What Car Has The Worst Build Quality You’ve Ever Seen?

Are these Tesla bots responsible for the shoddiest build quality out there? Photo: Mason Trinca for The Washington Post (Getty Images)

It takes a lot to build a car, you’ve got to have wheels and engines and seats and all kinds of body panels that fit together seamlessly to create something that’s safe to hit 75 mph on our highways. And while we’ve been building cars like this for decades now, there are still automakers out there that haven’t quite mastered the craft just yet.

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Whether it’s stories of massive panel gaps on Tesla cars, Italian automobiles that rust into oblivion or paint so thin you can see the bodywork below, we’ve all heard tales of poor build quality across the board. With this in mind, we want to uncover the models that you think have the worst build quality out there. So, what have you got?

Maybe you’re the kind of person who can’t let the never-ending issues at Tesla go. You might be one of the customers caught out by the soapy accelerator pedals that were flying off the Cybertruck, or you might have a Model X with panel gaps so wide you can park a Model 3 within them.

Alternatively, you might think that Ford’s recent run of quality control leaves little to be desired. After all, it’s had the title of most recalled car maker several times in recent years after its cars were called in for repairs for issues ranging from loose windscreens to faulty engines.

Lets not forget that things have gotten better in recent years, much better. So your pick for the shoddiest build quality out there could come in the form of a 90s Cadillac or, worse still, something from British Leyland.

But whatever car you think is the worst offender, we want to know. So head to the comments section below with your picks for the cars with the worst build quality you’ve ever seen. We’ll round up some of the worst in a slideshow next week.