Worst Car of the year: Dodge Caliber

This year Chrysler is the big winner of AutoZine Awards. Having swept the "Disappointment of the Year" and "Ugliest Car of the Year" awards, Chrysler completed the hat-trick by taking our big prize, "Worst Car of the Year" award ! Thanks to the world-beating performance of its Dodge Caliber. Congratulation !

Dodge Caliber possesses all the qualities necessary for this award: it is built upon a wrong concept - Chrysler thought that a SUV-looking hatchback could please American and European customers simultaneously, but this resulted in unnecessary weight gain and higher center of gravity, which translated to poor performance, handling, ride and fuel consumption.

But that's not all. The Caliber also has an ugly design in and out, appalling plastic quality, poor fit and finish, noisy engines, clonky gearchange for manual gearbox, annoying response for the CVT, truck-like steering... Scores poorly in most areas, no wonder it beat other contenders easily to take our last award.