Sports Cars
250 cars ranked by experts • 28 brands
The greatest sports cars ever built — ranked by speed, handling, engineering innovation, and driving thrill. From track-day weapons to everyday supercars.
Porsche 911 Carrera S
Porsche • Germany 🇩🇪
Six decades of rear-engine evolution have produced the 992-generation 911 Carrera S — a sports car that runs perfectly in traffic on Monday and sets Nürburgring lap records on Tuesday, with the same twin-turbo flat-six and zero compromises.
Chevrolet Corvette Z06
Chevrolet • USA 🇺🇸
The C8 Z06 is built around a 670-hp flat-plane-crank V8 that spins to 8,600 rpm — the most powerful naturally aspirated V8 engine ever fitted to a production road car, producing a scream that rivals Ferrari's finest.
Ferrari 296 GTB
Ferrari • Italy 🇮🇹
The 296 GTB marks Ferrari's first hybrid mid-engine V6 road car — a return to the DNA of the 246 Dino — producing 830 combined horsepower from a 3.0L twin-turbo V6 paired with a rear-mounted electric motor that fills turbo gaps with instant torque.
McLaren 750S Spider
McLaren • UK 🇬🇧
The 750S replaces the 720S as McLaren's core sports car and arrives 30 kg lighter with 30 more horsepower — carrying over the carbon MonoCell II chassis and adding an evolution of the Proactive Chassis Control II suspension that reads the road at 1,000 Hz.
Lamborghini Huracán Tecnica
Lamborghini • Italy 🇮🇹
The Huracán Tecnica distills the Performante's hardcore track learnings into a rear-wheel-drive road car that uses an active rear spoiler and new LDVI dynamics system to deliver Performante-level handling with Spyder-level driveability.
Toyota GR Supra 3.0 Manual
Toyota • Japan 🇯🇵
The GR Supra finally got its manual transmission in 2023 — a 6-speed unit developed jointly by BMW and Toyota that gives the Supra the driver connection its automatic predecessor lacked, while the BMW B58 engine remains one of the most tunable straight-sixes ever built.
Mazda MX-5 Miata RF Club
Mazda • Japan 🇯🇵
The world's best-selling sports car proves that driving joy is about weight, balance, and connection — not horsepower. The MX-5 RF Club adds a torsional bracing upgrade and Bilstein shock absorbers for sharper response without adding a single unnecessary pound.
BMW M3 Competition xDrive
BMW • Germany 🇩🇪
The M3 Competition xDrive is the ultimate daily sports car — 503 hp through all four wheels with an M-tuned chassis, available manual transmission, and a dual-clutch-like 8-speed automatic that shifts in 150ms when paddles are pulled.
Ford Mustang Dark Horse
Ford • USA 🇺🇸
The 7th-generation Mustang Dark Horse is the most focused track-ready Mustang ever to wear a serial number — MagneRide 4.0 dampers (a generation newer than the GT500), Brembo Brake Package, and a 500-hp Coyote V8 tuned to rev more freely than any previous 5.0.
Aston Martin Vantage F1 Edition
Aston Martin • UK 🇬🇧
Built to celebrate Aston Martin's return to Formula 1, the Vantage F1 Edition uses race-derived aerodynamics and suspension tuning from the AMR Pro to create the most track-focused road Vantage in history, with 528 hp from the AMG-sourced twin-turbo V8.
Nissan Z Performance
Nissan • Japan 🇯🇵
The Z Performance revives the Z badge with a 400-hp twin-turbo V6 drawn from the Infiniti Q50 Red Sport, wrapped in a body that references every Z generation from the 240Z to the 370Z in a single flowing design.
Subaru BRZ tS
Subaru • Japan 🇯🇵
The second-generation BRZ displaces 2.4L versus the 2.0L of the original, adding 28 more horsepower and instantly more usable torque — while the tS package adds STI-tuned Sachs dampers and a Torsen limited-slip differential that transforms corner exit traction.
Lotus Emira V6 First Edition
Lotus • UK 🇬🇧
The Emira is Lotus's last combustion sports car and their most refined production car ever — a mid-engine layout, stunning design penned by Russell Carr, and the Toyota-sourced 3.5L supercharged V6 from the Lotus Exige delivers 400 hp with zero turbo lag.
Alpine A110 R
Alpine • France 🇫🇷
The A110 R strips 34 kg from the standard A110 using a carbon fiber hood, trunk, roof, and Sabelt carbon-shelled seats to create France's lightest sports car — a car that at 2,381 lb makes 300 hp feel like 400 hp.
Mercedes-AMG GT 63 S E Performance
Mercedes-AMG • Germany 🇩🇪
The AMG GT 63 S E Performance is the first production Mercedes with a Formula 1-derived electric rear axle — combining the hand-built 4.0L V8 with a 204-hp electric motor at the rear for 843 combined horsepower and 1,033 lb-ft of torque.
Alfa Romeo Giulia Quadrifoglio
Alfa Romeo • Italy 🇮🇹
The Quadrifoglio holds the Nürburgring production sedan record at 7:32 — set using road tires on a production car — because its 505 hp Ferrari-derived twin-turbo V6 is mated to the most driver-focused chassis of any four-door sedan at any price.
Dodge Challenger SRT Hellcat Redeye
Dodge • USA 🇺🇸
Before Dodge ended the Challenger, the 797-hp Hellcat Redeye stood as the most powerful muscle car ever produced — a car that covered the quarter mile in 10.8 seconds while still legally driving on public roads and seating five passengers.
Porsche 718 Cayman GT4 RS
Porsche • Germany 🇩🇪
The GT4 RS transplants the naturally aspirated 4.0L flat-six from the 911 GT3 into the lighter, more nimble 718 body — the result is a mid-engine sports car that achieves 7:09.3 on the Nürburgring, faster than a 911 Carrera 4S.
Honda Civic Type R
Honda • Japan 🇯🇵
The FL5-generation Civic Type R lapped the Nürburgring in 7:44.881 — the fastest front-wheel-drive car in history — proving that 315 hp through the front wheels and an adaptive suspension can deliver supercar-defeating lap times at a $44,990 price.
Acura Integra Type S
Acura • USA 🇺🇸
The Integra Type S revives one of the most beloved badges in sports car history with a 320-hp turbocharged inline-4 — more than the original Type R — bolted to the only 6-speed manual in its class and tuned at Honda's Motegi circuit for balance over raw numbers.