The top 10 worst "supercars" ever <vote>

[R5]

Supercars are supposed to thrill, but which do you feel was a flop? You can choose 2 cars, the most nominated will go on to the top 10 list.

Let those V6s (with 2 cylinders not working) fire and release the hate like a cloud of smoke from your engines misfire! Vote now!

Note: debate is open. But respect each others opinion, okay? Okay.

Wall of Shame:
(My nominations) Caparo T1- unreliable and you have to do many mph in a corner. Has a tendency to set on fire.

Lamborghini Aventador- Too Audi influenced. Not insane enough. Too many cliches from Italy.

(Your nominations)
Ferrari Mondail

DeLorean DMC12

Vector M12

MTX Tatra

Mitsuoka Orochi

Maserati Merak

Ferrari Testa Rossa

Lamborghini Gallardo

SLS AMG

 

[Beeblebrox237]

Hmm, the two worst supercars? I really don't know, they're almost all pretty awesome in some way. The Ferrari Mondial was pretty bad, though, so I nominate it. I can't think of another car to nominate at the moment.

 

[Tornado]

The Mondial wasn't a supercar.

 

[GTMail]

1. DMC Delorian( should this thing even count?)

2. Vector M12- I believe Clarkson said this was the worst car ever and I can't attest.

 

[NoobMan DS]

How about...MTX Tatra V8

It has that generic, typical "super shape" and proportion which formed the basis of many supercars from the 90s. (I hope that makes sense) Not bad for a start; not a questionable or overambitious starting point. But there's nothing else other than that. No accentuations. Oh and the rear end is just one big rectangle with plain rectangular taillights as well. (sort of) That doesn't make it ugly I think, it's just plain.

But perhaps we shouldn't be too harsh on this? This comes from a country where people rarely decide to make a car of this kind, it seems. Perhaps it makes this particular example a respectable one. And a 0-60 mph time between 5.6 seconds and 6.2 seconds isn't that bad for something coming out from the early 90s. Still matching with 964 Carreras' performance figures in a way, which aren't really supercars though. The looks of the MTX Tatra V8 don't really match up with the numbers, but.....perhaps it's still respectable. What do you think? Should this really be put to the list?


And...the Mitsuoka Orochi.

Is this a supercar? Well, the company that makes it claims that it is one. It's got the looks up to a different level already, and whether the looks seem questionable to some or not is another story. I do think it's kind of an alien fish. But not hideous. Still we can't deny the performance figures are not up to 21st century standards. Fair nomination?

Other than these two I don't have anything in my head currently.

 

[R5]

Cars added. Caparo also on the list, reasons in OP.

 

[marluxiaXI11]

When has anyone ever said that the delorean ever was or tried to be a supercar?

 

[Murcie_LP640]

Only the Tatra and the Mondial have not been taken straight from TopGear's Top 10 Crappy Supercars. Which would explain why the DeLorean's there.

 

[R5]

Only the Tatra and the Mondial have not been taken straight from TopGear's Top 10 Crappy Supercars. Which would explain why the DeLorean's there.

I was looking through that today, coincidentally. The magazine issue where they went to Wales with 2010s best supercars

But yeah, I would also nominate (feel free to hate my guts) the Aventador; I can't sit in it, it's massive, the engine doesn't sound as pure as some other V12s, it would be lighter with RWD and Audi have influenced it too much. Sorry guys...

 

[Tornado]

A DeLorean? A supercar? How in the...



I might as well say the Pontiac Fiero was a supercar and nominate that as the worst one.

 

[-Fred-]

Let's get away from the Top Gear fanboy-ism and get some cold hard facts in here.

You need 3 people to operate the clutch, and it only seats two, you can't see out of it, it's wider than a Greyhound bus, the radiator plumbing goes inside the cabin (which is more than cramped) and hottens up the whole thing, it's got a flat-12 that will require you to re-remortgage your house in order to maintain it, the trunk can't even fit a back pack, Don Johnson drove one...

