Awesome Sports car

[scotpens]

Indeed.

The top pic is a Mercury.

That ’48 Buick Streamliner is gorgeous in a kind of cartoony way, but it looks terribly impractical. Shit, the thing must be 20 feet long and it has a tiny cockpit that two people can barely squeeze into.

I prefer the less exaggerated proportions of Harley Earl's Buick Y-Job of ten years earlier:

And the 1956 Buick Centurion is kind of cool:

 

[JonathonWally]

but it looks terribly impractical.

Man-Card REVOKED!!!!


Practicality doesn't belong anywhere near the discussion of cars!

 

[Locutus of Bored]

The top pic is a Mercury.

Ah, thanks. I wasn't sure, but thought it might be a modified Roadmaster.

 

[Canadave]

To be honest, while all the cars posted so far have beautiful lines, they're all a bit gargantuan in scale for my tastes. I prefer something more along these lines:

 

[ares93]

no i'm probably going to be the moron of the week. but this is my favorite car. i loved mine. Rest in peace, old friend.
(Rest in pieces is more accurate though.)
its not particularly fast, powerful or comfortable. but of all the cars i've driven. i dont know how to explain. in this one i felt like i was home...
once i get a hold of a good place i can work i'll buy one and fully restore it. finding a workshop in sweden's most violent city isn't so easy...

Specs:
2.2 L Turbo 145 hp (108 kW)
5-speed manual
Length: 177 in (4496 mm)
Width: 68.5 in (1740 mm)
Top speed: tested 220kph (chipped, 180bhp)

EDIT: Just FYI. Its considered to be the bastard child of Ford US and Mazda Japan...

 

[Roger Wilco]

It looks kind of like a cheap Testarossa knock-off.

 

[ares93]

It looks kind of like a cheap Testarossa knock-off.

i know, but actually its a nissan 200/240/180 S13 knockoff. these ar fantastic cars as well. a friend of mine had one with a 600/700bhp RB26 engine. that one is resting in pieces as well but i had nothing to do with it.

 

[FordSVT]

Specs:
2.2 L Turbo 145 hp (108 kW)
5-speed manual
Length: 177 in (4496 mm)
Width: 68.5 in (1740 mm)
Top speed: tested 220kph (chipped, 180bhp)

EDIT: Just FYI. Its considered to be the bastard child of Ford US and Mazda Japan...

They sold the Probe here, and also the mechanically identical Mazda 626. The second Probe model and the Mazda MX-6 were basically the same car too. It was originally conceived as a fwd replacement forthe Mustang, thank God it didn't.

I like this model better. Had the bullet-proof Mazda V6 that replaced the fussy turbo 4.

 

[John Clark]

They sold the Probe here, and also the mechanically identical Mazda 626. The second Probe model and the Mazda MX-6 were basically the same car too. It was originally conceived as a fwd replacement forthe Mustang, thank God it didn't.

I like this model better. Had the bullet-proof Mazda V6 that replaced the fussy turbo 4.

I have to admit, my Mazda 626 was great too (a 98 UK model) and served me well. I'm also fond of the Mazda RX8.

I'd also like to try some of the big American Muscle cars, but you rarely see them here (though you do see them at Super Car Sunday that they hold on Fathers day in Warwickshire, UK).

If you really don't care about practicality, cars like the Ariel Atom and the Caterhams can be great fun. (They do rides for charity at the aforementioned Super Car Sunday along with various other sports cars)

 

[StarryEyed]

There are several benifits with modern cars,

Such as?

Air bags, seat belts, crumple zones, MP3 players, ect...

Cleaner, more fuel efficient, doesn't rust, better cold starting and idle, ect...

 

[Davros]

Any love for the Dymaxion car?
http://www.washedashore.com/projects/dymax/images/car3.jpg

 

[ares93]

Any love for the Dymaxion car?
http://www.washedashore.com/projects/dymax/images/car3.jpg

only one car i uglier than that one. let me present tata nano:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tata_Nano

 

[Davros]

Any love for the Dymaxion car?
http://www.washedashore.com/projects/dymax/images/car3.jpg

only one car i uglier than that one. let me present tata nano:

In the Dymaxion's defense it was made in the early 1930s.

 

[FordSVT]

Such as?

Air bags, seat belts, crumple zones, MP3 players, ect...

Cleaner, more fuel efficient, doesn't rust, better cold starting and idle, ect...

And faster, better handling, better braking....

Aside from style which is purely subjective, modern cars piss all over cars from "back in the day".

 

[Davros]

Air bags, seat belts, crumple zones, MP3 players, ect...

Cleaner, more fuel efficient, doesn't rust, better cold starting and idle, ect...

And faster, better handling, better braking....

Aside from style which is purely subjective, modern cars piss all over cars from "back in the day".

I know I like driving my 2009 Subaru Forrester more than I did my 1973 AMC Ambassador station wagon, or my 1964 Oldsmobile Super 88.

 

[scotpens]

only one car i uglier than that one. let me present tata nano:

Yeah, but it's CUTE ugly.

 

[Paulcpick]

Such as?

Air bags, seat belts, crumple zones, MP3 players, ect...

Cleaner, more fuel efficient, doesn't rust, better cold starting and idle, ect...

Ask a full size Toyota Tundra owner about that rust stuff...... Not all modern vehicles handle rust well....

 

[StarryEyed]

Air bags, seat belts, crumple zones, MP3 players, ect...

Cleaner, more fuel efficient, doesn't rust, better cold starting and idle, ect...

Ask a full size Toyota Tundra owner about that rust stuff...... Not all modern vehicles handle rust well....

Toyota seems to be in a downward spiral. Still, I suspect your car will do whole lot better than anything built before the nineties.