Choose your cars wisely during the zombie apocalypse

Best and Worst Cars to Survive a Zombie Apocalypse

Bruce Sheridan

Staying alive

How many times have you caught yourself day dreaming about what you would do or where you would go if the dead started rising again? If you talk to some more imaginative people, many have some pretty outlandish strategies and plans.

One of the most important things for doomsday planners to consider is what the best and worst cars to survive a zombie apocalypse are.

It's not all about brute strength and heavy armor, you also need to make sure you can get away in a hurry, and in any terrain or weather too. You also need a car you can keep on the road.

There are a lot of different strategies and things to consider here, such as car safety, reliability, capability and power. Being well prepared and equipped will keep you one step ahead of the dead, and unless you are one of those people constantly prepping for the end times, you won't have a heavily modified zombie car. You will need to find common production cars to get the job done.

Keep an eye out for the best zombie cars you can find, and stay away from these bad ones too.

Best zombie cars

• Jeep Grand Cherokee
• The Grand Cherokee is the most awarded SUV ever, and for good reason. It is incredibly reliable, big and strong, has great off road capability with 4WD and finding one anywhere shouldn't be too difficult. Because of how common they are, you should also have no problem finding spare parts. It's a very practical and realistic choice.
• Ford F-150
• The F-150 is a new 4x4 truck that has everything you would want from a survival vehicle; reliability, capability, high safety and better fuel economy than many other good survival vehicles. The truck bed could be a double edged sword however, it lets you get a better vantage point, but don't let them jump in there!
• Hummer H1
• Big surprise, right? It might be an obvious choice, but there is no getting around the fact that the H1, which is the civilian version of a super capable military vehicle, would be pretty handy when things get crazy. If you are lucky enough to find one, all you have to worry about with your new tank-on-wheels is your abysmal gas mileage.

Don't even think about these cars

• Mazda MX-5 Miata
• Maybe you want to spend your last moments in style with a convertible, but if you want to last you'll need something with more hard top protection. Not to mention this little sports car does not have much ground clearance, so be careful what you try to drive over.
• Nissan Leaf
• Good luck charging that electric vehicle of yours with no power grid. You are better off with new 2013 hybrids if you are unwise enough to pick them. Even if you did have power, would you really want to sit around waiting for this thing to charge and get another 100 mile range? The hours sitting and waiting would seem like weeks.
• Smart Fortwo
• If zombies can laugh, they would be too busy cracking up at you for your ridiculous choice of survival vehicle to eat you alive. They might take it easy on you, but more than likely they will just rip you out of this tiny sardine can of a car and have a feast instead.