I drove more than 35 cars in 2017 - these were my favorites

• I drove a lot of cars in 2017 - not all made the cut to be candidates for Business Insider's Car of the Year.
• The following is a list of my top 10 that didn't make the cut.
• They ranged from hybrids to supercars to electric vehicles.

For the last four years, Business Insider has selected a Car of the Year winner. This year, it was the Porsche Panamera.

But we drive a lot of vehicles that don't quite make the cut to be Car of the Year finalists. That doesn't mean they aren't memorable.

Looking back over 2017, I picked out my 10 favorites (fair warning: three are Ford and three are from GM). Here they are: