Since I'm assuming the Type 35/37 Bugattis will be a shoe-in, I'm going with a childhood favorite: As a kid, I knew nothing of the Renault Alpine other than I loved it. It looked stunning.

Because.

Do you come with the car?

Second, WWII's Katyusha rockets were launched from Lend-Lease Studebaker trucks. So, er, that's sort of pretty American too.

When I was in college in Minnesota is was "turn key, lock diffs (when rarely necessary)"

@Spiegel Hawking: A world without "Some Girls" would suck. You're in the wrong on this one (at least with the Rolling Stones).

@Vavon: Exactly. Egregious omission.

@Jagvar: Agreed. If it was a rust-heap found in a field, OK. Otherwise, Please Don't!

My high school '88 Civic wagon (not the kick-ass AWD version that I so pined for). It was called the RatMobile by my friends anyway, already had some matte black detailing. So it's 20% there.

Suck it, PETA! Mankind: Eating Animals for 3.2 MILLION YEARS!

Here is another choice wallpaper...

Changes all the time. Had a 50's Mercedes SLR belching flames from the side pipes, but right now it's:

BMW e30 M3. I dare you to try and find a stock, unchipped, unBilsteined, unBorlaed model. And of course that's exactly the kind you want.

All this article did was make me miss my old 5000cs turbo quattro. I loved that car.