A special or limited edition vehicle has the potential to be absolutely sublime and truly memorable; but it can also be a disaster dreamt up by a bunch of marketing people who want to remind you that a particular car still exists. Prime examples of special edition suckage mostly come from Mini, which launched more limited cars than any other brand. It’s so bad that if you want an exclusive Mini, you need to buy a base Cooper in white. But Mini is not the only offender.
Take a look at the car below. It’s a Volkswagen T-Roc Convertible Edition Grey. It was sold in Germany, thankfully. Not only is the base car a dumb concept, but VW adds blacked-out trimmings, larger alloy wheels, and model-specific matte grey paint. And because of all these features, VW charges €51,600, which works out to around $55k.
The T-Roc kicks off our list of terrible, tone-deaf, and awkward vehicles launched this year. Here they are, in no particular order.