There are a couple of ways to look at the question, "What's the best car you drove this year?" In terms of what was so good I'd go out and buy one tomorrow, that'd be my all-time sweetheart, the Volkswagen GTI. Or if I'm just talking about sheer cool-factor, maybe something like the Galpin GTR1, BMW i8, or Mercedes-Benz G63 AMG. But instead, I'm going to write about the sheer opulence of being the best of the best. The hand-crafted, holier-than-thou, shut-your-mouth-when-I'm-talking-to-you supremacy. I'm picking the Rolls-Royce Wraith.

I drove the Wraith for a week in April, and was really, really impressed. This car does everything, perfectly. It handles city streets with poise and grace, it glides down highways (with that special Rolls-Royce waft) without a sound or an issue, and it's actually a pretty good driver's car, all things considered. To call it comfortable is a foolish understatement, and to call it nicely equipped is like calling the Sistine Chapel "a pretty neat painting." It has lambswool carpets, LEDs in the headliner to bring the night sky into the car, doors that shut themselves, and it's all put together in perhaps one of the finest packages ever built. The fit-and-finish is better than any car I've ever sat in – ever. Oh, and even its name is super cool.

The Rolls-Royce Wraith does everything. And in the $300,000 space, it should. But the price isn't the point here. It's about a car that was first and foremost crafted to be the absolute best at what it does. There are zero compromises here, and the end result is a car I won't quickly forget.