Ben Baller Picks His 10 Favorite Cars of All Time

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"Way before Miami Vice was using this car (by the way, the one on Miami Vice was fake), it blew my mind. My godfather Lou Adler had one and this thing was vicious with a capital F! This car rumbled and shook up street. Even down a long road like PCH, you would hear this from far away, and that's a stock motor making all that noise. I was a big fan of Malcolm Forbes, and every car he had, I wanted. He had such expensive taste! #opulence. By the way, at one point in time, this car was worth $1,000,000, which is crazy. That was when money was way different, too."

"This car was not to be fucked with. It didn't have big aerodynamics like an Italian car, but the engine was just south of heaven. This car was such an animal. If you ever saw the real original gumball rally or remember seeing a REAL AC Cobra in person, then you know the ground would shake beneath you like a UFO was about to land. I remember being put on game to these in the early 80's when my brother would take me to the Newport Concours de Elegance shows. I would be like, "damn, that car rumbles for real!" I hate the fact that there are still so many replicas made, but you know, that's a compliment. I didn't think I'd have two American cars on here, but I don't regret it."

"While everyone was on the '64, '63, and '62 Impalas, I was always on the bubbletop '61! My boy Mister Cartoon is the godfather to this lowriding culture, and his garage is the mecca of low lows, for real. I have been searching for one for a while now. Maybe a few years, and this will be my next old school purchase. When the windows are all down, and you are blasting oldies, nobody can fuck with you. This is the perfect medium between the hot rods and low riders, from the gangster lean to the Elvis pose."

"From the first time I saw one of these parked on Rodeo Drive, I was sprung. I mean, nobody had a mean SUV out. There was the Range and the G-wagen, but this shit was 1. a bully, 2. Italian, and 3. FUCKING DIESEL! This bitch was a beast. Every single time I saw one around the Beverly Center, I'd be like A LEIMA (nickname by Lambo for it then, don't know why it's not published on it's wiki)! This was the OG Arab money whip. And when Mike Tyson was being chased by Hamptons police and coast guards for his doing 125 mph ON THE FUCKING SAND!? It was a wrap. I wanted one. I knew the service would be shitty, but oh well. Until the Bentley EXP-9 comes out, this Lamborghini SUV is the King of the Jungle."

"This is just gangster ass shit. Not even a lame pussy bitch like Paul Walker could ruin this car. Everyone was on the car, when it was a R34 spec GT-R. I have to admit, since I was born, I was a fan of the street races and the Mazda RX2-3's and Starlets (Google 'em), especially the Datsun 510 (my fave), but this was the crystal edition to me. I love a boxed car, and this fucker is fast, when it's been done right. It's so rare to see one, but my boy Mark Fatlace has one and his shit is SWEEETTTT! I love so many retro cars. Not too many new cars will make my top 10. Before I die, I will have one of these. I could have got one, but I never have the garage space. I need to rent a 10-car garage!"

"I remember a girlfriend of mine in church had one of these. Well, her mom did. This was when you would see Ferrari 308s and be like DAMN! Or Panteras and shit (new school kids are lost by now). Then, Andy Warhol painted one of these, and it was really game the fuck over. I love this, again, because this car still holds weight today. With all the cool shit out now, this is still fucking with anything design-wise. I feel like Delorean swag jacked this car mostly to get its back to the future design. I have only seen two in person to this day, and when I do, I stop."

"This is on here, because a bull needs to be, and they only made 21 in the world. Only 15 or less exist now. Two of my boys have one, and I must say, this car is the fastest car on my list. The fact that I don't have anything else with butterfly doors, makes this crucial. The $2 million price tag also demands it be on here. They only came in a matte grey color, which is also cool as fuck: loud and beautiful, done, bye bye."

"This little motherfucker right here? This shit was my dream car when I was 7-10 years old. I'd see them all around Beverly Hills or around by the beach, and they were tough! It was one of the fastest cars in the world, at the time, and you could pull up to anything and give them the business! It's a little shitty box car. The regular Renault was a piece of crap and this was such a crazy upgrade! There were so few of these around, as well. This was way before the Evo and STi craze. It was the definition of true Rally. Up in the canyons, these shits were like remote control cars. Kiss-the-glass-when-you-make-a-turn-type whip. For what it was, they were pricey too. They were way cooler than a Lotus Elan and you didn't look like Elton John in one of these."

"Only 349 were made, and this changed the game to the utmost fuck-you levels. to this day, I think this shits on the Bugatti Veyron or Lamborghini Reventon. Those are cool, but this was just ignant. The design? Sexy and futuristic as fuck. It really looks like a GP race car. I hate tan interior in cars, but I wouldn't care, if it were an Enzo. I've sat in my boys and been driven in it, and it's one of the most uncomfortable cars I've ever been in. Still, I'd drive this bitch to Qatar and back no problem. That's how spectacular this car is."

"If the F40 was every kid's dream car, then the F50 is every adult's dream car. It's rarer than the F40 and Enzo, and it's the last raw dog supercar Ferrari ever made. This shit is incredible. There was nothing like it back then, and still is relevant now. I saw one in person while going to see Jerry Seinfeld at Caesars Palace in Vegas. Andre Agassi owned it, and it was sick inside. It was fucking beautiful. It made me want to sell drugs or computers, whatever it took to get one!"