The Best Looking Car of All Time
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Topic: The Best Looking Car of All Time
Posted By: Coasting
Subject: The Best Looking Car of All Time
Date Posted: 08-March-2005 at 06:33
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Ok, let's have your vote! RULES OF ENGAGEMENT!! 1. YOU CAN ONLY NAME ONE CAR and NO CHANGING YOUR MIND AFTERWARDS! 2. NO WIMPING OUT, SUCH AS "I CAN'T DECIDE BETWEEN THIS AND THAT" 3. THE CAR MUST HAVE BEEN A PRODUCTION MODEL, NOT JUST A PROTOTYPE 4. THIS ISN'T JUST A BMW BRAND VOTE - IT IS OPEN TO ALL CARS I'm going to think about my choice for a while before posting. IMPORTANT NOTE: It doesn't matter if it ran like a dog or was only good for 50 miles. It's a vote on the BEST LOOKING CAR only. Not the mechanically best car.
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Posted By: Coasting
Date Posted: 08-March-2005 at 07:47
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Ok, well I've given it considerable thought. After which, my choice is pretty much what I suspected it would be.
The simply sublime Ferrari 250 GTO. Right, over to you. -------------
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Posted By: M2_Harry
Date Posted: 08-March-2005 at 08:08
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Best looking car has to be a lambo miura
Harry ------------- 1975 BMW 2002 Touring - M3 Evo Engine. 1988 E30 325 SE |
Posted By: Doive
Date Posted: 08-March-2005 at 08:20
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I may get ridiculed for this but I don't care. Personal preference.
Magnificent car, standard family hatch turned into a rally winning beast - but this was about looks only. I think it's a great looking car, and as a bonus I could actually afford to own one! I'm expecting disagreements but not caring lalalalala ------------- 1987 BMW 525e Lux Auto (sadly deceased) http://www.getfirefox.com - Get Firefox - Ditch Hopeless Inertnet Exploder http://www.doive.co.uk - www.doive.co.uk 
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Posted By: Coasting
Date Posted: 08-March-2005 at 08:29
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Ferrari 250 GTO, Lamborghini Miura or Vauxhall Chevette. Hmm, well the Miura was the car I debated giving my vote to instead of the 250, but I just prefer the lights arrangement of the 250 so it won the day. People much more expert than I am give the vote to the Miura regularly mind you. It seems to be a popular winner. On the Chevette. Well, its all about looks as they say so Doive is entitled to his choice! Beauty is in the eye of the beholder.....but what I would say to Doive (and it's a serious question that I won't criticise the answer to). Looking at the 3 cars above, do you think the Chevette is a better looking car than the other 2? -------------
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Posted By: M2_Harry
Date Posted: 08-March-2005 at 08:31
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I have a soft spot for the old Hs,Hsr. Would like one very much ------------- 1975 BMW 2002 Touring - M3 Evo Engine. 1988 E30 325 SE |
Posted By: Doive
Date Posted: 08-March-2005 at 08:43
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Perosnal choice Coasting! To quote you: "The best looking car of all time", "Let's have your vote", and "It is open to all cars". I do not find the Miura or 250 particularly eye wateringly beautiful, although I appreciate that some people do. However I do find the Chevette a thing of beauty - I think of the most beautiful car as one I could happily spend a whole day walking around and not get bored of looking at it. My choice is my choice. I personally think the HSR is better looking! ------------- 1987 BMW 525e Lux Auto (sadly deceased) http://www.getfirefox.com - Get Firefox - Ditch Hopeless Inertnet Exploder http://www.doive.co.uk - www.doive.co.uk
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Posted By: Úbermensch
Date Posted: 08-March-2005 at 09:40
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Renault dauphine http://www.geocities.com/MotorCity/1845/daupic6.html - http://www.geocities.com/MotorCity/1845/daupic6.html |
Posted By: Coasting
Date Posted: 08-March-2005 at 09:47
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I wasn't trying to belittle your choice, not at all. I just found it very unusual. Nonetheless, it's your choice and thats that! -------------
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Doive wrote:Posted By: sleeper
Date Posted: 08-March-2005 at 10:25
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you think thats unusual! here is my vote, apologies for the link but good pics were a little hard to come by on my search! http://www.users.globalnet.co.uk/~garycr/2001/napier_railton_november_2001/ - http://www.users.globalnet.co.uk/~garycr/2001/napier_railton _november_2001/ enjoy. (might be stretching point 3 a bit but there were others...ish) ------------- 
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Posted By: kbannon
Date Posted: 08-March-2005 at 10:37
