Supercar rental Cont: which car to accompany your grand tour?

Continuing from my previous post Supercar Rental CONT. Where do I go now? I take a look at what car to take with you on this Grand Tour.

Supercar cont: which car to accompany your grand tour?

Where do we begin dream cars? Fast cars? Expensive cars?

My initial thought was rather obvious: Grand Tourers what with this being a grand tour and all.

So I set out with a list:

Nissan GT-R

Ford GT

Porsche 911 GT

Ferrari 550 Maranello

Ferrari F40

Ferrari 458 Italia

Ferrari F12 berlinetta

Ferrari 612 Scaglietti

Ferrari California

Ferrari FF

Ferrari 599

Audi R8

Mclaren mp4-12c

Aston Martin DB9

Aston Martin Vanquish

Bentley Continental GT

Bentley Continental GTC Speed

Maserati GranTurismo

Maserati Coupé

Maserati spyder

Mercedes-Benz SLS AMG

Mercedes SL

Mercedes-Benz SLR McLaren

Jaguar XJS

Jaguar XKR

Jaguar E type

 

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What I very quickly realised was I’ve got a job on here because the above list is huge (I can only take two cars on this trip) and also it doesn’t include any of the following cars which I would want to consider:

Jaguar F-Type V8 S

Lotus Evora

Bugatti Veyron

Ferrari  LaFerrari

Alfa Romeo 8C Competizione

Mclaren 650 S

Mclaren F1

Lamborghini Murcielago

Lamborghini Aventador

Lamborghini Huracán

Lamborghini Gallardo Superleggera

Zonda Revolucion

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Ok so how to get down to a short list, I guess start by establishing what credentials the car needs to have to be worthy of spending lots of time and money driving 60hrs with. It needs to be Beautiful, Fast, Sound ridiculous (for tunnel runs), have a stupid price tag and be an instantly recognisable super car. So were still no closer to a short list? For me my top five comes down to preference as it is so difficult to decide.

The short list…

5) Jaguar E type – The E type may be an antique but its just beautiful and while not the fastest car in the world it would be fun to drive, the E type is a car that posses something that you cannot just build: a soul. The E type was the last jag that truly set the world on fire and is worthy of a spot on the short list.

4) Aston Martin Vanquish – The ultimate grand tourer since 2001, do I need to add anymore? On release this car was most surely on everyones walls just beautiful from every angle and unlike the E type it will probably manage the whole trip without breaking down. The current 6.0L V12 model has a massive 565 BHP and its 457lb ft of torque will race to 60mph in 4.1 seconds so its very fast too.

3) Jaguar F-Type V8 S – This makes the list for two reasons one because Jaguar have finally found something to take over the mantel from the E type as a true super car and two because it just sounds mad (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pjJopTsqevs). Ohh and its so so so nice to look at!

2) Bugatti Veyron – The ultimate hypercar, doing what couldn’t be done and still retaining style comfort and the allure of a mystical beast (loch ness monster or big foot). While it is stupidly expensive (rightly so considering the development) and its fuel tank won’t get anywhere near the consumption of the others on the list. The Veyron (in a similar way that the Mclaren F1 changed everything), changes everything, even if its horsepower record has been beaten or a car can go faster it was the first and for that its noteworthy and deserving of the runner up place. The Veyron doesn’t win and probably can’t win in my eyes not through fault of its own, but because of it being placed on a pedestal by so many others the Veyron has become the top trump king, the go to car of brash people perceived to have little imagination who just want the biggest most expensive or fastest. With that said and typecasting aside it is a technically and visually wonderful car (even in gold or pink)!

 

1) Ferrari F12 Berlinetta – Everyone dreams of owning/driving/seeing/hearing about a Ferrari and I too am one of these people! The Berlinetta is my favourite Ferrari its insanely fast, its supermodel type good looks and like all top supermodels its looks divide opinion. A Ferrari tops the list because the Berlinetta like all Ferraris has a unique appeal that other cars don’t, the appeal of a Ferrari is a car that every man (and most women for that matter) would sell their mother just to sit in the passenger seat of one. In the UK they are so sparse in there viewings i’m sure just to see one would be a treat for most, this in itself is a reason to be top dog.

The final word… 

So theres my top five and I’ve probably upset every car fan everywhere with my choices…. Thoughts?