Top Gear | 100 Sexiest Cars


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The 100 sexiest cars


Definitive? We doubt it. Debatable? Definitely. Somehow or other we've thrashed it out, though. It's not what's cool, nor what's great. It's just a feeling you get...

Click your way through the gallery to find out which models made it into our top 100.

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BMW 507: the car that nearly broke BMW

Elvis bought a white one. Does that make the 507 sexy? Not until you know that this gorgeous roadster was supposed to revive BMW's sporting image in the late Fifties, but was so expensive that nobody could afford to buy it. As a result, BMW lost money on every car made between '56 and '59. Ouch.

To add insult to injury, Elvis eventually ended up giving his away to the actress Ursula Andress during one of his famous fits of generosity, but even that doesn't undermine the fact that this is one of the very few BMWs ever that could make its owner seem attractive. Uh-huh-huh.

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Audi 100 Coupe S: the Audi coupe that isn't a TT

It doesn't look like an Audi. That's the first thing that strikes you when you see a Coupe 100 S. Styled like a fastback, front-engined and front-wheel drive, the 100 S used a relatively small 1.9-litre four-pot motor to motivate itself, but even for 1969, 110bhp was pretty weak. So why sexy? Because it's an Audi that doesn't look like it. Weird, but attractive.

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Lamborghini Muira

Needs no explanation whatsoever - just look at it.

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Lamborghini Countach

Few cars engender such emotion as the Countach. An exotic and aggressive wedge with gad-fly doors that even a Trappist monk wouldn't fail to get excited at.

Emma Parker Bowles explains why the Countach still gets her juices flowing

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Mercedes C111

Aerodynamics were king for the C111, the Lockheed Blackbird of the car world. The MkIII was the slipperiest version of all - it had a Cd of just 0.191. Beautiful.

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Mercedes 300 SL Coupe

The handsome 300SL is nicknamed the Gullwing. It's an obvious choice but is SO glam

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Mercedes SLR Coupe

If rarity is sexy, this should be number one. Only two were made - one for Mercedes' head of racing. What a perk.

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Mercedes T80

From the totalitarian nightmare of pre-WW2 Germany, this incredible, futuristic fantasy emerged. The Merc T80 was an Earth-going spaceship designed for a land-speed record attempt. Sadly it never had its day thanks to the war.

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BMW 3.0 CSL Batmobile

The first car built by BMW Motorsport GmbH, the Batmobile was another homologation special. Bee-Em needed to produce a car to get its 3.2 and 3.5-litre race engines homologated. Said car was sold with an aero pack and became the 'Batmobile'.

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BMW M1: Italian glamour, German porn

A supercar with a reputation that greatly outweighs its scarcity. In all only 456 BMW M1 road cars were built, all with a tubular chassis by Lamborghini, a mid-mounted, 24-valve in-line six that came courtesy of BMW and sleek, chiseled, heart-palpitating styling penned by Guigiaro.

The one piece of pseudo-Italian Seventies' exotica that won't beat you up and dump you at the roadside once it's done with you. It's proper tuning to excess, and not a clever engine in sight. Just American muscle injected with German steroids.

