This is a safe place for us to admit that there are some cars out there that are so boring, you can honestly forget they exist. Even to the point of not even remembering the last time you saw one or what they even look like. While we can appreciate these cars existing, we first need to, you know, actually remember them.
Last week, we asked readers what they thought the most forgettable cars were. These were their responses.
I work at a GM dealership and the few times I got handed a repair order, I stood there, wracking my brain, trying to remember what a Cascada even was. Then, once I finally remember it was the upside-down bathtub-looking convertible, I had to look up whether they even still produced them or not (they did at the time).
Submitted by: Nick Dixon (Facebook)
The most forgettable cars are probably the Korean entry luxury offerings. If you recognize any of these cars on the road congratulations you are either the biggest car nerd or you actually own one of these cars. You could probably rob a bank and get away in a Kia Cadenza and not a single soul would identify your car.
Submitted by: bassracerx
Anything by Daewoo. Saw one the other day and could feel the whiplash from the sudden trip down memory lane.
Submitted by: Wallace Rick (Facebook)
This generation of Jetta and even the Passat were the most generic, unoffensive and blandly designed vehicles. There is nothing innovative or exciting about them with the exception being the TDI’s until dieselgate put a stop to that. If you found yourself in a witness protection program, this is the best option of remaining of the radar.
Submitted by: Wulf92
I’m not entirely sure anymore if they were even real.
Submitted by Sarah Blikre (Facebook)
My now wife couldnt point out this car in a parking lot because of a complete lack of any redeming features - inside or outside.
I cant think of a more generic car. I drove it for 8 years after buying it used on a random road in the Nutmeg State. Never really had any issues and helped me survive the drudgery of Grad school. Best part was that no cop thought I should get a speeding ticket.
Submitted by: NoneOfYoDamnBizness
Had one of these as a rental in Alaska in ‘08. Typical mid-aughts Chrysler...interior presentation is not bad until you actually tap the plastic dashboard or door card...then you realize that it’ll all fall apart before you pay it off. Haven’t seen one of these since I dropped off the rental and flew out of Anchorage.
Submitted by: J Hamm
Probably the most unremarkable of all the GM badge-engineered subcompacts. more expensive than a Civic and less reliable.
The hatchback had reasonably nice lines, at least. There’s photos of a modified one floating around the internet that looks pretty slick, and it makes you wonder what would have happened had they. made a hot hatch version.
Submitted by: Matt Gru (Facebook)
I in one month rented a pair of different 2011 identical red Nissan Versa sedans while on business trips. Incredibly bland interior and basically no driving dynamics. I have rented a ton of cheap cars over the years (including more Versas). The Versa has always for me been the most anonymous of all transportation devices. But rental fleets LOVE them.
Submitted by: Ek9
I think lots of people remember the Mercury Villager, most notably for it’s odd cross-branded Nautica Edition, but does anyone remember the other minivan under the Mercury nameplate, the Monterey? Not the full size car that existed in the mid 20th century, this was a barely badge-engineered third generation Ford Freestar sold for three years that I honestly either never heard of or simply forgot about.
I saw one a few months in a parking lot and did a double take when I saw the badging. I guess this was during the era when Ford was naming all their models starting with “F” and Mercury with “M”, but I’ll be damned if I remember any of the Mercury ones. I think the Monterey fits both the “boring” and “forgettable” monikers.
Submitted by: paradsecar
This one. I got this as a rental when my car was in an accident. I drove it to work about 45 minutes away. When I came home, my then girlfriend asked me where the car was. I said, what car? It was so unremarkable that I forgot that I drove it to work and I took bus home. So why do I remember it now? It’s because it ate one of my CDs, and I was pissed off. It was Luna’s Penthouse. What a great album.
Submitted by: jb21
I once got a Chrysler Sebring sedan as a loaner while my car was being serviced. It was grey on grey. Drove very grey and left me grey. Absolutely forgettable except for being so forgettable.
Submitted by: Monsterajr