2006 Spyker C8 Laviolette rear

This 107-year-old Dutch aeronautical company takes on Italy's best with its growing array of C8 exotics. Knowing Spyker took Audi's potent 4.2-liter V8, pumped it up to 400 horsepower, dropped it into the middle of an all-aluminum 2,750-pound body and paired it to a 6-speed manual, the 4.5-second 0-60 estimate sounds comically modest. (The 500 horses of the supercharged C8 Double 12 S drops that to 4 seconds.) 14-inch brake rotors dwarf a Domino's pizza. You could pay $269,995 for a C8 Spyder now, or wait to see the price for the exclusive C8 Laviolette destined to co-star with Sharon Stone in the upcoming Basic Instinct 2.