For the Chinese, starting the year with a noise is good, to drive away the negative spirits and make room for the positive ones whose energies should be the ones permeating homes, offices, and businesses all year-round to bring in prosperity.
For the car enthusiasts, there is no better noise than the roaring engine sound of a sleek, good-looking, and powerful vehicle.
By roaring engine, it does not necessarily mean a race car but a powerful yet stylish looking ride that would make feel one good just merely sitting on its driver’s seat.
Assuming that cost would not be an issue, because the best cars in the world are really costly, Bloomberg has actually listed seven of the best cars in the world to start any motoring enthusiast’s year on high gear.
The list, which is not necessarily in any kind of order in terms of performance or cost, includes the following:
1. Audi RS7
Priced at $106,500, it’s a four-door sedan that combines Audi’s S lines of sporty sedans to its R lines of performance-oriented luxury cars. With a 560-horsepower V8 engine, the RS7 can hit 60 mph in just 3.7 seconds. It has a top speed of 174 mph and features an adaptive suspension, an eight-speed automatic transmission, and an all-wheel drive standard.
2. Rolls Royce Wraith
A 17-foot two-door coupe with a V12 twin-turbo engine exuding 624 horsepower, the Wraith weighs 5,500 pounds and is priced at $320,000. Its sporty look, remarkable interiors, and grandiose stylings are certainly tads above its closest competition.
3. McLaren 650S Spider
Priced at $280,000, the 650S Spider is a direct descendant of McLaren’s Formula One line. It has a twin-turbo V8 engine that exudes 641 horsepower and 500 pound-feet of torque. It also features a seven-speed, double-clutch transmission, and a double wishbone suspension. Its top speed is 207 mph and can go from 0 to 62 mph in three seconds.
4. F-Type Jaguar
A convertible with a pedigree, the F-Type is the direct descendant of the E-Type and comes in manual transmission on the supercharged V6 engine that exudes up to 380 horsepower. There are no luxury sportscar makers that sell that kind of engine at this time so what you have with the F-Type is truly unique.
5. Mercedes AMG GT
Valued at $150,000, this Mercedes sporty-looking two-door sedan runs on a new V8 engine that can go 0 to 60 mph in 3.7 seconds, while exuding 503 horsepower. The AMG GT replaces the SLS gullwing models that Mercedes perfected years ago, only lighter and with bigger trunk. It is also long in the front and short in the rear. It also features a seven-speed automatic transmission.
6. BMW X6M
From its looks, it would seem that it’s a mix between an SUV and a sedan. Priced at $102,000, it runs on a twin turbo V8 engine that can do 0 to 60 mph in four seconds exuding 567 horsepower in the process. It’s like driving a lowered SUV or a highered sedan but typical with BMW vehicles, the X6M possesses that dominant appearance inside and out.
7. Bentley SUV
Bentley has yet to officially release the details of their latest offering but if the company is to be believed with its recent pronouncements, the vehicle will come out as the most powerful and luxurious SUV in the market today. Price-wise, expect it to be in the six-figure range because anything less than that would surely be sub-par.