Top Gear 100 best cars
Here is the final list to end all the 100 greatest cars lists You will never read another list, and this list is quite scientifically precise and correct transcendently Until we have a little over PBR.
The size for the reason of this list, is defined by a direct contribution from the vehicle, important to the American car culture That does not mean that a car should have actually been sold to America, but his legend has changed the way other cars are seen in its shadow Some of the choices here are actually racing cars.
So it is a biased list for the cars that fans love, but it also recognizes the car every day that shaped our lives.
Yet sales success doesn t matter here, but the greatness comes in lots These are production vehicles not compromise as the Batmobile or Don The Snake Prudhomme Hot Wheels Funny Car and no flying cars or unless you count the 1965 Shelby Cobra 427.
100 1997 Acura Integra Type-R heads-hand, worn 8000-rpm redline, and chassis-wheel drive ever more manageable, it is always the ultimate sport compact.
99 1991 Ford Explorer He defined the 1990s with its ubiquity and makes the standard SUV family hauler His representative has fallen, but its impact has not disappeared.
98 1993 Toyota Supra Twin Turbo Although he never sold in large numbers, it was the first import might be modified to make it resistant and 1000 horsepower.
97 1968 Datsun 510 A Japanese box on wheels that could beat Porsches in SCCA racing It was a half-price BMW 2002 and a model of simplicity scale production.
96 1984 Toyota Corolla AE86 Toyota's rear-worldly road who taught the world how to drift Simplicity and DOHC engine 1 of 6 liters are its greatest virtues.
95 1992 Hummer H1 laughably impractical road and incredibly able From Baghdad in Beverly Hills, it is always the ultimate SUV.
94 1986 Lamborghini LM002 bold, outrageous and powered by the V12 Countach It was the first high-performance SUV luxury, now filled segment Cayenne Turbos and X5 Ms.
1986 Acura Legend 93 is the car that proves the Japanese could build a true luxury machine and had to be taken seriously.
92 2003 Mitsubishi Lancer Evolution VIII is the Evo who came to America and reset all the expectations of performance is the high-tech rally car for the common man.
91 1963 Jeep Wagoneer With its unique blend of 4x4 toughness and carlike luxury, he invented the category of family SUV In production for a period of 30 years, the biggest surprise is that ISN t Jeep ever built.
90 1990 Nissan 300ZX Twin Turbo After more than a decade of mild Z-cars, Nissan reclaimed the sports car supremacy with the Z32 massively capable of 300 horsepower turbo.
89 1995 BMW 7 Series E38 7 Series is the first large BMW drove and looked as good as the little BMW sedans timeless These have shown that full-size car can be a driver's car.
88 2007 Mercedes-Benz S65 AMG supercharged V12 604 hp sedan student in the field of exotic performance cars may also be a Gulfstream.
87 1991 Mercedes-Benz E500 Mercedes 500E goes after the M5 with the E500 322 hp and began one of the great wars performance Built with the help of Porsche.
86 1988 BMW M5 The first changes Motorsport Division on regular production BMW sedans Sound 3 5 liter six makes only 256 hp, but that was enough to be the best sports sedan of its time and launch the M5 legend.
85 1985 Chevrolet Camaro IROC-Z official car of New Jersey and the machine of the most underrated ever built muscle Wore the most beautiful 16-inch wheels and forged ever 1LE was an exposure-beater world stock.
84 1939 Lincoln Continental Ford Edsel was the invention of the concept of American personal luxury car with the V12 cut long hood, short deck and a tire on the rump.
83 1968 Toyota Corolla the most sold car plate never made its first appearance in America two years after its debut in Japan, it is still there.
82 1930 Cadillac V16 Only 4076 of these most extravagant cars were built during their 11 years in the production when Cadillac was the world's standard, this was the car that set the standard.
81 1979 Mazda RX-7 When it seemed sportscars were dead and disappeared in the late 70s, along comes this simple fact Japanese, two rotary powered seats to revive the passion.
80 Bentley Continental GT 2003 0 6 liters of W12 supercharged wrapped in a body hit with the visual impact of a rattlesnake Bentley back under the roar VW care.
79 1950 Volkswagen Type 2 VW microbus could do much for so little money that he did the usefulness and enjoyment van The official vehicle of hippies, surfers and smoke shop owners since summer of love.
