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Old 25 Feb 2008, 17:17 (Ref:2137691)   #1
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Best/Worst Paint Schemes on a tourer...

Hey all
I saw a similar thread on the V8 supercars part of the site, any theories on the best and also worst liveries ever to appear on a touring car?
Please not too many V8 entries as there is already a thread for this, but any ideas for supertourers, BTC spec, S2000, DTM etc etc?

One of the most boring liveries has to be Clelands 94 entry....just looks like a grey day on wheels....



I have always liked this one though:


I think all works BMWs from then in the BTCC looked great.

Over to you guys, any ideas/opionions.......must be loads of the latter....

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Old 25 Feb 2008, 17:43 (Ref:2137714)   #2
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I like it although others might hate it.
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Old 25 Feb 2008, 18:10 (Ref:2137739)   #3
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I quite like it, its certainly distinctive! And you knew straight away who was behind the wheel......
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Old 25 Feb 2008, 18:13 (Ref:2137744)   #4
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One of my favourites has to be the Peugeot 406 from 1996. So simple, yet elegant.

From www.timlaw.supanet.com/peugeothistory.htm


The 97/98 liveries are a different story however!
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Old 25 Feb 2008, 18:19 (Ref:2137748)   #5
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Again quite nice, very simple as you say, good from marketing perspective as well.
Any hideous ones? Perhaps some of our international contributors could suggest some horrors or beauties from there domestic series!
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Old 25 Feb 2008, 21:20 (Ref:2137877)   #6
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I quite like it, its certainly distinctive! And you knew straight away who was behind the wheel......
Fiona Leggate?
Katherine Legge?
Suzie Stoddart?

No? Do tell
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Old 25 Feb 2008, 21:22 (Ref:2137879)   #7
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One of my favourites has to be the Peugeot 406 from 1996. So simple, yet elegant.

The 97/98 liveries are a different story however!
Yeah, they were wonderful. I saw a 406 being regularly driven around down here done up in the MSD Gold & Green livery. Lovely
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Old 25 Feb 2008, 23:22 (Ref:2137984)   #8
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best touring car ever - and a great livery.

Not the worst, but he must've hated it: Timo Scheider's "Woman" Opel Vectra:
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Old 25 Feb 2008, 23:48 (Ref:2137999)   #9
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I like the Phoenix Aston Martin DBR9 from 06:

Also I liked the BBV C6.R:

One of the worst, I think, was the GLPK C6.R in the first rounds of the 2006 season:
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Old 25 Feb 2008, 23:57 (Ref:2138007)   #10
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Bit of a weird one, but I always found Patrick Watts' 93 Mazda fun to watch - kind of a rhubarb and custard on wheels.

http://www.mazdaxedos6.com/brochures...rick_Watts.jpg

Aiello's DTC Peugeot -actually, most of the Peugeots, looked good
http://www.forocompeticion.com/galer.../10022/341.jpg

Randomly, does anyone remember a Repsol sponsored Nissan Primera racing in Spanish Touring Car in 1995?

You can't beat the Texaco Sierras either and I had a soft spot for the 98 BTCC Primera and Mondeo too

As for the worst, anything red and white because its used everywhere! - actually anything by Vauxhall when they dropped white and yellow.
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Old 26 Feb 2008, 00:27 (Ref:2138021)   #11
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I like the Phoenix Aston Martin DBR9 from 06:

Also I liked the BBV C6.R:

One of the worst, I think, was the GLPK C6.R in the first rounds of the 2006 season:
http://www.fiagt.com/img/showimg.php...ize=3&rnd=true
Your touring cars are very grand
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Old 26 Feb 2008, 01:14 (Ref:2138044)   #12
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lol Hazard i agree, nice liveries for sure.......not rrreeaaallllyyy tourers though!
As for the Watts Mazda.....umm....horses for courses! Certainly striking! Aiellos 406 is a nice looking car though!
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Old 26 Feb 2008, 08:55 (Ref:2138192)   #13
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Aiello's DTC Peugeot -actually, most of the Peugeots, looked good
http://www.forocompeticion.com/galer.../10022/341.jpg
The Hasseroder livery looked good on the Audi TT and A4 DTM cars too.
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Old 26 Feb 2008, 09:00 (Ref:2138199)   #14
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In terms of ugly liveries I would say Seat is off for a bad start this year. Clown car, all it misses is sponsoring from Circus Renz

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Old 26 Feb 2008, 09:12 (Ref:2138209)   #15
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who thought the orange wheels were a good idea on that SEAT?
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Old 26 Feb 2008, 09:59 (Ref:2138238)   #16
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Your touring cars are very grand
I know. I was a little bit fast with reading and I think I have missed it somewhere.
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Old 26 Feb 2008, 11:00 (Ref:2138284)   #17
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Hmm the Orange wheels are an intresting choice.
"Hey, boss, we got some Orange paint left, Repsol say we gotta use the whole tin, where should i put it?"
"the wheels?"
".......................good choice."
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Old 26 Feb 2008, 11:13 (Ref:2138296)   #18
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They're not just orange, they're ORANGE!!! I mean, you'll have purple dots dancing on your eyeballs when those have passed by
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Old 26 Feb 2008, 13:09 (Ref:2138366)   #19
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who thought the orange wheels were a good idea on that SEAT?
the same sort of muppet in black jeans, black polo-neck and thick-framed black specs who ensures there are no visual distinctions among all the cars in a team... whether there are 2 of them or 5 / 6 / 7 / 20...

Great for the 'Family Look', 'brand cohesion' and all that b*llocks...

b*gger all use for fans in grandstands or hapless TV commentators, who'd just LOVE to know which multi-coloured flash just speared into the undergrowth / barriers / car in front of it but who are denied the opportunity because the 'individual signatures' of the cars are only detectable with a scanning electron microscope and then only when stationary in a well-lit pit garage...
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Old 26 Feb 2008, 14:06 (Ref:2138400)   #20
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Hahaha, I smell some frustration there Martin

At least at BMW you can see it from the driving:
- Tight driving / front of the pack: Priaulx
- Clinched with another car / front of the pack: Farfus
- Tight driving / middle of the pack: Muller
- Clinched with another car / middle of the pack: Zanardi
- The one you don't see: Porteiro

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For a great livery:

http://www.stillphotography.co.uk/ga.../mg_9.jpg.html

love that one. Just really MG, and made the car look so cool.

for a crap one:

http://www.stillphotography.co.uk/ga...MG_12.jpg.html

Just really dull. I thought the point was to show people that there were no sponsors, but it didnt improve when sureterm came along.

Sorry, but i dont know how to put pics in this. Or links. Oh I've messed this up.

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the same sort of muppet in black jeans, black polo-neck and thick-framed black specs who ensures there are no visual distinctions among all the cars in a team... whether there are 2 of them or 5 / 6 / 7 / 20...
They've got big numbers on the doors and their names written all over them. And ubernerds might even use the different coloured door mirrors if they get a chance to look. More than we get from F1!
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Worst: Valier car of Thierry Tassin
http://www.bimmer.jp/minicars/mc093_318i.jpg
Best, well, one of them: Alain Cudini AEG Mecedes, 1989 DTM series.
http://www.zandbak.net/classic/89dtm/002.jpg
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Old 27 Feb 2008, 23:26 (Ref:2139724)   #24
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the AEG livery is great . and I think it looked even better on the Sauber C9
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Wiechers' BMWs aren't pretty...
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