Cars
The hero variants that make this site — hot hatches, sports cars, and cool wagons worth obsessing over.
- japan · FWD · hatch· manual
Civic Type R
The driver's benchmark in the hot hatch class. Four decades, five generations, one of the most committed FWD platforms ever built.
1997–present - japan · FWD · sedan· manual
Civic Si
The everyday enthusiast Honda, still.
1986–present - japan · FWD · hatch· manual
Integra Type S
The Type R that wears a suit.
2024–present - germany · AWD · hatch· manual
Golf R
All-wheel-drive sleeper, every weather.
2012–present - germany · FWD · hatch· manual
Golf GTI
The original. Still the template.
1976–present - japan · AWD · hatch· manual
GR Corolla
Rally-bred turbo triple. Toyota remembered.
2023–present - japan · AWD · hatch· manual
GR Yaris
The homologation special everyone wants and nobody got.
2020–present - korea · FWD · sedan· manual
Elantra N
The hot sedan Koreans built while everyone else gave up.
2022–present - korea · FWD · hatch· manual· heritage
Veloster N
The car that proved Hyundai could.
2019–2022 - us · AWD · hatch· manual· heritage
Ford Focus RS Mk3
Drift Mode happened. We were there.
2016–2018 - us · FWD · hatch· manual· heritage
Ford Focus ST
The torque-steering, recaro-clad people's champion.
2013–2019 - japan · AWD · sedan· manual· heritage
Mitsubishi Lancer Evo
Rally homologation, road legal. Ten generations of legend.
1992–2016 - japan · AWD · sedan· manual· heritage
Subaru WRX STI
The boxer-rumbling, rally-bred Impreza we still miss.
1992–2021 - uk · FWD · hatch· manual
Mini John Cooper Works
Go-kart hot hatch, John Cooper Works tune.
2008–present
- japan · RWD · coupe· manual
Toyota GR86
The everyman sports car, sharpened.
2022–present - japan · RWD · coupe· manual
Subaru BRZ
Twin-of-the-86, with a quieter personality.
2022–present - japan · RWD · convertible· manual
Mazda MX-5 Miata
Lightweight, rear-drive, manual roadster. The blueprint nobody else has the discipline to ship.
1989–present - germany · RWD · coupe· manual
Porsche Cayman GT4
Mid-engine, naturally aspirated, finally legitimate.
2015–present - germany · RWD · roadster· manual
Porsche Boxster Spyder
The roadster the purists kept asking for.
2010–present - germany · RWD · coupe· manual
Porsche 911 GT3
Six generations of naturally aspirated, motorsport-derived 911. The benchmark for what a road-legal track car should be.
1999–present - japan · RWD · coupe· manual
Toyota Supra
Mk4 to A90 — two halves, one nameplate.
1993–present - japan · RWD · coupe· manual
Nissan Z
Five letters of Z heritage, finally turbocharged again.
1990–present - germany · RWD · coupe· manual
BMW M2
The last small M coupe with a stick.
2016–present - germany · RWD · sedan· manual
BMW M3
Six generations, six different engine architectures, one of the most consistently re-evaluated nameplates in performance cars.
1986–present - germany · RWD · coupe· manual
BMW M4
M3 in coupe form. The original idea, reasserted.
2014–present - uk · RWD · coupe· manual
Lotus Emira
Lotus, but you can live with it.
2022–present - us · RWD · coupe· manual
Ford Mustang
V8 pony car, from Boss 302 to the Dark Horse.
2005–present - japan · RWD · convertible· manual· heritage
Honda S2000
Nine thousand RPM. Still resets the bar.
2000–2009 - germany · RWD · sedan· manual
BMW M5
The original super-sedan — V8, V10, and back to V8 hybrid.
1998–present - us · RWD · sedan· manual
Cadillac CT5-V Blackwing
Supercharged V8, six-speed manual — the M5 antidote from Detroit.
2022–present - japan · RWD · coupe· manual· heritage
Honda NSX
Aluminum, mid-engine, Senna-tuned. Japan's supercar.
1990–2022 - japan · RWD · coupe· manual· heritage
Mazda RX-7
Rotary twin-turbo. Featherweight. Untouchable.
1985–2002 - japan · RWD · coupe· manual· heritage
Mazda RX-8
Four doors, four rotors of fuel. Rotary's last stand.
2003–2012 - japan · FWD · coupe· manual· heritage
Integra Type R
The greatest front-driver ever made. Yes, that one.
1995–2006 - japan · AWD · coupe· manual
Nissan GT-R
Skyline GT-R to Godzilla. Four decades of pursuit.
1989–present - germany · RWD · coupe· manual
Porsche 718 GTS 4.0
The flat-six comes back to the mid-engine Porsche — manual GTS 4.0.
2020–present - japan · RWD · coupe· manual· heritage
Toyota MR2
Mid-engine on a Corolla budget. Three takes, all worth it.
1984–2007 - japan · RWD · coupe· manual· heritage
Toyota AE86
Front-engine, rear-drive, light. The car that named drift.
1983–1987