Chismillionaire's List of the 20 greatest sports cars of all time

This list is only for the last 30 years since that is my frame of reference. If it was built before I was alive well then it doesn't really exist.

20. Toyota Supra 1992-1998 A street racing legend that can handle 1000 hp on the stock engine easily. Typical Toyota build quality and comfort.
19. Aston Martin Vanquish/DB9 These two models single handedly save Aston Martin from extinction. Quite simply two of the most stunning automotive designs in history and a freak of a used car bargain.
18. Maserati Quattroporte One of the classically elegant sedans of all time. It's a four door Ferrari. An engine with real metal and no visible plastic. Forget those who say it is what your dentist would be driving. And get the Sport GT with the Duo Select Transmission instead of the full auto. Classy and a great sleeper to pull into the valet with the full Tubi exhaust.
17. Dodge Viper GTS turns heads wherever it goes. Will still look awesome in blue with white stripes in 30 years. Started the power wars. Needs experienced hands to extract the most from it but WOW do you get a lot in return.
16. Lamborghini Countach- This is where it all started for Chismillionaire. The scissor doors, the low slung alien profile,4 valves per cylinder. This was the unicorn of automobiles. Still incredible. It had the kids on the bus screaming with glee when we saw the black one in our town.
15. Jaguar XKR (2007 and newer) New aluminum platform. Gorgeous design by Ian Callum. Navigation system that is actually intuitive and easy to use. Spectacular as a sports car or grand tourer. Incredible engine sound with active exhaust
14. Bentley Continental GT Speed- What more can you say. Perhaps the most beautiful coupe design in history. 600 hp. 0-60 in 4 sec. All wheel drive. Top speed over 200 mph. Over .94g on the skidpad and a handcrafted interior of Tsar like satisfaction. A legend in the making. People who drive Lamborghini's and Ferrari's could have won the lotto and been shopping at Costco last week. Someone driving a Bentley has beautiful women asking for your suite number. Make sure to get yours with the Shag Lambswool mats and drive sans footwear!
13. BMW Z8 Great design and interior direction by Henrik Fisker. 400hp M5 V8 in a great all around package. Limited production and a true sleeper. A German car with an Italian interior.
12. Acura NSX The everyday exotic that put Ferrari on notice in the 90's. Upped the ante for quality and performance while keeping maintenance reasonable for everyman. First all aluminum chassis and titanium connecting rods in a production automobile. A collector's dream.
11. BMW M3 Pick the version and its still just as good- 240hp in the 90's 333hp in the early 00's or over 420 in the current V8 version. Porsche 911 aside, It's what all sports cars use as the benchmark
10. Lamborghini Gallardo Audi saved this marque from extinction and what a job they did with this 520hp all wheel drive shrieking dynamo. Drive this car and you can drive 200mph and you will get laid vigorously by hot women. Nuff said.
9. BMW M5 The super sedan. When 400hp was the realm of only the Viper and 911 Turbo. This sedan came along with performance that was nothing short of phenomenal. Since been upped to the F1 inspired 500hp V10 - recently costing a young Florida teen and his 4 friends their lives. Beware! Not a grocery getter. Will bite. But a juggernaut of engineering.
8. McLaren F1 THE SuperCar Platimun standard. Symphonic BMW Mpower V12. Nifty center driving position and gold lined engine compartment for absorbing heat. A no stone left unturned, no expense spared, engineering masterpiece. Gordon Murray's legend=secured. It's extreme nature limits its ranking as it's too much a track car really to be considered in the best of the best. First vehicle to be priced over 1 million dollars.
7. Chevrolet Corvette/Z06 Incredible what they do for the price. The Z06 is at once a world beater. I have not seen a video with a stock street car able to dust this thing. A beast. The ZR1 is on its way if that's not enough. Just think, show me another vehicle that can get 436 hp to the pavement while also delivering 25mpg and costing just over 40 grand. They say it is the mid life crisis car, but if you are driving this, I say you have no crisis.
6. Porsche 911- 997 generation. Take your pick of trim. Carrera S, 4S, GT3, Turbo, or GT2. Each one just as thrilling for its own different reasons. A comfortable grocery getter in the snow, a lovely grand touring cabriolet, or a devastating track tool. Only the Germans could take something so fundamentally compromised and make it so perfect.
5. Audi R8- the everyday Lamborghini. Astounding piece of engineering and an instant classic of Bauhaus design. Power, sonorous engine note, LED lit engine compartment, plenty of room and comfort. Ingress/Egress of a sedan. The choice if Iron Man/Tony Stark. Typical luxury, You have indeed been put on notice. What BMW wants to be.
4.Ferrari 360 Challenge Stradale. Seen a few in person and they are incredible. No nonsense. Ferrari distilled to its purest form. The soon to be released 430 Scuderia will take the Stradale's place as Ferrari's greatest road car ever. You think the F40,F50, Enzo, 599GTB are better choices. No sir - make it a Stradale/Scuderia.
3. Ford GT-- There is a reason they call it THE ONE. A amazing piece of taking what you have lying around and making it a world beater. Basically the 5.4L Ford F150 truck engine. Proved America could still build a world class sports car and put the engine in the back. A PURIST'S DREAM. Many examples running over 1000hp on the stock bottom end. It's BEEFY People--- and will take whatever you can throw at it.Find one now in the Heritage livery before they double in price.
2. Nissan GTR The skyline comes stateside. What else can you say. 0-60 in 3.2 sec. Dual Sequential Gearbox. An All weather All wheel drive track demon for 70 grand. This is the Pearl Harbor of sports cars. It has changed the world forever.
1. Bugatti Veyron Shows what can be done if humans push past any constraints and think in possibilities. A pinnacle of human achievement on par with the space program. Now costing 1.5 million or so US dollars. Word on the street is if you disassemble and part out the vehicle, the parts alone could be sold for over 3 million dollars! It is something that superlatives simply cannot express. Devastating performance even by motorcycle standards yet a docile driver with a completely jewel like bespoke interior reveal little of the beast bottled within this quad turbo charged DSG equipped W16 monster. Frankenstein gets polished up and goes to the Ball!