Cars are the biggest passion that I have. Here I have chosen my all time favorites. Let the Carmageddon begin!
Dodge Viper GTS-R
The best American muscle-car to date. It can chew the hyped Saleen Ss through the grill and spit’em out of the exhaust. Sumo-fat wheels and a design that can win a Mr Universe with aplomb. Combine that with a light as a feather monocoque and U know, ’Recreants Are Not Allowed!’
Audi Allroad
Legendary Quattro four-wheel drive and an engine that will laugh at a C Class. I love estates and this one is the best estate ever produced. A manic performer with trademark Audi luxury, this A6 variant is par excellence. anywhere you take it.
Ford Focus RS
This is a crazy, freaky machine. Shred the tarmac to smithereens, slice twisties like hell with this grand-daddy of all’hot-hatches’. Try to test its limits and you’ll give up before the car will. For those who prefer Solberg over Schumacher. And if it scares the bejesus outta you, you have been warned!
Jaguar XJR 4.0
Coventry masterpiece. Curves are sensual . and this cat shows how. A car like no other, it went like no other. A car one can spend an entire lifetime with, it had a great mill and luxuries were aplenty.
Rolls Royce Phantom
Creature comforts galore. U name it and this car’s got it. They say it’s more of a Bentley than a Rolls. It doesn’t matter folks as this Goliath surpasses any Rolls ever made with one of the sleekest bodies, an awesome paint-job and trade-mark Rolls Royce luxury. The 60s phantom was a stamp of Mr. Royce’s desire for perfection. This one takes it one step further. Phantom, umm.not far off!
Bentley Continental GT
It is a monster - literally, with over 2.3 tons of luxury and 6000cc V12, 560bhp of pure muscle and the fastest car to have in India. A stunning muscular shell with trademark Bentley curves coupled with that beast of an engine make it so good. GT means Grand Thunderbolt . doesn’t it?
Hummer H2
You compare a pint sized hatch to a Ford Endeavor and that’s the difference between the Ford and the Hummer, even in its new undersized incarnation. An SUT(Sports Utility Truck) that wears attitude on its sleeve, this is an objet de desir and many agree(including Mr. Governator from CA). It intimidates with its looks and loves with its interiors. I am no SUV lover but its hard not to love a Humvee. Isn’t it?
Porsche 911 Turbo
Take a 350bhp mill, turbocharge it to the limit, put a stunning body over it, add everything that a Porsche ever had and what do you produce . the 911 turbo. A car that can take on streets and tracks with sheer aplomb.
Mercedes Benz McLaren SLR
This is simply one of the best engineered cars around today. Don’t like the Stuttgart beast’s all-back design with fluted sides, a loong wheelbase and a bonnet that stretches to infinity?.A top whack of 327kph is sure to get Ur senses up and running. And you thought Mercs lacked character!
Maserati Quattroporte
The Quattroporte is a combination of the two most desired qualities in the motoring world - the shell and the interiors of a limousine and an engine of a blisteringly fast GT. Maserati has always made great monstrous engines but this time the luxury on offer is mind-blowing and there is no 70s tinge in the car which was evident in most of their recent creations.
Mitsubishi Evo VII Extreme
Extreme it is! A Rallying legend. A huge rear spoiler, scoops all around, side skirts - the car spells pure pose which, as we all know, can be so important outside the local cafeteria. Yeah, the VIII pulled out embarrassingly but it’s the VII which really brought Rallying glory to Mitsubishi . And it took no prisoners along the way.
Maruti Suzuki 800
Surprised? Don’t be. Just imagine what our country would have been without the 800. The national sweetheart should be declared as the national car! The way it has added to the mobility of the great Indian middle class is astounding. Cars come and go but the 800 is something that will be remembered . for a long time.
Aston Martin DB9 Vantage
Yeah Mr. Bond and Prince Charles look chic in that sexy Vanquish but when it comes to the Astons, Vantage rules. A manic performer with all the possible(read dreamable) creature comforts, this truly British giant killer is sure to get U major league attention.
Porsche Carrera GT
The new Porsche flagship isn’t the most beautiful from this Zuffenhausen manufacturer, but this is a true-blue super car. Carbon fibre monocoque, huge air scoops on the sides, four chrome tipped exhausts. Well. if U’ve seen Jeremy Clarkson struggle with this beauty in Top Gear, U know what to expect.
BMW 530i
This German beauty is a driver’s ultimate luxury limo. It’s got all those abbreviated goodies that come bundled with a Bavarian and packs more. Those eye-browed headlights, vault like shell and sharp lines enclose a car that will make you forget all those flashy Mercs in town. Quite simply, one of the best BMWs to date.
Porsche 911 Carrera S
Beats the GT sibling aesthetically. It is the sexiest car on Planet Earth with flared wheel arches, muscular design, relentless acceleration in any gear, an optional chronograph atop the dash and a trademark central tacho. And tell U what, its coming to India! Stash those street-creds away.cometh the torpedo.
Ferrari 360 Modena/F430
Ferrari’s best road-car to date(Modena) just got better(F430). I’ve loved the 360 for years. It’s a design that is sensuality motorized, a car that is attitude mechanized. Add to that a bigger 483bhp Maserati engine, four huge diffusers at the back and larger air scoops and what you get is a Ferrari that is unbelievable and irresistible but not at the cost of practicality. Gallardos rest in peace!
Lamborghini Murcielago
It ain’t wearin’ the fightin’ bull badge for nothin’ pal. Despite being a little aged, this Diablo successor is a titanic brute of a car beyond compare. Choose a straight, floor the throttle and this beast will hold the horizon and hurl it back before you realize it. Monster traction, unique design, the best looking backside in the business, and breath-taking, nightmarish acceleration aided by four-wheel drive make it a car of my dreams. Live Ur speed fantasies outside the Sega!
Subaru Impreza WRX STi
The automotive equivalent of Godzilla - raw, raucous and wanting to get ahead of everything that walks the road. Keep the frenzied engine on the boil and the car kicks from corner to corner in true wheel-sliding, tire-smoking, opposite-locking WRC style. Black leather clad interiors, rimless windows.want more.It goes like hell too! The extra two doors be damned!
Ferrari Enzo
The fast, the musical, the enigmatic, the fighter jet, the.Adjectives have no end when it comes to the Enzo, for me. I recently acquired a video of it and trust me when I say that the note of the engine is absolute symphony to the aficionado’s ears. This 6l, 650bhp, 350kph beast will blow everything to the footpaths with a whiff. It might not look seducing at the first look but then it wasn’t built to take Ur kids to school! And to top it all, it makes you forget the Scaglietti blunder! 0-100 in 3.6s anyone?
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