Hummer H2 (2003)
Introduced shortly after 9/11 – an event whose causes were implicated in America’s insatiable thirst for oil – the Hummer H2 sent all the wrong signals. It was/is arrogantly huge, openly militaristic, openly contemptuous of the common good. As a vehicle choice, the H2 was a spiteful response to the notion that maybe we shouldn’t be driving all tanks that hit 10 miles per gallon. Unsurprisingly, the green Niks hit back.
Hummer H2 (2003)
Chrysler/Desoto Airflow (1934)
The “worst” of airflow comes from its spectacularly poor timing. Twenty years later, the car’s many design and engineering innovations would have been celebrated – the singlet-style aerodynamic fuselage, steel spaceframe construction, 50-50 front-to-rear weight distribution, and light weight. As it was in 1934, the car’s dramatic streamliner design angered Americans on a deep level, almost as if it had been designed by Bolsheviks. It didn’t help that some early Airflows had major problems with engine failures due to the radical building techniques required.
Chrysler/Desoto Airflow (1934)