Car brands are prized and valued for different purposes and uses. Some are the most expensive, some are very budget friendly, some are respected as great family vehicle producers. What about unusual or exotic cars and their makers? Scroll below for a look at best makers of the most unique cars.
Muscle and macho machines, sports cars, family vehicles, luxury cars … there is an entire spectrum of car categories, ranging from functional (family vehicles and sedans) to performance (sports cars). One such category is exotic cars. Cars that make you stop and stare at them admiringly. Cars with unique colors, an unusual design and that “Wooah!” factor. Cars with engines so powerful, you can hear the roar a mile away.
Exotic cars are usually exclusive or dedicated to the genre of “exclusiveness,” so they make few family or general use cars. They are also amongst the most expensive car makers. Below is a round-up of the 8 most exotic car brands, see if your favorite car maker has made the cut!
Top Car Brands
I. Alfa Romeo
Made in Italy |
There is only one word for an Alfa Romeo car, bellissimo! The sleek contours, the stylish lights with the fancy pattern, the striking glossy colors … even the badge or emblem is captivating with the cross and serpent enclosed in a ring. Nothing screams exotic like an Alfa Romeo. Even Hollywood swears by the exoticness of such a car. An Alfa Romeo is in The Graduate and in the latest Bond movie Quantum of Solace. |
✫Top Model: Alfa 8C Competizione 2007✫ |
II. Audi
Made in Germany |
Think of a shark gliding powerfully through the deep ocean, his path always clear. Think of a tiger crouching for the kill in the green depths of the jungle. Think of an eagle, on the highest rock surveying his domain. Now think of an Audi A7 with its clean, forceful contours gliding slowly on the street. Or an Audi A5 Cabriolet speeding up on a highway. It may not be truly exotic but it makes a nice picture of power and class. |
✫Top Model: Audi R8 Spyder 5.2✫
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III. Bugatti
Made in France |
A brand devoted exclusively to producing fast racing machines, delivering the maximum of thrills at the greatest of speeds. From the time of Ettore Bugatti, the creator of the brand, Bugatti models are meant as high-speed works of art. |
✫Top Model:Veyron 16.4✫ |
IV. Ferrari
Made in Italy |
Heads will turn, traffic will stop, the roads will clear for this god among exotic cars. A genuine Italian Ferrari, open top or closed with a very powerful engine and a dynamic body contour for speed, presents an amazing combination of design and specs to make a true racing machine. There are some things which define their category. Diamonds are a type of rock, Oaks are a type of trees… for exotic cars, a Ferrari is the ultimate model to match up to. |
✫Top Model:599 GTO✫ |
V. Lamborghini
Made in Italy |
There would not be a list of exotic car brands without the Lamborghini brand. Lamborghini’s cars are all concept models, meaning nothing will ever look like them or even come close. Each model has an extremely unique design, from the alienish, differently shaped headlights to the flat and angular front and bumper area. Extremely low slung and reaching very high speeds, a Lamborghini looks like a car from the future and with its deep, purring and powerful engine, acts like one too. |
✫Top Model: Gallardo LP 560-4✫ |
VI. Maserati
Made in Italy |
Unique and luxurious. This car’s exterior may be all sporty and race-styled but the interior is all comfort. Excellence through passion is the motto Maserati follows. Take a look at any of their products, that promise is kept. |
✫Top Model: GranTurismo MC Stradale✫ |
VII. Pagani
Made in Italy |
Are you looking for something so exotic, so radical and so unique, people will wonder if you are actually driving a car or a machine from the future. The owner of this car company, Horacio Pagani was behind the Lamborghini Diablo and the 25th Anniversary Countach and with his own company, has taken the concept of futuristic cars, eons further. Pagini cars have a characteristic bubble like top, like a racing car’s seat or a fighter plane’s cockpit, are very low slung and have an aggressive front and bumper structure. Plus suspensions and a lovely, roaring noise from the mighty engine, completes the imposing and road-king image of this brand. |
✫Top Model: Zonda Cinque✫ |
VIII. Porsche
Made in Germany |
There’s a Porsche for any and every genre of car owner. If you are the cute and perky type, the 911 Carrera line is for you. Like letting your hair done? Check out the sleek and sporty Porsche Boxster series. Tough, rugged, on-the-road type? The 4×4 Cayenne series is for the more macho driver. One of the best car color ranges offered and extremely comfortable high-class interiors, round off the Porsche car set. |
✫Top Model: Cayman S✫ |
A car is much more than just a machine or a form of transportation. It can be an extension of yourself, your best companion, a way to express yourself through movement. Any car model from the above list is a fantasy or dream machine of many. Who doesn’t want to step up to the curb in a Lamborghini or cruise away from the crowds in an Audi? The answer is very few and equally, few are lucky enough to own such cars. Whether dream or reality, there’s no denying the appeal or attraction of an exotic car.