1990 Geo Prizm

By the end of the 80s, General Motors was finally producing a compact car that was reliable, handled well and that had a light yet relatively powerful engine. Not that GM had come up with any of that on its own of course; the Prizm was a copy of the Toyota Corolla, made in the California plant then co-owned by GM and Toyota and now owned by Tesla. So good job GM, but did you really need to create yet another nameplate (Geo) to sell this car? One of GM's biggest problems was that it already had too many divisions and thus too many management hierarchies.

Observations:
* I've see red cars with oxidized paint before, but this is extreme.
* "Prizm"? Come on, it sounds like "prison".

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