what is the best way to use Html.DropDownListFor when you have a list of objects ?

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In my view model if have a:

  List<Car>

where car has an Id and a name. I want to create a dropdown box using

Html.DropDownListFor()

what is the best way to hook this up as i want to have the value of the item be the Id and the display to be the Name of the Car.

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