The Best Cars Of All Time

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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Heritage Series – BMW M1 – i8

If there’s one thing that has defined BMW, beyond building highly engineered cars, it’s that the German automaker has never been afraid to step outside its comfort zone. And while...

Heritage Series – Ferrari F40 – F80

Unless you’re a tifosi or a sports car enthusiast with a passion for automotive history, chances are you don’t know that the Ferrari F40, which was specially created to commemorate...
The sleek lines of the Tornado Ventury are well illustrated in this photo, ca. 1967. ©Wally Vorlaufer Wally Vorlaufer

Tornado Ventury Record Breaker

Written by: Glen Smale and Images by Glen Smale and Wally Vorlaufer There have been many stories and accounts written over the years covering record breakers, one-off specials, and innovative...
Blue GMA T.50 next to a blue McLaren F1

Heritage Series – McLaren F1 – GMA T.50

When Gordon Murray left McLaren in 2004, he wasn’t done perfecting his idea of a driver’s car. In the early 1990s, the McLaren F1 redefined what driving purity meant. Thirty...
The benefit of wider tires of this M-B 500E are visible as it’s pressed hard through a bend. The Porsche touch ensured a near-50/50 front/rear weight distribution.

Porsche Makes a Mercedes: The 500E Story

Editor’s Note: This story was reproduced with permission from our companion website Stuttcars.com. A New Opportunity for Porsche For Porsche’s Michael Hölscher this was his first major project. It was...

Opala: American by Heart, Brazilian Excellence

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The McLaren F1 – Never Better

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Leyland’s Eight — The First Supercar 

A Bold Vision from Leyland Motors Conditions in Britain’s world of car producers changed radically after the Great War. The war itself contributed. Increasingly regarded as a symbol of unpatriotic...

The Many Lives of the McLaren M25

ALLIANCES NEVER LAST FOREVER Almost synonymous with the bubbling motorsport scene of the early 1970s, Bruce McLaren Motor Racing was what one might consider a manufacturer that knew how to...
In front of the Austro-Daimler headquarters in the autumn of 1922 Ferdinand Pors

Porsche’s Grand Prix Austro Daimlers

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The Volkswagen SP and SP2

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Its fastest lap of 4:26.0 was the quickest ever turned by a Cunningham entry at Le Mans, but it took ten seconds longer than the best lap of Ferrari’s latest 4.9-liter V-12.

The Ferrari That Went American

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One of only two drivers to finish in the car they started, Fangio was hailed the victor at the Buenos Aires Autodromo at a speed of 77.509 mph. DaimlerAG

Every Silver Arrow Has Its Day

Fangio’s Advantage and Moss’s Arrival Juan Manuel Fangio had a head start. He joined the Mercedes-Benz racing team in mid-1954, when his principal team rival was a fast but inconsistent...
Photo Credit: Bill Purta

Ferrari Comes Full Circle at 360

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Two generations of Renndiensts pose for the birdie. One is a veteran of the 1960s, the other from the twenty-tens foretelling the future.

Renndienst: Racing Toward the Future

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