Fake carbon fiber, plastic wood, shifter paddles on an automatic gearbox. These are the defining characteristics of the vehicles Jalopnik readers selected as the ten lamest cars you can buy.
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10.) Mini Countryman
Suggested By: coryd
Why it's lame: The Countryman could be a good car. It could ride well, have nice space, look kind of funky, and be reasonably affordable. That means nothing, because it's too fat to be a "Mini," and it shamelessly cashes in on the innovations of yesteryear to sell a mini-crossover.
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9.) Aston Martin Cygnet
Suggested By: Gamecat235
Why it's lame: It can be cool to dress up a little car with high-end touches (the Radford Mini, for example), but you have to make the luxury stealthy. Slapping a fat chrome grill and hood vents on a Toyota iQ is not stealthy. It is obnoxious.
The only saving grace here is that it allows them to build more V12 Aston Martins.
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8.) Honda CRZ
Suggested By: Pcleez
Why it's lame: Much as we love the idea of a funky-styled sporty Japanese coupe with a weird powertrain, everybody knows the CRZ fell short. It's supposed to be fun to drive and environmentally friendly, but it somehow managed to miss both objectives.
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7.) Chevy Spark
Suggested By: Irving Washington
Why it's lame: With its anime eyes headlights and shouty details, the Sparks screams, "Cool young people! Take pictures of me on Instagram! Do it!"
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6.) Scion tC
Suggested By: mingoesbueno
Why it's lame: The tC is for people who wanted something cool and sporty but couldn't dare to buy something interesting.
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5.) Acura ZDX
Suggested By: 3pedalsgood
Why it's lame: Acura ripped of the BMW X6 and ended up with something even more desperate. It's big and wasteful, but it has no space for stuff or human beings. It is a big toy, trying to look cool.
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4.) Scion xD
Suggested By: Dwhite
Why it's lame: Not even a rally car campaign can make this thing interesting. The harder Scion tries to make this beigemobile appear cool, the worse the xD gets. It's a shame, too, because the first one was sort of interesting.
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3.) Harley-Davidson Ford F-150
Suggested By: StreetsideStig
Why it's lame: Hey "tough guy," you're not a rebel. You're a rich old dude. Get over yourself.
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2.) Smart ForTwo
Suggested By: Saablife
Why it's lame: If your car's name tries to tell people that you're smart because you bought one, you're trying too hard.
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1.) Infiniti G25
Suggested By: TheCrudMan
Why it's lame: If you had less money, you'd be buying a Camry. You have no imagination, but you want all your friends to know that you just got a promotion. So you buy the most soporific of all the faux-wood and faux-carbon fiber near-luxury sedans, the entry-level G25.
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