78 2009 Chevrolet Corvette ZR1 with its supercharged 638 hp LS9 V8, this car was announced that GM, although almost bankrupt at the time, could still greatness is the best Corvette ever.
77 1986 Ford Taurus car that saved Ford It sets a new standard of design and proved America could build a modern front wheel drive sedan that could stand in the ring with the Camry and Accord.
76 1936 810 812 Cord innovations Beyond as hidden headlights and hinges hidden door, the coffin nose supercharged Cord 810 and 812 have the automotive style for 75 years.
75 1953 Ford F-100 truck The first really elegant and the first pickup to develop a true passion following This is a design that extended the classical definition.
74 1946 MG TC sports car thin that the US military has learned to love while stationed in England he began the British sports car invasion and still is its incarnation.
73 1951 Ford Country Squire wagon generations of us have grown up in this is the definitive family car of the 50s through the 80s, with faux wood impressive along its flanks.
72 1955 Sport s Chevrolet Corvette V8 America car didn t hit its stride until his third year and the introduction of V8 small block big things were yet to come.
71 1964 Ford GT40 Purpose built as a race car, it has nonetheless been used as a great road car won the 24 Hours of Le Mans for four consecutive years, from 1966 to 1969, she is the Ford beat Ferrari.
70 1968 Jaguar XJ6 Jaguar so beautiful that didn t dare to live well with the style of 41 years may be the only good car Britain produced over the years 70 and 80.
69 1948 Jaguar XK120 The Bugatti Veyron his long day, small, stylish with a big six under the hood, the XK120 was the fastest car you can buy at the time, with incredible top speed of 120 mph.
68 1906 Silver Ghost This was the best car Rolls-Royce in the world is also the car that proved that a car could be regal, glamorous and beautifully constructed piece of art.
67 2010 Porsche Panamera is a four-door all other manufacturers feared Porsche could build Able anyway, even if you do not like what it looks like a game changer.
66 1970 Range Rover Originally, it was just a more capable, slightly more comfortable version of the Land Rover Range Rover, but quickly became the epitome of luxury SUV and continued in that role.
65 1941 Jeep MB Built to help win World War II, the Jeep MB original military would develop in the civilian CJ and, subsequently, Wrangler today, it is the 4x4 which was the idea of acceptable four-wheel drive.
64 1955 Chrysler 300 The large 300 horsepower Hemi V8 coupe that dominated NASCAR and was the prototype of muscle cars that were to come a decade later.
63 1934 Chrysler Airflow upon a unibody car aerodynamics at a time when no other cars were now almost all the cars are built how it was built there over 75 years.
62 1963 Aston Martin DB5 The most famous car of all time by James Bond in the film Goldfinger is the car that launched auto fantasies of generations and many other Bondmobiles filled gadget.
61 1936 Mercedes-Benz 540K Roadster engineering and design marvel One of the most searching of all time and one of the most powerful of its time with a straight-8 supercharged An exotic car cars before that there is such a thing.
60 1984 Chrysler minivans Chrysler When was against bankruptcy, it took a few K-Car parts, minivan remodeled in the transport and reinvented the family you grew up in this area.
59 1976 Porsche 930 911 Turbo icon on the performance of the 1970s and the car that revived interest in turbocharging Wicked fast for its time, it took a talented driver to make the most of it.
58 2011 Nissan Leaf The first electric car produced in series from a major manufacturer The sheet proves it can be done.
57 5 0 1982 Ford Mustang Would hot race and curettage or in the street survived the 1990s without Mustang 5 0 liters.
56 2005 Bugatti Veyron just your 1,001-hp average 8 0 liter W16 quad-turbo power an all-wheel drive, two-seat, 1 million-plus hypercar Maximum speed 253 52 mph or it is 1200 hp super sports 267. 85 mph
55 2002 Subaru WRX Before WRX Subarus were purchased by university professors in Maine Subaru WRX cooled turbocharged clean it and figured the image of Subaru.
54 1977 Lotus Esprit Lotus It was first shot at building a GT midengine and it was good enough to hang around for 27 years, it also has the unique ability to transform into a submarine.
53 1962 Shelby Cobra 260 and 289 AC Ace was an English sports car boring with half a heart Bristol Motor Carroll Shelby has the small block Ford V8 and created a legend.
52 1965 Shelby Cobra 427 Shelby designed his own chassis coil spring and mount the massive Ford 427 V8 to create the incredible Cobra 427 is still one of the fastest cars ever built and is somehow still production today.
