20 Years of Discovery!

By Robert Ross

It’s hard to imagine that what began as a casual gathering of a few pals and fun cars has become an internationally recognized automotive event, held at two venues and attended annually by hundreds of car enthusiasts we call friends. Robb Report Car of the Year, now a time-honored and eagerly anticipated program within RR1, started with modest pretensions and with nary a thought that it would eventually become a storied tradition. Much like America’s original Thanksgiving dinner in 1621, what was once a small gathering is now a grand thing.

Reflecting on the past two decades of stellar automobiles has us almost pinching ourselves. We’ve experienced game-changing cars like the Bugatti Veyron and Porsche 918 Spyder. And cars that are today classics in their own right, like the Ferrari 575 Maranello and Mercedes-SLS AMG Gullwing. Certainly, the landscape is changing, as EVs usher in a new generation of cars we would have never dreamt of 20 years ago.

But however things change, the principles behind Car of the Year remain the same. Like a good teacher with a brand-new class, we’re aways seeking out the best and brightest to inspire—and be inspired by. Of course, Car of the Year wouldn’t hold quite the allure it does without the hospitality, wine, cuisine and artful expressions of jewelry, watches and fashion that accompany the automobiles. As with the cars themselves, there is always a new discovery to be made, the best of which is a new friend with whom to share the experience.

 

Cars

Year Winner HP Base Price Top Speed
Bentley Continental GT Speed GTC 2022 1 650 $302,400 208
Ferrari 812 GTS 2022 2 789 $397,544 211
Rolls-Royce Black Badge Ghost 2022 3 591 $395,000 155
Audi RS 6 Avant 2022 591 $109,000 190
BMW Alpina B8 xDrive Gran Coupe 2022 612 $139,900 201
Karma GS-6L 2022 536 $93,900 125
Lamborghini Hurácan STO 2022 631 $327,828 193
McLaren 720S Spider 2022 710 $315,000 212
Mercedes-Benz EQS 580 4MATIC 2022 516 $119,110 130
Mercedes-Maybach GLS 600 4MATIC 2022 550 $160,500 130
Rolls-Royce Ghost – Luxury COTY 2021 1 563 $332,500 155
Lamborghini Hurácan EVO RWD Spyder – Sports COTY 2021 1 602 $229,428 201
Ferrari Roma 2021 3 611 $218,670 199
Mercedes-AMG GT R Roasdter 2021 4 577 $189,750 197
Bentley New Fying Spur 2021 5 626 $214,600 207
Aston Martin Vantage Roadster 2021 6 503 $147,000 190
BMW M8 Gran Coupe 2021 7 600 $130,000 190
Audi RS 7 Avant Sportback 2021 8 591 $114,000 190
McLaren New GT 2021 9 612 $210,000 203
Lexus LC500 Convertible 2021 10 471 $101,000 168
Mercedes-Benz -AMG E 63 S Wagon 2021 11 603 $112,450 180
Lamborghini Huracán EVO Spyder 2020 1 631 $287,400 202
Aston Martin DBS Superleggera Volante 2020 2 715 $328,100 211
Bentley Continental GT Convertible V8 2020 3 542 $218,350 198
Mercedes-AMG GT 63 S 4-door Coupe 2020 4 630 $159,000 196
BMW M8 Convertible 2020 5 600 $142,500 190
Mercedes-AMG GT C Roadster 2020 6 550 $162,400 196
Rolls-Royce Wraith Black Badge 2020 7 624 $327,000 155
Audi RS5 Sportback 2020 8 444 $74,200 174
