Mercedes-Benz SLS AMG

WE’RE GOING TO go out on a limb here and say the SLS will fetch huge prices in the years to come, let alone at auction in a few decades. Let’s go over the ways, shall we? The SLS is the first car to be developed entirely in-house by AMG and would be the precursor to Mercedes-Benz’s performance arm gaining even more autonomy and clout from its parent company.

Then there are those dramatic gullwing doors inspired by the 300SL and what would later turn out to be the last outing of the carmaker’s epic 6.2-litre naturally aspirated V8, supplanted by forced-induction ones later. Yes, its interior may not be much to write home about, given how it’s a smattering of bits from the

Daimler Group’s expansive parts bin, but we contend if you’re staring too hard at the centre console, you’re doing it wrong.

Its engine is just divine, blessed with the sort of performance and a soundtrack that would suggest it was made with bits from Thor’s hammer, Mjolnir. Production lasted from just 2010 to 2014, remarkably short for a sports car. When you consider how its successor, the Mercedes-AMG GT is good, but isn’t as charismatic as the SLS, you will see how it’s shaping up to be a future winner. Prices for the SLS are now extremely reasonable too, though don’t expect them to stay that way for long.

IT’S DIFFICULT TO see what the future holds for the Lamborghini supercar. Always extroverted, with borderline pornographic styling and since the Countach, upward-opening scissor doors, it’s also famed for having big V12 engines. In the case of the Aventador SVJ, the maddest member of a pretty insane family, its 6.5-litre V12 will put out 770hp and scream from 0-200km/hr in 8.6 seconds.

While a plug-in hybrid powertrain could ensure the continued survival of the 12-cylinder motor even in the face of increasingly stringent emissions standards, it’s almost a certainty the next Aventador will be a lot more user-friendly.

In its current state, the Aventador isn’t a car you’d want to drive every day. Its cabin is cramped, visibility is compromised and it doesn’t even come with a glove box.

The next one will almost certainly have a roomier cabin, narrower sills for easier ingress/egress, more internal storage and a smoother-shifting dual-clutch gearbox. After all, if you’re the sort of person who could afford a million-dollar supercar, the last thing you’d want is to suffer for your thrills.

Which naturally makes the Aventador all the more desirable. It will go down in history as one of the last old-school Lamborghinis.