The 18 Most Controversial Cars Ever Made

Cars that made their engineers proud and their owners furious, sometimes in the same model year.

1. 1
   Ford Mustang Mach-E

   An electric crossover given the Mustang name in 2019, which many owners of the coupe never accepted.
   1000pts
2. 2
   Cadillac Cimarron

   A compact Chevrolet with a Cadillac badge and a Cadillac price, sold in 1982.
   943pts
3. 3
   Pontiac Aztek

   A 2001 crossover whose styling is still the standard reference for a design gone wrong.
   877pts
4. 4
   Chevrolet Corvair

   The rear-engined compact at the centre of Ralph Nader's Unsafe at Any Speed.
   771pts
5. 5
   Tesla Cybertruck

   A stainless-steel wedge that split opinion from the moment its window broke on stage.
   771pts
6. 6
   Aston Martin Cygnet

   A rebadged Toyota city car sold as an Aston Martin to meet fleet emissions rules.
   692pts
7. 7
   Ford Pinto

   A 1970s subcompact whose fuel-tank design became a landmark product-safety case.
   600pts
8. 8
   Hummer H2

   A civilian military look-alike that became shorthand for excess in the 2000s.
   600pts
9. 9
   Ferrari Purosangue

   Ferrari's four-door, four-seat car, which the company still declines to call an SUV.
   600pts
10. 10
    DeLorean DMC-12

    A stainless-steel sports car whose company collapsed almost as fast as it launched.
    600pts
11. 11
    Volkswagen Golf TDI

    The diesel hatchback at the centre of the 2015 emissions-testing scandal.
    491pts
12. 12
    Jaguar X-Type

    A Jaguar built on a Ford Mondeo platform, which buyers noticed immediately.
    491pts
13. 13
    Porsche Cayenne

    The SUV purists said would ruin Porsche, and which instead paid for the sports cars.
    360pts
14. 14
    Fiat Multipla

    A people carrier with an extra row of windows and a face nobody forgot.
    360pts
15. 15
    Chrysler PT Cruiser

    A retro-styled hatchback that sold in huge numbers and aged badly in the eyes of critics.
    360pts
16. 16
    Ford Mustang II

    The 1974 Mustang shrunk onto small-car underpinnings, which sold well and pleased almost no enthusiast.
    200pts
17. 17
    Lamborghini Urus

    The SUV that became Lamborghini's best seller within two years of launch.
    200pts
18. 18
    BMW 7 Series (E65)

    Chris Bangle's 2001 saloon, whose rear deck earned its own insult and changed car design anyway.
    200pts