1998 Ferrari 550 Maranello

Like the cars that made Ferrari famous in the 1950s and 1960s, the 550 Maranello is a GT meant for high-speed, cross-country travel, with all of the essential Ferrari pieces present and accounted for. Its style comes from Pininfarina, penned by Lorenzo Ramaciotti, who created something classic from a Ferrari design vocabulary that seemed sleepy in the 456 GT, bland in the F355, and silly in the F50. Scaglietti built the all-aluminum bodywork, and the 5.5-liter DOHC V-12 under the hood produces 479 hp. The rear-mounted transaxle helps balance out this 3,726-pound car, and the six-speed manual features a classic gated shifter with a polished metal lever and knob.