The Best Cars Ever Made
The greatest cars of all time. We tell you their stories.
The World's Greatest Cars. In Detail
From Bugattis to Ferraris and Porsches to Dusenbergs, the team at Sports Car Digest have decided to create profiles of some of the best cars ever produced. We didn't rank the top 100 cars ever because we don't want hate mail but we dive into the details and history of these historic, rare and desirable machines. Some of these cars are historically significant, some are about pushing the automotive technology of their time, while others are just the pinnacle of the driving experience - engaging, fast and fun. On this page we take a look at some of the most memorable sports cars of all time, all of them iconic and recognizable to any car-obsessed fan reading this site. These are the cars that get our blood flowing here at Sports Car Digest, from vintage racers to classics to the latest supercar offerings, we realize that there are myriad discussions debates over which ones are the most memorable, the most celebrated and the most remarkable. Ignore the debates and refrain from picking an overall winner. Just sit back and celebrate.
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Very few machines are more engaging than an Italian automobile built during the post war era. Literally every Italian manufacturer...
It never gets old looking back on one of the most famous pioneering efforts in the evolution of the automobile,...
First, the name “Dino” Throughout Ferrari’s history, one name remains emotionally charged: Dino. The name’s origins hark back to early 1932, and the birth of an eagerly awaited son, Alfredo, to Enzo Ferrari and his wife Signora Laura. Duly named after both Enzo’s late father and brother, the infant was...
It was probably 50 or so years ago when I first saw a Marcos. It was a 1/43rd scale model,...
The iconic Ferrari 250 Testa Rossa reigns as one of the most beautiful creations the industry has ever seen. The...
It is unlikely that most of us can picture a Simca that is not one of the econoboxes that the company exported to the US in the late ‘60s and ‘70s. It is also unlikely that most of us knew that the Dodge Omni and Plymouth Horizon sold at US...
If you had to pick the most challenging era of sports cars development, it would have to be the late...
Credit – BarnFinds.com I saw my first Bricklin in 1974. Lit up under the Southern California sun, a local specialty...
If you’ve never seen a Lancia Stratos in person, you owe it to yourself to seek one out. The Stratos is one of those cars that must be experienced in person to fully understand its design audacity, stance, and visceral presence. Initially conceived as a concept car of dramatic proportions,...
There are three people who you acknowledge as important to the marque when you see a Rolls-Royce. There is Charles...
Since its launch in Japan in 1992, the WRX (World Rally Experimental) has taken the world by storm. The WRX...
The Barn Find of a Lifetime There is just something about a weathered, unrestored original car that is intriguing. When presented a at car show, the beat-up original car (much to the chagrin of the guy parked next to it with the $30,000 paint job) will always have a crowd...
A young Art Center College of Design student, named Peter Elbert Brock, became the youngest designer ever hired by Bill...
Every vintage race car has a story to tell…but this story has more chapters than most. Become a Member &...
Ken Miles drove this car. So did Phil Hill, Bruce McLaren, and Chris Amon. It began life as one of the original aluminum monocoque cars built by Abbey Panels in Coventry, England. In 1964 the car was imported to America by the Ford Motor Company to serve as the testbed...
It’s tough being British. The lackluster cuisine and stoic monarchy don’t help. Though they did give us the Beatles, Fish...
An impressively curated collection of historic Porsche automobiles wasexhibited at the Pebble Beach Concours d’Elegance this August. There were historic...
If you had to pick a singular, quintessential Ferrari to represent the pinnacle of their ascendance to the best in sports car design, it would have to be the Lusso. And while Ferrari has built many exceptional road cars, the last and best of the Ferrari 250 series, the 250...
In October of 1969, Datsun started production on the 240Z, a car that would change the face of sports cars...
These days, German companies direct what’s happening at several classic British car manufacturers – Rolls Royce, Bentley, Mini. There was...
When you don’t want to get your 289 Cobra muddy, and your GT 350 just doesn’t have enough ground clearance, what is a Ford guy to do? Become a Member & Get Ad-Free Access To This Article (& About 6,000+ More) Access to the full article is limited to paid...
The Shelby Daytona Coupe is the best American car ever built. Maybe even the best in the world. I can...
When Jim Gehkre returned from his tour in Vietnam, in January of 1970, the first thing he needed was a...
History lauds volumes of praise to those who are first. Thinking back to 1964, many will recall a short wheelbase, two-seater with British origins delivered to the U.S. where a 289 high output engine was installed and it sold worldwide – the Shelby Cobra. But there was another car that...
The highly refined Supra You don’t waste much time canceling that dentist appointment when Road & Track offers you a...
