Show and tell me all greatest ever cars ever plz!

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This is a field of knowledge I've never really ventured into. Still, the passion connoisseurs show assures me it's worthwhile to get a however shaky grounding in the field. (Like for French perfumes, volcanic eruptions, the history of spamming and Oceanian conifers.) Learn me, dear ILX!

At the age of 37, I still don't drive. Nonetheless I think I can start the thread with a car my parents once owned (before I was born): the VW Karmann-Ghia, which was apparently designed by illustrious Italian designers Ghia, built by illustrious German builders Karmann, and then plonked on top of a VW Beetle chassis. More car pr0n and I'll be eternally obliged!

― The Vintner's Lipogram (OleM), Wednesday, 14 June 2006 22:42 (nineteen years ago)

umm:

http://www.classiccars.de/Oldyrent/plz7/images/71665.jpg

one day. one day.

― grimly fiendish (grimlord), Wednesday, 14 June 2006 22:48 (nineteen years ago)

(i mean. that's not a car. that's audacity on wheels. that's motorised perfection.)

― grimly fiendish (grimlord), Wednesday, 14 June 2006 22:49 (nineteen years ago)

http://www.astonmartins.com/db4_5_6_s/images/am561.jpg

― GILLY'S BAGG'EAR VANCE OF COUPARI (Ex Leon), Wednesday, 14 June 2006 22:50 (nineteen years ago)

My best friend from high school to thread. He's, like, one of THE authorities on Mustangs now. Here he is driving someone else's Cobra:

― The Jazz Guide to Penguins on Compact Disc (Rock Hardy), Wednesday, 14 June 2006 22:55 (nineteen years ago)

my favorite (until i remember the half-dozen others that are also my favorite):
http://tamiya.com/english/products/list/24car_img/24065m.jpg

― oops (Oops), Wednesday, 14 June 2006 22:55 (nineteen years ago)

Hahaa grimly THE TOAD of Citroën! (It is it, isn't it? I've actually been thinking about it recently.) I remember that one from childhood, but then it was quasi-ubiquitous -- yet, it made a Big Impression on me as a 7yo or thereabouts when I noticed (and NO grownups did) that the Outer Front Light (or was it the Inner?) TURNED IN THE SAME DIRECTION AS ITS WHEELS!

What's the actual name of this beast btw?

This is multi-xpost plz give me NAMES for future research peoples! And thanks!

― The Vintner's Lipogram (OleM), Wednesday, 14 June 2006 23:00 (nineteen years ago)

^porsche 959
xpost!

― oops (Oops), Wednesday, 14 June 2006 23:02 (nineteen years ago)

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v240/lunacee/66va.jpg

― luna (luna.c), Wednesday, 14 June 2006 23:04 (nineteen years ago)

'79 Toyota Celica -- they're so awesome, I call it the wolverine. It's like a smushed up muscle car

― tremendoid (tremendoid), Wednesday, 14 June 2006 23:05 (nineteen years ago)

I call it the wolverine. It's like a smushed up muscle car

This is doubly awesome with commentary.

What is that parallellogram, luna? Show AND TELL! :D

― The Vintner's Lipogram (OleM), Wednesday, 14 June 2006 23:07 (nineteen years ago)

I love those early Celicas, except for the 1978 Liftback. That one was butt-ugly.

― The Jazz Guide to Penguins on Compact Disc (Rock Hardy), Wednesday, 14 June 2006 23:13 (nineteen years ago)

http://www.tomstrongman.com/ClassicCars/BillBarker/Images/19seven.jpg

― ken c (ken c), Wednesday, 14 June 2006 23:18 (nineteen years ago)

xxpost it's a rhombus btw

― ken c (ken c), Wednesday, 14 June 2006 23:19 (nineteen years ago)

oh wait no

― ken c (ken c), Wednesday, 14 June 2006 23:20 (nineteen years ago)

http://www.vieux-volants.com/Galerie%20photos/11e%20%20Rallye%20des%20Neiges%2001%2002%202003/Renault%20Alpine%20A110.JPG

― daniel striped tiger (OutDatWay), Wednesday, 14 June 2006 23:21 (nineteen years ago)

http://www.saabclub.fi/gallery/9296/car7/3.jpg

― daniel striped tiger (OutDatWay), Wednesday, 14 June 2006 23:22 (nineteen years ago)

trapezium xxpost

― ken c (ken c), Wednesday, 14 June 2006 23:22 (nineteen years ago)

Oh fuck I'm a mathematician and thus duly SHAMED at parallelogram vs trapezium debacle (I didn't even spell parallelogram properly!).

― The Vintner's Lipogram (OleM), Wednesday, 14 June 2006 23:27 (nineteen years ago)

Now here was a beauty, the Subaru FF-1:

― The Jazz Guide to Penguins on Compact Disc (Rock Hardy), Wednesday, 14 June 2006 23:27 (nineteen years ago)

― The Jazz Guide to Penguins on Compact Disc (Rock Hardy), Wednesday, 14 June 2006 23:28 (nineteen years ago)

http://toni.wordpress.com/files/LanciaStratos4.jpg

Love me some rallycars, obv.

