However, while each of those was the epitome of success for its respective maker, there are plenty of examples where the exact opposite was true. Certain automakers have released cars that were such failures that the entire company went down with the vehicle itself. The cars on this list are not merely awful cars — there are plenty of bad vehicles that sell perfectly well. In most cases, in fact, when a car company makes a dud, it absorbs the loss, shelves the car, and moves on. With all that said, here are five cars that killed the brand that made them.