The Worst 10 Performance Cars of 2013

why not?  People love a Top Ten list (it gives them something to argue about!), and man, they’re not exactly hard to throw together.  The issue is that the vast majority of them are fluff, crap, really just a slap on the back to whichever manufacturer schmoozed that rag the most that year.Well we here at CarThrottle don’t subscribe to that happy, shiny version of things.  To be honest, alarge number of the cars on our roads are complete, total junk.  This has always been obvious.The world’s full of Chrysler Sebrings and Kia Amantis.  But there are even cars trying to pass asperformance vehicles (which is a heavy focus of this site, if you’ve noticed) that really can’t coverthe checks they write.  And despite a consumer market that continues to get pickier and pickier, itstill seems that some makers think they can get away with putting a Monroney on a turd and trying to sell it.So, yeah, it’s a top ten list!  But with a twist.  This list aims to point out the performance cars still sold in 2013 that fall below the mark, that leave a lot to be desired.  These are the bottom of the barrel.  Let us know what you think in the comments!It’s almost 2013, and Mitsubishi still exists in America.  Which in and of itself is surprising.  What’s evenfunnier is that they’re still selling the Eclipse.It’s awful in a way onlyowners (of the ’90s varietywould appreciate.  The bulbous, grotesque styling looks like a melted Audi TT – or maybe a pregnant 350Z.Your choice of engines is pretty dismal, too: you can either have an iron-block 2.4L buzzer that wheezes out 162 thundering horsepower to motivate 3260 lbs of Galant 2-door, or if you’re really stupid youcan get thewhich has an iron-block 3.8L 24v V6.  Which is, as you’d imagine, quite heavy.  And ofcourse the Eclipsehas been since the third generation came out in 2000 so that means afew things.  Mainly understeer, torque steer, wheelspin, and a number of other problems associated with trying to route 265bhp through the front wheels of what is, really, a Galant.This wasn’t even an appealing car when it debuted a few years ago can pay roughly the sameamount of money for a Hyundai Genesis Coupe 2.0T, which is, you know, actually fun to drive in additionto  being actually, you know, good to look at