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)

^^^ 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)

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)

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)

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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