What do you think is the world's best production car?

Best... Quality? Performance? Handling? Value? Versatility? Beauty? Only car I could ever own? Etc.

Leaves a lot of open questions but here goes nothing.

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Bugatti Veyron

C'mon! Just because it's really (really) fast and good looking, dosen't mean it's the best. It could be a Corolla for all! (just kidding Will). A very expensive car dosen't mean its the best.

Ding, Ding, Ding.

I meant that the Bugatti Veyron takes the title.

Mustang Sally, it is opinion, let him tell us his favorite. Evidently, you are just looking to bitch since you didn't pick your fav. Let me guess you pick a 1979 mustang. Ferrari 575M Maranello.

rocker, who the hell are you? You are obviously new to Autospies, and have no idea who I am are what I like. The 1979 Mustang is a piece of garbage. Although the 575M is a nice car, i'd rather have a 550 Maranello or a 456M, but a 550i above all. (pratical).
I was just telling German here to carefully think over his choice before he responds on what first pops into his head.

*are* should be *or*

i 2nd it

It's his opinion, let him speak it. or write it.

And who the hell are you and why do you de-boost everyone that writes negatively to your responses? You can't handle it or what? Stop being a punk and attacking people, there is enough of that shit on this site already.

I don't de-boost people.

Since you're new, why don't you introduce yourself to us, instead of barging right in?

I am me. And I know a small bit of information on 2 posters on this site and that is way too much information. I do not want to know who you are because evidently you think you are someone which means you are not.

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You are right, you did not de-boost.

Easy. 5 series.

I would have to say it is the BMW Five Series.
Not a particular year or generation, but all of them, from the E12 (1972) to the current E60 (2004).
My personal favorite is the E39. It was beautiful. (I had a 528).

Not sure if it is actually in production as of yet, but my vote goes to the Tesla Roadster.

yes it is.

My pic..the M45

Crimony! that should be "pick"

1975-1985 Mercedes-Benz W123 hands down.

I share the opinion about the Tesla. For a safer hardtop, though, the new Porsche Targa hits the spot.

I pick the LS600hL for a luxury car,and the all mighty Toyota Supra Twin Turbo for a sports car!!

I will have to say the entire 911 line, past and present. No other car gives you unbelieveable performance with commuter car abilities.

Either the Bentley Continental GTC in anyone of the 15 different colours or the Ferrari 599 GTB in Red please with the tan leather interior.

I'll take both and be done with it.

I would say the Lexus LS 600h L. It is one of the best engineered vehicles you can buy, it has tons of research and technological advances put into it. It is the most advanced vehicle there is now. It has a V8 hybrid engine comparible to a V12, and has an AWD system with the hybrid engine. I can already see German fans' comments "Lexus sucks. They don't have a history. Mercedes is the best. I love Mercedes so much I lick the tires of every one I see. They are the nicest vehicles in the world, even though fewer and fewer people are buying them. Blah, blah, blah. Audi is the best, even though Volkswagen makes them and they break down before you can drive them off the lot. BMW is faster."

If I had to pick ONE car --- definitely the M5 --- it's everything rolled into 1.

Agree. Me and my buddy were jus talking about this couple days ago, and both agreed. M5 is a perfect car.


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Easily, the Lexus LS460/600hl
Engineering of the hybrid technology with the most luxurious features and amenties you could ever want on a car for 1/2 of the price you'd pay from its competitors. I still believe parallel parking feature is awesome. (It also can back-in to an open spot, not just parallel park) The 8-stage transmission is smoothest in the world, period. I believe 1989 LS400 trainy is probably smootherthan 2006 bimmers! 30 gig drive is very nifty feature (1086 songs= 4.22 gigs = 3.2 days of continuous play). And my favorite feature of the Lexus is the Design. Its ultra-modern looks w/functionality (lowest coeffcient) and by many standards, years ahead in design in comparison with others.
Therefore, its the Lexus LS460/600hl..Hands down.

The freaking Chrysler Stratus has a built in hard drive. VW has offered that as a dealer installed option for years. Nothing special, basically pointless with an ipod.

I must say the Lexus LS600hl and the Aston Martin AMV8 what better than having two beautiful or best car at the same time? two beautiful women ;) just kidding..no I mean it. LOL ah...ha..ha..ha..

Lexus

p.s have a Happy and safe Thankgiving everyone

BMW 3-Series

2007 Porsche Turbo

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Which one?

