These Are The Worst Special Edition Vehicles Ever Made

Brands and celebrities have been teaming up with car companies pretty much since the dawn of the automobile. For the most part this has led to mixed results at best in terms of the cars they produced.

But, from that junk comes some pretty terribly comedy we can all laugh at. It's what led us to yesterday's question. We wanted to know what you thought the worst special edition vehicle ever made was, and damn there are some good — er — bad ones out there.

So, let's take a look at what you all had to say. There are a ton of submissions on here that I didn't even know existed.

The 1988 Trump edition Cadillac Brougham limo. Released at a time that nobody was buying limos, it was basically a grift. Trump didn't order the large batch he was supposed to and instead just bought enough for personal use.

And yes, it had a bunch of fake gold accents tacked on.

Jesus H. Christ that is vile, but I've never seen something that more accurately captures the late-1980s than this. What's really wild is this probably doesn't even crack the top-10 grifts Trump has ever pulled.

Submitted by: Garland – Last Top Comment on Splinter

It's somehow both banal and a Venn diagram of douchiness.

I'd like to know what percentage of people who own a Harley Davidson F-150 actually also have a Harley bike. The answer should be close to 100 percent, but I fear it is much lower.

Submitted by: Unacceptably Dry Scones

This person didn't leave a comment, because they know they are actually wrong. The Ram Daytona fucks.

Submitted by: 89islander

Roxy Special Edition Package – includes:

Upgrade package #1: sport fender and rocker panel

extensions, power steering, intermittent wipers, dual

remote manual outside mirrors, split folding rear

seat, digital clock; Upgrade package #2:

air conditioning, power door locks, 6-speaker

AM/FM/CD audio; Roxy water-resistant custom

seat covers, Roxy floor mats, Roxy Edition external

graphics and badging, Roxy wet-gear storage

compartment, Yakima roof rack $ 3,234

Now this is the garbage that I'm looking for. Holy ass is this thing crap. It's now my life's mission to find one.

Submitted by: PotbellyJoe and 42 others

Again, the person didn't leave a comment because they know they're wrong. These things are terribly, but at least they are funny looking. We need more funny looking garbage in this world.

Submitted by: ExGavalonnj

Jalopnik: "I wish car makers took more risks. Every car is a boring, gray CUV."

Also Jalopnik: This entire article and comments complaining about fun things.

Most of these aren't risks. They stink.

Submitted by: engineerthefuture

The Victoria Secret edition of the Lamborghini Diablo SV (called the Diablo VS...see what they did there?).

Actually, I'm ambivalent if this is the worst or best collaboration ever.

Yeah, I dunno about this one. The VS graphic on the side is also shit. Oh, and stop being weird in the comments.

Submitted by: paradsecar

Nothing says "Can I put my Yacht Club membership on layaway?" like a badge-engineered minivan.

I like that this car is blue on top and white on the bottom, which means it looks like a capsized boat. Very nautical.

Submitted by: dustynnguyendood

One of the kids in my highschool had Levi's Grelim.

Originally the interior would have looked like this. When he had it, the denim fabric was about 15 years old and looked exactly like ancient jeans that had been mis-treated.

That had to be the coolest kid in your high school. I bet that denim got a lot of use.

Submitted by: hoser68

Here is it with Dodge doing their "Last Call" special edition Chargers and Challengers, and they absolutely waste one of the seven LCs on a Swinger edition:

Considering how the original Swinger was the hot model of the Dodge Dart, a secretary's car, that means the Dart Swinger model must be what an executive secretary drove. Not getting a Dodge typically macho vibe here—like none.

So out of all the hot Chargers and Challengers that Dodge could've paid homage as a last hurrah of these monster V8 muscle cars, they chose the most girly edition that they could've...WTF? Talk about a non-blast from the past. The olive green paint doesn't help and the stubby trunks prove you should never ever wrap a bumblestripe around such short back ends. I'm shocked that Dodge didn't add eyelashes to the headlights for the "perfect" girly touch.

So here we are with Dodge shooting themselves in the foot with their decidedly non-macho exec secretary Last Call. I'd've loved to have been a fly on the wall for how this "genius" decision got made. Even a General Lee edition with that goddam Confederate flag on the roof would've made more sense that this total misfire.

On God, how dare you? That's all I have to say.

Submitted by: the 1969 Dodge Charger Guy

How about the best?

1995 Mercury Mystique Young America Edition.

The Young America was the name of the US boat in the America's Cup sailboat race.

This car had an awesome whiteout package with the grille and special edition rims.

