Hey people it’s me PetrolHead, last time we focused on The worst cars ever built well this time it’s The worst car trends ever desinged. With all that in mind let’s begin.

1 Exhaust Idea

Artificial exhausts aren’t anything new – even the Lamborghini Miura supercar from the 1960s had fake exhaust pipes. However, they seem to be widespread on cars today, with everything from superminis to sports saloons having faux exhausts modelled into their rear bumpers. Considering how often I point them out even in performance cars. This trend should be stopped.

2 Fiddly touchscreen controls

Thanks to touchscreen infotainment systems, the days of car interiors being covered in buttons are now well and truly behind us. However, some car makers have taken this minimalist approach to a whole new level, by porting almost all of the controls onto the touchscreen. Fine for when you’re inputting an address into the sat nav while you’re stationary; not so useful when you’re trying to adjust the aircon when you’re driving.

3 Artificial engine noise

Using speakers to enhance a car’s engine noise aren’t anything new – for instance, BMW’s sporty M-cars pipe synthesised engine sounds into the cabin through the speaker system. However, a more recent (and more unusual) trend is augmenting a car’s engine noise through external speakers, in a bid to make sound more exciting than it actually is.

With electric cars being required by law to emit a warning sound while driving at low speeds, don’t be surprised if this fad continues once petrol and diesel cars are no more.

4 Gargantuan grilles

Giving your car a distinctive face isn’t necessarily a bad thing. After all, the defining feature of a Rolls-Royce is arguably its massive chrome grille. However, big grilles can look a bit silly on cars that don’t have as much bodywork real estate to play with. As electric cars like the Jaguar I-Pace and Audi e-tron show, it seems this fad will also carry on even after petrol and diesel engines are no more.

5 Confusing names

Many car makers have their own naming strategies, and some are easier to figure out than others. For example, ‘TSI’, ‘GDi’, ‘PureTech’ and ‘SCe’ are different terms for petrol engines. It’s even more confusing when car makers remove the reference to the engine size– just by looking at their names, would you have known the ’30 TDI’ and ’35 TDI’ versions of the Audi A3 Sportback are powered by 2-litre diesel engines?

6 Fake vents

Like faux exhausts, fake air vents are a long-running car design trend that has persisted to the present day. While we appreciate artificial air intakes help liven up a car’s design, it is a shame to see sporty cars like the Toyota Supra and Honda Civic Type R smothered in vents that don’t actually go anywhere.

7 No more spare wheels

Spare wheels used to be commonplace on new cars, though they’ve now been overwhelmingly replaced by tyre repair kits. While they have their benefits (inflation kits are cheaper to replace than tyres, and take up less space in the boot), there is something reassuring about having a proper spare wheel on standby if one of your tyres gets punctured.

8 Illuminated grilles

If big front grilles weren’t’ annoying enough, now car makers have only gone and fitted them with lights. Admittedly, it’s not a common trend right now (at the time of writing, the only car on sale in the UK with a light-up grille is the BMW X6), though you can guarantee it’ll be more widely available if enough buyers decide it’s worth ticking that box on the options list.

9 Too many gears

There are good reasons for cars to have more gears in their gearboxes. For instance, you can have lots of short gears to improve acceleration, and a longer top one to maximise economy on motorways. However, as the saying goes, you can have too much of a good thing – is it overkill to fit a 10-speed automatic to a 450hp Ford Mustang GT muscle car?

10 Carbon fibre-effect fabric

Fake carbon fibre trim on cars has been around for a while, and this fad has now evolved into a new form: carbon fibre-effect fabric. While we can understand the idea of applying a carbon fibre pattern on pieces of the interior or bodywork, replicating the weave pattern on seat inserts is taking the trend perhaps a step too far.

11 Sporty badges

More now than ever, it seems, car makers are offering sporty trim levels inspired by the range-topping performance version. Peugeot has GT Line, Audi’s got S-line, Mercedes has AMG Line and there’s N Line for Hyundai. The annoying trend is that these are simply styling packs rather than adding extra sporty performance.

12 Glossy plastic trim

Piano black trim in cars is quite a popular finish, as the glossy effect helps make the cabin look and feel more premium. However, there are downsides to having it in your car. Being so reflective means the glossy trim can be a bit distracting when you’re driving, and you’ll need to keep the piano black plastic constantly clean if you don’t want it blemished by dust and scratch marks.

13 Unnecessary driving modes

Many cars come with pre-set modes you can use to change how a car drives. For example, most Land Rovers have loads of modes optimised for off-road driving. However, some cars have settings that seem really out of place – does the 600hp, 155mph Audi RS6 Avant really need a fuel-saving ‘efficiency’ setting?