(Although I assume you mean the 997, but it could be the Cayenne)

Mclaren f1 or Bugatti Veyron.

2nded...two of the best engineered cars ever!

McLaren F1

Ferrari 360 Modena Spider =)

You can get a Veyron and throw out all of the luxury stuff inside to save lots of weight. Or you can destroy the Mclaren F1 with your Veyron with all of the luxury in tact.

Chewy, removing weight from the porky Veyron doesn't change the fact that it has aero problems.

Here is a funny thing, there were opinions de-boosted just by giving an opinion (german-nut, Atrain, AmazingBimmer), they didn't start a war betwen brands, they just gave an opinion of wich was for THEM the best production car, why the hell where they de-boosted? Just by not choosing the brand that the people that de-boosted them would choose? Cmon, be reasonable, everyone is free to give their own opinion as long as they respect the next person opinion!!!
About opinions, i agree with YZFracer23, there is no car in the world that reflected a guideline that almost all competition tried to keep with as the 911! Inspite his aura is becoming more blured it still is a living myth and it was, is and will be the car that everyone else will try to surpass!!!

Resume: 911 for ME is the best production car of all times!!!

Jesse or Highway? Ventura, well said and I boosted you. If someone happened to pick a '72 Pinto, that is their choice. There is no right answer and there is no wrong answer.

911 or Veyron

Agree with IS3andME.

No Bugatti Veyron for me as well.After hearing that the Jeep hurricane concept which had a dual V8(One at the front and one at the back) means a power of W16 and also weighe more than 3 tonnes, can go 0-200(kph) in less than 5 seconds just shocked me.

Bugatti takes some close to 8 seconds for reaching the same 200(kph) Mark.

Therefore Bugatti is out(as i would have given it my vote).
Last week i came to know this(about Jeep Hurricane concept),and i conclude that Bugatti Veyron is a no engineering marvel.It's no way ahead of it's time and pretty competable in today's time.

Therefore I agree with most of the postmates here that many automakers (especially Ferrari,Mercedes Mclaren,Pagani Zonda,koingsegg)can put 16 cylinders,4 turbos and can comeout with the same performance figurs as Bugatti or even better.

But the only reason they are not doing is because such a project or car is no profit to the company.
Not to mention that Bugatti may have made and broken many records and live upto his name,but is a loss to the company in terms of money.

Only rich companies can afford to take such a step,because it will not affect them much financially.Like TOYOTA,VW,Daimlerchrysler,BMW....etc

Small or adeqate companies like Ferrari,Mclaren,Koenigsegg,pagani zonda..etc lives/sustain only on profit.
So they don't get involve in any risky project.

BTW my vote for the best Production goes to the whole Ferrari lineup.Particularly Ferrari Enzo.

JUGNU

That concpet was never built. Mu concept is powered by a 25,000 1 liter engine, 0-500 mph in 1.2 seconds. Beat that with your concept.

Jugnu, just a small coment about small or adequate companies, Ferrari doesn't take any risks, it has a lot of know how from F1 and it is enough for them to sell something that they call exotic and it will sell like hot bread, Mclaren has mercedes money so they have plenty and for Koenigsegg and Pagani, a big part of the car is already developed from another brands (engine, transmission, etc..) so the money involved is quite less and don't forget that this 2 aren't really mass production brands!!

You are wrong, they didn't find out to late that there where aerodynamic problems, they knew that from the start.
And i do think the Bugatti will reign supreme in both a straight line and on a track against the Mclaren F1.

When Evo magazine tested the Bugatti on the tight and curvey roads in France agauinst the Carrera GT, Enzo and Pagani Zonda they said that none of these cars could keep up with the Veyron on both the straights and the corners.
And considering the Mclaren F1 is outdated compared to todays supercars, i doubt it would stand a chance on the track.

@ JUGNU
The Veyron wasn't only meant to be fast, it was also meant to do it comfortable and reliable. The gearbox for example should last more then 20 years etc.
Sure you can make this much power and speed out of any car, but to make that car comfortable and reliable is annother topic, and it is here where the Veyron succeeds above all else.

World's best production car...which read between the lines means the worlds best [evenly distributed among all possible features and abilities] production car.

It doesn't mean to have the best, newest, highest, coolest, most streamlined, fastest, most powerful, of any feature. Because there is one thing that every one on the site can agree on. There is no 100% perfect car. No car ever built was 100% perfect in any feature or attribute. Lexus' new LS600hl, the new S-Class, the Veyron, etc... all have flaws.