― daniel striped tiger (OutDatWay), Wednesday, 14 June 2006 23:29 (nineteen years ago)

http://www.leica-camera.com/discus_e/messages/11/150505.jpg

― M. White (Miguelito), Wednesday, 14 June 2006 23:33 (nineteen years ago)

Daniel daniel daniel, you image beautifully, but could you throw the noob a clue in plaintext, so that noob does not have to rightclick every picture for clue? What are these creatures?

xpost this comment also goes for me old china m white

― The Vintner's Lipogram (OleM), Wednesday, 14 June 2006 23:35 (nineteen years ago)

http://www7.nationalgeographic.com/ngm/images/flashback/2006/large/0606.jpg

Studebaker was thinking big in 1931. On the field outside the auto company's Indiana proving ground, this wooden model of the President Four Season Roadster served as both advertisement and tourist attraction. More than twice the length of a normal Studebaker, the 11,000-pound (5,000-kilogram) giant could fit 50 people on its running boards and occasionally hosted an orchestra—the 25-piece Studebaker Champions—in its cockpit. But by September 1936, when this photo was published in the Geographic, the oversize roadster was no more. "Studebaker styling had progressed to a point where it no longer bore even a passing resemblance to the big car," says Andrew Beckman, archivist at South Bend's Studebaker National Museum. "In the spring of 1936, the fender was ignited, and in less than half an hour the President was reduced to ashes."

― gear (gear), Wednesday, 14 June 2006 23:35 (nineteen years ago)

1978 special edition gold t-top trans am. DREAMY.

http://img214.imageshack.us/img214/3996/transammy9jr.jpg

― sunny successor (katharine), Wednesday, 14 June 2006 23:41 (nineteen years ago)

My friend has a green '71 cutlass that I think is totally badass.
Looks just like this:

http://www.calcruisingauctions.com/images1/71cut-1.jpg

― deej.. (deej..), Wednesday, 14 June 2006 23:41 (nineteen years ago)

She gets offers for it on a daily basis.

― deej.. (deej..), Wednesday, 14 June 2006 23:42 (nineteen years ago)

http://autosclasicos.espaciolatino.com/archivos/nissan-figaro01.jpg

― jed_ (jed), Wednesday, 14 June 2006 23:45 (nineteen years ago)

She gets offers for it on a daily basis.

you'd be castigated for using certain sequences of words elsewhere, but I BET SHE DOES fnarr!

sunny successor while dreamy that car is also srsly SCARY! It's somewhat like the Mona Lisa, scowling threateningly at you (ie me) whatever angle!

xpost jed_ that's a cutie, what is it?

Erm I think I go sleep now.

― The Vintner's Lipogram (OleM), Wednesday, 14 June 2006 23:51 (nineteen years ago)

http://www.corvaircorsa.com/late/kellvair.jpg

Don't let Ralph Nader talk you out of this one. Some of Chevy's best lines ever.

― jim wentworth (wench), Thursday, 15 June 2006 00:00 (nineteen years ago)

http://www.cffm-fcam.ca/Significant_Treasures/Images/259mine.jpg

1929 Dusenberg Phaeton

― Damn, Atreyu! (x Jeremy), Thursday, 15 June 2006 00:08 (nineteen years ago)

http://www.metroccca.org/GC_Car_055-3red35.JPG

― Damn, Atreyu! (x Jeremy), Thursday, 15 June 2006 00:09 (nineteen years ago)

http://virtualclassiccarshow.rietbergen.com/web-fotos/Mercedes/images/1955%20Mercedes-Benz%20300SL%20Gullwing-rv.jpg

― Super Cub (Debito), Thursday, 15 June 2006 00:11 (nineteen years ago)

^^^ 66 Corvair

― jim wentworth (wench), Thursday, 15 June 2006 00:11 (nineteen years ago)

http://www.coupers-cars.com/_borders/Cars_F2.jpg

And lest we forget the Americans...

ihttp://www.autodirectmarketing.com/10_10/57chevy/1957%20chevy%20mullen%20011.jpg

― Super Cub (Debito), Thursday, 15 June 2006 00:13 (nineteen years ago)

http://www.autogallery.org.ru/k/m/mbo3392.jpg

― Damn, Atreyu! (x Jeremy), Thursday, 15 June 2006 00:15 (nineteen years ago)

http://www.taipeitimes.com/images/2003/06/12/20030611191405.jpeg

― Super Cub (Debito), Thursday, 15 June 2006 00:18 (nineteen years ago)