14 Engine start buttons

Admittedly, there isn’t anything functionally wrong with pressing a button to start a car. The issue is that, where once there was an ignition slot for the key to go in, there’s now no longer a dedicated home for the car’s key fob, meaning you’ll have to put up with it rattling in the glovebox or cup holder while you’re driving along. So, starter buttons are fine for sports cars, not fine for your average family runaround.

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Hey PetrolHeads last time we did The worst cars ever built well today we are doing The top 10 most unsafe cars ever built. With that said let’s start.

1. Maruti Alto 800

The structural flaws and weaknesses in the frame afforded this car a zero star rating in the car safety area. It failed more than one independent and comprehensive crash test that showed it posed high risk of life threatening injury. , these cars received zero for adult protection ratings in a frontal impact at 64km/hr. 

This Tata nano was even the world’s cheapest car, it was also unsafe.The vehicle structure was rated as unstable, increasing the risk of life-threatening injuries and making the car unsuitable for the fitment of airbags. It had scored zero stars in the europe Ncap . Anyway the production of this car stopped in April 2020.

Rover 100 (1997)

The 1997 car is reduced to a mangled wreck after it hits the barrier at 40mph – with occupants facing life-changing injury or death – even though fitted with an airbag.But anyone who crashed in its modern day equivalent, the Honda Jazz, would walk away from the head-on crash with minor bruising.Thatcham Research, which is the UK’s Euro NCAP accredited crash testing centre, crashed both cars to show how manufacturers have raised their game when it comes to safety.The Rover 100’s safety cell was “severely compromised” while the driver’s compartment of the Jazz remained intact.

Chevrolet Bel Air (1959)

The Chevrolet Bel Air was a full-size car produced by Chevrolet for the 1950–1975 model years. Initially, only the two-door hardtops in the Chevrolet model range were designated with the Bel Air name from 1950 to 1952.he Insurance Institute for Highway Safety released on Thursday a video of a crash test between a 1959 Chevrolet Bel Air and a 2009 Malibu to demonstrate how car safety has improved. Not to simplify matters too much, but the Malibu won. And several Wheels readers speculated in comments that the car didn’t contain an engine, which would have affected the test.

Well that’s the last of the unsafe cars in this list. Anyway see you next time Goodbye!!

Hey Petrolheads!!! Last blog was The worst roads roads in the world, well this time it is the Top 8 worst cars ever made. With that said lets start.

Hummer H2 (2003)

One struggles to think of a worse vehicle at a worse time. Introduced shortly after 9/11 — an event whose causes were tangled in America’s unquenchable thirst for oil — the Hummer H2 sent all the wrong signals. It was/is arrogantly huge, overtly militaristic, openly scornful of the common good. As a vehicle choice, the H2 was a spiteful reactionary riposte to notions that, you know, maybe we all shouldn’t be driving tanks that get 10 miles per gallon. Not surprisingly, the green-niks struck back. A Hummer dealership was torched in Southern California. The H2 was also a PR catastrophe for GM, who happened to be repossessing and crushing the few EV1 electric cars at the time. It all contributed to GM’s emerging image as the Dick Cheney of car companies.

The Austin Allegro

Let’s re-cross the pond to examine another British disaster. The Allegro, apart from a mechanical problem where the front axle would collapse, had all sorts of dimensional issues. Whereas most designers of the day preferred rectangular edges, this thing resembled a series of metal bubbles pasted together with a soldering iron. As Nigel puts it, “The body would flex when jacked up. Jacking up would be done frequently. People blamed the car flex on people jacking from the wrong spot, rather than the fact that the body flexed.” Also hilarious was the “quartic” steering wheel, rectangular with rounded sides. Other manufacturers had tried to reinvent the wheel this way, but never so dodgily. The Allegro was a legendary disaster.

Pontiac Fiero

The Pontiac Fiero is a mid-engine sports car that was built by American automobile manufacturer General Motors from 1983 to 1988 for the 1984 to 1988 model years. .On paper, it was a killer car – small, relatively light, and entertaining. At first, it was very well accepted by customers, who praised it for its handling and affordable price. It was sexy and economical, and – most importantly – made in America. But after a strong first impression, it took only about two years for the car enthusiasts to literally begin hating it. 

2003 Citroën C3 Pluriel

Built in apparent homage to the plucky utility of the French marque’s globe-colonising 2CV, the C3 Pluriel was a versatile little thing, with removable arched roof pillars and a swing-down rear gate, in the manner of a pickup truck. Caught out in the rain with the top down, though, and the Pluriel’s passengers were in for a bath, as the pillars could not be stowed on board. A retracting fabric top was the middle way, but even then, it was given to leaks. One to hire at the Nice airport rental counter, then, but not one to buy.

