Bad Car Design
Revealed: the UK’s ‘Nightmare Car’
If Dr Frankenstein built a car, it would surely look something like this – meet the Monster Mk1.
The Warranty Direct-inspired horror vehicle would break down every other month and cost an average of £2,050 to fix each year.
By uniting the cars with the worst profiles across the categories that make up its Reliability Index (www.reliabilityindex.com), a unique tool that measures car reliability by considering average cost of repair, frequency of failure, age and mileage, Warranty Direct reckons its ghastly creation is the stuff of nightmares.
The disastrous car cocktail draws its power from an MG TF engine, sits on the suspension of a BMW M3, has the electric workings of the Renault Megane, the gearbox of a Land Rover Freelander and the braking ability of the Audi A8.
Overall, the Monster Mk1 claims a Reliability Index figure of over 500 – more than five times that of the average car.
The ‘body parts’ of the ‘Nightmare MK1’
| Make and Model | Car part |
| Audi A8 | Brakes |
| BMW M3 | Suspension |
| MG TF | Engine |
| Land Rover Freelander | Gearbox |
| Mercedes-Benz V-Class | Ignition |
| Renault Megane | Electrics |
| SEAT Alhambra | Air-conditioning |
| SEAT Toledo | Heating & Cooling systems |
| Volvo C70 | Steering system |
Thanks goes to Warranty Direct at: www.twitter.com/Warranty_
