I think we all can agree that most cars for sale in this day and age are worthy of your hard earned dollars. However, every once in a while, a certain car turns out to be...quite the dud.
Here are my top five worst cars made between 2010 and 2015, in no particular order.
1. Mitsubishi Mirage.
To sum up the Mirage in a sentence: Minimalist car with weak power-train designed for efficiency gets only marginally better EPA ratings than similar cars. The Mirage is cheap, it is good on gas, but...well...that's actually about it. Even if you say that's all you need in a car, after buying the Mirage, you'd realize you were wrong. The Mirage is the lowest link on the automotive food chain, and it's obvious why.
2. Chevy Malibu
The Malibu was fresh in 2008 and literally helped pull GM out of its hole it had gotten itself into (thanks, Bob Lutz...for the Malibu, not the bankruptcy). And it was a great car at the time. Well, all the work it got done in those few short years must have really tired it out, because it went on sale in 2013 as significantly refreshed. The Malibu basically got a nip and tuck, as well as Camaro-esque tail-lights just to make it look more appealing. The actual bones of the car still dated back to 2008. Rumor has it GM didn't have the capital at the time the car needed a refresh, but still--the poor excuse for a refreshed model was atrocious. It lost almost every comparison it ever entered.
3. Chevy Trax
I don't mean to Chevy-hate right now, but unfortunately a lot of GM products are still sort of hit and miss, even to this day. Based on small car architecture, the Trax is a minimalist car. It does have the Buick Encore as a cousin, yet somehow the Buick does better, with more options and 'luxury'. The Trax is slow, (over 10 seconds to 60 MPH, I mean really?), cumbersome, top heavy, and above all, cheap. It's stripped out. No auxiliary input for the stereo stripped out. It is cheap and offers a commanding view of the road, but even the fuel economy and space are trumped by smaller compacts and sedans. Don't buy one. You won't like it.
4. Honda CR-Z
The CR-Z excited everyone at the thought of it, but disappointed the same people when they finally got to drive it. With a name like CR-Z, the general opinion was that the small car would be a successor to the beloved Honda CRX from the '80s. Much to the enthusiast community, what we got was a weak hybrid, with polarizing looks (if I am using the nicest word possible), and none of the classic Honda handling characteristics. Few sold, but Honda still tries to peddle them.
5. 9th Gen Honda Civic (first year)
Honda's have a specific quality about them. They are known to handle well, be energetic and fun to drive (if not always the quickest cars), as well as have superior technology and build quality than most other manufacturers. Honda was in the middle of an identity crisis with the last generation Accord, but it really bottomed out with the first year of the brand new 9th generation Civic. Ergonomics were difficult, and the new Civic lost all of its old character in the redesign. The public was outraged enough that Honda rushed the typical mid-cycle refresh of the model, after only one year of it being on sale. That's unheard of these days. They knew they screwed up. The refreshed 9th gen fixed nearly all of the complaints with the beta version of generation 9, so that is why only year one of generation 9 makes this list.
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