We got to the end of our list of 12 Cars for Christmas., these were based upon a combination of style, ‘coolness’, driving pleasure and sheer personal preference. If you have a better list or just one model you want to add the list, let me know
The top four cars are pretty much inter-changeable all of them could have got first place. It would depend upon the day, the journey I had to make and . . . . . well, it had Countach doors and it won Le Mans.
McLaren F1
Built as a road car, that competed at Le mans. Not unusual, but winning first time out with the designer wising he had driven the car to the track to prove its road worthy credentials is.
Phenomenal performance. Uncompromising design and manufacturing. And a cool central seating position cemented its place at the top of our 12 Cars of Christmas. Everything else faster is either a special or heavily overweight.
You need to see one. Compared to many modern hyper cars, the F1 is tiny. You really can chuck it down a B-road. Not something I would think of doing in a Lamborghini Aventador or Ferrari F90.
And you can take TWO friend. Gordon Murry, the designer though that sitting in the middle was the best place for a driver to be. Who am I to argue.
The heat shielding in the engine bay is gold foil. Real gold. Because that was the best product for the job. No compromise. No turbo’s. Apparently better response from a naturally aspirated engine, in this case a 6 litre V12 courtesy of BMW motorsport with 618 bhp.
A bit late to be a poster on my wall. But a 241mph top speed. It certainly ended up on lots of you car fan’s walls.
The list is the personal preference of our Director, Guy Winter. A car fanatic since the 1960’s, he eats’, sleeps and dreams everything Motor Trade. For the past 25 years he has worked for Cymark providing digital and telephone marketing support for individual retailers, groups and manufacturers alike.
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