So which of them will our ennui-filled future selves long for most from the self-driving techno-pods of 2071? There are plenty of great cars on the road today, but only a handful will become true classics. And trying to work out which will earn a spot in the history books is no easy task. Autocar has teamed up with the National Motor Museum in Beaulieu to try to solve that problem. We’re hunting for five future classics that will be part of a special exhibit ion later this year. The idea is to find the cars that will be remembered, cherished and hopefully still driven 50 years from now.

We’ve compiled a longlist of 100 cars with future classic potential for you to choose from, and for some extra inspiration, in this gallery, Autocar’s writers champion their own personal picks from those contenders: