1- Porsche 911 (Carrera 4S)
From its rear-mounted flat-six engine to its otherworldly handling, the Porsche 911 has preserved the essential elements that made it an icon. Its familiar circular front lights, bottled shape, and sloping rump make it virtually impossible to mistake a 911 for any other sports car.
2- Jaguar F-Type
Jaguar’s new styling for the car certainly gives it some fresh and top visual appeal. We have thus far only driven the range-topping R AWD, but it charmed us with its somewhat antediluvian V8 hotrod speed and noise and yet impressed with its outright handling precision and chassis composure.
3- Lotus Evora
The car brought plenty of qualities to embrace but also flaws to regret. Today, it retains a chassis and steering system that both truly deserve top billing. Few sports cars have such immersive, positive steering or a ride and handling compromise so suited to life on British roads, and that’s especially true.
4- Chevrolet Corvette
Bristling with small-block V8 combustive charm, the C8’s engine has excellent throttle response, has a wonderful power delivery, likes to rev to beyond 6500rpm, and sounds excellent doing it. For outright performance, it feels broadly in line with the old C7 Corvette. Perhaps not quite fully ‘supercar fast’, then, but for this money, you’re unlikely to quibble with any run-to-60mph figure that starts with a three.
5- BMW i8
It is available in both closed and open roof body styles. That its outright performance and handling dynamics fall slightly short of the very best you might expect of a £100,000 sports car is a minor fault the problem only really takes the edge off the car’s appeal when it comes to tracking driving.
