By definition, a lemon is a car that has so many factory defects in the car that it renders itself completely unsafe and/ or unusable to the owner. Also, the cost of fixing these problems adds up to more than the car is worth, then it can be considered a lemon and is given a salvage title.
There are a few common cars that can almost always be associated with the term lemon. The most notable of these lemons is easily the yugo 45. If you were to look up the words "piece of S*#%" in the dictionary, this would be the picture next to it. What made this car so bad was a multitude of bad ideas put together. For starters, many of these cars had paneling that did not even come close to being aligned correctly. Along with this the body has been known to rust at even the hint of moisture in the air. Another thing is the interior is made out of some of the cheapest and crappiest made materials known to man. The engine and transmission were also prone to very premature and disastrous failure. The frame itself was made out of Russian hot-rolled steel, which was very weak and also very prone to rust. With tan exception to possibly only the Pinto, this was the car you least want to get into an accident with.
Ultimately, any car that has been called a lemon had been done so for very good reasons. It is almost always perfectly accurate in the predictions of the future of the car itself. So, if you hear the term lemon around a car and don't want to pour vast amounts of money into the car, then get as far away from that car a possible.
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