51 1975 Ferrari 308 GTB Ferrari GTS sank in the 70s Its road cars were boring and flaccid Then came the midengine V8 power 308 and the company had a hot seller He saved Ferrari.
50 1990 Chevrolet Corvette ZR1 DOHC 32-valve 5 7 liter V8 all-aluminum exotic things were in 1990 and 375 hp The first Corvette was great to really take and run faster Europe better.
49 1990 Lexus LS 400 A shiny luxury car that beat the Germans in many ways for a lot less money He invented a brand and reinvented a genre.
48 1996 Audi A4 Audi was a dying brand since 1986. The A4 was so good that he saved the company as the first true competitor to the BMW 3 Series.
47 1984 Jeep Cherokee Jeep brand has saved the car crusher in the sky This small Cherokee began the craze compact SUV and remains one of the best off-road Jeep ever built.
46 Toyota Camry 1992 Camry is the third one that solidifies the grip of the car on America with its limousine style doors, quality and quiet operation impregnable, it has established a new standard for the family sedan.
45 1976 Honda Accord Until the Agreement appeared, the American family cars were Utah size and Japanese cars were perceived as unserious toys All that has changed with this car.
44 1987 Ferrari F40 Running a V8 biturbo 470 hp doing, the F40 was built to celebrate the 40th anniversary of its author He was a legend now 200 mph redefining Ferrari.
1970 Plymouth Hemi Cuda 43 1970 New Design Plymouth Barracuda has given rise to a large beast that could swallow the 426 Hemi V8 He won the first NHRA Pro Stock championship and become the car appears in the era of the muscle car .
42 1961 Lincoln Continental 1960 Defines American luxury Suicide door Lincoln sedan and convertible designed properly was the perfect antidote to the 50 big-end.
41 1955 Ford Thunderbird classic favorite America a design icon, style and statement.
40 1993 Honda Civic Coupe The beautiful two door Civic has become the standard platform for sport compact torsion He was quick, cheap, robust and easy to change a legend hot rodding.
39 1992 Dodge Viper RT 10 Just when it seemed all the cars are front-wheel drive, four-cylinder boxes, Dodge Viper introduced the V10-outrageous power 400 hp 8-liter roadster 0 10 And the world was saved.
38 2004 Toyota Prius The second-generation Prius hybrid electric-gas proved can be good business and good cars.
37 1957 Lotus 7 is elemental sports car Colin Chapman a physics lesson in the virtues of low mass is incredibly small, but it casts a giant shadow in the world of automotive engineering.
36 1973 Lancia Stratos Incredibly tiny and powered by a V6 Ferrari, the Stratos was a rally car disguised as foreign Starship And it was World Champion Rally in 1974, 1975 and 1976.
35 2006 CLS-Class Mercedes-Benz mechanically almost identical to an E-Class, the CLS launched the coupe style four-door that has spread across the automotive landscape.
34 1984 Honda Civic CRX first single economic car pleasure in every sense It was a great two-seater, high commuter mileage and better engine autocross yet opened the way for the sport compact craze.
33 1973 Lamborghini Countach supercar Defines then and now it was V12 powered, ludicrously impractical, also stupidly fast and impossible to see out pioneered Lamborghini doors.
32 1968 Mercedes-Benz 300SEL March 6 A staid sedan packed 6 3 liters injection V8 247 hp He was doing a German muscle sedan decades before becoming common AMG AMG front.
31, 1995 BMW M3 E36 M3 The six-cylinder M3 legend is quick stick, shockingly smooth, perfectly suited and able to kick ass in Technicolor.
30 1961 Jaguar E-Type sex on four wheels and is quite Some say the most beautiful car ever made not only sensual but provocative slutty-yet-sophisticated early 3 way 8 liters six-cylinder roadsters are the most beautiful.
29 1970 Datsun 240Z is a strong recovery of the crumpled Jag E-Type, built with quality Asian He respectable Japanese sports cars and essentially solidified Datsun in the U S.
28 1990 Mazda MX-5 Miata Since the British weren t build small sports car, Mazda decided it would build a small car for British sport in Japan and became the best-selling sports car in history .
27 1990 Acura NSX An all-aluminum sports car midengine so it has forced Ferrari to build a better variable valve timing VTEC valve Honda Honda Ferraris would be adopted at its peak.
