The great recession changed the American car market—the average car on the road is now 11-and-a-half years old, compared with just ten years old in 2007, according to IHS Automotive and the U.S. Department of Transportation. They have also selected a number of other deserving cars in each category. In this slideshow, we begin with the ten winners and then move on to the best cars in each class, from sensible family runarounds to pumped-up muscle cars, and from $13,000 hatchbacks to $300,000 supercars.