Everyone has their own criteria they will use to determine what they feel is the greatest sports car of all time (G.O.A.T.). Some may not even be able to choose one. It is a tough task, for sure.

I started out liking the sports cars that were prevalent in my neighborhood as a kid, but dreamed mostly of Porsches. Ask anyone who knew me as a teenager, and they would confirm my early lust for the brand. I remember them announcing a new concept, called the “Gruppe B”, which was eventually produced as the 959. I found a picture of the concept car, and had it displayed on my bedroom wall. It was surrounded by many other pictures of various Porsches. This was around the same time that Ferrari had the F40, but I was more drawn to the Porsche. The 959 could have easily been the one I would choose as the G.O.A.T., but as time went on, more intriguing candidates made their debut.

Naturally, my focus shifted to Ferrari once I started selling them. I got to drive so many of them, but the most notable ones were the Enzo, the 288 GTO, the F40, the 599 GTO, the 365 Daytona coupe, and a 458 Speciale. The Speciale is the least valuable mentioned, but is the greatest sports car I have ever driven to date. Any one of these could easily be part of the GOAT conversation, yet my pick for GOAT is not one of the above.

Certainly, many might consider a Lamborghini as their GOAT, yet no Lambo enters the equation for me. Perhaps a Countach can present an argument, simply because it was really the very 1st wild looking exotic, and is timeless. It still would get the same amount of looks today as it did back then. My favorite Lambo would either be a Miura (late ’60s – early ’70s), or the 350 GT from the mid ’60s.

Aston Martin falls into the same category as Lamborghini for me. They have had some notable models throughout their history, but none would enter into the conversation on which sports car is the GOAT.

My choice? None other than McLaren’s almighty F1, produced during the ’90s. To date, I feel the F1 has the strongest link to Formula 1. Yes, even stronger than anything Ferrari has ever produced. The car was none other than the legendary Formula 1 designer, Gordon Murray’s project. He spared no expense in the car’s design and development , wanting to produce a Formula 1 car for road use. I feel that he succeeded, in spades. Heck, it even has a central seating position, just like an F1 car, that would pretty much eliminate any sense of body roll, as sitting dead center should do. Strangely, back in the day, McLaren had a lot of trouble finding homes for the F1s it wanted to produce. I recall reading that an unsold F1 sat in a showroom for years. Funny, because today, they are highly sought after, and command prices over the $10 million mark. It is a car I long to own the most, yet I have never even seen one in person!