10 cars that died in America in 2010

• Source: Agencies
• [15:57 January 04 2011]
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Chrysler Sebring (1995-2010)

If there were an Emmy for best car-character matchup, it should go to the person on the production team of NBC's The Office who outfitted feeble-minded boss Michael Scott with a Chrysler Sebring as a company car.

It wasn't supposed to be that way. The Sebring started out innocently enough as a LeBaron replacement that offered decent handling and lots of options for the price. It was the right car for the first Clinton administration, when we were all signing onto AOL on dialup modems and watching the second season of Friends on our projection TVs.

Unfortunately, Chrysler's lack of cash and need for a mid-sized sedan/coupe/convertible meant that the Sebring stuck around well past its prime. The most recent version was an abomination, but rental fleets and rebate-happy buyers snapped them up. What surprises us most is that somehow the Sebring convertible managed to outlast even Toyota's remarkably inoffensive Solara.