But since nothing is 100% perfect, I'd have to say the world's best chance for being the "best" production car would be the 1955 Mercedes-Benz 300SL Gullwing Coupe.

Why did I get deboosted? What numb nuts is going around deboosting people with actual comments and not trying to start flame wars.

i vote for the BMW 5 SERIES. ALL YEARS ALL MODELS. THE E39 is my favorite TOO. I have one. It was quoted by many around the world as the BEST BMW EVER BUILT AND THE BEST CAR IN THE WORLD. for its INCREDIBLE BALANCE in every respect.!!!!

Hmm....

This is very, very vague.

Do you mean a car that's out right now?

That would be a tough choice for me between S-Class, RS4, A8L and 911 Turbo.

The veyron is not a production car. There are only a few that exist. I love the Mclaren....but that also was not a production car. same with the enzo.

Those are all production cars.
There are 300 Veyrons planned on being made.
About 65 Road going Mclarens are made
And 399 Enzos are made.

These are all production cars, it's called series production.
If a car is significantly more produced it's called mass production.

a 1989 Mercedes benz 560 SEL.
best car in the world. built like a tank, very luxurious, lots of performance, looks great. perfect. for me it represents everything great about mercedes, it represents why mercedes were simply the best car maker in the world.
either that or a range rover. revolutionary car.

i get deboosted for liking a mercedes?
20 years ago, it was the best car in the world!

Yes, obviously the Lexus fans think that a Lexus that wasn't out 20 years ago is still better...

CL63 AMG or an M6, I've never driven either so can't make the decision yet, but it'd be one of those for sure

sorry S4, if you find it a bit vague. i didn't specify any categories because then the likes of Lexus dude and logical(where's he gone???) would start up irrelevant arguments.

logical was kicked off the website, and I think recently, Lexus_Dude was too!

Wow I see so many people just spitting out some models but they haven't even seen or driven the cars they mention lol.

It's a tough one to make one car the best. I'd say the Zonda or Veyron. Those cars are just insane. However that's only for the top notch market. For the more mainstream market i would say the CL, CLS, 911 turbo, M5, E55/63, etc it's really hard to pick one

"Wow I see so many people just spitting out some models but they haven't even seen or driven the cars they mention lol.

It's a tough one to make one car the best. I'd say the Zonda or Veyron."

Funny how you mention that people haven't driven these cars, and then throw out two $1 million supercars that you've never driven or seen, either.

Looks like the Lexus fanboys boosted people down if they didn't like a Lexus. How childish.

In that case, the best production car currently on the market has to be the Mercedes CL-Class. Gorgeous.

I don't agree with it being the best car out there right now (though it's pretty far up on my list), but I just saw it two days ago in the basement of my Mercedes dealer (they only take you down there if they know you're really interested; otherwise it's confidential)! It was truly stunning, and unlocked! Although, the interior had cardboard coverings because it was obviously fresh from the oven in Stuttgart...

Pictures don't do it any justice at all.

The Lexus fans are having a grand ol' time de-boosting me, I see, even when my posts have nothing to do with Lexus...

You guys must think de-boosting is your secret weapon or something.

id liek ot line up the morons who say veyron..jesus.. have you gone crazy.. it aint a patch on the beatuiful mclaren f1 witha twin turbo BMW engine (best of course). Veyron is piece of junk.. jut cross reference every body on this thread who likes them.. all VW drivers who actaully think that car shares something with the tin can.. yeeesh!!.

The best production car...... Has got to be the Acura TL - definitely best bang for the buck, great build quality and reliability, tons of techno gizmos, and a fun drive to boot.

well, my choice is the mighty M5 all generations especially the E60 model. It has everything right! *styling is subjective* but I love those meany looks!

s4... why are your comments being deboosted.. looks normal and informative to me..

I'm gonna choose Corolla (all generations) simply due to reliability. It may not be the best looking, fastest, quickest handling car ever made, but dadgummit, it has always had good gas mileage, low cost, and you can put a lot of miles over a lot of years on one.
For other categories like Beauty, speed, handling, fun, ect., i'll remain neutral.

2007 CL 550. The launch edition is the best automobile I have ever owned. It is absolutely incredible. Pictures don't do it justice...the car is fast and the styling bold.

Nissan GTR 35 for all round performance, price, practicality and beauty...