1968 Mustang GT390 Bullitt
http://i7.photobucket.com/albums/y288/wazoo75/bullitt_mustang.jpg
Me wanty!

Also nice: The Bugatti Type 57SC (I think Mr Burns owns one)
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/98/1937_Bugatti_Type_57SC_Gangloff_Drop_Head_Coupe_profile.jpg/800px-1937_Bugatti_Type_57SC_Gangloff_Drop_Head_Coupe_profile.jpg

Ford GT40
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/8/84/Ford_GT40.jpg

― Rufus 3000 (Mr Noodles), Thursday, 15 June 2006 00:20 (nineteen years ago)

Or maybe its a Bugatti Royale Mr Burns owns: 12.7L inline 8, 4.3m wheel base, 6.4 m overall.
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/a/ab/JeanBugattiandRoyale2.jpg

― Rufus 3000 (Mr Noodles), Thursday, 15 June 2006 00:26 (nineteen years ago)

http://www.lhmopars.com/images/Misc-Valiant_Charger_RightFront.jpg

Chrysler Valiant Charger - quintessential Australian muscle car

http://www.valiant.org/charger.html

― S- (sgh), Thursday, 15 June 2006 00:30 (nineteen years ago)

I'm a big fan of the AMC Eagle --- standard leather interiors.

http://oldcarandtruckpictures.com/AmericanMotors/1984AMCEagle4WDSedan.jpg

― Abbott (Abbott), Thursday, 15 June 2006 00:34 (nineteen years ago)

OleM, the one i posted is a Nissan Figaro.

― jed_ (jed), Thursday, 15 June 2006 00:35 (nineteen years ago)

ihttp://home.hiwaay.net/~tjhiggin/hwystar/hs_side1.jpg
Jensen Interceptor

― stet (stet), Thursday, 15 June 2006 00:46 (nineteen years ago)

Ach shit
http://home.hiwaay.net/~tjhiggin/hwystar/hs_side1.jpg

― stet (stet), Thursday, 15 June 2006 00:46 (nineteen years ago)

i'm torn as to what year stingray to post but i'll choose 1969 for now
http://www.classicsandcustoms.com/list/images/12948_128200513105.jpg

― rrrobyn (rrrobyn), Thursday, 15 June 2006 00:52 (nineteen years ago)

http://www.motorcities.com/media/image/640/00HND311504367B/1990-Ferrari-Testarossa-rosso-corsa-B-640.jpeg

― don weiner (don weiner), Thursday, 15 June 2006 00:56 (nineteen years ago)

although the greatest design EVER is the Porsche 911, obv.

― don weiner (don weiner), Thursday, 15 June 2006 00:59 (nineteen years ago)

ew.

I cosign Rock Hardy

― gabbneb (gabbneb), Thursday, 15 June 2006 01:10 (nineteen years ago)

oops OTM, always loved the 959.

― guns to deal with vodka (haitch), Thursday, 15 June 2006 01:11 (nineteen years ago)

yes the 959 was a masterstroke although not nearly as enduring as the 911 (and let's face it, it was basically a souped up 911.)

that 959 went for $225K in 1987. That's over $380K in today's dollars.

― don weiner (don weiner), Thursday, 15 June 2006 01:28 (nineteen years ago)

lets not forget the Datsun Z-Car series (not the latest edition though). 280Z:

http://www.1motormart.com/gallery/77dat01.jpg

or if you prefer a rotary engine the mazda RX series. Heres an RX2. Cuet!

http://www.lumal.com/crew/km/rx2.jpg

I also love old vans. Don't forget the shag carpet:

― sunny successor (katharine), Thursday, 15 June 2006 03:28 (nineteen years ago)

poo. van again:

http://www.moredesktop.com/Transports/Car/Encyclopedia/197X/1977/1977%20Ford%20Econoline%20E-150%20Chateau%20Sport%20Van%20f3q.jpg

― sunny successor (katharine), Thursday, 15 June 2006 03:29 (nineteen years ago)

http://www.napalm.ch/napalm/users/marx/Musclecars/Dodge%20Charger/dodge%20superbee%206pk%20450bhp.jpg

79? superbee

― kephm (kephm), Thursday, 15 June 2006 03:34 (nineteen years ago)

my fave looking cars are old Volvos, especially the station wagons with the huge back windows. Kinda like this one but I've seen sexier ones....

http://home.milkmandan.org/dev/null/archives/volvo_p1800es.jpg

― Dan Selzer (Dan Selzer), Thursday, 15 June 2006 03:42 (nineteen years ago)

search:

65 dodge dart gt (slant 6!!)

68 baracuda

550porsche spyder

57 chevy bel air (all black and chrome please)

a.m.c.

and um other ilx car threads, esp the yelling things form cars one

― kephm (kephm), Thursday, 15 June 2006 03:42 (nineteen years ago)

http://www.acidlogic.com/graphics/ric_ocasek.gif

― kephm (kephm), Thursday, 15 June 2006 03:47 (nineteen years ago)

Goggomobile. G-O-G-G-O!