Dodge Charger SRT Hellcat Wideboy 2020 9 707 $69,645 196
Roush Stage 3 Mustang 2020 10 710 $51,530 180
Kia Singer GTS Limited Edition 2020 11 365 $44,400 167
Lamborghini Urus 2019 1 650 $200,000 190
Ferrari 812 Superfast 2019 2 789 $335,275 211
Bentley Continental GT 2019 3 626 $214,600 207
McLaren 600LT 2019 4 592 $240,000 204
Aston Martin Vantage 2019 5 503 $153,081 195
BMW M850i xDrive 2019 6 523 $111,900 155
Porsche Panamera Turbo S E-Hybrid 2019 7 680 $184,400 192
Rolls-Royce Cullinan 2019 8 563 $325,000 155
Mercedes-Maybach S650 2019 9 621 $199,900 155
Audi A8 2019 10 335 $83,000 130
Lamborghini Huracán Performante 2018 1 640 $274,390 201
McLaren 720S 2018 2 710 $284,745 212
Aston Martin Vanquish S Volante 2018 3 580 $312,950 201
Audi R7 V10 Spyder 2018 4 540 $175,000 198
Mercedes-AMG GT C Roadster 2018 5 550 $157,000 196
Bentley Continental Supersports 2018 6 700 $293,000 209
Bentley M760Li xDrive 2018 7 601 $153,800 155
Ferrari GTC4Lusso 2018 8 680 $298,000 208
Mercedes-AMG S65 2018 9 621 $229,500 186
Alfa Romeo Giulia Quadrifoglio 2018 10 505 $72,000 191
Lexus LC500 2018 11 471 $92,000 168
Cadillac CTS-V 2018 12 640 $86,495 200
Dodge Challenger SRT Hellcat Widebody 2018 13 707 $69,795 195
Porsche 911 Turbo S 2017 1 580 188,100 205
Lamborghini Huracán Spyder 2017 1 610 262,450 201
Aston Martin DB11 2017 3 600 211,995 200
Audi R8 V10 plus Coupe 2017 4 610 189,900 205
McLaren 570GT 2017 5 562 198,950 204
Mercedes-Benz AMG S63 Cabriolet 2017 6 577 176,400 186
Jaguar F-Type SVR Coupe 2017 7 575 125,950 200
BMW Alpina B7 2017 8 600 137,995 193
Rolls-Royce Dawn 2017 9 563 339,850 155
Bentley Bentayga 2017 10 600 229,100 187
Lincoln Continental Black Label 2017 11 400 63,075 130
Nissan GT-R 2017 12 565 109,900 N/A
Cadillac CT6 Platinum 3.0TT AWD 2017 13 404 87,465 150
Ferrari 488 GTB 2016 1 661 245,400 205
McLaren 650S Spider 2016 2 641 295,035 204
Lamborghini Aventador LP 750-4 2016 3 750 535,500 217
Tesla Model S P90D 2016 4 532 108,000 155
Mercedes-AMG GT S 2016 5 503 129,900 503
Porsche 911 Targa 4 GTS 2016 6 430 132,800 187
Chevrolet Corvette Z06 Convertible 2016 7 650 83,400 N/A
BMW 750i xDrive 2016 8 445 97,400 130
Bentley Mulsanne Speed 2016 9 530 335,600 190
Jaguar F-Type R Convertible 2016 10 550 106,450 186
Cadillac CTS-V 2016 11 640 83,995 200
Mercedes-Maybach S600 2016 12 523 189,350 130
Alfa Romeo 4C Spider 2016 13 237 63,900 160
Porsche 918 Spyder 2015 1 887 845,000 214
Ferrari California T 2015 2 552 199,000 196
BMW i8 2015 3 357 136,500 155
Lamborghini Huracán LP 610-4 2015 4 610 240,000 202
Aston Martin Vanquish Volante 2015 5 568 302,995 197
Audi RS 7 2015 6 560 106,500 174
Bentley Continential GT V8 S Convertible 2015 7 521 219,400 191
Rolls-Royce Wraith 2015 8 624 284,900 155
Jaguar F-Type R Coupe 2015 9 550 99,000 186
Maserati Ghibli S Q4 2015 10 404 77,900 175
Mercedes-Benz S550 4-Matic Coupe 2015 11 449 119,900 130
Kia K900 2015 12 420 54,500 150
Cadillac ELR 2015 13 207 75,000 106
Ferrari F12 Berlinetta 2014 1 731 316,000 211
Audi R8 V10 Plus 2014 2 550 184,000 197
