Car of the year is so old hat; picking the world’s best car, on the other hand, is quite an ambitious undertaking. It’s an intriguing one, too, and probably that’s the reason CAR magazine decided to go ahead with it for their December 2012 issue cover story.
We bet the editors had a difficult time trying to narrow down the finalists to a reasonable number. In the end, they came up with five cars from different segments.
There’s a luxury SUV, a four-door, four-seat supercar, two luxury saloons and a two-door, four-seater supercar.
Trying to choose from five very different types of cars is like comparing apples to oranges. On second thought, it might actually make some sense: by choosing the best in its class and pitting it against the rest, you are not only comparing vehicles; you are comparing different segments, too.
This, inevitably, brings up the whole "apples vs. oranges" debate again and so on and so forth ad infinitum.
Although you will have to buy the mag to learn the winner, you can watch the five finalists in the video that follows the break.
By Andrew Tsaousis
7 Comments:
Four british out of five cars... OK, there is no "best" german car for them. I wonder which five cars would have chosen a serious (non-british) magazine...
I think you'll find that there are two German-owned marques in the shortlist... I mean, what "serious" car magazine would put Rolls Royce, Bentley, Range Rover or Aston Martin above Audi, Mercedes or Porsche?
Both the Roller and the Mulsanne are German made, the Aston's engine is German and it uses Euro Frod swtichgear and Volvo Nav. They are only Assembled in England and have their interiors made by hand there. Also, the Range Rover has a German transmission.
It's ironic how in their effort to imply that the world’s best car is a british one, they have exposed their car industry for the economyc and engineering failiure it is.
stupid british know only british cars
Where is the S65 AMG?!?!?!
Cool!, Best cars of the world...and the world dont have to pay it.
As beautiful and expensive as these cars are (Ferrari excluded) these are by no means the "World's Best." Perhaps most beautiful and most luxurious.
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