C/D’s Year In Review: Top 25

By Tim Wu - January 31, 2014

It’s a set list that looks a lot more like a season of BBC’s Top Gear than what you’d imagine gets covered with a year of reviews from Car and Driver. Luckily though, this list serves as an awesome reminder to just how diverse of a publication this industry giant is and for what it’s worth, it’s very much appreciated.

As a reader, I do like to see what’s readily within my grasp as a consumer, and I appreciate the list’s tendency towards the performance market with hot hatches and plebeian performers, but since this is 6 Speed Online, our focus is of course, on the exotics.

Raging, snarling, machines, with low-slung bodies, and 6 figure price-tags. Cars employing difficult to pronounce over-complicated naming schema, built for one thing only: To widen your eyes.

Make sure to follow the link to Car and Driver’s top 25 make your way through each of 2013’s long-lasting memories.

2013 Audi RS6 Avant
2014 Ferrari 458 Spyder Speciale
Jaguar C-X75 Prototype
2013 Lamborghini Aventador LP700-4 Roadster
Mercedes-Benz G63 AMG 6×6
2015 Nissan GT-R / GT-R Nismo
2014 Porsche 918 Spyder
2015 Subaru WRX
2015 Volkswagen Golf GTD
2014 Volkswagen XL1
2014 Audi R8 Spyder V-8
2013 BMW 135is
2014 Chevrolet Corvette Stingray Z51
2014 Chevrolet SS Sedan
2014 Ford Fiesta ST
2014 Jaguar F-Type V-8 S
2014 Mazda 3i Hatchback 2.0L Manual
2014 Mercedes-Benz CLA45 AMG
2014 Mercedes-Benz E63 AMG S-Model Wagon
2014 Porsche 911 GT3
2014 Audi RS7 vs. 2014 BMW M6 Gran Coupe, 2014 Mercedes-Benz CLS63 AMG S-Model
2014 Cadillac CTS 3.6 vs. 2014 Audi A6 3.0T, 2014 BMW 535i xDrive, 2014 Mercedes-Benz E350, 2014 BMW 535i xDrive, 2014 Mercedes-Benz E350
2014 Chevrolet Corvette Stingray Z51 vs. Porsche 911 Carrera S
2013 SRT Viper GTS vs 2013 Chevrolet Corvette ZR1
2015 Volkswagen GTI vs. 2013 Ford Focus ST