100 FAVOURITE CARS - PART VI

Now that The Good Car Guy's 100 Favourite Cars introductions are past the halfway point, let's take a look at a few statistics. Fourteen (or fifteen if you don't count the AC Shelby Cobra as British) of the fifty have been American vehicles. Two have been Japanase. So, carry the one; multiple by seven; divide by three.... that leaves forty-four or forty-five European automobiles in the first fifty of GoodCarBadCar.net's 100 Favourite Cars. Take the hint: only sixteen out of the next fifty are not European. Here are cars 51-60.

HONDA INSIGHT (GEN1): Honda thought not highly of luxury or weight with the first Insight. Light weight, just enough power to live normal life, and strong aerodynamics made the little Honda rather chic.
HONDA PRELUDE (BB5-BB9): By the late '90s, Preludes had long since secured their place in the pantheon of junior sports cars. This final Prelude may have secured its place as the best-handling front-wheel drive car in history.
INFINITI FX45: A fan of both generations of the FX, including the FX35, the absurdity and bodaciousness of the 4.5L V8/bionic cheetah styling combo knocks me over.
JAGUAR E-TYPE: Every picture is able to tell at least a thousand words. I could write a few thousand on this picture of the E-Type.
JAGUAR XJR (X308): Before Jaguar softened and made the XJ's back seat liveable in 2003, the XJR was a supercharged sport sedan capable of wild & wooly or serene & smooth.
JEEP WRANGLER: Why do we need our off-roaders to cart six kids to school with a grocery load in the back and a 25-ft trailer attached? Actually, that's kind of nice. For every thing else, there's the Wrangler.
KOENIGSEGG CCX: Any of Christian's cars will do, but the CCX is certainly the most photogenic. Its mid-engine, cab-forward proportions weren't allowed to compromise the Swedish style. An IKEA supercar? Form and function united.
LAMBORGHINI COUNTACH: One of my older brothers knew cars like the back of a stranger's hand. Which is to say, not at all. But he loved the Countach. Smart choice.
LAMBORGHINI DIABLO: Changing from Countach to Diablo was like switching Dos for Windows (or Windows to Mac's Snow Leopard). Somehow Lamborghini kept the drama cranked up to 11 while ironing out the kinks.
LAMBORGHINI MIURA: The Picasa slideshow seen above will be forever thankful that it was able to hold both the Jaguar E-Type and the Miura, the two most worthy candidates for most beautiful car of all time.

100 FAVOURITE CARS

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11-20

21-30

31-40

41-50

61-70

71-80

81-90

91-100