OUR WORST RETRO CARS

Retro designs may be popular, but not all of them are a great success

CHRYSLER PT3 CRUISER Price new: from £12,995 (2001) Price now: from £500 Powertrain:2.4-litre 4cyl, five-speed manual Power: 113bhp 0-62/top speed: 9.7 secs/131mph CHRYSLER’S dabbling with retro design and hot-rod culture created some almighty clangers, but few were as awful as the PT Cruiser. This hatchback-wagon-van hybrid was the result of the US firm's desperate attempt to find itself a place in the 21st century after decades of uninspired and poorly built models. The genesis of this new way of thinking was seen in the 1989 Dodge Viper concept, a car that made all the Chrysler Group brands of the era want to make a change of their own. A few years after the success of the Viper, the Plymouth Prowler (p52) was introduced with a more overt hod-rod aesthetic, one…

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