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20. BMW M3 (E30)
Good to see a car which majored solely on driver interaction placed so highly in the rankings. The left-hand-drive only M3's four-cylinder engine didn't give it supercar speed, but the way it went down the road made it one of the best driver's cars of all time.
19. Land Rover Range Rover
In the mid 1960s, Land Rover spotted a gap in the leisure market for a refined passenger car that could also do a spot of off-roading, and so developed the Range Rover. Little did it know what a design icon it would become, setting a template for luxury off-roaders followed today.
18. Ferrari Enzo
Every now and again Ferrari releases a strictly limited edition supercar for the faithful few. The company reckoned that this one was so good, however, that it named it after the company's founder. Good enough to earn itself a place inside our top 20, too. But not the highest-placed Ferrari.
17. Ford Mustang
A sports car for the blue-collar masses, the original Mustang was so affordable and desirable that within two years of its launch, a million had been sold. Subsequent versions never quite matched the appeal of the original.
16. Lamborghini Miura
Lamborghini stunned the world when it unveiled the Miura, created by a small, talented and young team of designers and engineers. Its transverse, mid-engine layout was revolutionary, performance electrifying, but it's probably the styling that most earned it a place so high in your Top 100.
15. Lotus Elise
Simple, light and revolutionary, the Elise is quite brilliant to drive. Its engine is only small, but that doesn't matter when the Elise weighs so little, thanks to a clever, bonded, extruded aluminium chassis and unstressed composite bodywork. Reaffirming that nobody makes cars that handle like Lotus does, it's well worth a place in the top 15.
14. Nissan Skyline GT-R
Where the Elise is simple, the GT-R is complicated. Doyenne of the PlayStation generation, the turbocharged, electronically-controlled 4WD Skyline GT-R is an astounding piece of kit. Not the lightest, not the fastest, not necessarily the best looker, but absolutely sensational on road or track. And can be tuned to 1000bhp. Mega.
13. Volkswagen Beetle
Surrounded by supercars, the Beetle earns its place just outside the top 10 - which should arguably be higher - by virtue of the fact that it mobilised a generation when production began in earnest after the war. Simple, cheap, and at 21.5 million units build, one of the most popular cars ever.
12. Lancia Delta Integrale
You could barely separate the two four-wheel-drive rally replicas in the top 20, but in the end opted to place the Integrale in 12th. Born from the world rally championship winning car, the Delta was evocative to look at, but even better to drive.
11. Audi urQuattro
Perhaps innovation counts and, because the Audi urQuattro was the first of the successful 4WD rally replicas, that's why you placed it above the Integrale in the Top 100? Or maybe it was down to the Audi's charismatic five-cylinder engine, terrific grip, stonking performance...
Well, I was thinking E-Type before all this started, but now I'm thinking Mini - just don't know though, there's still many good cars to go!
20. BMW M3 (E30)
Good to see a car which majored solely on driver interaction placed so highly in the rankings. The left-hand-drive only M3's four-cylinder engine didn't give it supercar speed, but the way it went down the road made it one of the best driver's cars of all time.
19. Land Rover Range Rover
In the mid 1960s, Land Rover spotted a gap in the leisure market for a refined passenger car that could also do a spot of off-roading, and so developed the Range Rover. Little did it know what a design icon it would become, setting a template for luxury off-roaders followed today.
18. Ferrari Enzo
Every now and again Ferrari releases a strictly limited edition supercar for the faithful few. The company reckoned that this one was so good, however, that it named it after the company's founder. Good enough to earn itself a place inside our top 20, too. But not the highest-placed Ferrari.
17. Ford Mustang
A sports car for the blue-collar masses, the original Mustang was so affordable and desirable that within two years of its launch, a million had been sold. Subsequent versions never quite matched the appeal of the original.
16. Lamborghini Miura
Lamborghini stunned the world when it unveiled the Miura, created by a small, talented and young team of designers and engineers. Its transverse, mid-engine layout was revolutionary, performance electrifying, but it's probably the styling that most earned it a place so high in your Top 100.
15. Lotus Elise
Simple, light and revolutionary, the Elise is quite brilliant to drive. Its engine is only small, but that doesn't matter when the Elise weighs so little, thanks to a clever, bonded, extruded aluminium chassis and unstressed composite bodywork. Reaffirming that nobody makes cars that handle like Lotus does, it's well worth a place in the top 15.
14. Nissan Skyline GT-R
Where the Elise is simple, the GT-R is complicated. Doyenne of the PlayStation generation, the turbocharged, electronically-controlled 4WD Skyline GT-R is an astounding piece of kit. Not the lightest, not the fastest, not necessarily the best looker, but absolutely sensational on road or track. And can be tuned to 1000bhp. Mega.
13. Volkswagen Beetle
Surrounded by supercars, the Beetle earns its place just outside the top 10 - which should arguably be higher - by virtue of the fact that it mobilised a generation when production began in earnest after the war. Simple, cheap, and at 21.5 million units build, one of the most popular cars ever.
12. Lancia Delta Integrale
You could barely separate the two four-wheel-drive rally replicas in the top 20, but in the end opted to place the Integrale in 12th. Born from the world rally championship winning car, the Delta was evocative to look at, but even better to drive.
11. Audi urQuattro
Perhaps innovation counts and, because the Audi urQuattro was the first of the successful 4WD rally replicas, that's why you placed it above the Integrale in the Top 100? Or maybe it was down to the Audi's charismatic five-cylinder engine, terrific grip, stonking performance...
Well, I was thinking E-Type before all this started, but now I'm thinking Mini - just don't know though, there's still many good cars to go!
guess would be the London Taxi making it ..
... maybe first might be POrsche 911?...