17. Fiat 500 L
At first, it looked like Fiat scored big with its cute and compact 500 and triumphant return to the American market. Then they came up with the 500 L, a car they built on an extended 500 platform. It had the same basic design of the front end, longer wheelbase, and more interior space. In theory, it should have worked, but in real life, it turned out to be a disaster.
The 500 L is slow and not especially well equipped or practical and unattractive. It had quality and reliability issues, and the interior materials were of poor quality. Most of all, the 500 L was expensive with a base price of over $20,000.