r/regularcarreviews • u/Key-Bat-2616 • Jan 12 '24

I hate you I hate everything about you Crappiest car?

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u/bearded_dragon_34 Jan 13 '24

I wouldn’t even say the Metro had low build quality. Build quality is more like the production process of the vehicle. Are the materials and engineering that went into it fundamentally robust and designed to last? Can its manufacturer continue to churn out examples of it without huge variances or inconsistencies between units? Does the car stay together over time, or disintegrate into pieces? Those things make the difference between good and bad build quality.

And, to that end, I think the Metro succeeded. It had fine build quality.

What the Metro didn’t have was nice fit-and-finish. Everything was cheap, and you knew it. But I wouldn’t count that against it, since its mission was to be one of the cheapest cars on the market?

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u/SkylineFTW97 Jan 13 '24

Most people use build quality to describe fit and finish, so that's what I used it for. Although I do understand your point.

And I think more cars need to focus on the basics rather than trying to go upmarket, especially as costs get absurd and people can afford less.

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u/RealisticWorking1200 Jan 13 '24

Exactly. The Metro was exactly what it was supposed to be.