The lightest and most powerful series-production McLaren, the new V8-engined, rear-wheel drive 750S – which is available in coupe and...
The T.33 SPIDER The T.33 Spider from Gordon Murray Automotive combines the beautiful, timeless design of the T.33 with an even more immersive and engaging driving experience. With two removable roof panels, a deployable rear window and the naturally-aspirated Cosworth GMA.2 V12 behind the cabin, there is no other supercar...
The MGA’s looks harken back to MG designer Sid Enever’s one-off, envelope body that he created for an MG TD...
In September 2022, I travelled to Townsend, Tennessee, in the Great Smokey Mountains for Okteenerfest. The annual gathering of Porsche...
Creating his own car company was “an old idea of my father’s,” Ferry Porsche recalled. The idea dated back at least to 1923. “When he left Austro Daimler in 1923 to go to Mercedes,” Ferry continued, “he had the idea to do something a little like what Bugatti had done....
Best of the Best Cars
We couldn't help ourselves. We decided to rate and rank some of the best cars ever made. Check out our curated list of the greatest cars by category.
Ultimate Garage Profiles
Some people have all the luck. We take a look at some of the most amazing car collections from across the globe. Museums, private collections and exhibits that are the envy of the automotive world.
Cartainers, a pioneering force in state-of-the-art automotive display and storage solutions, is launching a limited production series of exclusive containers...
For some enthusiasts of Ferraris from the 80s and 90s, the 288 GTO, F40, and F50 models create what is...
It’s part Dr. Frankenstein, part Andy Granatelli. A place where old Fiat 500s are reborn, given new life, and prepped for new owners without the rust that many have worn for decades. Meet Fabio Spelta of Affari Sbullonati “The rust is my friend.” That’s the mantra of Fabio Spelta, one...
All photos by Matt Stone Most people might believe that Japan’s automotive history dates to sometime in the 1960s, because...
Car collector Corrado Lopresto has assembled the finest field of Italian automobiles in all of Italy (and possibly in the...
Porsche Aftermarket Tuning: The State of Play There are few tuning companies in the world who are universally entrusted with the enviable (and sometimes unenviable) task of making a Porsche car better than it was when it came from the factory. E-Motion Engineering LLC, a California-based Porsche Tuning Specialist, is...
If you follow professional sports car and endurance racing, you know the name Brumos, and its now iconic red, white,...
Bob Clarke is a committed car guy to say the least. And his tastes are wonderfully varied, from hot rods...
Everybody starts somewhere. For Maserati, that beginning was epicentered at Via Pepoli 1 in Bologna, Italy, in December of 1914. Via Pepoli is a cobblestoned street that winds its way through the oldest sections of Bologna. The buildings are a typical mix of storefronts, apartments, commercial and industrial uses, with...
Bruce Meyers passed away last week at the age of 94. He lived a fulfilling life most of us can...
Around 60 years ago, Fritz Schlumpf purchased a collection of thirty Bugatti models after tough negotiations. He simply adored Bugatti:...
The Ferrari Museum in Maranello opened its new exhibition — “Ferrari at 24 Heures du Mans” — to celebrate seventy years of Ferrari victories in the world’s most famous endurance race. Visitors can look back over the 36 wins recorded on the French track, with the help of some of...
The Petersen Automotive Museum opened its newest exhibit on Saturday, February 23, 2019 that features ten race cars from the...
The Petersen Automotive Museum in Los Angeles opened its newest exhibit on Saturday, February 23, 2019 featuring ten race cars...
In 2012, Sports Car Digest and Senior Photographer Dennis Gray profiled famed car collector, Jon Shirley. Ever gracious with his time, our extensive interview with Shirley touched on a variety of automotive topics, such as buying his first collector car, personally restoring his Ferrari NART Spider, his favorite cars to...
The debut Grand Basel was staged 6-9 September 2018 in Basel, Switzerland. Celebrating ‘Excellence in Motion’, the inaugural Basel edition...
The Porsche Museum in Stuttgart, Germany opened the “70 Years of the Porsche Sports Car” exhibition on Friday, June 8th,...
Since it opened on June 1, 2017, the Newport Car Museum has attracted more than 14,000 visitors and become a hit with car clubs and tour groups exploring the Northeast and especially the vacation destination of Newport, Rhode Island. The museum’s location in nearby Portsmouth, in a 114,000-square-foot building once...
The 2017 RM Sotheby’s New York City auction and exhibition was staged November 30 – December 6 at Sotheby’s York...
The Design Museum in London opened Ferrari: Under the Skin, an exhibition exploring the history and design of Ferrari. The...
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