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Im still undecided but I think it is one of the following: AC Cobra http://canadrance.free.fr/html/photos/427cobra66.jpg - http://canadrance.free.fr/html/photos/427cobra66.jpg Sunbeam Tiger http://chbastin.free.fr/archives/2003/2003_lml_%20sunbeam-tiger_1.jpg - http://chbastin.free.fr/archives/2003/2003_lml_%20sunbeam-ti ger_1.jpg Fort GT http://www.bmwcarclubireland.com/gallery/thumbnails.php?album=44 - http://www.bmwcarclubireland.com/gallery/thumbnails.php?albu m=44 & E30 M3 (no pics necessary I presume!) ------------- Current: 2009 E60 520d "Sport" tractor Previous: 1989 E30 320i SE 1997 E39 523i 2003 E39 525i Sport Individual |
Posted By: Coasting
Date Posted: 08-March-2005 at 11:11
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STOP ABUSING YOUR MODERATOR ROLE BY BREAKING THE RULES!!!! ( ONE CAR AND ONLY 1 CAR!!! Now come on Mr Bannon....pick one.....it's hard, but we all have to do it... -------------
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Posted By: Peter Fenwick
Date Posted: 08-March-2005 at 11:40
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Not a very original choice but it has to be the Miura. It is IMO by far and away the best looking car ever. I do think the chevette HSR is a nice car as well though, although if were talking Opels the Manta GTE Coupe is a stunner, and I don't care what anyone says. ------------- Entering an age of Austerity and now driving a Focus Diesel. |
Posted By: Coasting
Date Posted: 08-March-2005 at 11:47
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The Manta GTE Coupe is an interesting choice, because yes they were indeed a nice looking car. Lamborghini Miura is ahead of the rest 2-1 so far then (all the others being on 1!). -------------
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Posted By: bmw1066
Date Posted: 08-March-2005 at 12:57
Chevrolet Corvette has to be thise years    ------------- Mark 735 se 1982 RED BARON A E23 is for life not just for x-mas BMW e34 530 v8 Sport kit Spelling always Bad |
Posted By: billgates e30
Date Posted: 08-March-2005 at 13:03
or one of these
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Posted By: bmw1066
Date Posted: 08-March-2005 at 13:14
 ------------- Mark 735 se 1982 RED BARON A E23 is for life not just for x-mas BMW e34 530 v8 Sport kit Spelling always Bad |
Posted By: grobda
Date Posted: 08-March-2005 at 14:39
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Iso Grifo   |
Posted By: pma1ums
Date Posted: 08-March-2005 at 14:43
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i carnt find a decent pic ...but it has to be the daytona spider for me . iam sure all you will rember miami vice ..black did suit it rather than the classic red.. the car seems to be dated by modern looks etc etc but it just has that heritage and sweeping lines.to carry it through the mists of time ------------- its a dogs world out there |
Posted By: whitey
Date Posted: 08-March-2005 at 14:50
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Ferrari 308 GTS for me. I considered the e24 6 series as well but I had to go 308 I'm afraid. ------------- 2000 e39 523i with full factory sport kit. 1989 e30 325i Convertible 1999 Golf GTI 1.8T |
Posted By: sayerbloke
Date Posted: 08-March-2005 at 14:51
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Choosing only one is just about impossible. But I`ll select the least obvious from my shortlist:
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Posted By: rubberknees50
Date Posted: 08-March-2005 at 17:19
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Very hard, but after watching Fast and Furious, the Nicholas Cage one where he has so many hours to steal a load of cars, and going to NEC classics show, got to be the Shelby Mustang, sorry don't know how to put pics on! No probs with Chevette HSR or the others, there is no one right answer, to personal a question. ------------- IanT E28 528, E23 735 
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Posted By: Coasting
Date Posted: 08-March-2005 at 17:19
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Sayer - Now come on J, get that Kit Car (lol) off here and pick a proper car! Nothing bit standard production...and that one isn't because it has the silly stolen Cylon eye.... -------------
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Posted By: Horsetan
Date Posted: 08-March-2005 at 17:29
NSU Ro80: Vorsprung durch RoTechnik This is the car that predicted in 1967 how most cars would look, 20 to 30 years later.... -------------   
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Posted By: spokey
Date Posted: 08-March-2005 at 17:36
Hmmm ... is that a whiff of Austin...?  ------------- Ciao, Spokey 
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Posted By: Horsetan
Date Posted: 08-March-2005 at 17:38
WHERE????? -------------
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Posted By: whiterider
Date Posted: 08-March-2005 at 20:27
| i like the Rover P6 |
Posted By: Tetleysmooth
Date Posted: 08-March-2005 at 23:49
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The TVR Taimar has got to be up there somewhere. Sorry no photo. Has anybody got a pic of the Taimar they can post? ------------- If you've got it, a lorry brought it. |
Posted By: Coasting
Date Posted: 09-March-2005 at 03:05
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Image search...it's easy.
