Best Rides for Billionaires

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Best New Billionaire Status Symbol Rolls-Royce Phantom Drophead Convertible
Base price: $412,000

The only Rolls convertible, it comes with an outrageous, optional, stainless-steel hood. Its all-weather interior materials can stand a bit of rain, so you don't have to pull over to put the top up at the first sign of bad weather. It's also sold out for the next two years. That means if you can get one, you have status.

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Spyker D12 Peking-to-Paris SUV

Best For Billionaires In The Explorers Club

Spyker D12 Peking-to-Paris SUV
Base price: Not yet available

Dutch supercar-maker Spyker plans to put this SUV into production in the fourth quarter, Lamborghini is the only other exotic automaker to have offered an SUV. The grueling Peking-to-Paris endurance race of 1907 is an appropriate name to invoke on an SUV that can go off-road, but also has a 500-horsepower, 12-cylinder engine that generates a zero-to-60 time of five seconds and a top speed of 185 mph.

Cadillac DTS Sedan

Best For Billionaires Who Envy Warren Buffett

Cadillac DTS Sedan
Base price: $42,210

Buffett, like Ikea founder Ingvar Kamprad, is a famously frugal billionaire. The flagship Cadillac sedan--a fancy car by ordinary standards--may seem somewhat lowbrow for a billionaire, but we must say: We like Buffett's style. His DTS is a classy, old-school Detroit car on our list of favorites.

Lamborghini Murciélago Coupe

Best For Billionaires Who Envy Batman

Lamborghini Murciélago Coupe
Base price: $288,000

Batmobiles may not be in mass production, but the car that Christian Bale's Bruce Wayne drives in 2005's Batman Begins is: a Lamborghini Murciélago two-door. The Murciélago features a 6.5-liter, 640-hp V-12 that gives the car a top speed of 211 mph.

Venturi Fétish Convertible

Best For Green Billionaires

Venturi Fétish Convertible
Base price: $392,000

The electric car not only lives on; it lives well. Monaco's Venturi Fétish uses an electric motor to generate 241 hp, and is able to provide a Ferrari-like zero-to-60 time of under five seconds. The Fétish is arguably the world's flashiest and most exotic green car.

Maybach 62 S

Best For Chauffeur-Driven Billionaires

Maybach 62 S
Base price: $428,750

This car, we feel, has the world's best backseat. The 62's rear seats can fully recline and extend, like those of business-class seats on international flights. Sit upright, and you have a football field's worth of rear-seat legroom. And if you let your driver cut loose, the 62 S has a twin-turbo V-12 that will get you from zero to 60 in 5.2 seconds.

Bugatti Veyron 16.4

Best For Showy Billionaires

Bugatti Veyron 16.4
Base price: $1.2 million

France's Bugatti spent years developing the most extreme performance technology for its 1,001-horsepower Veyron 16.4 supercar. To accelerate from zero to 60 mph in under 2.5 seconds and achieve a top speed of 253 mph, the Veyron employs a 16-cylinder engine and a seven-speed, dual-clutch transmission.

Tramontana One-Seater

Best Ride For Non-Conformist Billionaires

Tramontana One-Seater
Base price: $660,000 (estimated)

The automaker, a new company located near Barcelona, is building this bizarre but striking one-seat supercar. Production is limited to 12 units per year. The Tramontana, with its 720-horsepower V-12, can accelerate from zero to 62 mph in under four seconds and has a top speed of over 186 mph.

Mercedes-Benz SLR McLaren Coupe

Most Versatile Billionaire Ride

Mercedes-Benz SLR McLaren Coupe
Base price: $452,750

The SLR is, literally, the Mercedes-Benz of race cars. You can win races in it, but also take it out for a very civil night on the town. It has an upscale, typically Mercedes cockpit, and even comes with automatic transmission.