In 2012, a lot of automotive innovations appeared on the world market, both debut models and updated versions of long-known cars. Journalists of Forbes, with the support of leading US auto experts, made the Top 10, which hit the ugliest cars of 2012.
Alas, the eyes of experts did not rush beyond the North American market, so the products of the Russian automotive industry could not participate in such an anti-competition of automotive design.
10. Chrysler 200 Convertible
The three-door convertible is not officially sold in Russia. The cost of a car in the United States starts at $ 26,955. Experts, in principle, do not favor modern convertibles, believing that current designers do not make attractive cars of this type. But the Chrysler 200 Convertible is called particularly inelegant.
9. Smart ForTwo
Forbes experts firmly dubbed the 3-door city car a “non-car." An 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 baby is decent, but the products of Daimler AG have never been cheap.
8. McLaren P1
Sports car claims the title world's fastest production car. And, according to Forbes, also the title of the ugliest sports car. The front of the car inspired experts to think about a burnt human nose in the sun. Sales of cars starting at? 700,000 will begin in 2013.
7. Mercedes-Benz SL550
The 3-door roadster is not officially sold in Russia. The 2012 version is 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. Price SL550 starts at $ 103,650.
6. MINI Coupe
One variation of the MINI Cooper, this time in the form of a three-door coupe. Auto dealers cost from 875,000 rubles. In Forbes, the car was dubbed "Cool Yermolka." Well, strict experts do not like the updated compact cars of 2012!
5. Dodge Charger
The all-wheel drive four-door sedan has impressive technical specifications. But apparently Charger let us down, like his fellow Dodge Avenger. Square shapes, a chopped off nose and a boring design have secured the powerful car a place 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 from $ 18,995, in Russia it is sold only in the secondary market at a higher price from 1 million rubles.
3. Toyota iQ
First three places in 2012 ugliest car rating occupy models from Toyota. Experts dubbed the three-door hatchback a “cube” that does not correspond to modern ideas about urban cars. Meanwhile, the letter “i” in the name of the model, as conceived by 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, a car is known as the Scion tC (touring coupe, or wagon-coupe). Experts were not enthusiastic about the merger of bodies of such different classes. In Russia, the car is not for sale, in the United States the price starts from $ 24,000.
1. Toyota Prius V
The five-door hybrid hatchback is sold 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.