Posted By: Peter Fenwick
Date Posted: 09-March-2005 at 04:13
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Bloody hell, my screen rfefresh rate is dreadfull on these posts with loads of pics. Page 1 took about 2 minutes to open!! Well beauty certainly is in the eye of the beholder! some weird and wonderful choices. ------------- Entering an age of Austerity and now driving a Focus Diesel. |
Posted By: skull
Date Posted: 09-March-2005 at 10:10
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the AC COBRA or should i say shelby cobra .
sorry no pic cant seem to get it to work. ------------- just a little crazy. My drive E46 M3 COUPE [MAN]CARBON BLACK GREY LEATHER H/K 19"s LED REARS S/B. |
Posted By: billgates e30
Date Posted: 09-March-2005 at 13:36
here you go matey
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Posted By: Coasting
Date Posted: 09-March-2005 at 13:48
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I have a friend who has a superb kit car of one. It has a Range Rover 4.2 V8 in it....and boy does it sound as good as it goes! Dark blue and very very accurate in its detail. He built it from scratch himself - took 4 years. -------------
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Posted By: sayerbloke
Date Posted: 09-March-2005 at 14:22
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OK, couple of things; The Nic Cage film was "Gone in 60 seconds" not "Fast & The Furious". Still, nice choice of car! And any Firebird GTA or Trans AM would do, I just happened to choose a pic of one in a very KITT guise OK, maybe not quite the best looking car ever but I do like them a lot and I`m pretty sure no-one else would have mentioned it if I hadn't, unlike some of my other choices [though not many, if any, of them have been yet]. |
Posted By: skull
Date Posted: 09-March-2005 at 19:03
 cheers chris------------- just a little crazy. My drive E46 M3 COUPE [MAN]CARBON BLACK GREY LEATHER H/K 19"s LED REARS S/B. |
Posted By: rubberknees50
Date Posted: 09-March-2005 at 19:57
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Gone in 60 seconds is the one, remembered it after I posted, that was as well as watching fast & furious, bullitt and many more, not NC in F&F. Had a Supra for a while, bro in law wanted it for F&F project car. ------------- IanT E28 528, E23 735
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Posted By: Andrew Rolland
Date Posted: 10-March-2005 at 03:58
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Best looking car IMO is my E39!
Andrew ------------- Be exclusive and drive a Petrol 5 Series! Current '13 62 F10 535i MSport Auto Previous '04 04 E60 545i SE Auto '03 53 E60 545i SE Auto (Stolen) '98 S E39 523i SE Auto |
Posted By: PaulS
Date Posted: 10-March-2005 at 05:13
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For me it has to be the E-Type jag!! I could drool for days at a time
What a car!! Paul -------------  95 E34 530i V8 Auto Maldives Blue |
Posted By: BMWE34sport
Date Posted: 10-March-2005 at 07:18
Ok IMHO the E34 M5 ....like this ...in fact I was toying with the idea of buying it   ------------- 1991 525 Sport 
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Posted By: 328Coupe
Date Posted: 12-March-2005 at 18:48
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Ferrari 308/328GTB .... erm does that count as two choices? ------------- PM |
Posted By: aussie840
Date Posted: 12-March-2005 at 20:19
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Maserati MC12 I'll have 2 please. |
Posted By: Hiabboy
Date Posted: 13-March-2005 at 18:59
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'71 Plymouth hemi cuda in plum crazy or a 288 GTO decisions ,decisions. I'll go for the 'cuda as a wild card. ------------- Profit is more reasonable than justice. |
Posted By: Rhys
Date Posted: 13-March-2005 at 19:30
What about one of these? 
