AutoZine Awards 2023

Worst Car of the Year

Lamborghini Countach LPI800-4
To drive, the so-called new Countach is actually quite exciting, if no more than a standard Aventador. What really hurts is the thinking behind this car. Lamborghini has never built a retro car. Its supercars are known for avantgarde design - futuristic, innovative and ground-breaking. But this car is all about trying to model the old Countach based on the underpinnings of Aventador. It does not even look as good as the original. No wonder Marcello Gandini, the design masetro who penned the original, is so unhappy with it:

“I have built my identity as a designer, especially when working on supercars for Lamborghini, on a unique concept: each new model I would work on would be an innovation, a breaker, something completely different from the previous one," he says. "Courage, the ability to create a break without sticking to the success of the previous car, the confidence in not wanting to give in to habit were the very essence of my work. It is clear that markets and marketing itself has changed a lot since then, but as far as I am concerned, to repeat a model of the past, represents in my opinion the negation of the founding principles of my DNA."

Past winners

2022   Toyota Aqua
2021   Cadillac CT4 2.7 and CT4-V
2020   Opel Corsa
2019   Dodge Challenger SRT Redeye
2018   Dodge Challenger SRT Demon
2017   Nissan Sentra SR Turbo
2016   Fiat Tipo / Aegea
2015   Datsun Go
2014   MG 3
2013   Hyundai Veloster Turbo
2012   Nissan Sunny / Versa
2011   Scion tC
2010   Lexus HS250h
2009   Dodge Challenger 3.5SE
2008   Dodge Caliber SRT4
2007   Dodge Caliber
2006   Proton Savvy
2005   Proton Gen.2
2004   Rover CityRover
2003   Mercury Marauder

Honorable mentions

Mercedes-AMG C43
Honorable mentions

Aston Martin V12 Vantage
Honorable mentions

Acura Integra




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