Talks About Cars

Thursday, November 8, 2007

Ten Worst Automobiles for 2007


If you plan to get a new car and have already decided what vehicle model to purchase, well, think again, coz the car you have chosen could be included in The Truth About Cars' (TTAC) Ten Worst Automobiles for 2007.

TTAC has released the list of the winners or rather the unfortunate vehicle models that are included in the Ten Worst Automobiles for 2007. The ten vehicles was chosen by TTAC staff, after evaluating more than 100 vehicles submitted by TTAC readers.

Anyway, check out the Ten Worst Automobiles for 2007, along with the description of TTAC staff.

10. Saturn ION
"The lame duck ION waddles off the field of battle without achieving any glory whatsoever. From its Frankensteinian proportions and ditchwater dull detailing, to misaligned panel gaps visible from low earth orbit, to a Playskool-inspired dash made of recycled plastic swords, to engines so coarse they might as well been stickered 'for agricultural use only."

9. Chrysler Aspen
"Its OK love your SUV. Just not this one. The Chrysler Aspen is a cynical repackaging of the Pleistocene-era Dodge Durango, complete with an arthritic suspension and interior appointments you’re best advised not keep."

8. Chevrolet TrailBlazer / GMC Envoy / Isuzu Ascender / Saab 9-7X
"These are the four remaining examples of Ye Olde GMT-360 SUV platform. They’re old school SUVs in strictest sense of the term; anyone whose education involved spending endless hours at a desk nailed to the floor in a drafty, cheerless classroom will know what I mean. "

7. Hummer H2
"According to its detractors, the H2 represents everything that’s wrong with SUVs. We agree. The H2’s immense charisma has vanished as quickly as hopes for a little rapid fire nation building you-know-where. All that's left is a huge, slow, thirsty, ungainly five-year-old truck based on an eight-year-old platform."

6. Hummer H3
"The H3 is a 4700lbs. truck with a 220 horsepower five-cylinder engine. For those of you who don’t count rivets for fun, the H2’s baby brother is thirstier than Lindsay Lohan just out of rehab, slower than continental drift and rougher than Class VI rapids. "

5. Chevrolet Uplander
"Last year’s top dog is making its exit, but not gracefully. This dead van walking never fooled anyone with its SUV-wannabe styling on a poorly engineered ‘90s-era platform."

4. Dodge Nitro
"The Nitro is the answer to a question nobody asked: who wants a rough-running, gas guzzling, hard-shifting, sloppy handling, cheaply adorned, pavement bound, neutered Jeep?"

3. Chevrolet Aveo
"From its tinny-sounding doors to its penalty box interior, the Aveo screams cheap more loudly (and persistently) than an amphetamine-crazed parrot. Normally slow means frugal."

2. Chrysler Sebring
"The Sebring is a born rental car. It’s hideous in a deeply bland sort of way. Its cabin, handling, acceleration, and ride quality (or complete lack thereof) is to driving pleasure what hair shirts are to eczema sufferers. "

1. Jeep Compass
"Jeep’s recipe for disaster is both simple and comprehensive: laughable aesthetics, second-rate road manners, poky performance and interior materials pulled from the bottom drawer of Chrysler’s parts bin."

posted by Marley Jones at 10:16 PM

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