The Top 10 Cars
Our critic's ranking, best first.
Lexus RX 450h+ (2025)The plug-in RX is the rarest thing in this catalogue: a luxury SUV with no axis you have to apologise for.Read the review
Porsche 918 SpyderA hybrid hypercar that broke seven minutes at the Nürburgring and can creep through town on electricity alone.
Chevrolet Corvette ZR11,064 hp and 233 mph from a mid-engine V8 that costs less than a fifth of any hypercar it beats
Porsche 911 GT3A 9,000rpm naturally aspirated flat-six is a museum piece that somehow still gets built new.
Acura MDX (2025)A well built three row with Honda running costs and an infotainment touchpad that nobody has ever learned to like.
Porsche 911 Carrera RS 2.7The homologation special that set the RS template: light, loud, ducktailed, and still the classic 911 by which the rest are judged.
Porsche Carrera GTA racing V10, a carbon tub and a ceramic clutch with no stability control: the purest supercar Porsche has built, and a demanding one.
Toyota RAV4 (2026)The best selling vehicle in America went all hybrid and got better at almost everything except standing out.
Toyota CamryThe default American sedan goes hybrid-only and nudges 51 mpg without asking you to pay for it
Porsche 911 GT3 (992.2)The naturally aspirated, 9,000 rpm driver's car survives another round, sharper and still with a manual