McLaren F1

The F1 is McLaren's first road-going vehicle, introduced for the 1992 model year and ceasing production in 1999. Unlike most supercars, the McLaren F1 has centrifugal steering and can seat two additional passengers. Behind the seats is a 6.1-liter V12 sourced from BMW churning out 618 horsepower and 586 foot-pounds of torque. It can go from 0 to 60 mph in a blistering 3.2 seconds. The F1 held the title of the world's fastest street-legal production car from its introduction until the debut of the Bugatti Veyron in 2005 with a top speed of 231 mph with the rev limiter enabled and 242.8 mph with the rev limiter disabled. Its sole gearbox option is a six-speed manual. The McLaren F1 is the first road vehicle to use a carbon fiber monocoque chassis. Gordon Murray is the chief designer of this car, and his goal with it was to create the ultimate street machine. He went on to create his own city car years later. Unlike many sports cars of its time, the McLaren F1 came standard with full cabin air conditioning and side luggage compartments. It is also one of the most aerodynamic street cars around with a drag coefficient of 0.32. Only 106 McLaren F1s were ever made, and each unit is worth millions of dollars today. The F1 is an automotive masterpiece and hailed as one of the greatest cars in history by auto publications the world over.

BMW M4 (2015-)

After the M3 E92 ceased production, BMW renamed the two-door 3 Series the 4 Series in order for it to comply with its nomenclature (odd numbers for four-door models and even numbers for two-door models). Not everyone likes this idea, but it has grown on me heavily. It went from an S65 V8 in the last two-door M3 to a twin-turbo 3.0-liter inline-six producing 425 horsepower and 406 lb-ft of torque. The M4 Competition Edition, on the other hand, produces 444 horses. Power is transmitted to the rear wheels through a six-speed stick shift. Pricing for the standard BMW M4 starts at $66,695 for the coupe and $74,200 for the convertible. The limited-edition M4 GTS model (third and fourth from top) has been upgraded to 493 horses and 443 foot-pounds of torque, mated to a seven-speed dual-clutch. One unique aspect of the M4 GTS is the fact that its twin-turbo inline-six is water-injected. This feature only kicks in at 5000 rpm to cool the engine at such high speeds. 0 to 60 mph in the GTS is accomplished in 3.4 seconds, onto a top speed of 190 mph. Every time the engine shuts off, the water lines are drained to prevent the water from freezing and to decrease the chance of corrosion. Only 700 M4 GTS's will be produced; 300 of them will be headed stateside, each priced at $134,200. I'm not a huge Bimmer fan, but the M4 slays on the track and is a great performance machine. However, I prefer the Mercedes-AMG C63/S among vehicles in its class because the C63 is much more aggressive in pretty much every possible way.