Your ranking of best manufacturers and your favorite coaster from each one

[Esther7]

Hi! Here's my Top 10 ranking of manufacturers and my favourite coaster:

1. Intamin: Velocicoaster (Universal IOA)
2. RMC: Iron Gwazi (BG Tampa)
3. B&M: Shambhala (PortAventura)
4. Mack: Ride to Happiness (Plopsaland)
5. Gerstlauer: Schwur des Kärnan (Hansa Park)
6. Vekoma: Abyssus (Energylandia)
7. GCI: Troy (Toverland)
8. Arrow: X2 (SFMM)
9. CCI: Boulder Dash (Lake Compounce)
10. PTC: Phoenix (Knoebels)

What are your favorites? You can vote for only 3 options in the poll, but the ranking can be as long as you want.

 

[Rob Coasters]

I don't rank manufacturers, but I know Mack Rides is my favourite, so I'll list them by most ridden to least ridden.

A golden manufacturer means that I personally believe I've ridden their best coaster. Obviously another ride of theirs might surprise me, but it's fun to speculate.

1. Vekoma (30): Big Thunder Mountain, Disneyland Park Paris
2. Unspecified (28): Grand National, Blackpool Pleasure Beach
3. Zierer (19): Lisebergbanan, Liseberg
4. Mack Rides (18): Ride to Happiness, Plopsaland De Panne
5. Pinfari (17): Crazy Loop, Brean Theme Park
6. Zamperla (16): Hero, Flamingo Land
7. Intamin (14): Piraten, Djurs Sommerland
7a. SBF Visa (14): Mad Mouse, Clarence Pier
8. Reverchon (12): Ice Mountain, Hyde Park Winter Wonderland
9. Gerstlauer (11): Storm - The Dragon Legend, Tusenfryd
10. Bolliger & Mabillard (8): OzIris, Parc Asterix
10a. Guven Lunapark (8): Crazy Caterpillar, Pettitts Animal Adventure Park

 

[James F]

1: Intamin (Hyperion)
2: Bolliger & Mabillard (Shambhala)
3: Rocky Mountain Construction (Zadra)
4: Mack Rides: (Helix)
5: Great Coasters International (Wodan)
6: Vekoma (Abyssus)
7: Gerstlauer (Schwur Des Kärnan)
8: Schwarzkopf (Nessie)
9: Custom Coasters International (Tonnerre 2 Zeus)
10: Arrow (Revolution)

 

[ScottLann]

1. Intamin - Taron
2. Bolliger & Mabillard - Mako
3. Rocky Mountain Construction - Iron Gwazi
4. Vekoma - F.L.Y
5. Mack Rides - Lost Gravity
6. Gerstlauer - Saw The Ride
7. GCI - Wicker Man
8. Arrow - Space Mountain (Magic Kingdom)
9. Maurer - Winjas Fear
10. CCI - Stampida

 

[Climb]

Arrow Dynamics - The Bat (Kings Island) chefs kiss
Bolliger & Mabillard - Shambhala
Custom Coasters International - Ghostrider
Gerstlauer - The Smiler
Great Coasters International - Wodan
Intamin - Taron/Maverick
Mack Rides - Icon
Maurer Rides - Crush’s Coaster
Philadelphia Toboggan Coasters - Blue Streak (Cedar Point)
Premier Rides - Revenge of the Mummy
Rocky Mountain Construction - Steel Vengeance
Schwarzkopf - Olympia Looping
S&S Worldwide - All their coasters I’ve ridden have been hideous, so none.
Vekoma - Space Mountain (DLP)
Zamperla - Wild Mouse (Cedar Point)

 

[Sandman]

1. Intamin: Taron, Phantasialand
2. B&M: Shambhala, PortAventura
3. Vekoma: Colorado Adventure, Phantasialand
4. RMC: Untamed, Walibi Holland*
5. Schwarzkopf: Psyke Underground, Walibi Belgium
5. GCI: Troy, Toverland
6. Mack: Helix, Liseberg

I've ridden many other coasters from other manufacturers, but for me the above are the only ones I would care to rank.

*The only RMC I've done, so I'm rating based on what I've seen overall combined with my limited experience.

I've also factored in the wider impact each manufacturer has had on the industry, the number of notable coasters built, varying ride types on offer and overall quality (personal opinion as well as the general consensus to some extent).

