What are the best of crate items in Mafia Wars?

Answer 1

Crate items constantly change. Each series of crates has a different set of items. In most crates, there are common, uncommon and rare items which can be found, and the rare items usually have the best stats. But 'best' is also relative. There are three categories of items with two different statistics each, so an item can be 'best' in each of six different sets of comparisons.

The current best items are Chevalier Exoskeleton (defence 43 armour) and Executioner Drone (attack 42 vehicle).

The all-time best might well be the Shturmovik, which was available in the Moscow Preview crates and is now a loot drop in Moscow. It has 45 attack which makes it the best armor for attack in the game, aside from job tier completion items.