(Not the Daart!)

― ESTEBAN BUTTEZ is a GE Money Genie (ESTEBAN BUTTEZ~!!!), Thursday, 15 June 2006 04:15 (nineteen years ago)

Renault Alpine
Saab 96
Lancia Stratos

http://www.mac-emu.net/IMG/Cerbera.jpg

― daniel striped tiger (OutDatWay), Thursday, 15 June 2006 04:41 (nineteen years ago)

1946 Cistalia. Body by Pininfarina. I saw one of these at a car show 20 some years ago and am still in love with it.

http://www.buildingsrus.co.uk/montreal_scrapbook/new_york/moma_motor.jpg

― nickn (nickn), Thursday, 15 June 2006 05:21 (nineteen years ago)

http://z.about.com/d/vintagecars/1/0/a/6/airmsm_zeph.jpg

― Ned T.Rifle (nedtrifle), Thursday, 15 June 2006 06:00 (nineteen years ago)

this thread makes me wish i could drive

http://www.dyna.co.za/cars/1961_Austin_Healey_Sprite_MK2_Red_sf11.jpg

My Dad had two Austin Healey Sprites rotting away in the garage for several years. He managed to salvage the parts from each car and built a brand-new-looking Sprite with all original parts out of both the cars. It's beautiful.

― dog latin (dog latin), Thursday, 15 June 2006 06:39 (nineteen years ago)

xpost
My pic was a Zephyr Mk. I convertible but I also love the Mk.3 - my uncle had one and perhaps my first thrill from being in a car came from sliding around on the carriage seat. This is a Zodiac Mk. III (more or less the same car as the Zephyr)
http://www.classicperformanceford.com/Ford_Zodiac_White_HMM329B/indexDSCF0036.jpg

― Ned T.Rifle (nedtrifle), Thursday, 15 June 2006 07:06 (nineteen years ago)

This was my first car...
http://www.channel4.com/4car/media/classics/austin-allegro/03-large/allegro-f3q-blue.jpg
It went for ever, never needed any work, pulled volvos out of ditches in the lake district. It rocked - right up until the fuel tank fell off.

Of course I yearned for the Vandam Plas with the Quartic steering wheel...
http://www.channel4.com/4car/media/features/2005/crap-cars/03-large/austin-allegro-vp.jpg
...sigh...

― Ned T.Rifle (nedtrifle), Thursday, 15 June 2006 07:19 (nineteen years ago)

http://www.arnolt.com/Bitmaps/410greyfrontleft.jpg

Bristol 410. Nicest-looking of all the V8 model Bristols.

http://www.tatraclub.at/images/HL_87proto/k_87_05.jpg

Tatra model 87. The ultimate statement of '30's futurism!

Also the 2nd gen Chevrolet Corvair, as mentioned above, is lovely clean style design.

― Pashmina (Pashmina), Thursday, 15 June 2006 07:29 (nineteen years ago)

Ha, I nearly bought an Allegro VdP like that one a few years ago! It was light brown, w/a a dark brown vinyl roof, and actually looked cute. It was in good condition too. The owners wanted 400 quid for it, I was all set to buy it, when they decided that 900 quid was a more suitable value, so I passed.

― Pashmina (Pashmina), Thursday, 15 June 2006 07:38 (nineteen years ago)

O YES, THE QUARTIC STEERING WHEEL:

http://www.motoringpicturelibrary.com/docs/74-mplc.jpg

i mean. is it any wonder the british motor industry went down the tubes?

zillions of x-posts: yes, my contribution was the mighty citroen DS, a thing of such great beauty it makes me weep. lots of info on wikipedia.

sunny successor: yes, the seventies-style 280z is a beast, although i think the new ones are pretty neat too.

as i've said elsewhere, i really fancy getting me one of these in the next couple of years. i haven't been so excited by a new car in years.

http://forums.autoweek.com/servlet/JiveServlet/download/13-19189-424617-16170/Alfa%20Romeo%20Brera%20002.jpg

― grimly fiendish (grimlord), Thursday, 15 June 2006 07:40 (nineteen years ago)

(i'm just hoping the residuals are as poor as with the alfa GT, so i can get one at an affordable price.)

― grimly fiendish (grimlord), Thursday, 15 June 2006 07:42 (nineteen years ago)

o yeh: a colleague's niece has just imported a nissan figaro. what a wonderfully bizarre little vehicle! said colleague has seen it in the flesh (although i don't think he's had a go in it) and says it just puts a huge smile on your face.

― grimly fiendish (grimlord), Thursday, 15 June 2006 07:47 (nineteen years ago)

The Brera is a nice-looking machine, for sure.