Lamborghini Aventador LP700-4 Roadster 2014 3 691 448,000 217
Aston Martin Vanquish Volante 2014 4 565 298,000 183
BMW M6 Gran Coupe 2014 5 560 116,000 155
Bentley Flying Spur 2014 6 616 212,000 200
Porsche Cayman S 2014 7 325 64,000 175
Porsche Panamera Turbo 2014 8 520 141,000 189
Jaguar F-Type V8 S 2014 9 495 92,000 186
Chevrolet Corvette Stingray Coupe 2014 10 460 52,000 190
Mercedes-Benz S550 2014 11 449 93,000 130
Maserati Quattroporte GTS 2014 12 523 135,000 191
Land Rover Range Rover Autobiography 2014 13 510 136,000 140
SRT Viper GTS 2014 14 640 122,000 206
Porsche 911 Carrera S 2013 1 400 96,000 188
Bugatti Veyron 16.4 Grand Sport Vitesse 2013 2 1,200 2,500,000 255
Ferrari FF 2013 3 651 302,000 208
Audi S8 2013 4 520 110,000 155
Mercedes-Benz SL63 AMG 2013 5 530 146,000 186
BMW M5 2013 6 560 90,000 155
Maserati Granturismo Convertible Sport 2013 7 454 143,000 177
Bentley Continental GT V8 2013 8 500 174,000 188
Rolls-Royce Phantom Series II Coupé 2013 9 453 429,000 155
Aston Martin DB9 2013 10 510 185,000 183
Ford Mustang Shelby GT500 2013 11 662 55,000 202
Chevrolet Corvette 427 2013 12 505 76,000 190
Morgan 3 Wheeler 2013 13 115 50,000 115
Lamborghini Aventador LP 700-4 2012 1 700 387,000 217
Maserati Granturismo MC 2012 2 444 140,000 184
Mercedes-Benz SLS AMG Roadster 2012 3 563 197,000 197
Audi A7 2012 4 310 60,000 130
Bentley Continental GTC 2012 5 567 213,000 195
Mercedes-Benz CLS63 AMG 2012 6 550 95,000 186
Aston Martin Virage Volante 2012 7 490 225,000 183
Nissan GT-R 2012 8 530 90,000 196
Jeep Grand Cherokee SRT8 2012 9 470 54,000 160
Jaguar XKR-S 2012 10 550 132,000 186
BMW 650i Convertible 2012 11 400 91,000 155
Ford Mustang Boss 302 Laguna Seca 2012 12 444 48,000 155
Chevrolet Volt 2012 13 149 39,000 100
Ferrari 458 Italia 2011 1 562 230,000 202
Audi R8 V10 Spyder 2011 2 525 161,000 195
Porsche 911 Turbo S 2011 3 530 160,700 196
Aston Martin V12 Vantage 2011 4 510 180,000 190
Mercedes-Benz CL63 AMG 2011 5 536 151,125 186
Bentley Mulsanne 2011 6 505 285,000 184
Maserati Granturismo Convertible 2011 7 433 136,300 176
Audi A8L 2011 8 372 84,000 130
Aston Martin Rapide 2011 9 470 210,000 188
BMW Alpina B7 2011 10 500 122,875 174
Rolls-Royce Ghost 2011 11 563 246,500 155
Jaguar XJ Supersport 2011 12 510 113,200 155
Cadillac CTS-V Coupe 2011 13 556 63,000 191
Lotus Evora 2011 14 276 65,500 162
Bugatti Veyron 16.4 Grand Sport (Car of the Decade) 2010 1 1001 2,000,000 253
Mercedes-Benz SLS AMG 2010 1 563 200,000 197
Audi R8 V10 2010 2 525 146,000 196
Aston Martin DBS Volante 2010 3 503 286,500 191
Lamborghini Gallardo LP 550-2 Valentino Balboni 2010 4 550 219,800 199
Bentley Continental Supersports 2010 5 613 267,000 204
Land Rover Range Rover Autobiography 2010 6 510 109,625 140
Jaguar XKR 2010 7 510 96,000 155
Porsche Panamera Turbo 2010 8 500 132,600 188
Ford Shelby GT500 Super Snake 2010 9 750 84,390 185
Allard J2X MkII 2010 10 370 138,500 148
Spyker C8 Aileron 2010 11 395 214990 187
BMW X6 M 2010 12 555 88,900 155
Lamborghini Gallardo LP560-4 2009 1 552 202,100 203
