أفضل تسع سيارات فى نظرى (على الاطلاق)

It’s pretty familiar now, having gone from concept here in 2003 to production reality, and already a veteran of quite a few shows worldwide, the moody black 8C Competizione on Alfa’s Frankfurt stand just makes you think that it looks better every time you see it. Throw in 450-horsepower and 347 lb-ft (470 Nm) of torque from its 4.7-liter four-cam V8, with a claimed top speed of around 190 mph and a sub-4.5-second 0-62 mph time, and it’s better still. It was also the first car to introduce the “Unique Alfa” personalization program that now extends deep into the range, but it’s hard to see what you’d do to make the 8C Competizione look any more exciting.

New Aston Martins don’t come along very often, so the arrival of the DBS is a special event. And happily, the car lives up to the anticipation. Bridging the gap between the road-going DB9 and the racing DBR9, it is described by its makers as “the ultimate expression of Aston Martin’s engineering and technical ability.” And, they say, “it offers pure performance without compromise.” A strict two-seater, its 6.0-liter V12 produces 510 horsepower and gives the muscular DBS a top speed of 191 mph, with 0-62 mph in 4.3 seconds. And lessons from Aston’s Le Mans GT1-winning Le Mans program mean it handles as well as it looks and goes.

It seems to have been a long time coming given how long the new-shape A6 has been around, but something says the latest generation of Audi’s iconic meeting of load-lugger and near-supercar performance is going to be another jaw-dropper. Why? Well, how about a Lamborghini-based turbocharged 5.0-liter V10 with more than 580 horsepower and 480 lb-ft of torque and mated to a six-speed Tiptronic transmission with quattro all-wheel drive supported by the Dynamic Ride Control. It has a 0-62 mph time of 4.6 seconds and a top speed that if it wasn’t limited to 155 mph would surely be nearer three miles a minute. Oh, and the Avant that’s launched first has up to 59 cubic feet of luggage space. How’s that for fast load carrying?

This is the most powerful production car Bentley has ever built and the first Bentley officially to top 200 mph (although more than a few testers have already seen figures comfortably north of that with the GT Speed’s siblings). Actual power is 600-hp (up from the standard 552), the quoted maximum is 202 mph, and 0-62 mph takes just 4.3 seconds — which are quite astonishing figures for a car of this size and mass, but then “astonishing” is what Bentley seems to do best these days. It is also lower, stiffer has aerodynamic tweaks and sits on 20-inch wheels — which all make it look just as mean as the figures suggest.

Seven-time F1 world champion Michael Schumacher not only helped unveil the Scuderia, he helped develop it, too — which gives a clue to track-biased dynamics that let the hardcore 430 match the lap times of the Enzo supercar around Ferrari’s Fiorano test facility. The basics are less weight and more power — 510 horsepower in just 2,756 lbs (1250 kg) — for massive performance with instant responses. It also has ceramic brakes, “Superfast” transmission technology, and a new traction control and stability control system that echoes F1 practice. Schumacher himself describes it as one of the great Ferraris, and it’s hard to argue with that.

From the sharp-edged origami school of design, the oddly named Reventon claims the F22 fighter-jet shape as its inspiration and promises 650 horsepower from its Murcielago based 6.5-liter V12. It’s mainly bodied in carbon fiber, the name (in an old Lamborghini tradition) comes from a Mexican breed of fighting bull, it will cost a stratospheric $1,400,000 (plus taxes), and only 20 will be built. Now that’s really mean.

It’s great to see that Maserati has made the leap from being a brand that survived in spite of its slight quirkiness to one that thrives because of its individuality. And it’s great that they make a car like the Quattroporte Sport GT S because so few other manufacturers are brave enough to do anything so focused. Focused in one way, that is, on luxury and style, in the shape of this glorious four-door, four-seater coupe, and in another way on the most sporting driving dynamics appropriate to such a car. So it’s a real, 400-horsepower gentleman’s (or lady’s) sports sedan, and it is in this list because it knows exactly what it wants to be.

A world premiere for the first “production” MINI built specifically for racing, based on the Cooper S and tailor-made for the one-make MINI Challenge series. Built around the security of a full roll cage, race-style Recaro seats with six-point harnesses and HANS Head And Neck Support anchors, it has the most power of any MINI to date, with 210 horsepower, 206 lb-ft (280 Nm) of torque with overboost, a top speed of 149 mph and 0-62 mph in 6.1 seconds. Its racing brake specification means it also goes from 62-0 mph in just 3.1 seconds. Hold tight!

Another 911, another fastest 911 ever — more than 40 years after it first saw the light of day, Porsche’s icon is still getting meaner, and this one is the meanest of all. We are talking about no less than 530 horsepower now, and more than 500 lb-ft of torque, which translates to a top speed of 204 mph (the first production 911 officially to top 200) and a 0-62 mph time of only 3.7 seconds. In other words it is fiercely, remorselessly fast. It is also now the fastest-ever production car around the legendary Nurburgring Nordschleife — quicker, even, than the very exotic Carrera GT. And while it has racing purpose, it is perfectly usable on the road.