Charles Dickens Not the only Car Guy who spoke up great expectations. Dickens is a car guy, right? I like to think he would be if one sports car like GR Supra used to be a thing in the Victorian era ego out. Gearheads and Jalops are also a precise group. They are hardly satisfied; they don’t easily forget when a car doesn’t live up to their expectations and We asked our readers to tell us about other models that have never met the hype.
Readers had a healthy debate about the pros and cons of today’s Supra, which, as expected, was divided Jalopnik community separation. It’s true that a lot of the hate for the GR Supra comes from disdainful Mk4 fans. And, likewise, it is true that those who appreciate the GR Supra for what it is, rather than what it “should” be, really like the new Toyota. I myself included.
But Honda CR-Z ended up being the biggest loser among the cars that failed to deliver on their promises. Like a moth plunging into flames, I still wanted to feel the flare of CR-Z’s mediocrity. God, that Honda could be someone. By right, it should be the successor of Honda CRX. We all expected a combination of CRX Si and HF. In retrospect, perhaps that was not possible. And the CR-Z flew too close to the sun, the wax wings melted. Here are some other cars that remind you of Icarus, cars that never live up to your expectations:
