The Top 10 Worst Cars Of The Last Year According To Clarkson

After captivating the car world with his top 10 cars of the year, Clarkson has now provided us with the ‘stinkers’ of the past 12 months, with a couple of surprises thrown into the mix.

Vauxhall Astra SRi NAV

Clarkson had very little to write about the little turbocharged Vauxhall in his Sunday Times article and only gave it the title of ‘a place to sit down when moving around’. If there’s one thing that JC hates, it’s a bland, unemotional driving experience.

Infiniti Q30 Premium Tech

Clarkson found the Infiniti’s diesel engine completely gutless, claiming that its only use was to ‘convert diesel into noise’ rather than lumps of torque. Despite the handsome mini-SUV’s looks, his conclusion was the Q30 was ‘a mess’.

Skoda Superb SE L Executive

Jeremy again found it difficult to come up with any words to describe the Skoda and after a long drive up the M1, he concluded that the Superb was ‘average’ and ‘not good enough’ to warrant any form of compliment.

Zenos E10 S

He admitted that the Zenos was one hell of a quick car due to an incredible power-to-weight ratio. But without a roof, he described the exhaust note as resembling ‘a fat man who’s using Victorian plumbing to flush away the after-effects of a particularly enormous dinner’.

But the killer for Clarkson was the brakes which he somehow likened to ‘the turd in the swimming pool’.

Renault Kadjar dCi 130 Signature Nav

‘No one is going to yearn for the day they own a Kadjar’ wrote Clarkson, and I’m sure we can all agree. The Qashqai-based SUV was yet another beige alternative for motoring and JC even admitted that you should go for the Google autonomous car over the Renault. Damn, that thing must be bad!

BMW X1 xDrive25d

Despite the huge success of the X1 crossover, the ex-Top Gear presenter was severely disappointed with the four-wheel drive system and said it hadn’t moved on from the previous generation car which ‘resembled a cement mixer.’

He also hated the painfully lacklustre powertrain, that ‘left the line about as enthusiastically as its designer got out of bed in the morning’.

Seat Leon X-Perience SE Technology

Mr Clarkson was as brutal as ever with his stunning review of this Seat…

‘I’m grateful to Seat for lending me this car because it reinforces every belief I’ve held about Seat’s cars. They’re a waste of time’. JC is savage af.

Nissan GT-R Track Edition

Despite the standard GTR being a five-star car in his eyes, the Track Edition had taken the Nissan from hero to zero through the eyes of Clarkson. Due to an extremely stiff suspension setup, Clarkson described the GTR as ‘useless, as driving over a manhole cover gives you some idea of what it might be like to be involved in a plane crash’.

Volkswagen Scirocco 2.0 TDI

Clarkson’s first car was an original VW Scirocco and he loved it, so when the latest edition came out, he wasn’t keen on driving it at all and wrote it is ‘better to keep love from the past as a memory’.

Unfortunately for him, the keys were forced into his hand and he wrote that ‘it stalls a lot. Doubtless for reasons that have a lot to do with the polar bear, this diesel engine needs a bootful of revs before you can even think about setting off’.

He also hated the looks and was completely uninspired by the gutless exhaust note.

Hyundai i800

Yet again using his metaphors to catastrophic effect, Clarkson slammed the Korean car to a whole new level.

‘The Hyundai i800 is worse than that parasite that burrows into children’s eyes. It’s worse than the cubicle on a hot army base with a D&V outbreak. It’s worse than trying on trousers, even. I would rather apply sun cream to James May’s back than travel again in a Hyundai i800’.

Judging by those words, its safe to say that you should probably stay away from the i800 at your next car rental desk!

Do you agree with his choices, or have have you driven any of these cars and have a different opinion?