Too many "lame" cars being chosen here guys....

WOW Cars are usually beautiful, fast and (sorry) expensive....
Disagree. The 'wow' is in the eye of the beholder.
It's like choosing a wife. She may not be a supermodel, have won a Nobel Prize or be an heiress but (I hope..) there was something there that made your heart skip and continues to do so.
There are some 'modest' cars on this list, and I completely get it. Strip status out of the equation and just enjoy the fact that, sometimes, designers and manufacturers go beyond the minimum they could get away with, and the result is a 'wow' car.