26 1975 Volkswagen Golf GTI Rabbit It is the dawn of hot hatch with light Golf and a motor 1 6 liters producing 110 hp is the prototype for tens of coming hot hatches.
25 1957 Fiat 500 Even before the Mini, Fiat 500 diminutive rear engine was winning races and prove a small car could be a performance car Abarth tuning The company is a legend.
24 Ford 1949 A true design postwar, the 49 Ford used a much lower shell body without steps or distinct wings cover Sweep Every other car would follow.
23 1969 Porsche 917 Porsche built 25 917 in 1969, approval has won Le Mans in 1970 and 1971, losing only when the rules changed the 917 still holds the record Le Mans The fastest lap.
22 1989 Nissan Skyline GT-R has never been officially exported to the US, but the R32 was the first GT-R with all-wheel drive and turbo-6 2 6 liters His legend could not be limited to Japan.
21 1987 Porsche 959 AWD, bi-turbo power plant, manual gearbox six-speed, composite body panels, heads water-cooled The 959 was the look Porsche in the near future, that is where we are today.
20 1987 Buick GNX with their 3 turbo V6s 8 liters, the all black Buicks ruled the streets in the 1980s, they were also the first and only American muscle cars powered by something other than a big V8.
19 1973 Pontiac Trans Am Super Duty really the last muscle car of the classical period when all other manufacturers was wimping out, Pontiac added 310 hp 455 Super Duty V8 Trans Am.
18 1967 GM Chevrolet Camaro late response to the Mustang became instantly popular with racers and hot rodders virtually everyone may never ran most American car.
17 1964 Pontiac GTO He was just a Le Mans with a big 389 V8 under its hood, fancy redecoration on some of its sides and a stolen name Ferrari It was the first muscle cars.
16 1963 Chevrolet Corvette Sting Ray The split window Everybody knows it is the ultimate Corvette style and one of the greatest sports cars ever as the first Corvette with independent suspension all.
15 1964 Ford Mustang Under the skin, it was just a Falcon, but the original pony car was a sensation when it invented the youth market and automotive Lee Iacocca is an icon.
14 1949 Oldsmobile 88 The new high-compression, overhead valve, 303-cubic inch Rocket V8 makes 165 hp up when the best Ford does 100 The 88 was the prototype for the next 25 years of the US performance.
13 1938 Bugatti Type 57S Atlantic Still one of the most beautiful cars ever built and one of the most advanced for its time, it was the car of pure art essential car detailing.
December 1908 The first Cadillac car with truly interchangeable parts, it was declared the world's standard for the quality of its components Without this clarification, there are no cars today.
November 1966 Lamborghini Miura The first hypercar With its transverse V12 and superb coachwork, it is the most beautiful and most powerful car in its time Lamborghini has tried to build an appropriate reminder for.
10 1968 BMW 2002 This is the first modern sports sedan Despite only two doors and a 2 0 liter four 2002 revolutionize what owners expected their real driving pleasure sedans.
September 1908 Ford Model T has been the first car most people could afford and it was the first car around for which industry has been built to improve the secondary market was invented around the Model T with everything from paint rooms of speed.
August 1928 Duesenberg Model J with its massive straight-8 SJ making 265 hp supercharged models makes 320 and beautiful bodies of various coachbuilders, this was the first supercar car other cars aspired to be.
July 1962 Ferrari 250 GTO three-time world champion GT, quite beautiful and only 39 were built Yes, the original GTO is the greatest of all Ferrari No wonder Pontiac stole the name.
June 1955 Gullwing Mercedes-Benz 300SL Engineered around a tubular frame covered with steel and aluminum and 6 right direct injection is the largest Mercedes ever and the greatest sports car of the 1950s.
May 1964 911 The everyday sports car A racing legend A timeless silhouette still the largest reference Porsche of all time.
April 1938 Volkswagen Beetle produced in the world for 65 years, the original Beetle air cooled was the first car for generations of drivers can be never the most expensive car.
March 1955 Chevrolet packaging of the new 265 cubic-inch V8 small block and looking like a Ferrari stand, the 1955 Chevrolet was a stunner in all the greatest sense never Chevy.
February 1959 Austin Sir Alec Issigonis built his little runabout with a transverse engine and front wheel drive Fifty years later we realize that he created the model for almost all modern classic cars.
January 1932 The first Ford V8 performance car a working man could afford, with looks directly slipped Duesenberg This car has defined American automotive culture for nearly 80 years.
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