And this Pratt & Whitney 4360 will go right here.

It wasn't specified that it had to be an automotive engine, so I'll just leave this 2,400hp Napier Sabre H-16 right here.

Nice choice. Crap racing engine, but fascinating and undeniably cool-looking.

To me, it's all about the styling, how it ages, and how well it compares to what came after. For example, the E38 / E39 / E46 generation of BMWs are still "new" to me. Meanwhile, the New Edge generation of Mustangs, while they're exactly the same age, are inescapably "old." All S2000s and Minis are "new" to me,…

Well, this is certainly off to a promising start.

Assuming the paint job is the limit of the "customization," I'd still rock it.

Regarding the list: Significant? Ground-breaking? Trend-setting? Maybe. Great? Hell no.

I saw that exact same look in the eyes of the small son of the man I bought my M5 from. Hopefully, he'll carry a torch for it and spend his life trying to recapture how he felt about that car. Hopefully, a Jalop was born that day.

For me, it was my dad's 1984 Audi 4000S quattro. I found it for him in the newspaper classifieds at the ripe old age of five or six; I was under the impression it was an ur-Quattro until he brought it home, and was quite disappointed to see the sedan body. My wee little heart was set on a fastback. He got a…

My daily-driven, non-maintenance-hog E39 M5 disagrees with both of you. The M5 is a lot of things, but a track car? Um... no. It's trackable, to be sure, but that's not really its element, and there are a ton of cars I'd think of before a 4000-pound four-door for track duty. And maintenance issues? I only have my…

I give you the WRX STI Limited. More your speed?

I see where you're going with this and I like it.

Sounds like you know the answer. Just get the M5. It's what's been missing from your life.

+about a jillion to that. Learn to wrench and the maintenance is actually very, very reasonable. Just keep it out of the hands of the $tealership if cost of ownership is high on your list of concerns.

Jay-Z and Kanye West... secret Colin Chapman disciples? You be the judge... they definitely simplified and added a crapton of lightness.

Cool 540i, bro. I mean, really, it's sweet. Everyone will totally think it's an M5.

So what?

Um... I may be missing a joke here, but that's no E-Type...

Avro Arrow references are always a strong play. Heartclick for you.

Holy crap... now that you went all Brave Little Toaster on me, I would now pay almost any amount of money for that Sixer just to rescue her (E24s are female... all of them... they just are) from her decaying prison. I know she'd need a thorough overhaul, but I'm up to it, and she deserves it.