It's the worst thing ever.

 

[AudiMan2011]

My nomination (I couldn't think of a second one right now):

Maserati Merak: Looks like a badly designed Ute, it has the wrong engine (V6), and there's too much mechanical influence from Citroen.

UPDATE: Just thought of my second nomination:

Porsche 993 GT2: If a supercar is supposed to thrill, why drive this when all it wants to do is try and kill you?

 

[Murcie_LP640]

The Aventador was one that crossed my mind as well. I like it a lot but it doesn't really evoke as much passion as the Murciélago did for me. It seems like it is a very fast Audi with a rather rudimentary and rough gearbox. Can't really say the Murciélago doesn't have influences from Audi but it still feels like it has more passion somehow. Possibly because it's still considerably trickier to drive despite it still having AWD.

My second nomination is quite difficult though, because I can't really think of any "bad" supercars for logical or emotional reasons. I'll get back to you on that one.

EDIT: Found it, which is another car I actually like quite a lot.

Dunno whether anyone's actually watched Top Gear Australia but this was featured in one of the eps before it was axed. The Carbontech Redback Spyder. Essentially a kit-supercar in a similar sort of vein as the Ultima brand except nowhere near as successful. It was released as a one-off in 2006 at the Melbourne Motor Show and was supposed to be "Australia's first supercar." Another prototype was built to send to the US to try and garner some interest (reportedly Jay Leno was interested). It never really happened and while they rather optimistically still advertise them (at AU$320,000 a pop), they never went through making it road legal and I believe they haven't sold any. It's just been kinda dead-on-the-water since, and while there have been equally unsuccessful attempts at Australia's first supercar, this is one of the more famous ones. Well, this and the Joss JT1, which seems to be revived every once in a blue moon.

 

[Beeblebrox237]

Let's get away from the Top Gear fanboy-ism and get some cold hard facts in here.

You need 3 people to operate the clutch, and it only seats two, you can't see out of it, it's wider than a Greyhound bus, the radiator plumbing goes inside the cabin (which is more than cramped) and hottens up the whole thing, it's got a flat-12 that will require you to re-remortgage your house in order to maintain it, the trunk can't even fit a back pack, Don Johnson drove one...

It's the worst thing ever.

The Lamborghini Countach was just as bad. It was uncomfortable, hot, the clutch is really heavy, and driving it is a nightmare. But, like the Testarossa, it would still be fun to own because, well, look at them!

 

[Murcie_LP640]

The difference being IMO that the Countach looks more "70s/80s sexy" than the TR does.

 

[Dennisch]

that will require you to re-remortgage your house in order to maintain it

As in, almost every Ferrari ever build.

 

[xXKingJoshXx]

*Waits patiently for someone to say Bugatti Veyron*


My vote would probably go to the Lamborghini Gallardo. It's not really the car itself that's bad, just he fact that it's so common. The Gallardo is the Toyota Camry of supercars.

 

[xNEVER-ONEx]

Let's get away from the Top Gear fanboy-ism and get some cold hard facts in here.

You need 3 people to operate the clutch, and it only seats two, you can't see out of it, it's wider than a Greyhound bus, the radiator plumbing goes inside the cabin (which is more than cramped) and hottens up the whole thing, it's got a flat-12 that will require you to re-remortgage your house in order to maintain it, the trunk can't even fit a back pack, Don Johnson drove one...

It's the worst thing ever.

And yet it is one of the coolest cars of all times and a cult classic.

 

[The Stig Farmer]

SLS AMG. The thing just does not look "supercar" enough to me. And supercars attempting to look retro is a big no-no.

 

[GranTurismo916]

The Ferrari LaFerrari, and the Lamborghini Veneno. One has a stupid name and is ugly, and the other one is just plain ridiculous.

 

[-Fred-]

As in, almost every Ferrari ever build.

Well... yes, valid point. But there are better options, so to speak, if you want to cover yourself in debt with an unreliable Ferrari.

