flex reminds of the Chariot in Lost in Space
The 4-door KA you are showing is actually a Fiesta in one of its many incarnations. No big deal, KA was built on Fiesta platform after all.
I bought a 2009 Flex, and we loved our family trips in it, and just sold it last year. I look at some of the new designs from Hyundai and Kia and they look just like the Flex, and I see more on the road now than when they were new, and people love them. The new Mazda CX-90 is within an inch of the dimensions of the Flex and the only reason it had to stop production was because it was a Volvo chassis and Ford had sold it off.
Was it already having issues?
I had over 150K miles and my son was using it while in college. Once he graduated he was able to get his own car.
Good my 84 5.0. Thunderbird isn't on the list. 16,000 miles,
The predecessor to the festiva was the feista with 12" tires
I have a 1/43 scale edsel
a unique thing a edsel has a pushbutton transmission
I like the edsel designs
The 1984 ford Ranger is a unique one how they said aerodynamic design it's very boxy
The for festiva reminds ginger Billy and his things he done to it
I like the mustang 2. Would like to see a company resto mod one of these
At 7:41 ..the Festiva was an answer to the VW Rabbit (now called Golf)..not a good car...They later brought it back in the early 2010's, but this time it was based on the Mazda 2...I compared them, and in 2012, I bought the Mazda 2...I still drive it, without any problems ever...
A good friend of mine owns a Ford Flex, and I actually think it's a cool ride.
I had a Ford Ka, very fun to drive.
I am a Mopar guy ( My pop got me this way) please do a weird Chrysler car video too
That would be a multi part series!! hahaha
I've had an 90 Aerostar and 2 Mustang II's [76 and 78]. My Aerostar looked nothing like what you showed ... it looked just like my 90 Ranger. Same radio and climate controls.
We (Dad and I) have a '91 Mustang GT he got new in August 1991. It originally had almost every option except the leather interior and the stereo with the graphic equalizer, which I always wished the car had. Last year, I was able to find a brand new old stock equalizer and the correct main head unit (which just has a balance control, and no internal amplifiers) for a steal, partially because it was listed on eBay as for the Aerostar vs Mustang. As far as those components go, it's the same for each vehicle. They likely would have sold for 2.5+ times as much if the listing said Mustang, given they were new. Thank you, Aerostar!
Those KA we’re not sold here in the US because I’ve never seen one ever
All the cars from your nice video had their right to be born. They were not guilty they were named after Ford.
The Ford Flex weighed about as much as an SUV. Similar fuel economy as well. Not sure why they made it. Most of the public seemed to want tall SUVs.
I always thought ford should’ve taken a later model probe and stick a sho v6 in it with fwd. would’ve been sweet!
The Pinto was a good car compared to the Vega. The Mustang II actually sold very well.
0:43 I worked with a woman who had a Flex, and LOVED it.
That ford flex is very similar to a range rover, probably why it didn't sell well.
Add outside faux wood veneer and you' would have a 21 Century Country Squire
The ka or the flex don't look strange, they should have included the exp, the Ford transit connect, the LTD Ii (which it doesn't make sense as a sequel movie) the Ford Elite from the 70s, those weird thunderbird from the 1960s, the more weirder thunderbird sedan from the late 60s, those very strange 2 seat thunderbirds from the 60s that failed in attracting people who liked the 1st gen 2 seater.
The Pinto was the scariest car in history. In the movie Cujo, the gosh darn Pinto wouldn't start, allowing the bloodthirsty demon dog to emBark on a terrorizing rampage.
My cousin bought a classic Ford Pinto & was denied insurance coverage even from a Classic car insurance..they claimed it was a Rollin🧯 Time Bomb💣
Didnt they fix the gas tank issue early on for the Pinto? I thought they did but i could be wrong. Back in the day thats all you saw on the road were pintos and volkswagons. Everybody drove a stick, you werent cool if you drove an automatic.
Ford Cougar wierdGT coupe of the late 90's/early 00's
The Flex is one of the few Ford's I like 👌🏽
I bought a used 91 Aerostar in late 90's... With the 3.0L v6, it was the most boring and underpowered vehicule I ever own. It got stolen 6 months after I bought it. I still have a small tought to the poor guy who stole it.
About the Mustang ll, I don't think it to be an quorky awkward looking. From design-point It has only 1 and 1/2 issue(s): wheel-base and wheel-size.
Imagine a Mustang ll with bigger wheels and longer wheel-base, you 'll have a perfectly balanced and proportioned mid 70s coupe.
The Festiva was so "80s", because it simply WAS a 80s Mazda 121. Also about the Ka, cars of that size were and are usually in Europe and Asia.
Hey my name is Danny B. too 😂
The Edsel was made by the Ford Motor Company, but it wasn't a Ford in the same way that Lincolns and Mercurys are not Fords. Edsel was a separate marque.
I like the Flex. Everything else on the list makes me question if drugs were a part of the design process ?
u missed au falcon
Going back to a smaller and lighter mustang, like the M2 under 3,000 lbs would be nice today, it would be light enough for economy use, and faster when hot rodded like it was in the 70s when the pinto and
M2 was dominating Pro stock Drag Racing, and the M2 was the highest selling mustang since 1967, and in its first year 1974 out sold the fox body's first year in 1979 with out a V8 Available, a mustang that gets a lot more love than the M2, today's mustang has crept up as high as 4,100 lbs just what a 76 Toreno weight, the 79 through 92 crown vic,s weight was 3,600 lbs about the same as a 2door 65 Galixie ,
The Ford Taurus X is a great car. Why did you leave the Aspire off this list...? I always asked a person at work that had one of those what does that car 'aspire' to be when it grows up.
Yet from the side it looks like every other CUV/SUV sold in the 2000s