 

[LightningColossus46]

Arrow: X2. Viper is a somewhat close second

B&M: Montu. I like positives, sue me. Intimadator, Mako, and Tatsu rank about 10 spots back for me

CCI: Ghostrider. It's the only CCI I've done, but it's an overall fun and long ride

GCI: Thunderhead. Kentucky Rumbler is a close, and very underrated second

Gravity Group: Mine Blower. Only one I've done, not as intense as people say, but just as rough

PTC: Woodstock Express Carowinds. It's the only one I've done, but has two really great airtime pops

Maurer: RIP Ride rockit. Underrated airtime, Grey out inducing positives, vicous lats, and very smooth

Schwarzkoph: Revolution. It's longer than Scorpion and Monty

Vekoma: Nighthawk. Intense, unique, smooth, overhated. Guardians is really good fun, but not intense

Premier: Ice Breaker. Great airtime almost on the level of an RMC. WCR is a close second due to the length

RMC: Lightningrod. It HAD a launch, and relentless airtime. IG and Colossus come up 1 and 3 spots behind it

Intamin: Velocicoaster. Hagrids is the better overall ride, but VC has a better layout

Mack: Copperhead. Great layout

Gerstluer: Hangtime is fun. That's it, just fun. Actually sort of intense. Light package

Giovinola: barely makes the list, but Goliath

Whoever built Hurler, I'm too lazy to look them up. They are irrelevant

Those are the only true thrill Manufacturers I can come up with.

 

[Trax]

I will skip over manufacturers where I just have a few (or none) credits on major coasters. If they don't offer major coasters, they aren't in the list either:

B/M: Shambala @ Portaventura
GCI: Wodan @ Europa-Park
Gerstlauer: Mystic @ Walibi Rhones - Alpes (Shoutout to Junker at Power Land in Finland, though)
Gravity Group: Wood Express @ Parc Saint-Paul
Intamin: Hyperion @ Energylandia
Mack: Helix @ Liseberg
RMC: Zadra @ Energylandia
Schwarzkopf: Olympia Looping - Barth (preferably with the longer trains used during Oktoberfest)
Vekoma: Lech Coaster @ Legendia

 

[Dan Nguyen]

B&M - Fury 325 @ Carowinds
Intamin - Skyrush @ Hersheypark
GCI - Thunderhead @ Dollywood
RMC - Arie Force One @ Fun Spot Atlanta
Gravity Group - Ravine Flyer 2 @ Waldameer
Mack - Copperhead Strike @ Carowinds
Schwarzkopf - Mindbender @ Six Flags Over Georgia
Vekoma - Expedition Everest @ Disney's Animal Kingdom
Premier - Revenge of the Mummy @ Universal Studios Florida
Arrow - tie Loch Ness Monster @ Busch Gardens Williamsburg and Tennessee Tornado @ Dollywood
Gerstlauer - Mystery Mine @ Dollywood

 

[BobaFett]

Intamin: Taron (Phantasialand)
RMC: Iron Gwazi (Busch Gardens Tampa) or Zadra (Energylandia)
B&M: Mako (SeaWorld Orlando)
Mack: Ride to Happiness (Plopsaland de Panne)
Gerstlauer: Schwur des Kärnan (Hansa Park)
Vekoma: F.L.Y. (Phantasialand)
GCI: Wodan (Europa Park)
CCI: Tornerre 2 Zeus (Parc Asterix)
Premier - Revenge of the Mummy (Universal Studios Florida)

Just like Trax said, I skipped some manufacturers.

 

[JoshC.]

My favourite manufacturer at the moment is Intamin I'd say. I don't really rank manufacturers and can't rank them at the moment. What I'll do, however, is post the highest ranked coaster I have from a large, but not complete, list of manufacturers I've ridden:

Manufacturer	Coaster	Overall Rank
Intamin	Toutatis	1
RMC	Untamed	4
Mack	Helix	6
B&M	Oz'Iris	7
Gerstlauer	Der Schwur des Kärnan	10
Philadelphia Toboggan Coasters	Phoenix	11
GCI	Joris en de Draak	14
Vekoma	Fønix	23
Lisebergbanan	Schwarzkopf	26
Dynamic Attractions	Mission Ferrari	37
abc	K2	39
KumbaK	Vliegende Hollander	43
Maurer	Winjas Fear	26
DH Morgan Manufacturing	Steel Force	64
Soquet	Gaz Express	92
S&S	Joker (SFGAd)	96
Arrow	Runaway Mine Train (SFGAd)	104
Zierer	Polar X-Plorer	126
Gravity Group	Wood Express	141

 

[Will]

OK... so we all know B&M are actually the best manufacturer, but if we go off my spreadsheet - ignoring random manufacturers including British Rail who only appear once. I think my upcoming USA trip should fix the averages.

1. RMC - 8.5, based on 2 coasters, the best of which is Zadra
2. B&M - 7.8, based on 25 coasters, the best of which is Katun
3. GCI - 7.4, based on 7 coasters, the best of which is Wodan
4. Pax - 6.5, based on 2 coasters, the best of which is Wild Train
5. Schwarzkopf - 6.4, based on 11 coasters, the best of which is Psyke Underground
6. Valdemar Lebech (wtf?) - 6.3, based on 3 coasters, the best of which are both called Rutschebahnen
7. Intamin - 6.2 - based on 36 coasters, the best of which is Colossos
8. CCI - 6.0 - based on 5 coasters, the best of which is Tonnere de Zeus
9. Gerstlauer - 5.9 - based on 30 coasters, the best of which is Lynet
10. Charles Paige - 5.7 - based off 3 coasters, the best of which is Grand National

Yeah, doing this off stats is very flawed - Mack and Vekoma both suffering based on how much ****e they've both put their names to - if I carry on scrolling down, Vekoma are actually beaten by Soquet, Maurer and Premier, largely due to SLCs existing.