What amazes me is that they've kept their value quite considerably, you can still find "good" examples for well over $100k... And yet the better 550/575 and 456 are all much, much cheaper.

 

[brianwong]

Ferrari 360. That thing looks nasty.

 

[Murcie_LP640]

I'm quite inclined to disagree I reckon the 360 looks very delicious. And as far as supercars go I'm pretty sure it was actually fairly successful.

 

[Crumpet]

Ferrari 360. That thing looks nasty.

I think it looks great, the perfect early 2000's model Ferrari.

 

[brianwong]

The front is super nasty. The back is acceptable I guess.

 

[Crumpet]

I adore the 360 <3

 

[Leonidae@MFT]

Cizeta Moroder VT16.

also, Vectors. Who in their right mind gives a supercar a truck-originated 3-speed transmission like the W8 twinturbo had? Seriously.

 

[Takumi Fujiwara]

The Cizeta had the potential to be a cool car but they didn't manage to get it right before the backers gave up on it. I've actually seen one in person at a show years ago, and that T16 sounds and looks nuts.

My top vote probably has to go to the late Countach. It adorned many a wall and toy collection when I was a kid, and I still look at them and think they're cool, but they're covered in pointless scoops and wings and they're horrible to drive. The earlier cars are much better.

Another example I don't see mentioned much is the Alpina version of the Z8. It had almost all the ingredients of a good semi-supercar, but was completely crippled by a totally unsporting automatic transmission, and not a modern paddle-shift sequential or DSG one either.

Another car that straddles the line between high-end and supercar is the Plymouth Prowler. It was relatively pricey and made in limited numbers, and had very radical styling, but the performance was totally underwhelming and it was built like a Chrysler product of the late 90s, which is anything but a good thing.

While I don't think it belongs on a worst list, I found the F430 Spyder I once drove very underwhelming. For what the car is it should light your pants on fire, and instead I found something that made the right noises but failed to excite me much dynamically. Maybe on a track it would have been great, but on a isolated canyon road it wasn't much to write home about. The same guy had a Gallardo and I thought it was much more fun on the same road, although I'd take a 911 over both when it comes to driving pleasure.

 

[NoobMan DS]

Ferrari 360. That thing looks nasty.

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Nasty? Seriously, do you have to use that word? 360s are anything but "nasty". I think it's well-proportioned; it's got a clean design that has a nice, sweeping, flowing feel from one edge to another. Nothing overly squishy, and nothing too "boom-boom", no prominent sharpness to the viewer. Just pretty in a rather simple manner. Perhaps you just don't like the way it smiles, eh? I think it's a better smile than most of the other smiling Ferraris. Welcoming and friendly but not imposing. Better face than that of the F430.

Still, in terms of looks I prefer the 360 Modena over its successor, the F430. From the rear three-quarters view, the parts near the rear wheels of the F430 look rather fat. Heh, I even like the 360 better than the 458 Italia. Perhaps the fact it was one of my childhood favorites added to this. Hard to release the attachment?

Wanna see a Ferrari that looks "nasty"? Witness the squishy-cheeky bloatedness of the F50 Bolide's face.

Or you can go ahead and call the F90 "nasty" too.

Or the F512M. Kind of a facelift of the 512TR that's not gone too well.

But not the 360. Oh no.

 

[RDF97]

Worst supercars ever. Ooh, let me think. I've got more than 2.

1 - McLaren MP4-12C because: It sounds like the name of a fax machine, completely drama less, you can tell by sensing that the people who made it deliberately made it boring, doesn't look like a proper supercar.

2 - Mercedes-Benz SLS AMG because: It has very confusing and fussy styling (no distinction I mean), un-driveable and not helped by having appeal to Jeremy Clarkson.

3 - Maserati MC12 because: It's hideously ugly, its a fraud (detuned Ferrari Enzo in a fat suit), and doesn't work full stop.