Nissan Skyline GT-R Z Tune ------------- V reg Rustbucket Merc C220 Cdi estate J Reg Saab 900i 16v '63 Ford Anglia 105e deluxe R reg Honda PC50 moped.. No BMW as yet... |
Posted By: Hiabboy
Date Posted: 13-March-2005 at 19:36
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Granted a very serious chariot , but hardly a styling masterpiece. Vulgar ,i think thats the word i'm looking for, a bit like the people who usually drive them. Any one for some branded sportswear and some 9 carat tom? ------------- Profit is more reasonable than justice. |
Posted By: Rhys
Date Posted: 13-March-2005 at 20:12
What about one of these, a bit of American classic muscle.
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Posted By: Peter Fenwick
Date Posted: 14-March-2005 at 04:08
I like the Nissan skyline, despite what people in the motoring press say about jap styling. The best was the R33, and it looked better as the GTS without all the body kit. ------------- Entering an age of Austerity and now driving a Focus Diesel. |
Posted By: Peter Fenwick
Date Posted: 14-March-2005 at 04:09
Nice, although the dodge charger has to be the best looking American muscle car. ------------- Entering an age of Austerity and now driving a Focus Diesel. |
Posted By: Coasting
Date Posted: 14-March-2005 at 10:58
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I think the Nissan Skyline is one of the most hideous cars I've seen. It is aggressive looking, but best looking? The front is just about bearable, but it's just as well the above photo doesn't show the rear because it's reminiscent of Dawn French in a size 10 G-string. -------------
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Posted By: Rhys
Date Posted: 14-March-2005 at 12:17
..like one of these? 
 There is one buzzing round York, and I have to say it looks very understated, a bit of a 'sleeper'. I quite like it as it's not pretentious and does look nice in white unlike a lot of other cars around.(A lot nicer when you see one in the flesh as it were, I was actually thinking of buying one before I got my 'ti').  another shot of the 'Z-tune', does look very 'manga' like, not everyones cup of tea if you're not into Jap Styling. I prefer the R33 GTS-T as well. ------------- V reg Rustbucket Merc C220 Cdi estate J Reg Saab 900i 16v '63 Ford Anglia 105e deluxe R reg Honda PC50 moped.. No BMW as yet... |
Posted By: Doive
Date Posted: 14-March-2005 at 14:43
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The problem for me is that those cars aren't 'styled' as they were 30
or 40 years ago. On cars like the Triumph 2500 mk1 or mk2 you could see
the overall styling package, for me still one of the best looking
saloons of all time. The SD1 was such a cohesive car in it's day,
managing to look like italian supercars (ok, if you had a few whiskies
and squinted) and also be an executive car. Superb styling. Not a big fan of cars like the Skyline or the Impreza, they are all designed to be as mean and purposeful as possible. I mean, if a girl walked up to you in a pub frowning and snarling I'm guessing you wouldn't descibe her as beautiful?! Cars like the Miura all have flowing organic lines, and the E-type is simply stunning - designs like that will always be described as beautiful. I stand by the HSR though  ------------- 1987 BMW 525e Lux Auto (sadly deceased) http://www.getfirefox.com - Get Firefox - Ditch Hopeless Inertnet Exploder http://www.doive.co.uk - www.doive.co.uk
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Posted By: bmw2002
Date Posted: 14-March-2005 at 15:05
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There's only one & it's a Bugatti Atlantik 57SC
http://www.bugattipage.com/voitures/bugatti/t57scat4.jpg Sexy on Wheels. http://www.bugattipage.com/voitures/bugatti/t57scat4.jpg - http://www.bugattipage.com/voitures/bugatti/t57scat4.jpg ------------- www.bmw2002.co.uk o==00==o |
Posted By: Horsetan
Date Posted: 14-March-2005 at 15:46
It's still better than a Nissan Micra..... -------------
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Posted By: Peter Fenwick
Date Posted: 15-March-2005 at 02:59
Compared to the Alfa SZ the skyline is a beauty!
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Posted By: Peter Fenwick
Date Posted: 15-March-2005 at 03:02
That's the one. OK I know it isn't the best looking car of all time but I still like it. It's the simplicity of the design that I like. It's not fussy and pretentious like some many other cars. Doive, I don't want to drive a pretty car. I like my women pretty and my cars to look aggresive and purposeful. ------------- Entering an age of Austerity and now driving a Focus Diesel. |