 

[soleil]

Had not really thought of ranking manufacturers, but here goes...

1	Intamin	Toutatis	Parc Asterix
2	B&M	Swarm	Thorpe Park
3	GCI	Thunderhead	Dollywood
4	CCI	Megafobia	Oakwood
5	Vekoma	Space Mountain	Disneyland Paris
6	Schwarzkopf	Lisebergbanan	Liseberg
7	Arrow	Vampire	Chessington WOA
8	Mack	Helix	Liseberg
9	Gerstlauer	Pegase Express or Mystery Mine	Parc Asterix/Dollywood
10	S&S	DoDonpa	Fuji-Q

9 is difficult as they are very different machines for very different audiences, but both good in their own ways.
Not ridden any RMCs yet, so after September's first visit to Cedar Point...

 

[Hyde]

To have fun with this, I did a quick run of average ranks per manufacturer, top roller coaster per manufacturer, standard deviation of ranks-per-manufacturer (the lower the number, the better, and indicates an overall better ranking of their rides), and number of roller coasters.

The results get weird.

To state the obvious - RMC, B&M, and GCI all made a solid top finish. But S&S? Wellllll as I've only ridden three, quite good coasters of theirs (Steel Curtain, Joker, Powder Keg), it also takes a top ranking.

Intamin meanwhile, whom you'd expect to be a solid competitor, gets a bit bogged down by lower ranked family and kiddie coasters. Arrow and Vekoma too tank, in part because they have a large smattering of family and crap coasters (equal parts).

... At least the rankings are right about Togo.

Manufacturer	Average Rank	Best Rank	Roller Coaster	Standard Deviation of Rank (Lower is Better)	Number of Roller Coasters
RMC	18	1	Steel Vengeance	13.31915913	11
S&S	48.33333333	30	Steel Curtain	27.53785274	3
B&M	79.07692308	13	Fury 325	41.29560873	52
GCI	81.91666667	42	Renegade	40.96663461	12
Knoebels	97	97	Flying Turns	#DIV/0!	1
Intamin	98.84848485	3	VelociCoaster	79.80488754	33
Morgan	120	60	Phantom’s Revenge	42.68489194	4
Gravity Group	121.6	2	Voyage	126.298456	5
L.A. Thompson Scenic Railway Company	142	142	Rutschebanen	#DIV/0!	1
Giovanola	142.5	137	Titan	7.778174593	2
CCI	142.8333333	83	Ghostrider	81.78121219	6
International Amusement Devices	147	147	Colossus	#DIV/0!	1
Vettel	151	151	Thunderbolt	#DIV/0!	1
Premier	153.4666667	91	Tigris	39.22438503	15
Zierer	155	89	Verbolten	84.6238737	6
Dynamic Attractions	168.6666667	159	Space Mountain	10.0166528	3
Chance	169.5	50	Lightning Run	168.9985207	2
Gerstlauer	173.3333333	63	TMNT Shellraiser	63.94789546	12
Philadelphia Toboggan Coasters, Inc.	175.5	18	Phoenix	76.46686745	12
Dinn Corp.	184.5	51	Beast	63.79207295	8
Zamperla	196.7142857	20	Top Thrill 2	78.60176903	7
Schwarzkopf	197.625	98	Mind Bender	46.549321	8
Arrow	197.9411765	9	X2	70.34630406	34
Maurer	213.4	114	Hollywood Rip, Ride, Rockit	63.84982381	5
Vekoma	217.1904762	124	Rock 'n' Roller Coaster	58.53684229	21
William Cobb & Associates	222	222	Judge Roy Scream	#DIV/0!	1
Mack	230.7857143	10	Helix	77.88371862	14
Reverchon	231	231	Exterminator	#DIV/0!	1
	238.3333333	237	Cyclone	1.527525232	3
National Amusement Device Company	241.3333333	239	Blue Streak	2.081665999	3
Opus Group	244	244	High Roller	#DIV/0!	1
Valdemar Lebech	249	249	Rutschebanen	#DIV/0!	1
Dollywood	255.5	255	Blazing Fury	0.7071067812	2
E&F Miler Industries	261.5	247	Wild Chipmunk	20.50609665	2
SBF Visa Group	265.5	265	Tsunami	0.7071067812	2
Roller Coaster Corporation of America	279	279	Son of Beast	#DIV/0!	1
Charlie Mach	285	278	Jack Rabbit	9.899494937	2
Togo	298	298	Big Apple Coaster	#DIV/0!	1