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Must be, company car apart I am a complete aircooled fan and drive and old beetle, which is my pride and joy. Come to think I am suprised no one has mentioned the 356 speedster or the type 34 ghia razoredge (a potential next buy). Apart from that it's nice to be in the company of people with good taste in motors, some nice cars mentioned in this thread. |
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Yes, the 250 GT Lusso is indeed a beauty. Some months ago for my own pleasure I made a list of what I thought were the most beautiful cars. I probably wouldn't change it much and paste the first 20 below:-
1962 Ferrari 250 GTO 1961 Jaguar E-Type FHC 2003 Aston DB 7 GT 1961 Aston DB4 GT Zag. 1966 Jaguar XJ 13 2003 TVR T350C 1955 Aston DB3S Coupe 1971 Ferrari 365 GTC4 1946 Delahaye 145 (Chapron Coupe)) 1938 Alfa 2900B Lungo 2005 Aston V8 Vantage 1937 Bugatti T57 SC Atlantic 1938 Talbot Lago 23 CV (Saoutchik Coupe) 2003 Nissan 350C 1947 Healey Elliot Saloon 1936 Aston MkII Saloon 1963 Ferrari 250 GT Lusso |
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A few 'blimey's in there John ... cough!
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Heres another favourite that hasn't cropped up: -
The Ford GT40. I also have a soft spot for the Porsche 917 Lancia Stratos |
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Citroen DS Decapotable by Chapron
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Agree DS are nice but prefer the Detomaso MANGUSTA
OTHER MANGUSTA Any American cars out there that warrant the tag beautiful? |
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Il Leone - definitely agree on the Mangusta, I saw one in the flesh for the first (& only) time this year and it wasn't until I got over the surprise that I realised there was another Mangusta beside it! With ~400 built you can imagine how many there are in Australia.
Beautiful American cars - some I would nominate as beautiful although not "the" most beautiful are Buick Riviera C2 Corvette roadster (especially in a light-coloured metallic paint) The Sting Ray coupe version wasn't bad either! Studebaker Golden Hawk |
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Absolutely no criticism intended John, but I wouldn't aspire to the TVR, Nissan, 05 Aston or Healey Tickford. The Zagato Aston and Bugatti are to die for methinks.
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There were several different bodies on the Healey chassis, most of them less than attractive. Just for clarification, the Healey, I listed was not the Tickford version but the Elliot bodied saloon, and very specifically the version where the headlamps had been moved to the more coventional place in the front wings. Actually, I was wrong about when I made my list, it was back in 2003, when the V8 vantage had just been announced (I think then it may even have been referred to as the DB8), and the Nissan actually became the 350Z, so I would probably make one or two changes, now. However, just to be contentious, I'll now add nos 21-40 on my list! 1999 TVR Tuscan 6 1989 Porsce 944 S2 1990 BMW 850 CSI 1966 Toyota 2000 GT (coupe) 1937 Bugatti T57 SC Corsica 1961 Aston DB4 GT 1957 AC Aceca 1964 Porsche 904 GTS 1934 Hillman 9hp Aero Minx Streamline Saloon 1935 Hispano-Suiza V12 (Saoutchik) 1932 Bugatti T55 Coupe 1961 Alfa Romeo Guilietta SZ Zagato 1965 Ginetta G10 Coupe 1947 Bristol 400 1959 BMW 507 Hardtop 1950 Frazer Nash Mille Miglia 1967 WSM MGB GT 1937 Talbot Lago T150C Super Sport (Figoni & Falaschi) 1994 Mazda Xedos 6 I know everyone will look askance at the last one, but I was trying to get away from the classics and pick what I thought was the best looking of the more recent 3 box saloons. The smooth clean, well proportioned lines of the Xedos 6 were an attractive contrast to other offerings (e.g Mondeo) of the time. |
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I am a little biased but I would say the Ferrari Dino.
Also the Muira. Going back further would be the Maserati 300S and Aston DBR1. In the modern era the DB9 is beautiful |
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To name something very recent, I really, really like the maserati birdcage 75th concept
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26 Aug 2005, 13:08 (Ref:1391823) | #44 | ||
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I do believe this is the car you're looking for...
(although I do also like... 250GTO Bugatti Atlantique Porsche 904) |
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Jolly nice. I'd love a 635. Reminds me of my baptism in early 80's - Stuck / Quester / Winklehock / Kelleners / Vojtech etc... Lucky man |
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I, too, am fortunate to own an old 6 series, and it is the M version. Lovely car, great driving machine, incredibly quick for a 20 year old but amazingly frugal when cruising, considering its 286bhp. Not sure where I'd put it in the beauty stakes though. I think the earlier CS and CSI coupes were better looking. |
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