Last year we asked Car Talk’s Tom and Ray Magliozzi — aka Click and Clack — to name their Top 10 Scary Cars. These weren’t the cars that chased folks down in “Maximum Overdrive” and the like. No, these were real cars built and sold in the U.S. that owners would learn to fear as much as anything from a Steven King novel. Check it out as you down that Halloween candy someone in your office is insidiously placing on a nearby table.
While we here at Cars.com went the semi-affordable route with our Top 10 $100,000 Cars, Forbes went the other way. The magazine about high finance decided to cull together the most expensive cars in the U.S. To add a little variety, they selected the most expensive model per brand so as not to litter the list with Rolls Royce and Lamborghinis. We ruin the fun with the full list below, but you can view Forbes’ nifty slideshow, if you feel so inclined.
Most Expensive Cars In The U.S. (Forbes.com)
I was pegged with the difficult task of naming the top 10 cars that cost more than $100,000. Believe it or not, the $100,000-and-up crowd is a growing segment in the automotive industry, with Porsche, BMW and Aston Martin adding new six-figure models to their lineups in the next few years. Check out the full list and let us know what you think we got right or wrong in the comments below.
Top 10 $100,000 Cars
Way back in May 2006, one of the first posts ever on this blog was about our Top 10 Movie Cars in celebration of the animated movie “Cars.” Now we’re tackling the next logical step in the pop culture lexicon involving cool cars and our shared memories: television.
The editorial staff thought long and hard; we argued viciously over the merits of “Magnum P.I.’s” Ferrari 308 GTS versus The General Lee from “The Dukes of Hazzard” — one of us even talked seriously about the yellow pickup from “Baywatch.” Eventually, we came up with an authoritative list of the 10 most memorable cars in television history. Don’t agree with us? Vent in the comments below.
It’s that time of year: The weather’s getting colder, leaves are changing, college football is on TV and that scariest of holidays is fast-approaching. To celebrate, Cars.com enlisted the help of Car Talk's Tom and Ray Magliozzi to give us their Top 10 Scary Cars of all time. Now, this list doesn’t feature any otherwordly cars out of a Stephen King novel. These are real cars that, for one reason or another, legitimately sent chills down the spines of drivers, passengers and onlookers — like the 1971 Ford Pinto shown here. To find out why it and the other nine made the list, go here.
Well, the blogosphere has spoken, and what it has to say is this: How could you forget Eleanor? The star of the original “Gone in 60 Seconds” was far and away the car mentioned most by commenters as the car most deserving of a spot on our Top 10 Movie Cars list. To be honest, the 1973 Mustang Mach 1 was on our short list (and a personal fave), but it fell just short. Of the other cars posters say we overlooked, the remaining top seven (in order of support) were:
Other cars that received online support can be found below:
With Pixar’s “Cars” ready to pull into theaters nationwide, we got to thinking about our favorite movie cars. It was a long list, with roughly 100 entries. We gathered votes. We argued. We made snide remarks. Finally, we pared down the list and came up with our Top 10 Movie Cars. Lest you think we aren’t interested in fair and balanced coverage, we also included our picks for the five worst.
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