Mahindra CJ540

From a mechanic’s perspective, there is much to be said for a vehicle that is simple, cheap and ubiquitous. From a driver’s perspective, there is, more often than not, decidedly less to be said for such a vehicle. Take the Mahindra CJ540, built in India and exported up until 1991. This tough little off-roader was essentially a vintage Jeep CJ-3A (produced under license) with a lumpy Peugeot diesel engine under the hood. Handling? No. Creature comforts? No. User-friendliness? No. One of the world’s worst? Yes.

1972 Rolls-Royce Corniche

To car aficionados who grew up convinced that Rolls-Royce sat at the vortex of the motoring world, driving a 1970s-era Corniche (or, inevitably, fixing one) will come as a less-than-pleasant surprise. Despite the presence of a 6.75-litre V8 behind that famous grille, the 4,800lb Roller was pokey to a fault, let down by performance-choking smog hardware and a dim-witted three-speed automatic transmission from General Motors. Yes, it is lovely in fixed-head or convertible guise, and its sumptuous cabin is utterly cosseting. And of course, it is hand-built. So the Corniche is not without its charms. Then again, to quote Jeremy Clarkson, “Hand-built is just another way of saying the door will fall off.”

1972 Lincoln Continental Mark IV

One would be hard-pressed to name a genuinely stellar American car built during the 1970s, but naming the bombs, as the saying goes, is like shooting fish in a barrel. The 1972-76 Lincoln Continental Mark IV, despite its button-tufted grandiosity and Bugatti-like succession of special editions (Bill Blass, Givenchy and Cartier, to name three), merits a place near the top of any list. A notably less loveable successor to the handsome 1968-71 Mark III, the Mark IV added such stylistic missteps as a tacky opera window and a standard vinyl roof. Handling was tugboat-terrible, and though the ’72 had an ample 365 horsepower, successive iterations, hobbled by tightening emissions restrictions, made do with 212hp. Awful.

1982 Cadillac Cimarron

It is nigh on impossible to imagine that Cadillac’s inept and unrefined Cimarron, the poster child for the sin of badge-engineering, was conceived to rival such vaunted cars as the BMW E30 3 Series and the Audi 4000. But it was, and between 1982 and 1988, it didn’t. Even GM had misgivings; salesmen were initially told not to refer to the flaccid four-door as a Cadillac – it was, said promotional materials, a “Cimarron, by Cadillac”. Its foundation was General Motors’ underachieving J-platform, which thanks to this cursed Caddy, became the only platform to underpin cars from every General Motors division, which at the time included Buick, Chevrolet, Oldsmobile, Pontiac, Holden, Opel and Vauxhall (not to mention Isuzu in Japan). Three jeers!

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Hello Petrolheads!!! Well this time the topic is the most dangerous roads in the world. So lets start. So the first one is

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Carretera a los Yungas (Bolivia)

The carretera a Los Yungas is locally known as the route of death. This 80 km long road is considered by many the most dangerous road. Well as you can tell in the picture. However, it was not the most dangerous road in the region.Unlike the rest of the country, traffic was left-hand, to allow the driver to assess the distance of their outer wheel from the edge of the road.

Guoliang Tunnel (China)

The tunnel is located in the Taihang mountains in the Chinese province of Henan and is one of the most famous in the world. This road was built by local people in the early 70s, but it only provided access to this small town 7 years later. This road might very well be one of the most impressive roads in the world. It stretches for 1.2 km (0.75 mi), is 5 m (16 ft) tall and 4 m (13 ft) wide. Since its opening in 1977 the tunnel not only connected the village with the rest of the world, but also has become a popular tourist attraction.

James W. Dalton Highway (Alaska, USA)

Alaska has some of the coldest roads in the planet but there’s one more extreme than the rest: The Dalton highway is one of the most isolated roads in the world. If you can drive this road you can pretty much drive anything: a trip to America’s last remain of wilderness. It’s said to be the loneliest road on the planet. The road, usually referred to as the Dalton Highway (and signed as Alaska Route 11), was initially built in 1974 as a supply route for the Trans-Alaska Pipeline System and is named after James Dalton, the Alaska-born engineer who directed and supervised its construction. The highway runs parallel to the Trans-Alaska Pipeline System and despite its bleak, isolated and remote setting, it is often navigated by anything up to 150 trucks in summer and 250 trucks in the winter. Few roads in the world offer the degree of isolation as the James W. Dalton Highway. Make sure you pack plenty of supplies because there are only three villages along this 666km road through the wilderness. The highway is one of the most isolated roads in the United States.

