We unveiled our RPM Awards in the November issue of Maxim, featuring the seven of the sweetest rides 2008 has to offer. The Honor Roll is the best of the rest…


MOST AROUSING DESIGN 2009
Maserati GranTurismo
While most cars are designed using a bunch of straight lines and a few curves, the $135,000 GranTurismo is as voluptuous as a Brazilian bombshell: Not a straight line on the damn thing. Who says you can’t drive the girl of your dreams?

GUERRILLA MARKETING AWARD
BMW’s Rampenfest
Rampenfest feels like a Christopher Guest flick for a reason: This online doc about a small German town’s attempts to build a ginormous ramp and launch a BMW 1-Series across the Atlantic is as authentic as a $22 Rolex. The town might be fictitious, and the Facebook account for the film’s director might be fake, but the flick’s 10 million Web site views are real.

THE NAPOLEON AWARD
Bruce Weiner’s Microcar Museum
Tucked away in a nondescript building just outside Atlanta is a stash of Goggomobils, Mes­serschmitts, and other pocket-size postwar buggi­es that are small enough to make Smart cars look like Freightliners. The pet project of gazillionaire car fiend Bruce Weiner, the Microcar Museum is proof that you don’t have to be an eco-weenie to dig tiny rides.

MOST HEARTBREAKING MOVIE SCENE
Bruce Wayne Wrecks a Real Lamborghini
The box office wasn’t the only thing mega-blockbuster flick The Dark Night smashed. We teared up during that chase scene when Christian Bale’s Bruce Wayne crashes a non-CGI Lamborghini Murciélago LP640. The Italian company lent the film three of the $354,000 supercars; only two made it back. We haven’t been this choked up since Splash. Someone hand us a shammy cloth!

BEST REASON TO STAGE A HEIST
The Aston Martin One-77
Because the Bugatti Veyron is so 2006, Aston Martin’s gone and introduced the One-77, which is now in development and will be custom-built for 77 rich bastards. You’ll be hearing about its hand-built aluminum body, 7.0-liter V-12, and estimated $2.1 million price tag for years to come. But you read about it here first.

MOMMY-MOBILE WE WOULD ACTUALLY DRIVE
2009 Mazda6
It’s not too often that we lust after practical rides, but the 272 hp Mazda6 offers more BMW-like personality than any mass-produced Japanese sedan deserves. This $19,220 rice rocket will make driving enthusiasts proud, and it has plenty of trunk space for bulk purchases of mom jeans.

 

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Today was the first press day for the New York International Auto Show and I got up early to check it out. There wasn't a ton of new, earth-shattering stuff announced, but that doesn't mean there wasn't plenty of eye candy on the floor. This pointy-but-sexy machine is Mazda's Furai (that means "sound of the wind" in Japanese) and its 450-hp engine runs on ethanol making it very green and extremely fast. It first debuted at the Detroit show, but seeing it in person is definitely impressive. Sadly, you'll never be able to buy, or even drive one so don't go trading in your '88 Accord just yet. And before everyone goes saying it in the comments: Yes, it looks like the Batmobile.

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