Year of the lemon: The five worst cars to buy in 2025
Don’t get bitten by a bad car this year of the wood snake. Here are the five worst cars that you could possibly buy in 2025.
John Connolly
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When you have more money than sense, try a Pagani Zonda
It’s reputedly got the same power as a turbo-prop aircraft and probably flies faster when it leaves the road and buries itself in a tunnel wall. Life flashes by quickly behind the wheel of a Pagani.
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