On IRC we got into a discussion about what type of cars we would put into our own fleet (if money were basically no object). One or two guys liked the idea of having several of the same car... but they disagreed on whether or not they should be the same color.

I on the other hand would like to vary my car choices to cover my different interests. I decided to make a list of 10 cars with a picture and short description of why I chose them. I encourage you to either discuss my list, or post your own. It will be interesting to see how people from different countries produce different types of car lists (I think).

List of cars (in no particular order):
1) Mazdaspeed 3:

This is my car and there's no way it's not making it into my list. It's the most affordable 280 foot pounds of torque that also has all the nice features of a comfortable/reliable car.

2) Chevrolet Cobalt SS Turbo:

This thing is a beast. 8:22 on Nurbergring in Germany which smokes all other FF competition (and many other cars including some porches) as far as I know. Kinda lacking on the interior though :-/

3) 2008 Mitsubishi Lancer Evolution:

Some of the most impressive performance of any car I'll ever have a chance to afford. Four wheel drive.

4) Subaru WRX STI:

Basically a LanEvo with 5% less performance and 5% more comfort, making it a more realistic daily driver.

5) Mazda RX-7 FD or RX-8

Not sure if I'd go with the sexy RX-7 or the soso but newer RX-8, but I'd definitely get one of them. Mazda has made several very nice cars.

6) Mazda MX-5 Miata

I only hear good things about this car. One of the most fun roadsters to drive, ever.

7) 2009 Chevrolet Corvette ZR1:

What a sick car this is. The corvette is a very nice car to begin with, and they just blew away the Z06 with this new, supercharged model. I'd also consider going for the pace car because it looks really cool.

8) Nissan 350z:

This just looks like a sports car to me. Nothing that special about it, but I need to have at least one car with the typical look.

9) 2009 Nissan GTR

I was wondering when they were finally going to bring the Skyline over to the USA officially, and god damn did they do a good job (at least if you look at the performance numbers).

10) Mercedes SLR McLaren

I generally don't go for German cars, but I figured I'll pull a supercar from there. Honestly I could make a list of just 10 supercars that I like, but I decided I'd be more realistic with this list. Anyway this car has incredible performance, but you'd better be prepared to dump 500,000 dollars into it lol.

So what do you think? What would you do? Remember, the goal isn't simply to spend the most money XD

wo0py

Netherlands922 Posts

November 02 2008 23:52 GMT

7 or 10? i dont like the see through top that number 10 has though.

PanoRaMa

United States5069 Posts

November 03 2008 00:01 GMT

why would u get a 350z when u have an r35 loool

youre never going to drive the 350z at all if you have an sti, evo x, and/or an r35.
not to mention an SLR

k my list would be simple, and not too over the top:
r35 as a weekend car, porsche cayenne for when i have kids (zzz), an s550 to look ballin, and an evo for a project car

sillyboy_tomato

United States157 Posts

November 03 2008 00:02 GMT

YES my favorite car is in it!!! mazda rx-7! The cobalt SS maybe really attractive price ways and looks, but reliability fails compared to competitors.

Oh yeah i saw this car when we i was going home @ a highway, A old porsche carera GT (1996ish?) vs a Lancer Evo 2008. And they were at the stop light, (i was behind them) and the evo smoked the porsche

SpiralArchitect

United States2116 Posts

November 03 2008 00:08 GMT

I am pretty disappointed in the lack of a single classic car in your lineup. No Mustang? Charger? Classic Porche? Even so this list is a ballin list of cars.

renegade_zerg

Korea (South)525 Posts

November 03 2008 00:26 GMT

1) Lamborghini Reventon
Only 20 made with a 2 million dollar price tag
2) Chevy Corvette zr1. The z06's big brother with 638 Hp @ 100k price tag
3) Ferrari F430
4) Porsche Carrera GT
5) BMW M6
6) Mercedes SLR Mclaren
7) Audi R8
8) Mercedes CL63 AMG Black Series
9) Aston Martin Vanquish
10) Bentley GT Coup

lol sorry.. had to go with all the supercars.. you said money is no object =)

