I've been wanting to start a blog for a long time and what better way to start then counting down my 22 Worst cars of the past 22 Years! Now to confirm this is my opinion some of these cars might not even be that terrible to drive or on a day-to-day basis but I loathe all of these cars and that's why their sat on this list! Also there is no order to this list just because one is above the other doesn't mean it's worse! Okay ready? Let's do this!
Vauxhall Corsa
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| The dangerous drivers car of choice. |
Well this was easily gonna make this list. Hell I extended this list to 22 Years purely to feature this travesty! Slow, ugly and generally bought by idiots. If this Corsa was a person it would be Piers Morgan. Of particular note is the Corsa C which is catastrophically ugly and despite what the owners think no amount of Halfords trips will improve the styling!
Vauxhall Vectra
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| The Vauxhall Vec... zzzzzzz |
The Vectra oh dear... No one has ever wanted to own a Vectra they just end up with them. Big Vauxhall's have almost always been dull and the Vectra certainly didn't change that. The 1st generation wasn't terrible looking from some angles it was nice but it was a nothing car, it had no distinctive features. The 2nd generation tried a little harder but looked bad it really did. They are also dull to drive and make you duller as a person and when they livened it up with a VXR version Clarkson showed us that it had ridiculous amounts of understeer and reported that it was one of the worst chassis he's ever driven.
Nissan Juke
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| Argh! My Eyes! They Burn! |
The most horrifically ugly car money can buy! The Juke is a crossover (which automatically means I hate it) which was designed by throwing a Qashqai and a Leaf together and bashing them together until you ended up with something only the blind can appreciate. Actually anyone with a Juke should be banned from driving as they clearly lack the gift of sight.
Peugeot 3008
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| It's slightly better then the Juke... Slightly |
Another unfortunate styling mishap only marginally better than the Juke. Just buy the 308.
Toyota Prius
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| Greenpeace still hates you Prius... |
The best selling hybrid in the world. Not exactly an achievement when no one really has bothered to try and stop them until recently. Not a good looking car, slow and technically causes more environmental damage while being produced then a standard car and on top of everything else shockingly expensive. Buy anything, anything at all instead of this! (Well save for anything else on this list!)
BMW i3
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| Yeah i'm not quite sure what they we're going for either... |
Right this might be controversial. People seem to love the i8 and well I don't and pepole seem to also like this thing. Another Juke situation where the car is just catastrophically ugly this definitely looks desperately over designed to the point where it were it looks like it was just thrown together in an attempt to look futuristic, well if this is the future we're all doomed or at least our sight is!
Citroen Xsara Picasso
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| You know what dad I think i'll walk from here... |
"Honey! I have an idea! Let's buy a car that looks like a people carrier but it can only seat the same amount of people as the standard car!" Unless you have overweight children avoid this and buy a normal hatchback instead!
Volkswagen Golf GTI Mark 4
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| "Put your foot down!" "It is down!" |
Just to confirm I like the Golf GTI! It's the daddy of hot hatches and still sets the standard for them today... The Mark 4 however was woeful. It was slower than a automatic Rover 25 in a drag race mostly due to the under powered 1.8 engine which simply lacked enough power to move the large amount of weight the golf had become! A reminder that you need to update engines when you're inevitably adding weight with the new model!
BMW X5
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| It may be impossible to look more like a clot then when you're in this... |
Do you have more money then sense? Can you not drive at all? Do you think a big SUV will make you stand out in a crowd of other mothers who all have the same car? Then here's the BMW X5! Driven exclusively by colossal clots who can't drive, the X5 makes you think you're better than anyone else on the road! Until inevitably a Range Rover comes along and makes you feel inferior!
BMW X6
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| ...Oh wait |
Mind you at least the X5 has the decency to have some off road capabilities have X6 doesn't even that couple that to the strange body which is supposed to be a sporty coupe and a SUV at the same time. This is one of the most stupid cars ever made and I lose faith in humanity every time I see one.
Hyundai i series
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| The i10... Dreary isn't it? |
Okay so I did say it was '22 cars' but I honestly couldn't choose which of these cars is worse. The i10 basically says to the world "I couldn't care about my life and what people think of me so I brought this abomination of a car" the i20 is probably the best of the range but is still far from good and the i30 is one of the most hideous cars you can buy today. Hyundai's are mostly boring and brought by people who don't care anymore. If you're desperate for something Korean and a 7 Year warranty buy a Kia!
Volkswagen new Beetle
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| Do you know how hard it is to find one of these without eye lashes!? |
Unfortunately this list is a rundown of the worst cars from 1993 onwards which means I can't include the original Beetle however I can include the New Beetle! This abomination popped up in 1998 for no real good reason other then to trick hipsters into thinking it would be cool to drive around in a car which is inspired by the car that was used by the hippies 30 years ago and what the 3rd Reich used 60 years ago. It's biggest sin however is the fact that it used the running gear from a Mark 4 Golf, was smaller then the Golf and yet cost more then the Golf! This was just was destined to fail and yet it was a incredible success...