The interior was blue with with leather insert on the center of the seats. There was a stitched Young America log at each seat. The logo had a really cool shark.

Car also had the 2.5L V6 and 5 speed manual. A very fun car for 1995.

Check out this AWESOME geocities link from 1999. LOL

https://www.geocities.ws/flceg/RocketMystique.html

What the hell is it with Mercury in the 90s and nautical themed cars? Bizarre, but whatever. This is pretty neat.

Submitted by: RoRoTheGreat

"Worst" is objective, so I am going to squeeze this in to "How niche can you get whilst shooting yourself in the foot?"

Rogue One Nissan Rogue

You had to REALLY want this. And, if you did, there was no way to upsell you.

This was awesome for the nine people that wanted

A: New Car

B: Nissan Rogue

C: Star Wars theme

D: A permanent reminder of a brief pop-culture reference every time they made one of their 84 payments

It's no Warner Brothers Chevy Venture, but, dang....

Rogue One is a dogshit movie with boring characters we don't care about and an ending we knew was coming. Boo. No, I don't care that you feel differently.

Submitted by: Krymdog

Another weird one, a Bon Jovi special edition Golf, in 1996! I guess with a Mark III, you'd be Living on a Prayer once you're out of warranty, but I don't think these were ever Wanted Dead or Alive.

More to the point, a Bon Jovi edition of anything that neither has T-Tops or is not an extremely 80's cruiser (even one of the weird low-cc Japanese ones that were pretty much worthless the moment they left the dealer) makes no sense, as does a Bon Jovi anything that didn't make it to New Jersey.

I was with you until the last line, but you are now my enemy. We must now fight each other. Those are the rules. Winner gets a Bon Jovi Golf.

Submitted by: Maymar

Since I know that everyone will be here for the NASCAR-themed Monte Carlos and outdoor clothing-branded Explorers and Jeeps, I'm going to to throw in a very obscure one that I doubt anyone here except a certain Chrysler minivan-loving contributor might now about – the 2014 Dodge Grand Caravan SXT 30th Anniversary Edition.

It was available on the SE and SXT models, and basically just gave you some extra content that you had to normally go up a trim level to get – SXT stuff on the SE, R/T stuff on the SXT. You got fake suede inserts on the leather-trimmed seats, nicer wheels, and silver stitching on the steering wheel and shift knob.

You also got a "30th Anniversary" badge on the front fenders and the key fob:

Honestly, it's not the worst. It's just very low effort. All of the stuff in the package – including the unique "Granite Crystal Pearl" paint color that my van has – was made standard or easily optioned, sans "special edition", the following model year, or was already available with other packages. And no one would know that this van was "special" unless you told them.

Honestly, respect to Chrysler for trying so little. It's a level of effort I one day strive to hit. God bless this weird ass company.

Submitted by: dbeach84

The Ferrari 599 'Alonso' edition. Officially a celebration of Ferrari being in F1 for 60 years. They did two versions one in the livery of their first winning car and this the most recent at the time. This one is widely known as the Alonso. It's basically a sticker job on a standard 599 for a silly premium.

It's actually impressive that Ferrari was able to make the 599 (which I think is gorgeous) an ugly vehicle. It looks like something that an owner with literally no taste would do.

Submitted by: 365Daytonafan

There may be objectively worse special editions to drive around in, but there is absolutely no worse concept for a special edition than the NFT Corvette:

lol and lmao

Submitted by: neverspeakawordagain

Nobody will see this because Kinja is a terribly designed platfom that basically rewards earlier replies, but:

The PT-109 Cruiser. A special edition PT Cruiser from 2003, of which (duh) 109 were made and presumably sold. Enhancements include record-breaking levels of MURICA.

I remember these being sold through AAFES' car dealer arm on overseas bases, and they may have been exclusive to them. Which makes me wonder how much Chrysler hates the troops.

Don't worry, friend. I saw this horrible piece of shit. If the comment is bad good enough, we'll see it.

Submitted by: TadKosciuszko

2008 chrysler 300 "dub edition." Special badge chrome mirrors honeycomb grille. special floor mats. a kicker sound system and 20 inch wheels. Just seemed stupid to offer a factory "donk" and not at least put 21 or 22 inch wheels. ( did they even make 21 inch wheels in 2008?) I guess if they know their customers are going to throw the factory wheels in the garbage the appearance upgrades were kind of nice but for $5600 for the package its very stupid for accessories you could just get from the parts counter or your local pep boys.

This honestly is up there with the most 2000s-ass vehicles ever produced. Few things represent a time and place like this pile. I love it.

Submitted by: bassracerx