Sally Carrera: it's all in the voice, dear

This is ridiculous. How can a cartoon car make it into the top 10? Well, just listen to Sally the 911 Carrera and you'll see. Voiced by Bonnie Hunt in Pixar's movie Cars, Sally Carrera is the love interest for Lightning McQueen - the story's hero.

Quite apart from the fact that Sally sounds like what you imagine a 911 might in your weirdest fantasy, she also has some rather interesting pinstriping which would suggest intimate tattoos.

Rolls-Royce Phantom: imperious becomes sexy

Rolls-Royce made a triumphant return to glory with the new Phantom back in 2003. Voted by Top Gear as the 'Best Car in the World' in 2005, the Phant has become the wildest whip for everyone who wants to be anyone.

Forget pretenders like the Maybach, the Phantom was created to be 'media friendly', hence the suicide rear doors and deep C-pillar. Powered by a near-silent 6749cc V12, the Phantom is all about no-compromise engineering allied to styling that's more 'no apology'.

Where else would you have a 'power reserve' dial instead of a rev counter to tell you what's left? Crush the poor under your wheels... Power is very, very attractive again.

BMW M1: Italian glamour, German porn

A supercar with a reputation that greatly outweighs its scarcity. In all only 456 BMW M1 road cars were built, all with a tubular chassis by Lamborghini, a mid-mounted, 24-valve in-line six that came courtesy of BMW and sleek, chiseled, heart-palpitating styling penned by Guigiaro.

The one piece of pseudo-Italian Seventies' exotica that won't beat you up and dump you at the roadside once it's done with you.

Bentley Continental S1 Fastback

Mulliner Park Ward created this two-door version of the Rolls-Royce Silver Cloud 1 in very limited numbers (431 to be exact). The S1 is the choice of those who know who they are and what they want out of life. And that's a 4.9-litre straight six.

Lincoln Continental

Not just any old Lincoln, but the 1961 square-fest with suicide doors, it's guaranteed to get you laid. This was supposed to be the '61 Thunderbird, but wasn't thought to be sporty enough. That's daft, this is the mac daddy.

Citroen C6: smooth and intelligent beats macho grunt

A well-turned ankle or washboard stomach is one thing, but nothing pumps the handle of love's well like brains. Einstein had several mistresses, and many women admitted to being slightly smitten with Robin Cook when he was in office.

He was a thin bloke with a beard, but he was clever, and that sent Peter Snow's sex swingometer straight into the red. And all blokes get a bit hot for Carol Vorderman - not just because she's good-looking, but because she can add up. And this is before we get onto librarians in owlish glasses. The C6 is a brainy car for brainy people, a pleasant antidote to everything sporty and cardiovascular. It's handsome, certainly, but it's the strong silent type.

A ride in a C6 is an intelligent and sensitive form of seduction. It lowers your resistance imperceptibly, like a pre-coital massage. It's a car for anyone who was turned off by the old Bullworker ad. The C6 simply wouldn't kick sand in anyone's face, it would rather disarm you with a timely quotation from Roland Barthes.

James May

Chevy Camaro: no silly, it's pronounced 'Camero'

Thirty-five years of production meant the Camaro was bound to lose its way, but nonetheless those early cars remain creatures of legend. When Chevy execs were asked what a 'Camaro' was, they cheekily replied:

"A small, vicious creature that likes to eat Mustangs" in reference to the competition of the time. If you want to be properly sexy, look for a Z/28 spec with the RS body styling on top. Sweet as.

Maserati Quattroporte: Ferrari in an overcoat

Maserati has always maintained a romance about the name despite some shockingly poor cars, but once in a while it manages something really special.

Yes, the Duo-Select paddle operated gearbox might not work in fully automatic mode, but the Quattroporte is simply one of the most evocative four-door saloons anywhere in the world.

A Ferrari-sourced 4.2-litre V8 howls down the screams from the back seats as you make a large Italian four-seater flick through the twisties like one of its more exotic Cavallino cousins. And it seduces your eyes away from your brain. We love it.

Aston Martin DB5

Even discounting its 'Bond, James Bond' connotations, the DB5 is a seriously sexy car. It's an Aston for pity's sake. Hell, it's THE Aston, and it's our number one Brit.

Feature: Jon Claydon on the joys of owning a DB5.

Fiat Cinquecento

And, yes, ladies and gentlemen, we have a winner. A car that embodies the essence of sexiness; a car that drips desirability from its every curve. Yes, it's Italian. Yes, it's a classic. And yes, we want one. Each.

Feature: 'Even a nun in a 500 seems to telegraph a faint tingle of the procreative urge' - James May on the Fiat Cinquecento. (so true)

You've seen our list, now it's your turn to tell us whether our top 100 motors are as gorgeous as we think. Let us know what would have made your top five or what tops your list.