We call it simple, The Question: "What's the best car out there?" Most of us here at Motor Trend would like a dollar for every time we've been asked The Question over the years. Some of us have been in this business long enough to have retired to a small island in the Caribbean on the proceeds.
Longtime Motor Trend readers have probably been asked The Question a lot, too. After all, you're one of the folks most people at your office, your church, or on the sidelines at the Little League game consider the automotive expert. Your knowledge is sought, your opinion valued.
Before attempting to answer The Question, it helps to do a little tactful research. Does the questioner want to know what, in our personal opinion, is the best car we've driven or tested recently? Or does he simply want to know what his great aunt in Duluth should replace her Buick LeSabre with?
Defining "the best" depends on the criteria at the top of your questioner's mind. Price? Performance? Style? Gas mileage? How many passengers can the vehicle carry? Is it easy to park? Comfortable on a long trip? Great fun on a canyon road? Counting engine and body-style variants, there are more than 274 different cars on sale in America right now. And these are the 40 we think are the best-the 40 cars that are the pick of the supercars and performance sedans, the gas-misers, small cars and family cars, the premium vehicles, coupes, and convertibles, and wagons. So no matter who asks you The Question, the answer's right here.
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