Smuft

Canada318 Posts

November 03 2008 00:41 GMT

This is a pretty crappy list of cars. It's a bunch of low end sports cars, crappy american muscle and the one supercar you chose sucked. You could have made this into a good general thread but instead you just made a shitty blog post. Nice idea though.

mahnini

United States6862 Posts

November 03 2008 01:13 GMT

1. zr1
2. 911 turbo
3. z06
4. m5
5. cts-v
6. atom
7. dunno
8. iunno
9. umm
10. wat

Zoler

Sweden6339 Posts

November 03 2008 01:14 GMT

The tank Leopard 2 which is used in the swedish army got an award for "the best tank in all categorys" by experts

micronesia

United States24701 Posts

November 03 2008 01:59 GMT

#10

On November 03 2008 09:08 SpiralArchitect wrote:
I am pretty disappointed in the lack of a single classic car in your lineup. No Mustang? Charger? Classic Porche? Even so this list is a ballin list of cars.

That's why I said to make your own list lol... I am not really into classic cars.

On November 03 2008 09:41 Smuft wrote:
This is a pretty crappy list of cars. It's a bunch of low end sports cars, crappy american muscle and the one supercar you chose sucked. You could have made this into a good general thread but instead you just made a shitty blog post. Nice idea though.

These are cars that I'm familiar with... I'm sure if I spent more time studying up on cars I'd agree with you more, but this list is just for fun. How would putting this in general made it better? How does putting it in blogs make it shitty? Anyway in the blogs section the stakes are lower so I don't really see why it's worth getting insulting with words like 'shitty' and 'sucked' lol.

LOL@Zoler

fight_or_flight

United States3988 Posts

November 03 2008 03:06 GMT

#11

You're a physics guy yet you have no high end electric cars?

micronesia

United States24701 Posts

November 03 2008 03:09 GMT

#12

On November 03 2008 12:06 fight_or_flight wrote:
You're a physics guy yet you have no high end electric cars?

I would put other types of cars in a separate category lol

lazymej

Canada269 Posts

November 03 2008 14:03 GMT

#13

How can you not have the Bugatti Veyron on that list ^^

Jaeden

Romania1489 Posts

November 03 2008 15:12 GMT

#14

On November 03 2008 23:03 lazymej wrote:
How can you not have the Bugatti Veyron on that list ^^

exactly D:

DwmC_Foefen

Belgium2186 Posts

November 03 2008 15:25 GMT

#15

That ducati car that could go for maxspeed of 406km/h of something

Kennelie

United States2296 Posts

November 03 2008 15:28 GMT

#16

Your Fusion didn't make the list ?

My list would consist mostly of high end performance made vehicles (Dinan BMW, Lingenfelter Chevy's, Callaway Chevy's, etc)

decafchicken

United States20036 Posts

November 03 2008 15:44 GMT

#17

Audi RS4. an A4 with a 4.2L v8 dropped in it. You can rape a porsche in this sedan while you take the kids to school.

rx-7
jaguar XKR convertible in british racing green
GTR
bugatti veyron ofc
67 shelby cobra gt500
08 shelby cobra gt500KR
corvette zr1
2009 Focus RS
Lotus Elise
Then pretty much every lambo/ferrari T_T

zatic

Zurich15348 Posts

November 03 2008 15:46 GMT

#18

My absolute favorite right now would be an Audi AS5.

REDBLUEGREEN

Germany1904 Posts

November 03 2008 16:38 GMT

#19

1) Porsche Targa

I love Porsche and I like the Targa series the most, preferable with panorama roof though.

2)Jeep Wrangler

I'm sure Reach also thinks suvs are jeeps for ladies! a jeep needs to have edges and some mud on it to look good

3)Ford Focus

A Rally Ford Focus looks like so much fun. I need all those adds on it too, to feel like McRae :D

+ a black bmw with black windows to look like srs business
+ some nice old US musclecar, can't decide on one now

micronesia

United States24701 Posts

November 03 2008 17:01 GMT

#20

On November 04 2008 00:28 Kennelie wrote:
Your Fusion didn't make the list ? My list would consist mostly of high end performance made vehicles (Dinan BMW, Lingenfelter Chevy's, Callaway Chevy's, etc)

What do you mean, 'Your Fusion'?