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Having owned an XY, I like the Phase Three, though the understated look of the XR and XT are sure winners.
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God, you Aussies make AWFUL motorcars!!
"Pure GT"??!! You really are kidding. THIS is "pure GT". The Aston Martin DB4GT to be precise. *faints* |
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Not a bad looking car but to compare to a proper GT will get you shot on sight down here!Your cars are as good as your cricket team........
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ARE YOU FROM MARS???!!!
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Mmmm....DB4.....mmmm (drool)
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DB4GT ...... That bad they got the Italians to have a go at a body!
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DB4GT looks very Italian doesn't it,just goes to show the Poms can't make pretty cars without plagarising
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Bad luck, mate. The Aston Martin DB4 GTZ as pictured was a limited styling exercise, limited to 19 units, designed and built by Elio Zagato - Italian.
Let's have a quick look at what was being styled and built in Australia in the early 1960s when Zagato was doing his riff on the already lovely DB4 May I present the all-Australian Lightburn Zeta? |
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WOW ...that's got style ,grace ..
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Tim, you're very naughty
In fact, that car justifies the thread title by being thoroughly obscene!! Last edited by Bluebottle; 3 Feb 2003 at 13:12. |
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did that have a V8 in it too?
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this is a real ozzie car from 1959 (and mine) 1959 AP2 Chrysler Royal 313 V8 225HP designed and built in Australia
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Like Tim said, that's the Zagato version above. Stunning.
I'm still adament that this is the most beautiful car Ferrari ever produced - the 612 Can Am. (there's a COLOSSAL V12 lurking in there too!!) |
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Tristan give me a list of cars the Poms produced between 1967 & 1971 & we will compare looks & statistics
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Oops I meant road cars, we will do race cars later if you like
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anyone got a picture of the gorgeous farboud car unveiled at the autosport show?
incredible looking car. |
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Must disagree with Tristan and his choice of Ferrari as being the most beautiful car ever. Not the CanAm Ferrari, but the slightly earlier P4 is IT in my humble opinion.
I thought Bella, if you took a look at the Evo GT1 Porsche, you'd be looking at the Farboud GT. |
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But why the years 1967-1971..... why not early 1960's (including lightweight e-type and early 60's Aston Martin's) to mid 1980's (includes road going versions of Group A and Group B cars)?
As for British cars with Italian bodywork..... why not? Or shall we also disallow aussie cars with US derived V8 engines? Last edited by alfasud; 4 Feb 2003 at 13:32. |
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It's not one of your vintage classics, but what about this beast?
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or the MG X-power SV, the first nice MG...........ever. Or the Bentley Continental GT, the first Bentley with a big engine that's smaller than my house
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or the Bugatti Veyron
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Hang on!! Just because I diss Australian/American cars doesn't mean I think that mass-produced British have ever been anything better than god awful!!
Two words: British Leyland. And yes, the Ferrari P3/4s are.... unreal!! $6,000,000-worth of unreal!! I would literally give my right arm. No, I would!! But on PURE LOOKS, I've got to give it to the 612. I mean, it's automotive perfection. Here's a very handsome modern car, the 147 GTA, equipped with THE Alfa V6, one of the finest production engines in the world. |
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I've never liked the front end of those, great car apart from that!
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Always think it looks like a hawk or summat.
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