I also like the Ramond Loewy-designed Studebakers of the late fifties, the golden hawk:

http://oldcarandtruckpictures.com/Studebaker/1957Studebaker-Golden-Hawk-d.jpg

and the avanti: (us equivalent of the scimitar, I think)

http://oldcarandtruckpictures.com/Studebaker/1962_Studebaker_Avanti-red-s.jpg

I would love an avanti with round headlamps (the square headlamps spoil the look of the thing)

Sixties Italian big saloon cars are really cool, especially the Flaminia Berlina:

http://www.viva-lancia.com/specials/flaminia/berlina-foto.jpg

and the maserati quattroporte:

http://www2.uol.com.br/bestcars/carros/outros/maserati_quattroporte_1965.jpg

― Pashmina (Pashmina), Thursday, 15 June 2006 07:53 (nineteen years ago)

I won't have a word said vs.the quartic wheel (nice pic by the way). There are many and more reasons why the british car industry sunk and none of them have to do with a squarish steering wheel.

I can't believe there's no love for a mini here. My second car.
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/4/4b/Mini_cooper.jpg/250px-Mini_cooper.jpg
(that's not me in it by the way - although if I shaved the beard off...)

― Ned T.Rifle (nedtrifle), Thursday, 15 June 2006 07:57 (nineteen years ago)

drool...the Jaguar Roadster
http://www.acclassiccars.com/Borgota/vehicles/51Jaguar.jpg

― Ned T.Rifle (nedtrifle), Thursday, 15 June 2006 08:04 (nineteen years ago)

shit, i forgot this: the rover P6. i don't know much about them, other than i always thought they had a stately elegance. and i LOVE the rear end; the full boot.

http://www.p6club.com/images/newgal/rover3500s_r34_400.jpg

― grimly fiendish (grimlord), Thursday, 15 June 2006 08:17 (nineteen years ago)

http://www.1motormart.com/gallery/65sun01.jpg

The 1966 Sunbeam Tiger. There's a Ford V8 under that bonnet. Oh, baby.

(You'll want to modify the brakes, though, 'cause they don't stop very well. E-type brakes drop in fairly easy.)

― Colin Meeder (Mert), Thursday, 15 June 2006 08:33 (nineteen years ago)

http://www.1motormart.com/gallery/65sun01.jpg

― Colin Meeder (Mert), Thursday, 15 June 2006 08:34 (nineteen years ago)

1968 Morris Minor

http://www.aozj96.dsl.pipex.com/moggy.jpg

Not the greatest but still goes great 40 years on, much like it's owner.

― Billy Dods (Billy Dods), Thursday, 15 June 2006 08:37 (nineteen years ago)

xpost Grimley that was my first car (well, one very similar, the 144, rusty brown, ironically.)

Leather seats, 'Cigar' lighter....

― mark grout (mark grout), Thursday, 15 June 2006 08:45 (nineteen years ago)

ho, the lap of (seventies) luxury!

i used to get a lift to school every day in a minor 1000. lovely car: although it was in that rather dull shade of blue, both inside and out. the black-and-red thing above is far nicer.

― grimly fiendish (grimlord), Thursday, 15 June 2006 09:00 (nineteen years ago)

we also had a Morris 1000, in grey. dad parked it one day, i think in cotswold wildlife farm carpark, and when we came back there was an identical one next to it with an almost identical number plate. spooky.

they keep going because all the parts are easily replaceable. even the body panels are bolted on rather than welded.

(the cute one jed posted way above is a nissan figaro. lots of them around here (ok, 4). i like them. them and those Ka things)

― koogy wonderland (koogs), Thursday, 15 June 2006 09:02 (nineteen years ago)

http://www.robertprice.co.uk/robblog/images/redbullcar.jpg

― ken c (ken c), Thursday, 15 June 2006 09:03 (nineteen years ago)

There's one of those (smart car variation) locally to us.

― mark grout (mark grout), Thursday, 15 June 2006 09:04 (nineteen years ago)

Haha Norm, you beat me to it!

http://www.voitures-d-ingenieurs.com/images/TATRA-T87%201942L.jpg

There's one gleaming on display at the V&A's modernism exhibition! It's hott!

― Crimea River (Mark C), Thursday, 15 June 2006 09:04 (nineteen years ago)

it's like a dolphin!

― ken c (ken c), Thursday, 15 June 2006 09:54 (nineteen years ago)

The best thing about them is when you see one being driven. The engine is aircooled by a bank of belt-driven fans, and they make a noise like a jet plane.

I could have (just) afforded one when I was in pre-split czecho-slovakia years ago. Not now though.

― Pashmina (Pashmina), Thursday, 15 June 2006 10:28 (nineteen years ago)

it's like a dolphin!
-- ken c (pykachu10...) (webmail), Today 5:54 AM. (ken c) (later)

it gang rapes other cars?

