In 2012, many car novelties appeared on the world market, both debut models and updated versions of long-known cars. Forbes journalists, with the support of leading US auto experts, made the Top 10, which included ugliest cars of 2012.
Alas, the gaze of the experts did not go beyond the North American market, so the products of the Russian automobile industry could not participate in such an anti-competition for automotive design.
10. Chrysler 200 Convertible
The three-door convertible is not officially on sale in Russia. The cost of a car in the US starts at $ 26,955. Experts, in principle, do not favor modern convertibles, considering that current designers do not make attractive cars of this type. But the Chrysler 200 Convertible has been described as particularly inelegant.
9. Smart ForTwo
Forbes experts have harshly dubbed the 3-door city car "not a car." The updated version of the second generation Smart is sold in Russia at a price of 640,000 rubles. Of course, the price for such a kid is decent, but Daimler AG products have never been cheap.
8. McLaren P1
Sports car claims the title the world's fastest production car... And, according to Forbes, also for the title of the ugliest sports car. The front part of the car inspired the experts to think about a human nose burnt in the sun. Sales of the car at a price of £ 700,000 will begin in 2013.
7. Mercedes-Benz SL550
The 3-door roadster is not officially on sale in Russia. The 2012 version is a whopping 2 tons lighter than the previous one thanks to the use of aluminum and composites. But to the taste of experts, the car looks overly flattened. The SL550 starts at $ 103,650.
6. MINI Coupe
One of the variations of the MINI Cooper, this time in the form of a three-door coupe. Car dealerships cost from 875,000 rubles. Forbes dubbed the car "Cool yarmulke". Well, strict experts don't like the updated 2012 compact cars!
5. Dodge Charger
The all-wheel drive four-door sedan has impressive technical characteristics. But outwardly, the Charger let us down, like its brother Dodge Avenger. Square shapes, a chopped nose and boring design put the powerful car in the top ten ugliest cars. The cost of a car is from $ 25,595, it is not officially sold in Russia.
4. Dodge Avenger
Another sedan from Dodge looks, according to experts, heavy, boring and even "wooden". The cost of the car starts at $ 18,995, in Russia it is sold only on the secondary market at a higher price of 1 million rubles.
3. Toyota iQ
Top three places in 2012 ugliest cars ranking are occupied by models from Toyota. Experts dubbed the three-door hatchback a "cube" that does not correspond to modern ideas about a city car. Meanwhile, the letter "i" in the name of the model, according to the intention of the creators, comes from the words innovation (innovation), individuality (individuality), and intelligence (intelligence). The price of a car starts at $ 15,000, it is not supplied to Russia.
2. Toyota Zelas
In the United States, the car is known as the Scion tC (touring coupe, or wagon coupe). The experts were not delighted with the fusion of bodies of such different classes. The car is not sold in Russia, in the USA the price starts at $ 24,000.
1. Toyota Prius V
The five-door hybrid hatchback is on sale in Russia at a price of 1 million rubles. Despite the fact that experts compared the car body with an inflated plastic bag, the car became the third most popular model in the world in the first quarter of 2012.