Earlier today, Jalopnik asked the question of all questions for "gearheads": if you could have a garage containing any five cars in the world, regardless of price and exclusivity, what would they be? I struggled to narrow my list down to five, so why not expand to 10? So that's what this is. Here's my top 10. Feel free to comment below or tweet your top 10 to me.
#10: Ford GT
Every American motor racing fan during the 1960s knew about the legendary Ford GT40 race car. That car defeated the mighty Ferrari's at Le Mans, and established its place in racing history in the process. In 2003, Ford decided to recreate the GT40 and produce it as a road car. The result was this, the Ford GT. Just over 4,000 GT's were produced. The production car became the fastest such American car ever produced as a base model. The GT's mid-engine V8 produces about 550 horsepower, reaches 212 miles per hour and looks incredible. Several American classics have been recreated, such as the current Mustang, Camaro and Challenger, but none of them can match the overall brilliance of the Ford GT. And to think that it's based on a car from almost half a century ago.
#9: 2013 SRT Viper
The Dodge Viper has been the American "dream car" since it debuted in 1992. The Viper was designed to be simple, like the Shelby Cobra, yet its styling made it bolder and crazier than the cheaper Corvette. In other words, the Viper is America's Lamborghini. Dodge stopped building the SRT10 generation Viper, but the company announced the re-birth of the Viper under the SRT name. The result is simply stunning. It looks like no other American car ever has and it will probably perform like no other American car ever, yet it still contains a huge V10. The venom is back and better than ever. I always thought the late '90s-early '00s Viper GTS was the greatest Viper...until this one. This is the best Viper ever, which means it's America's best dream car ever.
When the Ferrari 360 was out, nobody thought Ferrari would be able to improve on it. They did. But once the F430 came out, nobody thought that could ever be improved upon. You know what? They did again. Someday, they'll improve upon the 458, but until then, the ultimate 21st century sports car is the Ferrari 458. It's the best looking and best sounding car in the world right now. It still has the beautiful V8 behind the driver and all of the technology Ferrari could possibly come up with. Of course, people who read Jalopnik regularly are constantly being reminded that these cars have had electrical problems causing fires in the past, but hopefully that's all it is: in the past. The thing is, even if you owned one and were scared to ever drive it, at least you could pull a chair up in front of it and just stare it all day.
#10: Ford GT
Every American motor racing fan during the 1960s knew about the legendary Ford GT40 race car. That car defeated the mighty Ferrari's at Le Mans, and established its place in racing history in the process. In 2003, Ford decided to recreate the GT40 and produce it as a road car. The result was this, the Ford GT. Just over 4,000 GT's were produced. The production car became the fastest such American car ever produced as a base model. The GT's mid-engine V8 produces about 550 horsepower, reaches 212 miles per hour and looks incredible. Several American classics have been recreated, such as the current Mustang, Camaro and Challenger, but none of them can match the overall brilliance of the Ford GT. And to think that it's based on a car from almost half a century ago.#9: 2013 SRT Viper
The Dodge Viper has been the American "dream car" since it debuted in 1992. The Viper was designed to be simple, like the Shelby Cobra, yet its styling made it bolder and crazier than the cheaper Corvette. In other words, the Viper is America's Lamborghini. Dodge stopped building the SRT10 generation Viper, but the company announced the re-birth of the Viper under the SRT name. The result is simply stunning. It looks like no other American car ever has and it will probably perform like no other American car ever, yet it still contains a huge V10. The venom is back and better than ever. I always thought the late '90s-early '00s Viper GTS was the greatest Viper...until this one. This is the best Viper ever, which means it's America's best dream car ever.
#8: Ferrari 458 Italia
When the Ferrari 360 was out, nobody thought Ferrari would be able to improve on it. They did. But once the F430 came out, nobody thought that could ever be improved upon. You know what? They did again. Someday, they'll improve upon the 458, but until then, the ultimate 21st century sports car is the Ferrari 458. It's the best looking and best sounding car in the world right now. It still has the beautiful V8 behind the driver and all of the technology Ferrari could possibly come up with. Of course, people who read Jalopnik regularly are constantly being reminded that these cars have had electrical problems causing fires in the past, but hopefully that's all it is: in the past. The thing is, even if you owned one and were scared to ever drive it, at least you could pull a chair up in front of it and just stare it all day.