― sunny successor (katharine), Thursday, 15 June 2006 11:37 (nineteen years ago)

Porsche 908's

http://www.vicelford.com/store/photo78big.jpg

― laurence kansas (lawrence kansas), Thursday, 15 June 2006 11:56 (nineteen years ago)

My first car, without the optional exploding gas tank:

― Offisa Pump (Rock Hardy), Thursday, 15 June 2006 11:57 (nineteen years ago)

I had a '78 Celica -- a wondeful car. At the time, I was lusting for one of these:

http://www.1motormart.com/gallery/58ah01.jpg

― Colin Meeder (Mert), Thursday, 15 June 2006 12:09 (nineteen years ago)

But now I am a grown man and know that th greatest car ever was this:

http://www.1motormart.com/gallery/69mb01.jpg

― Colin Meeder (Mert), Thursday, 15 June 2006 12:11 (nineteen years ago)

NO MIURA NO CREDIBILITY

http://gekow.net/albums/Kramkiste/P400_Miura_SV_05.sized.jpg

― Stupornaut (natepatrin), Thursday, 15 June 2006 13:40 (nineteen years ago)

Also, the greatest interior option ever:

http://www.carphotos.org/data/500/1972_AMC_Javelin_Cardin.jpg

― Stupornaut (natepatrin), Thursday, 15 June 2006 13:42 (nineteen years ago)

When I was in high school my dad went temporarily insane and bought one of these:

http://classicads.greatoldcars.com/images/1572944.jpg

― laurence kansas (lawrence kansas), Thursday, 15 June 2006 13:55 (nineteen years ago)

http://weblog.bezembinder.nl/466-480/dymaxion-car.jpg

http://www.motorcityconventions.com/motor_city_comic_con/guestsimages/batmobile.jpg

― autovac (autovac), Thursday, 15 June 2006 14:15 (nineteen years ago)

The Lamborghini Gallardo
http://www.autogaleria.pl/fotografie/lamborghini/lamborghini_gallardo_se_2005_01_s.jpg
A thing of beauty.

― Stone Monkey (Stone Monkey), Thursday, 15 June 2006 14:23 (nineteen years ago)

More Germans please...

http://www.cs-zone.com/images/plaatje30cs_mike_kotanian.gif

http://www.bmw2002.co.uk/KB%202002%20Tii%204%20sale.jpg

― LOL Thomas (Chris Barrus), Thursday, 15 June 2006 16:27 (nineteen years ago)

I heart some Buick Rivieras too. Especially the 1965 model

http://www.loti.com/60s_muscle_cars/Buick-Muscle/1965_BUICK_RIVIERA.JPG

and the nutty 1971-1972 boattails (I used to own a 1972 one!)

http://classiccarfair.com/1972buickriviera_lr34_556x325.jpg

― LOL Thomas (Chris Barrus), Thursday, 15 June 2006 16:41 (nineteen years ago)

"We're needed, Mrs. Peel."

http://www.lotusclubholland.nl/afb/elan6.jpg

(Lotus Elan, mid 60s)

― nickn (nickn), Thursday, 15 June 2006 16:46 (nineteen years ago)

http://pix.nofrag.com/43/34/060f26cd83000e3436c672ecb251.jpg
1953 Cadillac Ghia

― Bucky Fullminster (vincent spano), Thursday, 15 June 2006 19:32 (nineteen years ago)

omg that's beautiful

i can't wait until there are electric-solar-wind-foot-powered versions of all these cars so my love of this thread feels less shameful. (okay, i don't really feel all that much shame. but still.)

― rrrobyn (rrrobyn), Thursday, 15 June 2006 19:54 (nineteen years ago)

that the same Ghia of the Karman Ghia? It looks like an older, fancier VW Karman Ghia.

― Dan Selzer (Dan Selzer), Thursday, 15 June 2006 20:14 (nineteen years ago)

http://www.vaultcars.com/59bug/59bugbeauty2.JPG

1959 Beetle

― pj (Henry), Thursday, 15 June 2006 20:32 (nineteen years ago)

lots of them [figaros] around here (ok, 4)

where is "here", koogs? i've not seen one in the flesh and i'd love to.

when i was a small and car-obsessed lad, the lotus elan was my favourite thing EVER.

chris B: those BMWs are exquisite; the CS particularly. someone on my street has a 1980 3-series - black - and it's just an immaculate wee thing. i can't help feeling BMW lost it somewhere in the last few years - although not before they made that weird semi-estate thing the name of which escapes me. gaah. 1990s; mid to late, i think. three doors, VAST hood, looked utterly bizarre, went like a bomb.

― grimly fiendish (grimlord), Thursday, 15 June 2006 21:18 (nineteen years ago)

i can't help feeling BMW lost it somewhere in the last few years - although not before they made that weird semi-estate thing the name of which escapes me. gaah. 1990s; mid to late, i think. three doors, VAST hood, looked utterly bizarre, went like a bomb.

That would be the Z3 M Coupe. I remember one of the early reviews of it (I forget which mag) started off with the line "In the history of this magazine, this is the first car that made the reviewer throw up twice."

http://www.cdi-tuning.de/bilder/bmw-z3-m-coupe-1.jpg

ACHTUNG! GET THE HELL OUT OF MY WAY!

