1969 or 1970 Chevy Vega Station wagon. This car had absolutely no power and 70 mph was pushing it. The joke was when you pulled into the gas station you had to check the gas and fill er up on oil. Everybody that had Vegas kept a few quarts of cheap motor oil on top of the fire wall under the hood. Burned a quart every 500 to 800 miles. I think they had some of the first mass produced aluminum engines and they just wore out.
There was a limited production Vega, I can't remember the name, with a special high performance engine. But I never saw one. This was the era of the 1.8 L "super" coupes. The first Celicas, the Opel, Cougar, Mazada RX2, Vega and Pinto.
I also owned a brand new Mazda RX2. Great acceleration, very smooth with 4BBl carb. Only prob was the engine had blown out twice by 30,000 miles. One of the first rotary engines. I guess they have come a long way but were never widely accepted. I liked this car but it was really a dog when you look at how long it lasted
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