Skippers Canyon (New Zealand)

Skippers Canyon is a historic and scenic gorge, some 22 kilometres in length, several kilometres north of Queenstown ,New Zealand.

Today accessed from Queenstown via the same road that leads to the Coronet Peak skifield, Skippers Canyon is carved out by the Shotover River. The Shotover, one of New Zealand’s richest gold-bearing rivers, was named by William Gilbert Rees who with his wife Frances and brother-in-law Nicholas von Tunzelmann were the first European settlers in and near where Queenstown is now.Once a busy goldmining area, Skippers Canyon was accessed by Skippers Road, which is today one of New Zealand’s better known scenic roads.

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Hello once again this is Petrol head. Well in my earlier post I was writing about Future cars. Well this time I am writing about Future electric cars. So as we all know that Electric cars are the future of the entire car industry. But electric supercar will have some problems like for example their range etc. But Hyundai have unveiled a new supercar and its range is 25 miles.But we should understand that because they are supercars they need to be light to go fast that is why their range is less. But there are many models to choose like the Porsche Taican, the Rimac concept 2, the Nio EP9, the Tesla Roadster and the Mercedes Benz SLS electric but there are much more. But there are also engines which combine a combustion engine with an electric engine like the Ferrari Laferrari. The best is electric car is the Rimac concept 2. Anyway see you later goodbye Stay safe Thanks

Hello Everyone today I want to talk about the topic Future cars. The cars from the future are going to be Hybrids and Electrics. But I want to see how are they going to be. So in a motorshow somewhere (I actually forgot the name) they were showing the all new koenigsegg Jeiko and they also said that it will be there till 2026 and koenigsegg also said that the Jeiko will be their last combustion engine car. But the good news is that many other car companies have started to make electric cars. Like for example there is a company called Byte and it has made an electric car that can do 450 to 500 km and has a price of 35,000 pounds. Isn’t that Amazing. Even Saudi Arabia has made their Future car. I think that Electric cars are going to be successful. As Tesla is changing the world with its electric cars. In he past companies had stopped making Electric cars because people had to travel more and in electric cars the range was less at that time. Now we all care for the environment and we need electric cars. Even Porsche have made an electric car called the Taican. And you know that electric cars and hybrids are going to change everything, The world, the life of People, the costs people have to pay for repairing their cars and etc. There are many companies making electric cars such as NIO, Rimac and Tesla. Anyway see you next time goodbye stay safe. Thank you

The cars of this century are getting a system of Android auto or Apple Carplay. The Android auto is for phones which are android. These systems are good because people can use their phones on the touch screens of their cars. Android auto is a system like the Apple carplay. Both these systems have general thing like phone,whatsapp, music and some car may have voice commands. It is a great system because you can use your phone in the on the touch screen without getting caught by the police.

Hybrid cars are cars which are cool because they have the capacity to hold petrol and electric. Hybrid cars are mostly automatic so they will be good.Take an example from Toyota. Toyota have said that from the coming year 2021 the will produce Hybrid cars to India. The advantage is that is environment friendly. They will be a little expensive from normal cars. Even car makers like nio have made a supercar which runs on electrical power, even Croatia have made a car called the Rimac which also runs on electrical power. Honda have made a Hybrid supercar. I generally feel like I once want to buy or make a Hybrid car. They are as well as powerful. In India Hybrids are very less so they are very rare to spot. In places like Iraq, Iran etc I am not sure if Hybrids or electric cars will launch. Teslas are the coolest Electric and Hybrid luxurious cars but unfortunately they have not come in all parts of the world. There is rather some good news that in america 36%of their are electric cars which is good. When I grow up I have thought to do Mechanical engineering. Due to the coronavirus we mostly don’t out if you haven’t gone out for a month in your cars, Start your cars so the battery doesn’t get empty.

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The future cars are going to be concept cars and they are going to be electric cars. They could rarely be some petrol and diesel cars. The future cars are going to be expensive because they will look good, have several features and very powerful engines. The future represents electric cars. The concept cars are electric so they will also be given a beneficial range. They will a lot of hybrids as well. Some car companies have already designed their futuristic cars. Even Saudi Arabia have shown their hybrid cars. I think the Future cars are amazing.

Automatic cars are the easiest cars to drive in this century. Automatic are good because people don’t need to change gear because automatic car are given paddle shifts. In automatic cars there is no clutch well in manual cars you have to change gear so that the gear gets free from the engine. Automatic is available even in Electric cars so people can enjoy their cars. The problem with automatic car are that the gear gets jammed, there is a problem of the car changing gear to many times and it rarely can get on fire.