POLL: Is The Winner A Smart OR An H2? What's The WORST Car Of The Decade?

As far as the worst 4 vehicles I can think of off the top of my head.

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I don't think Smart made the worst car of the decade considering Toyota copied by introducing the iQ and no one's hating on that. My view on the Smart is neutral as is with iQ. Their small city go-ers that no one really wants but bought to be different.

However, PT Cruiser will top this list then goes the rest in whatever order you want. X-type didn't look great, H2 was huge but no interior room(FAIL), Daewoo(never bothered to care), Jeep Compass(same goes for that), so and so forth.

actually, it was the SmartForTwo which copied japanese Kei-class cars, which have been around for decades. if the smart was so original, then why is using A MITSUBISHI engine?

the toyota iQ did not copy the Smart. it was a further development of Kei cars. and it is groundbreaking in providing more interior volume and passenger space than any other vehicle of similar wheelbase.

These accusations of who copied whom are stupid and childish. The Smart didn't copy any Kei cars. Small mini cars like the Smart have been around in Europe since the end of World War II (the same time the Kei cars originated in Japan) in the form of the ISO Isetta Turismo (BMW Isetta), Fiat Topolino, Fuldamobil, Heinkel Kabine, Lloyd and so forth.

The only difference, agent63, is that the iQ is actually affordable and reliable. The smart is a waste of money.

Toyota iQ is not a copy of the Smart. Japanese have been making these type of small cars for decades. Also Smart fortwo cost roughly twice as much as iQ but is inferior in every way. One more thing Toyota iQ almost won Car of the year 2008 and many other awards on other hand Smart is widely regarded as one of the worst if not the worst.

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for its size, the Smart actually has LOUSY mileage! a yaris or even a corolla (driven intelligently) will yeild better mileage, and have MORE passenger and cargo carrying capacity.

the ORIGINAL smart cars also FAILED the scandinavian MOOSE TEST, and had to be completely redesigned.

Hey, XYZZ, you miscin' brah? Sorry, side topic.

Keep in mind this poll was written by the Huffington Post. The H2 was a runaway success when it first went on sale and didn't falter until it became the whipping boy of the environmentalists. The VehiCross was a (for it's time) daring and high powered crossover, one of the very first of its kind, made in very limited numbers and not intended to be a mass market vehicle. The PT Cruiser was a wild success at introduction with people waiting months to get one. It remains a basic and reliable transportation device with unique styling at a more-than-fair price. The Aveo does not have the reputation for unreliability they say. The Smart is really only a failure over here where no one understands the concept of an urban car.

Where is the Dodge Avenger/Chrysler Sebring? The Pontiac Azek? The Chrysler Crossfire?

I really don't see anything on this list that offers any reasonable explanation as to why any of these cars are on it other than Jalopnik didn't like them.

Where are all the 4 cyl toyota cars with oil sludge? Try and google toyota oil sludge problems before you de boost me, lol The corolla and the Matrix should have been on the list, sorry toyota fans, just a reality, and I am not a huge fan of the H-2 for other reasons, the enviro Nazis don't like it because they are bad on gas and I don't like them because they aren't off road ready enough and isn't much more than a sticker package with some impressive 35in tires, What about Suzuki? They are consumer reports wort reliable along with VW, Who likes to spend money fixing there cars?

I knew it wouldn't be long before UAW1 would be on this blog trying to "defend" his crappy junk he once built. Hey Truckman don't forget UAW1 buddies build the Corolla in the states, California (and Canada). These plants had (UAW1)unions in them. Can you website agents investigate on if the quality control of cars built within the states are less reliable; more reliable; same reliability as their Japanese/German cars built outside of this country. That could be interesting.

The problem with Toyota's engine sludge problems was a result of oil galleries in the engine that were too small, and I believe the V-6 had similar problems. This was a result of poor engineering, not a union problem.

Here's a list of UAW built vehicles: http://www.uaw.org/uawmade/auto/2009/index.cfm

You're a turd UAW1. How much junk over the years have you and your kronies built. Reliability ratings don't lie you fool. Where are all your Aztecs, Sebrings, Chevy Colorado's at. In the junk pile now. Let's see if I dig and find single years where GM had more recalls than anybody. I'm sure I could. BTW: The vehicles that had recalls for Toyota where built in your UAW plants. You're too much of a goofball to see what the point was from my comment. Here it is a little easier for you. Your UAW buddies are the ones building the cars having most problems. Corollas are built by your UAW fellows; read the subsequent link before you chime in. Can we have the site administrators restrict "UAW1" stupid comments. As I go back through the website I find where he looks so foolish because he could never admit his union fellows could ever put the Big 3 in quality and/or financial troubles.