Audi A2  Wikimedia Commons  Audi lost a lot of money on the
unusual A2.  Despite the best efforts of automakers, some cars
lose money.  A lot of money.  To find the "most loss making
cars," analysts at Wall Street research firm Bernstein Research
crunched the numbers. They restricted their scope to Europe and
the modern era, and the final results are rather surprising.
The analysts warn, "Don't take these numbers too seriously,"
explaining that their estimates "are obviously very, very
approximate."  But, they say, "we've tried to be reasonably
systematic about it."  The top ten (ranked by total, not per
unit, losses) are an eclectic lot, including the Bugatti Veyron
(the world's fastest production car) and the Audi A2 (small and
economical, but not especially cheap).  Altogether, Bernstein
estimates, these ten lost about $27.16 billion. The top spot
goes to the Smart fortwo (between 1997 and 2006), which cost
Mercedes about $6,000 per car sold, for a total of $4.6 billion.
Particularly stunning is the Veyr