Mercedes-Benz SL63 AMG 2009 2 518 135,475 155
BMW M3 2009 3 414 59,025 155
Porsche 911 Carrera S 2009 4 385 87,150 186
Aston Martin DBS 2009 5 510 266,350 191
Chevrolet Corvette ZR1 2009 6 638 105,000 205
Rolls-Royce Phantom Coupe 2009 7 453 405,000 155
Jaguar XF 2009 8 420 64,475 155
Nissan GT-R 2009 9 480 77,695 193
Tesla Roadster 2009 10 248 109,950 125
Bentley Brooklands 2009 11 530 348,085 184
Smart Fortwo 2009 12 70 21,635 90
Iconic GTR Roadster 2009 13 800 600,000 200
Audi R8 2008 1 420 112,095 187
Ferrari 599 GTB Fiorano 2008 2 612 318,045 205
Porsche 911 Turbo Cabriolet 2008 3 480 137,360 192
Bentley Continental GT Speed 2008 4 602 206,285 202
Aston Martin V8 Vantage Roadster 2008 5 380 127,750 175
Mercedes-Benz CL63 AMG 2008 6 518 140,375 155
Rolls-Royce Phantom Drophead Coupe 2008 7 447 412,000 149
Maserati Granturismo 2008 8 405 114,650 177
Lamborghini LP640 Roadster 2008 9 631 381,200 205
Mercedes-Benz SLR McLaren Roadster 2008 10 617 500,750 206
Lexus LS600h L 2008 11 438 104,765 130
BMW M6 Convertible 2008 12 500 108,095 155
Saleen S302 Extreme 2008 13 620 84,149 155
Dodge Viper SRT10 2008 14 600 86,445 200
Bentley Continental GTC 2007 1 552 190,000 195
Mercedes-Benz S65 AMG 2007 2 604 182,275 155
Porsche 911 Turbo 2007 3 480 122,900 193
Bugatti Veyron 16.4 2007 4 987 1,340,000 254
Maybach 57S 2007 5 604 375,000 172
Audi S8 2007 6 450 92,000 155
BMW M6 2007 7 500 99,295 155
Jaguar XKR Convertible 2007 8 420 92,500 155
Rolls-Royce Phantom EWB 2007 9 453 390,500 149
Ford Shelby GT500 2007 10 500 40,930 155
Lamborghini Murciélago LP640 2007 11 640 311,000 211
Lotus Exige S 2007 12 218 57,000 148
Cadillac XLR-V 2007 13 443 98,300 155
Ferrari F430 Spider 2006 1 483 199,000 193
Bentley Continental Flying Spur 2006 2 552 165,000 195
Aston Martin V8 Vantage 2006 3 380 110,000 175
Mercedes-Benz CLS55 AMG 2006 4 469 87,500 155
Maserati GranSport 2006 5 395 98,500 180
Chevrolet Corvette Z06 2006 6 505 65,800 195
Audi A8 L W12 2006 7 450 119,000 155
BMW M5 2006 8 500 81,000 155
Lexus RX400h 2006 9 268 46,800 124
Spyker C8 Spyder 2006 10 400 270,000 187
Fisker Tramonto 2006 11 610 234,000 202
Land Rover Range Rover Sport 2006 12 390 69,750 140
Dodge Viper SRT-10 Coupe 2006 13 500 87,000 190
Cadillac STS-V 2006 14 469 77,000 163
Aston Martin DB9 2005 1 450 $155,000 186
Porsche 911 Carrera S 2005 2 355 79,900 182
Maserati Quattroporte 2005 3 400 95,000 170
BMW 760i 2005 4 438 110,500 155
Cadillac CTS-V 2005 5 400 50,000 163
Acura RL 2005 6 300 50,000 134
Mercedes-Benz SL65 2005 7 604 179,700 155
Chrysler 300C 2005 8 340 33,500 130
Chevrolet Corvette 2005 9 400 44,200 186
Bentley Arnage T 2005 10 450 234,000 168
Lamborghini Murciélago Roadster 2005 11 580 291,000 205
Lotus Elise 2005 12 190 40,000 150
Land Rover LR3 2005 13 300 50,000 121
Bentley Continental GT 2004 1 552 149,000 198
Lamborghini Gallardo 2004 2 493 165,900 192
Porsche 911 Turbo Cabriolet 2004 3 415 128,200 189
Maybach 62 2004 4 543 359,500 155
Rolls-Royce Phantom 2004 5 453 324,000 149
