I can't figure out what car this was =[

185..best i've done is 120 mph...mighty zippy..oh not in the big ugly..on a track...lots of fun...

Fastest I've ever driven in public was 110mph, didn't get pulled over either

Cool? Not really
200mph highway muncher? Nope
Comfortable? Aaaahahahahahahaha!!

But there's still only one car for driving like you stole it:



And here's why

The Catterham, great track car, the perfect formula for ripping it up on a sunny day, fast, light, agile etc..

Then there is also this guy:




The Areil Atom, the V8 is as nearly fast off the line as the mighty Bugatti Veyron,(0-60 in less than 3 seconds) for a fraction of the price, handling is close to race car level and viseral experiance cannot be beaten, as illustrated by Top Gears Jeremy Clarkson:



"It'll destroy your face"

The Camaro, nice comeback for this one. The only downside is that this classic revision of an American Icon, is in fact an Australian Holden undeneath. Hopefully GM can shed some weight off this puppy as it is embarrasing that it is consistantly beaten 'round the track by the Mustang with its primative wagon wheel live axle rear suspension. It is still a sharp looking ride all the same

As with RR, the Germans prepackage all the mechanical bits, then folks in Crewe install the body shell, the interior trim etc..

I was not knocking the Continental, nice car actually, the Phaeton itself was a superior piece of kit, but a marketing disaster. The advantage of the German ownership for both marks has been that have been brought up to thoroughly modern engineering standards and more consistant reliabilty. The British get to do what the British do best, wool, wood and dead cowskins, but is now backed up by more robust German engineering.

If however you are wanted to take extra people would'nt the Flying Spur, which has 4 doors, a lot more room and most of the same performance capabilities be more suitable? Just Curious

My father is considering buying a long wheel base Rolls Royce Phantom which has bags of room for passengers, "suicide rear doors" haha, but we do have a Chrysler for ferrying clients around, the reason being economics. Three years ago like all British firms we suffered during the global financial crisis and had to pull the horns in. Chrysler perfectly fitted our financies while keeping our starchy old accountant from throwing a moult, bless her.

The Phantom is being considered, but is out of my hands. I am only an executive administrator so cannot pop down to Bentley's with a wad of cash and buy on an unlimited budget. I would like to! As for me I'll upgrade my Bentley later, but keep it for personal use.

I suppose there always has been a patriotism in my country for all things "British" as German ownership of Bentley was abhorred. But, Bentley's chairman and executives thought it more viable the Germans took their company over. But Bentley will always be thought of as a British car, whatever.

That Ariel Atom. And Jeremy Clarkeson's face. Hilarious!

One thing that I really do like about the British car industry is all the cottage builders like Noble, Marcos, etc... They are a plucky bunch to say the least and the Noble has evolved into something really impressive.

A few other points regarding the worlds great cars:

Corvette, great value for money but GM needs to sever all remaining pretense of this car's blue collar roots. GM already has the Camaro for the aspiring individual. The C8 should do the right thing and go mid engine like a real exotic, and be sold as a stand alone brand.

Ferrari 458 Italia-Sex on 4 wheels, so so so pretty it hurts to look at and it comes with the best sound effects ever, just hearing one run through the gears sends shivers down the spine.

Aston Martin DB9-Stick any dweeb in this and they become uber cool ,a tux should be included with every purchase. Still Britain's greatest export.

Porsche Panamara, Mercedes SL, Bugatti Veyron-The Germans can do some truly marvelous engineering, but they should really hire the Italians to style their cars, Ze Deutshe can't do pretty to save their lives. Do not speak of the 911, continuing to put out a car with same basic shape for 50 years does not count.

Nissan GTR-A lesson in how to flip the middle finger at the laws of physics. This car punches way above its weight class.

Mustang, Camaro, Dodge Challenger, Cadillac CTS-V series -What America does best-Big engines, loads of torgue, lots of tire smoke. That being said the CTS-V does hold the record for fastest 4 door around the 'ring

Lamborghani Aventador-Satan is on the wating list for a black one, no car would be more suited for the Prince of Darkness to make his entrance.

Fisker Kharma, Chevy Volt, Tesla-Expensive Tax Payer funded science projects, that will all be a dead end in automotive development.

Honda Clarity-The science project that actually gets it right, its just the matter of getting the price down. The Clarity will be the future for most Americans in a couple of generations, long live Hydrogen.

It was nice of you to praise my country's top car makers, particularly Noble whose engineers craft their sports cars in carbon, quite a difficult matierial to work, namely their fine M600 and its predecessor, the M12 GTO and M400, though there have been recalls from faulty joint brackets. Very limited production and huge demand, Noble has a waiting list for their M600 at least 6 months, maybe more.

Aston Martin although remaining a private limited company has been in financial trouble for many years. Ford Motors took them over from around 1993/4 until 2007 when the car firm was invested into by an American banker. Can't remember his name now.. fabulous cars. Fab prices, too. But Porsche although you dislike them, we dislike their prices! Their interior design has been worked over as each year passes. But a Porsche rarely if ever goes wrong. When in Dubai recently I met a girl who had a 911 GT3 since 2009 and she never had any mechanical problem with it. Extremely fast. But I dislike Porsche too. They haven't come out with a radically different car, unlike Nobles.

I don't know anything about American cars, unfortunately.

But Tesla - eerily quiet. With petrol prices ever rocketing I'm tempted to buy one, plugging it into a wind turbine, for example, seems rather like a grand idea.

Were Tesla really Tax Payer funded? If so, on your side of the pond or on mine?