It’s one of the classic motorsport debates. There have been many brilliant Le Mans cars in the century since the inaugural event, but which are the greatest?
For this list, we’ve taken into account the level of success scored specifically at Le Mans, the level of opposition each car faced, the wider impact of the designs on the 24 Hours, and ‘X factor’ – Le Mans is such an emotive and atmospheric event, so how cool the cars were have to be considered.
We’ve also focused on outright winners rather than class success, so apologies to fans of the Porsche 911, the titanic GT1/GT2/GTE contests of recent decades and the ORECA 07…