Ten worth concept cars

As much as we all appreciate new designs and the efforts of the people behind them, let’s be honest: Not all concept cars are showstoppers — and not in the good way. Some get attention for all the wrong reasons; they make no sense, there’s no market for them or they’re just plain ugly. Just as every kid in a competition shouldn’t get a prize, not every concept car can roll away a winner either. Here are some of the latest double-bagger concepts that made it onto our top 10 worst concept cars list

10- Saab 9-4X BioPower

It’s not that Saab did a bad thing by presenting a concept with all-wheel drive and efficient E85 bioethanol capability — that’s great. What stings is that the troubled automaker devalued their efforts by putting that powertrain in a vanilla crossover that reeks of GM. Not that their car models have a wholly Swedish flavor anymore, but dropping this configuration in the freshened 9-3 or a badly needed 9-5 update would have meant a major step forward instead of a shuffle of indifference sideways

9- Kia KND-4

Maybe the KND-4 will turn out as the next-gen Sportage, maybe it was just a cruel experiment. We’re trying to be generous here since this appearance at the Los Angeles Auto Show was allegedly an understudy performance for the Kee concept coupe that was damaged after the Frankfurt show. In fact, the lines aren’t all that bad, but the paint; seriously? Fluorescent, neon green paint was the winning color choice? We hate to think of what might have come in second.