Overrated events/persons in history?

[Stealhead]

Originally Posted by Red October1984

Now this is the one that i'll dispute. Ford invented the assembly line that revolutionized production of everything...Chevy, as much as I hate them, is (at least to my knowledge) the best at simple, cheap, and effective crate engines (LS). Toyota has made some of the most reliable cars on the market. There are people still driving around 1990 Camrys and having no problems at half a million miles. Jaguar and Datsun I have no personal experience with but they are respected in the automotive world for their accomplishments.

And BMW.....BMW? Overrated? Maybe only on the cultural "bandwagon" side of things. At one point they were the best in the world at making engines. Their naturally aspirated inline-6 from the 80's and 90's was beyond excellent. Their cars are also running for a long time given proper care and they develop some of the best performance cars in their respective classes to come out of Europe. I don't know how you can say that cars like the 3.0CSL, 2002, E30 3-series (and M3), and M1 were overrated.

Not to mention the other innovations that have come from various events related to these automakers...

If any in the automotive world were to be overrated, I'd have to say Lamborghini, Porsche, McLaren, Ferrari, Bugatti, etc...all the "bandwagon" cars that people with no knowledge of cars latch onto as the best in the world. If I had a nickel for every time somebody said that Lamborghini and Bugatti made the best cars on earth i'd be rich and wouldn't need scholarships to go to engineering school.

Just my $0.02

I have not once in my life ever heard a person say that Lambrogini or Bugatti made the best cars on earth. BMW is OK yes but as was said on Top Gear douches drive them. Any maker has "bandwagon" fans so you can't justly single out one maker in thus respect.

Most underrated maker Volvo you can thank many safety features because of Volvo. The three point seat belt was invented by Volvo and they gave the rights away free of charge so every car maker could also have three point seat belts.

In the automobile industry competition is a wonderful thing so hard core fans are a good thing because it means more competition. Example the Ford Mustang without it there would be no Comaro.