― LOL Thomas (Chris Barrus), Thursday, 15 June 2006 22:00 (nineteen years ago)

I really, really like the new Z4 Coupe that replaced it this year.

http://www.autoweek.nl/images/480/9822422.jpg

― LOL Thomas (Chris Barrus), Thursday, 15 June 2006 22:03 (nineteen years ago)

xpost: THAT'S the one. oh yes. thank you!

http://www.ecojob.jp/2005_060600371.jpg

― grimly fiendish (grimlord), Thursday, 15 June 2006 22:03 (nineteen years ago)

The Z4 Coupe reminds me a lot of this guy, which is another car that definitely belongs on this thread.

http://mclellansautomotive.com/photos/B8809.jpg

― LOL Thomas (Chris Barrus), Thursday, 15 June 2006 22:05 (nineteen years ago)

My fave Lotus is the Europa. Did someone dare Colin Chapman to build the lowest car ever?

ihttp://www.classiccarsmagazine.co.uk/pictures/contributions/000121b/std_1973_lotus_europa_special_twin_cam.jpg

― LOL Thomas (Chris Barrus), Thursday, 15 June 2006 22:09 (nineteen years ago)

grrr... try this

http://mclellansautomotive.com/photos/B13963.jpg

― LOL Thomas (Chris Barrus), Thursday, 15 June 2006 22:11 (nineteen years ago)

Has Toyota ever managed to surpass the 2000 GT?

http://mclellansautomotive.com/photos/B8803.jpg

― LOL Thomas (Chris Barrus), Thursday, 15 June 2006 22:15 (nineteen years ago)

Jim Wentworth, I drove a '62 Corvair wagon in the early '80s, as well as a '65 turbo coupe and a '66 convertible coupe (had a mid-engine police-special engine it for extra scary power, w/ a reversed transaxle).

― Jaq (Jaq), Thursday, 15 June 2006 22:15 (nineteen years ago)

One of these too please...

ihttp://images.forbes.com/images/2002/05/27/feat_sunbeam_340x176.jpg

― LOL Thomas (Chris Barrus), Thursday, 15 June 2006 22:18 (nineteen years ago)

Damnit...

http://www.1motormart.com/gallery/65sun01.jpg

― LOL Thomas (Chris Barrus), Thursday, 15 June 2006 22:18 (nineteen years ago)

hey, we've had that. haven't we?

god, the europa! i remember - again, as a car-obsessed kid - being fascinated by it; it was so WEIRD-looking.

from the back:

http://www.pistonheads.com/lotus/europa/2.jpg

wow. i'd forgotten all about it. must go on a wikipedia spree.

yes, the MGB/GT was a classic - i much prefer it to the midget (that was the name of the soft-top, wasn't it?) actually, it's not dissimilar to my beloved brera!

― grimly fiendish (grimlord), Thursday, 15 June 2006 22:26 (nineteen years ago)

hey!

"In 2006 Lotus plans to start production of a totally new design mid-engined GT coupe called Europa S."

coo!

― grimly fiendish (grimlord), Thursday, 15 June 2006 22:28 (nineteen years ago)

although it seems to be lacking a certain individuality:

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/8/80/Lotus_europa_2006.jpg

― grimly fiendish (grimlord), Thursday, 15 June 2006 22:29 (nineteen years ago)

Looks kinda RX-8ish.

― nickn (nickn), Thursday, 15 June 2006 22:39 (nineteen years ago)

but not quite as sleek!

― grimly fiendish (grimlord), Thursday, 15 June 2006 22:48 (nineteen years ago)

That Ghia is the most beautiful car I've ever seen. I want one. That works.

The Z4 coupe is wearing the future, btw: Metallic matt paint.

― stet (stet), Friday, 16 June 2006 00:30 (nineteen years ago)

Abbott OTM, but I've always liked the AMC Eagle wagons. The bigger tires the better.

http://washington.uwc.edu/depts/compsci/cps139DEf05/kuhnb1299/images/pa6/niceeagle.jpg

I have no idea if these are actually good cars, in fact I suspect they're not, but they look great.

― Dan I. (Dan I.), Friday, 16 June 2006 00:50 (nineteen years ago)

I'm planning ahead for my midlife crisis, wherein I will buy and restore an Eagle wagon.

― Dan I. (Dan I.), Friday, 16 June 2006 00:51 (nineteen years ago)

http://www.madmaxmovies.com/cars/interceptor/images/InterceptorSide.jpg

And fuck the Z4 Coupe. There are enough throbbing phalli on the road already.

― S- (sgh), Friday, 16 June 2006 01:36 (nineteen years ago)

On the AMC tip:
http://www.forum-auto.com/uploads/200505/vgv_1115459292_amc_eagle_rally_2.jpg

Not (quite) a rally car, the Saab 99:
http://www.saabklubben.com/arkiv/99/9909.jpg

― daniel striped tiger (OutDatWay), Friday, 16 June 2006 02:30 (nineteen years ago)

that the same Ghia of the Karman Ghia? It looks like an older, fancier VW Karman Ghia.

