By Dan Carney
Auto industry sales are recovering fitfully, but there have been some bonafide home runs, as cars like the Chevrolet Cruze and Hyundai Elantra sell almost as quickly as they arrive at dealerships.
Other models’ fortunes have gone from bad to worse. We’ve compiled a list of 10 of the worst offenders, looking at models that have sold in low triple-digit numbers each month so far this year.
These aren’t the only ones that sell in such low volumes, but many of the cars that sell in small numbers can claim exclusivity and price as the reason rather than unpopularity. Some other weak sellers, such as Cadillac's STS and Mazda’s RX-8, have already been discontinued by their makers and are limping to the exit, so we’ve excused them from this list.
The hideous and slow-selling BMW 550GT escapes inclusion because the company doesn’t break out its handful of sales from those of the rest of the 5-series line, so only the bean counters in Munich know just how poorly that car is selling.
The cars included here are unmitigated market failures -- cars that should probably cost someone their job because they cost too much to design, certify to the government and market for them to sell in such embarrassing numbers.
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