Vauxhall Adam
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| It's not actually that bad... wait it's called Adam? |
Okay the 'Adam' wins the award for stupidest car name ever who the hell thought of Adam. I mean I know why it's called that (It's named after Opel founder Adam Opel) but it's still stupid! It's also slightly shameful. Vauxhall aren't one for innovation and originality and this is their attempt to grab at the people who would normally buy a 500 or a new Mini. Do you want one instead of a 500? Didn't think so! Mostly because it's called Adam!
Chrysler Grand Voyager
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| It looks just as bad as any other MPV but it has a dark secret... |
Unsafe cars are cool! Going through the pearly gates backwards at 160mph while on fire is pretty awesome... You know what isn't awesome dying after smashing into a wall at 30 mph in a people carrier. The Voyager is one of the most unsafe cars ever tested by euro NCAP. With the First Generation scoring 1 star out of 5 but don't worry the Second Generation scored 2! By far probably the worst MPV ever made.
Rover 75
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| Takes you back doesn't? Yeah it shouldn't. |
So Rover had just been sold to BMW and needed to get the money rolling in. So a strategic plan was put in place update the 200 and 400 into the 25 and 45 respectively and introduce a new flag ship model the 75 not a particularly bad car but the styling however was supposed to hearken back to the P6 as such it had an aged look to it which meant it missed it's original target market of up and coming young business men and ended up attracting more mature buyers. Bless. Mind you this wasn't the car that killed Rover...
Rover CityRover
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You can tell it's not a proper Rover can't you?
Welcome everyone to Rover's death rattle, the final nail in the coffin. Basically due to the lack of money Rover had at the time, they turned to Indian car company Tata to form a deal where they would badge engineer the Tata Indica as the Rover CityRover simply they would buy the Indica tart the nose up and revise the suspension. The problem? the Indica cost £3,000 each and after these slight improvements they would sell it for £6,495... at the low end. Terrible to drive due to it's terrible ride, terrible equipment levels and terrible build quality. James May remarked that it was the worst car he'd ever driven on Top Gear! Even a price drop of £900 didn't save the CityRover or indeed Rover themselves... |
Nissan Leaf
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| Why do all electric cars have to look so damn ugly... |
You're probably still full of hate thanks to the earlier Prius and well I'm sorry but I have to bring this up... Basically an Electric Micra but heavy and oh it costs over £30,000 unless you rent the engine... At least it has glow in the dark paint now... but then again why would you want to draw more attention in this!
Mercedes-Benz A Class
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| Yes it does look slightly top heavy doesn't it? |
The original Mercedes A Class was not a very good looking car. Looking almost like a crushed C Class, it also wasn't the erm... Most stable of cars having fallen over during a road test. They did solve the problem but this car is still remembered for this... And if it wasn't for that it would be for being another terrible idea...
Any Mini that isn't a normal 3 Door Cooper
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| A collection of some of the biggest abominations on the market. |
I couldn't decide which modern MINI was worse. The 3 door Cooper isn't so bad but the rest of the range is just terrible. The convertible is exclusively for hairdressers. The coupe is one of the worst proportioned cars I've ever seen. The Clubman is atrocious to drive and look at. The Countryman is also terrible in every way and the Paceman is also an absolute abomination. Want nightmares? Look up these cars!
Chrysler Crossfire
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| Just take in the awfulness... |
This car almost confuses me, it takes 80% of it's components from a First Generation Mercedes SLK (Which admittedly had gone out of production before this car even saw the light of day) and manages to be utter rubbish. Terrible to drive and terrible to be in because of it's terribly cheap interior. It was also as you can see horrendously ugly. It fooled no one and as such it sold terribly to the point it was listed on overstock.com and craigslist.com. Utterly terrible in every way.
Ssangyong Rodius
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The ugliest car ever? Probably
Yeah you're not that surprised now are you? The definitive sign you've had way too many kids is when you have to buy a car like this. The fact that it is the most hideous car ever isn't the only thing wrong with it. Laughably bad to drive and laughably cheap inside. This really is so unbelievably bad to the point where luckily I've never seen one in the flesh. Which is mainly why I'm not yet blind!
Rover 100
So picking the last car was a bit hard. The Lexus SC430 almost got up here but this one just made it through the gate. I don't really hate the little 100 it's not a bad looking car and wasn't utterly terrible to drive. However it was horribly out dated, essentially still being the Metro underneath meant that it had one or two age issues and safety was the big one it scored 1 star out of 5 in the euro NCAP test and if you've never seen the test it's not hard to see why. Killed off afterwards it ultimately led to the CityRover you saw earlier which is why it's here.
The End!
I hoped you enjoyed! I'd love to see what cars you guys think should have made it onto this list so leave your thoughts below!
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