We’ve all seen unforgettable cars — stuff that’s burned into your brain until the day you die because it was just so damn cool or innovative, or you just really wanted to own it one day. But those vehicles are few and far between, and today, we want you to scour your brains for something a little more obscure: What’s the most forgettable cars?
I’ve covered my share of forgotten cars, from the Shelby Series 1 to the Lexus GS F and Mitsubishi Lancer Ralliart. Those are cars you knew but definitely forgot. There are other cars, though, that are just so anonymous that you don’t remember seeing or thinking about. It wasn’t a good car or a bad car… it just just a totally unremarkable one. I’ve recently been reminded of this with two totally different machines that qualify for this category.
I needed a rental car during my recent trip to Sonoma Raceway for the Velocity Invitational. While I saw plenty of spectacular cars there, I was stuck driving the poster child for rental car fleets everywhere: a Summit White Chevy Malibu LT. It was fine to get me to and from the track, but it was so forgettable and boring that I once walked right past it in a parking lot while I was looking for it.
A car that I simply forgot was even made and because I haven’t seen one in…who knows when, is the Scion xA. No, I don’t mean the xD. The xA was the second model Scion introduced to U.S. buyers after the xB. It was based on the first-generation Toyota Vitz, which we also knew as the Toyota Echo/Yaris. The xA was replaced by the xD in 2007. And it’s weird because I’ve seen plenty of xDs, even the special edition ones. But I haven’t seen an xA on the road in years and nearly forgot that it was a thing.
Now we ask you dear Jalopnik reader, what do you think the most forgettable car is? It can be both boring or like I mentioned something you honestly forgot about. Let us know in the comments.