Best GT Cars 2026

Nineteen were made. The DBS GT Zagato pairs Aston's 5.2-litre twin-turbo V12 with Zagato's inimitable coachbuilding artistry, a GT car that is as much sculpture as engineering, and more exclusive than almost anything on this list.

The Vanquish S represents Aston Martin's GT tradition at its most eloquent, a naturally aspirated 6.0-litre V12 producing 824bhp, housed in a carbonfibre body of almost painful beauty. The last of the old-guard Aston Grand Tourers.

The Taycan Turbo S is Porsche's statement that electrification can produce a GT car of genuine intent: 939bhp, a 2.4-second 0-100 km/h time, and a 800V charging architecture that makes long-distance travel genuinely viable.

The 2008 DBS was the car that Daniel Craig drove in Casino Royale, and it deserves its cinema credentials: 759bhp from a 6.0-litre V12, rear-wheel drive, and a chassis that rewards the skilled driver with enormous satisfaction.

The 2013 Vanquish was the car that announced Aston Martin's intent to build a true 21st-century GT, carbonfibre construction, the brand's trademark 6.0-litre V12, and proportions that remain among the most elegant in automotive history.

The Speed 12 is TVR's most extreme creation, a twin-supercharged 7.7-litre V12 that reportedly produced so much power the prototype broke its own instrumentation. At 880bhp in road-legal form, it remains one of the most fearsome GT cars ever conceived.

When the gullwing doors of the SLS AMG open, something in the air changes. At 740bhp from a front-mounted naturally aspirated V8, it is a GT car of drama and purpose in equal measure, Mercedes-Benz's finest modern creation.

The GT 63 S E Performance fuses a 4.0-litre twin-turbo V8 with a rear-axle electric motor to produce 843bhp in a four-door body. It is the fastest accelerating road-legal AMG ever made, and among the most practical.

The DB12 is Aston Martin's vision of the modern GT car: 690bhp from a twin-turbo 4.0-litre V8, a completely revised interior of genuine luxury, and a chassis that delivers the brand's trademark blend of performance and poise.

The SLS AMG Black Series is the gullwing icon at its most ferocious: 740bhp, no stability control nannying, and a naturally aspirated 6.2-litre V8 that provides one of the greatest GT driving experiences of the modern era.