Complete List:
Porsche 911 S: purity and poke in the first of the performance Porsches
Nissan 350Z: power to the people
Maserati Ghibli Coupe: Giorgio Giugiaro's best ever brown car
BMW 507: the car that nearly broke BMW
Lancia Stratos: it's special... homologation special
Pagani Zonda F: Quite simply the most outrageous supercar currently in production
Alfa 8C 2300 Short Chassis
Lotus Elan: motoring for purists
Porsche Cayman S: smaller, but perfectly brawned
Jaguar XJ-S: once an old man's charger, now the XJ-S is now surprisingly cool
Jaguar E-type: the ultimate penis substitute
1963 Chevy Corvette Stingray: If this is the American dream, we want more time in bed
Aston Martin V8 Vantage
Jaguar XKR: the cat that growls
Lotus Exige S: wannabe racer's delight
Audi 100 Coupe S
SAS 'Pink Panther' Land Rover
Austin Mini Radford
Alfa Montreal: ah, the glamour of... Canada?
Bugatti EB110: when sexy isn't good-looking
Ford Mustang Fastback: bigger than Steve McQueen
Dodge Charger: pure, unadulterated machismo
Porsche 550 Spyder: when Porsche builds a car to go racing, you better pay attention
Karmann Ghia: Germans spawn a fashion revolution
Maserati Bora: a question of balance
Citroen DS: the car that Citroen still trades on 30 years later...
Chevrolet Corvette: legends never die, they breed
Alfa Spider: Che bella macchina
Alfa Spider
Corvette Racing C6.R
Aston Martin Racing works DBR9
Honda RA272: they came, they saw, they even sort of conquered
AC Cobra Le Mans Coupe: a beautiful beast with a terrible confession to make
Aston Martin DBR1
Brabham BT49: done by the forces of nature
Lamborghini Murciélago R-GT: a schoolboy pin-up fantasy, tearing around a man's world :D :cool: :bowdown:
Porsche 917: from Tertre Rouge to the Hollywood Hills, at 248mph
Auto Union Streamliner
Porsche 904: cancel that Carrera GT
Lotus F1 Type 72: the ads get sexy
Bentley Speed 8: a blessed marriage of German nous and British beef
Mitsubishi Lancer Evo
Lamborghini Muira: Needs no explanation whatsoever - just look at it.
Lamborghini Countach
Mercedes C111
Mercedes SLR Mille Miglia
Mercedes W196
Mercedes SLR McLaren
Mercedes 300 SL Coupe
Mercedes SLR Coupe
Mercedes 600 Pullman :usa7uh:
Mercedes 540 K
Mercedes 230 SL
Mercedes T80
Mercedes 450 SLC
Mercedes W196
Ferrari 512TR Testarossa: big hair and medallions have their day
Ferrari 330 P3: Le Mans car you'd dream up
Ferrari Daytona: a triumphant finale to the first era of front-engined V12s
Ferrari Enzo: falling victim to seduction by numbers
Ferrari 512 BB
Ferrari F430 Spider: utterly, utterly intense
Ferrari Dino 246 GT: out of nowhere, this Ferrari with a sensitive side
Ferrari 250 SWB: the inextricable linking of road and race
Ferrari 275 GTB
Ferrari F40: Dr Frankenstein, your car awaits
Ferrari 250 GTO: it was meant to be fast, but this moved drivers to tears
Ferrari 599 GTB
Lancia Fulvia: it's an Appia with a whole load more flavia
Aston Martin V8 Vantage: go ahead, bait my Porsche
Ford GT: rebirthing gene pool
McLaren F1 LM: when road met race at 240mph
Bentley Continental R
Alfa Giulietta Sprint: it says 'Sprint'... it means 'Meander'
Honda S800: micro Banzai!
BMW 3.0 CSL Batmobile
Rolls-Royce Corniche
Ford Capri: American dream (scale version)
Alfa Romeo SZ
Citroen 2CV: a certain 'je ne sais quoi'
Lotus Esprit: giant doorstop becomes legend
Fiat Dino 2400 Spider: a famous name to treasure (not the Fiat bit...)

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Lamborghini Gallardo Spyder: if ever there was a time to lose your head...

The car that made a Lambo a temptation over the equivalent Ferrari eventually lost its head a couple of years after the Coupe first snarled and spat its way into the collective imagination.

Powered by the same 520bhp, V10 engine, the Gallardo Spyder can mince your hairdo at 190mph with the roof down, but better than that, it comes in the kind of colour pallet that takes it from just impressive to downright outrageous.

There is nothing sexier than a powder-blue Lamborghini drop-head anywhere near a beach.:icondrool

Citroen SM: secret heart to French head
Alpine A110: it's a Renault you'd want. Sort of
Alfa Tipo
Fiat 130 Coupe
Aston Martin Vanquish: Aston Martin's most extreme supercar. No explanation necessary
Alfa 8C Competizione: retro never looked so modern
Aston Martin DB4GT Zagato: a modified Aston done right

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Sally Carrera: it's all in the voice, dear

This is ridiculous. How can a cartoon car make it into the top 10? Well, just listen to Sally the 911 Carrera and you'll see. Voiced by Bonnie Hunt in Pixar's movie Cars, Sally Carrera is the love interest for Lightning McQueen - the story's hero.

Quite apart from the fact that Sally sounds like what you imagine a 911 might in your weirdest fantasy, she also has some rather interesting pinstriping which would suggest intimate tattoos. :D
SHE'S HOT FOR SURE !! :icondrool I'd HIT HER!

Rolls-Royce Phantom: imperious becomes sexy
BMW M1: Italian glamour, German porn
Bentley Continental S1 Fastback
Lincoln Continental
Citroen C6: smooth and intelligent beats macho grunt
Chevy Camaro: no silly, it's pronounced 'Camero'
Maserati Quattroporte: Ferrari in an overcoat
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Aston Martin DB5
Even discounting its 'Bond, James Bond' connotations, the DB5 is a seriously sexy car. It's an Aston for pity's sake. Hell, it's THE Aston, and it's our number one Brit.


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Fiat Cinqueciento

And, yes, ladies and gentlemen, we have a winner. A car that embodies the essence of sexiness; a car that drips desirability from its every curve. Yes, it's Italian. Yes, it's a classic. And yes, we want one. Each.
 

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