“If 2020 Was a Car, What Would It Be?” We Asked, and Here Are Your Answers
Just ahead of the end of the dirty-diaper dumpster fire that was 2020, we asked our Twitter friends: “If 2020 was a car, what would it be?” The responses ranged from blindingly obvious to the subtlest shade of, well, shade. Some of you kept it topical to current events in the automotive industry, while others […]
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Just ahead of the end of the dirty-diaper dumpster fire that was 2020, we asked our Twitter friends: “If 2020 was a car, what would it be?” The responses ranged from blindingly obvious to the subtlest shade of, well, shade. Some of you kept it topical to current events in the automotive industry, while others dug deep into the smelly annals of automotive history. To those who mined Google image search, Giphy, or Photoshopped their own memes, we salute you. Everyone else, enjoy scrolling through these selections from the replies—which include a surprising number of three-wheelers…
From the “obvious yet 100 percent correct” department were suggestions of the Pontiac Aztek, the Ford Pinto, the AMC Gremlin, Ford’s Edsel, and the Yugo.
This bad boy over here pic.twitter.com/9kQhSQ6fQ5
— Mord the Goat ???????? (@mordythegoat) December 30, 2020
@Ford Pinto pic.twitter.com/RRMNITDo8F
— ILuvAmp ????❤️⚡️ (@ILuvAmp) December 30, 2020
Gremlin. pic.twitter.com/4IgGjrK6HT
— BillyMercury85 (@BillyHg2002) December 30, 2020
A Yugo for sure pic.twitter.com/e63RySTJaL
— AmaurieRazPhoto (@AmaurieRaz) December 30, 2020
As a brand, Tesla is polarizing, with the Cybertruck drawing much of the negative charge.
Expensive and hideous disaster. #TeslaCybertruck pic.twitter.com/7yFIl6RjDa
— ✨Handbaglvr✨ (@UKWildcatgal) December 30, 2020
But if you use stock market performance as a measure of success, there’s no debating Tesla had an amazing 2020. Not so much for supposed competitor Nikola, whose wild rise, fall, and possible/probable demise we documented throughout the last few months. You guys were clearly paying attention.
The Nikola Badger pic.twitter.com/11hxuHpEUk
— Jason Pepino????????⚡️???? (@JasonPepino) December 30, 2020
This #Nikola https://t.co/Iem6R7J6k1
— EWWGAAS (@sacramentotesla) December 30, 2020
Some of the eye-catching imagery scraped from the internet brought out a chuckle and nod, like this “Forester,” “Camry,” and “BMW,” plus a number of GIFs.
— Jordan (@jordanpolizzi) December 30, 2020
— Essentially a Dog with a BFA (@conner_ka) December 30, 2020
— ????Tony Falcone ???????????????? (@tfalcone68) December 30, 2020
— John White (@JDubz53) December 30, 2020
— Elways7 (@Elways7) December 30, 2020
Detroit wasn’t spared either—with lots of shade thrown at sedans from ’90s and ’00s.
Showed up with a lot of promise and hope only to be a disaster and disappointment pic.twitter.com/2xS1WmDv5S
— Gordonn Shumway (@Hey_ALF) December 30, 2020
— Is Jamal Coming? (@MrDCharles) December 30, 2020
99 Pontiac sunfire pic.twitter.com/5jo0gHR5xA
— rum goblin (@soyvoid) December 30, 2020
The Pontiac Fierohttps://t.co/cBRd0LQOi7
— Alé Alé Alejandro (@Alejando816) December 30, 2020
A 1994 dodge neon with 125k on the odometer. pic.twitter.com/mm7WDXeOd6
— Allen Martin (@asgardianson) December 30, 2020
(Your humble author disagrees, based on his fond memories of the Dodge Neon SRT4 he wheeled during his time at Sport Compact Car.)
MotorTrend senior editor Christian Seabaugh even got in on the fun, and his selection wasn’t a car at all, but a new category of Amazonian vehicles you’ve probably become deeply familiar with. He elaborated: “Ford Transit/Mercedes Sprinter/Ram ProMaster: The only good thing about 2020 is that these things keep showing up at my house and dropping stuff off so I don’t have to go outside. Plus they’re usually working for someone who has gotten richer since the pandemic began.”
— Christian Seabaugh (@C_Seabaugh) December 30, 2020
Some more out-of-the-box thinking:
2015 Tartan Prancer pic.twitter.com/dpwiMgOOg2
— High Roller Enterprises (@HighRoller__Ent) December 30, 2020
Early 80’s Fiat Duna pic.twitter.com/NJWEPhddN8
— Antonio Siciliano (@toni4449) December 30, 2020
Could go either with a Hongqi L5 or a 1972 Ford Pinto they were aré both a piece of … pic.twitter.com/64vxmVd1gZ
— Tembo (@Leo_Mini_Dachy) December 30, 2020
@MotorTrend we think it is ????….. the Hoffman! Check out the window mechanisms ???? pic.twitter.com/QhpwVHTRIf
— TheCarPeople.ae (@TheCarPeopleUAE) December 30, 2020
The Dale even popped up—an infamous ’70s-era three-wheeler from the Twentieth Century Motor Car Corporation.
The Dale pic.twitter.com/p5iAJeRcIm
— miKe puig (@TeeNado658) December 30, 2020
While we draw the line at the suggestion that woeful 2020 is anything like the cute, classic, increasingly collectible, and surprisingly undrivable Isetta…
BMW Isetta (Steve Urkel car) pic.twitter.com/eefz4wGZwq
— MJ Thompson (@HollywoodPTBR) December 30, 2020
…we do agree with the suggestion of the Reliant Robin, a vehicle famously maligned (and rolled) on the BBC’s Top Gear. (Shameless plug alert: If you’re a MotorTrend OnDemand subscriber, you can watch the episode right here.)
— Stiles (@stiles_inc) December 30, 2020
Of course, no such listing of disastrous cars would be complete without screen icons. The blood thirsty, unrelenting 1958 Plymouth Fury made famous in Stephen King’s Christine, is an apt comparison to this annus horribilis.
Christine pic.twitter.com/XuG6ZRJy5T
— tweedle_dee (@Deanna13614467) December 30, 2020
And for all the time spent at home, staying #SaferAtHome, why not drive The Homer?
— P, G, & RC (@Ashlandian) December 30, 2020
But perhaps the best answer was not a car at all. After all, cars are great and even the worst ones beat walking.
If 2020 were a car it'd be shoes.
— Nick Roman (@TheRomanNick) December 30, 2020
So long, 2020. Welcome, 2021. And Happy New Year to you all.
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