Ghia used to be a styling and design house like Pininfarina or Bertone. They got bought by ford and all Ghia is now is a trim level on Mondeos and Focuses.

― Ed (dali), Friday, 16 June 2006 05:19 (nineteen years ago)

And that Ghia Cadillac was, sadly, a one-off showcar.

― Colin Meeder (Mert), Friday, 16 June 2006 06:12 (nineteen years ago)

A 2-off, if the web sites are to be believed. One was owned by Rita Hayworth.

― nickn (nickn), Friday, 16 June 2006 06:14 (nineteen years ago)

Speaking of Bertone, I forgot to post the 1961 Aston Martin / Bertone Jet

http://www.velocetoday.com/images/May%2004/v18.jpg

― LOL Thomas (Chris Barrus), Friday, 16 June 2006 12:40 (nineteen years ago)

I have always wanted one of these:

http://mclellansautomotive.com/photos/B23549.jpg

My grandfather had one when we were small, and I've always loved them.

― accentmonkey (accentmonkey), Friday, 16 June 2006 13:45 (nineteen years ago)

i've always dug the late 70s porsche 928. big-ass V8 engine, and i just love the PHAT round ass-end it has...

http://www.autoweb-france.com/img/va/1978.jpg
http://vikingautobrokers.com/photos/inventory/1984_porsche_928_s/DSCN3970.JPG

some dude even converted one to electric!
http://www.austinev.org/evalbum/img/455/455b.jpg

― Rob Bolton (Rob Bolton), Friday, 16 June 2006 17:13 (nineteen years ago)

http://www.cs-zone.com/images/plaatje30cs_mike_kotanian.gif

BMW 3.0 CS - looking good 35 years later

― dan (dan), Friday, 16 June 2006 17:20 (nineteen years ago)

(sorry about that!)

― dan (dan), Friday, 16 June 2006 17:21 (nineteen years ago)

http://www.automotivearticles.com/uploads/tc3.jpg

future classic

― dan (dan), Friday, 16 June 2006 17:26 (nineteen years ago)

Don't forget the Delorean, stainless steel to the extreme. Of the 8 or 9 thousand made, 6000 are rumoured to still be working. Made in Northern Ireland but only for the North American market.
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/f/f0/De-Lorean-Left-allclosed.JPG/250px-De-Lorean-Left-allclosed.JPG

Prior to the Delorean we had the Canadian made (Saint John, NB) Bricklin.
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/5/5a/Bricklin_SV-1.jpg/658px-Bricklin_SV-1.jpg

― Rufus 3000 (Mr Noodles), Friday, 16 June 2006 18:23 (nineteen years ago)

deloreans are slowwwwww

― oops (Oops), Friday, 16 June 2006 18:47 (nineteen years ago)

Bricklins are slowwwwwwwer. The best thing about the 928 is that they haven't been discovered by collector scum yet and are therefore relatively afforable.

Anyway, I'm horrified that no one's mentioned the Citroen (Maserati) SM yet. Let me rectify that.

http://1motormart.com/gallery/73citr01.jpg

Also, we've had the Sunbeam Tiger (twice even!) but not the Daimler SP250, another British roadster with a big ol' V8:

http://vianney.dewit.free.fr/sp250.JPG

― Colin Meeder (Mert), Friday, 16 June 2006 19:13 (nineteen years ago)

http://photos1.flickr.com/3488192_4d25149a0a.jpg

― Fluffy Bear (Fluffy Bear Hearts Rainbows), Friday, 16 June 2006 19:20 (nineteen years ago)

Best-named car: the Stutz Bearcat:

Plus I remember the TV show "Bearcats" being pretty cool.

― Offisa Pump (Rock Hardy), Friday, 16 June 2006 21:01 (nineteen years ago)

Ian J0hnson got into an accident because of the weinermobile

― lord pooperton (ex machina), Friday, 16 June 2006 21:04 (nineteen years ago)

I don't know much about cars, but I know this thread needs more Panhards!

http://cpaa.no.sapo.pt/cpaa_a-bd_8-panhard.jpg

(24 CT Coach, 1964, if I've correctly interpreted the description at http://cpaa.no.sapo.pt/cpaa_temasbd3.html .)

― Paul in Santa Cruz (Paul in Santa Cruz), Saturday, 17 June 2006 00:34 (nineteen years ago)

the 1996 hyundai accent

http://img155.imageshack.us/img155/7299/hyundai2vg.jpg

oh baby. it's a hyundai accent.

― ath (ath), Saturday, 17 June 2006 02:44 (nineteen years ago)

it also comes in yellow, players

― ath (ath), Saturday, 17 June 2006 02:51 (nineteen years ago)

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