Audi RS6 2004 6 450 82,000 155
BMW 645Ci 2004 7 325 74,995 155
Jaguar XJR 2004 8 390 74,330 155
Porsche Cayenne Turbo 2004 9 450 88,900 165
Subaru Impreza WRX STi 2004 10 300 30,995 145
Cadillac XLR 2004 11 320 76,000 157
Morgan Aero 8 2004 12 330 100,000 165
Mercedes-Benz SL55 AMG 2003 1 493 113,915 155
Land Rover Range Rover 2003 2 282 71,865 130
Bentley Arnage T 2003 3 450 230,000 168
Ferrari 575M Maranello 2003 4 515 231,265 202
Mercedes-Benz E500 2003 5 302 54,850 155
Jaguar XKR 2003 6 390 86,975 155
Dodge Viper SRT-10 2003 7 500 79,995 190
Mini Cooper S 2003 8 163 19,300 136
Hummer H2 2003 9 316 49,190 99
Mercedes-Benz SL500 2002 1 302 86,000 155
Aston Martin Vanquish 2002 2 460 228,000 190
Lamborghini Murciélago 2002 3 580 273,000 205
Porsche 911 GT2 2002 4 462 179,900 195
BMW 745i 2002 5 325 67,850 149
Maserati Spyder 2002 6 390 90,000 176
Lexus SC 430 2002 7 300 61,630 156
BMW Z8 2001 1 400 128,570
Ferrari 360 Spider 2001 2 395 171,000
Mercedes-Benz CL600 2001 3 362 117,200
Porsche 911 Turbo 2001 4 415 111,000
Mercedes-Benz CLK55 AMG 2001 5 347 67,400
Lexus LS 430 2001 6 290 54,000
Aston Martin DB7 Vantage 2000 1 420 150,000
Mercedes-Benz S-Class 2000 2 302 77,850
Ferrari 360 Modena 2000 3 400 152,250
BMW M5 2000 4 400 69,970
Porsche Boxster S 2000 5 252 49,930
Jaguar S-Type 2000 6 281 48,000
Porsche 911 Carrera 1999 1 296 65,030
Bentley Arnage 1999 2 350 199,990
Rolls-Royce Silver Seraph 1999 322 215,000
Bentley Continental SC 1999 400 319,900
Mercedes-Benz CLK430 1999 275 47,900
Mercedes-Benz CLK320 Cabriolet 1999 215 47,200
Mercedes-Benz ML430 1999 268 43,750
Cadillac Escalade 1999 255 45,875
Volvo S80 T6 1999 268 40,385
BMW M-Coupe 1999 240 42,370
Jaguar XJR Sedan 1998 1 369 67,400
Audi A6 2.8 Quattro 1998 2 200 36,000
Porsche Boxster 1998 201 39,980
Mercedes-Benz ML320 1998 215 34,500
Lexus GS 400 1998 300 47,000
Mercedes-Benz CLK320 1998 215 40,000
BMW Z3 2.8 Roadster 1998 189 36,668
Cadillac Seville STS 1998 300 48,500
Chevrolet Corvette 1998 345 38,225
Volvo C70 Coupe 1998 236 40,000
Lincoln Navigator 1998 230 43,300
Jaguar XK8 1997 1 290 64,900
Mercedes-Benz E420 Sport 1997 275 53,800
BMW 540i Sport 1997 282 52,350
Audi A8 4.2 Quattro 1997 300 64,500
Mercedes-Benz SLK230 1997 191 39,900
Ford Expedition 1997 215 33,875
BMW Z3 1.9 1997 138 29,425
Infiniti Q45 1997 266 49,900
Mercedes-Benz E-Class 1996 1 217 43,500
Jaguar Vanden Plas and XJ12 1996 245 64,420
Range Rover 4.6 HSE 1996 225 62,000
Chrysler Town & Country LXi 1996 166 30,045
Acura 3.2TL 1996 200 35,500
Lincoln Continental 1996 260 41,800
BMW 740i 1995 1 282
BMW M3 1995
Buick Riviera 1995 30,000
Jaguar XJ Sedan 1995
Lexus LS 400 (talk about CD changer) 1995
Mercedes-Benz S420 1995
Oldsmobile Aurora 1995
Porsche 911 Carrera 1995
Saab 900 SE Cabriolet 1995
Mercedes-Benz C280 1994 1 194 34900
BMW 325i Convertible 1994 38800
BMW 540i 1994 282 47000
Cadillac De Ville Concours 1994 270 36000
Lexus GS 300 1994 40000
Porsche Speedster 1994 60000
Toyota Supra Turbo 1994 320 40000
Volvo 850 Turbo Wagon 1994 222 30000