Worst car I've ever been in, eh? Well, my dad used to have one of these pieces of shit. I remember it broke one day and spent a year sitting on my driveway before it was towed away for scrapping, because my dad thought it was repairable even though it wasn't. Even before that though, it was constantly plagued with problems - Overheating, randomly refusing to start, randomly losing power. I think the ignition even died on him and he had to start it up each time by hot wiring the thing.
Austin Allegro 3 Estate. Yes, that's right - An estate car with 3 damned doors. It was blue, like this one:
But here's a look at the front of this monstrosity: