top ten favourite cars

[strat6v]

Ok guys,

Have a good think about this one. List your top ten favourite cars, new, old, passion wagon, exotica plus run of the mill. remember the ones that caught your eye as a youth? Add your thoughts to each one, anything really. :)

[GaryFitz]

For what it is worth here is my personal list. I own some of these.......

GT40 - just sex on wheels, shapely and beutifully proportioned
289 FIA Cobra - timeless beauty with performance to match
92 Integrale - best rally car ever made
Bugatti Type 35B - unbelievable performance car built 80 years ago
2.8 RSR Porsche - best Porker ever made, looks brutish and goes like stink
Stratos Grp4 - the start of a new era in Rallying
Ferrari 250 GTO - great performance car, the best Ferrari
Porsche Spyder 550A RS - great for doing the shopping
Mustang GT350R - an absolute brutal machine, nothing like horse power
Lotus Exiage Cup 240 - miniature super car

[catswhiskers]

Dont know if I can come up with 10 but top of my list has to be:
1, Ferrari Dino 246GT (not the GTS That always looked a bit clumsy)
2, Ferrari 360 Modena (as Gary says, Sex on Wheels)
3, Lancia Stratos Gp4. Probably the most timeless car design ever
4, Ford GT40 (in Gulf Colours though, of course ;) )
5, Fiat X1/9 (if only they had made a V6 version)Baby ferrari in waiting.
6, Ferrari 330P3/P4 What gorgeous curves, flowing lines, typical Italian flair.
7, De Tomaso pantera GT5S Italian design with Ford V8 grunt
8, BMW Z1 Innovation and beauty at its best
9, Porsche 917 short tail. Screaming round Le Mans. Wow what a spectacle
10, Mazda MX5 Everybodys little supercar.

Had some, will unfortunately never have others mind you, isnt it said somewhere that its better to want something than to actually have it? Suppose thats like the only people who say money isnt everything are the ones who've got it. :mad:

Oh well, back to reality. :rolleyes:
Mick

[tryphon]

1. Lancia Stratos
2. Alfa Romeo 33 Stradale
3. Lancia 037
4. Ferrari 412P
5. GT40 MkI
6. Dino 206S
7. Lancia Delta Evo II
8. Ford Escort Cosworth T35
9. Ferrari 288GTO
10. Ferrari 308 Fiberglass

[Swamprat33]

Here is my list, in no particular order.

Lancia Stratos
Lamborghini Miura
Lancia Delta S4
Ford RS200
Alfa Romeo Giulia Sprint GTA (1965)
Lancia Fulvia HF
Alfa Romeo T33
Metro 6r4
Ford Fiesta XR2 - owned 3 as a lad!
DeTomaso Pantera

Tim

[strat6v]

Guess i started this, so here's my choices.

1. Ferrari 250 swb california spider - remember Ferris Buellers day off? :cool:
2. Ferrari Dino 246.- As Mick says, not the spider. I spent over an hour parked outside Nick Cartwrights in Matlock, drooling over an anthracite grey example, one day...........
3. Stratos GP4.- What can i say.
4. Alfa Giulia spider.- all round pretty without a bad line.
5. E type roadster.- customer had one, i couldn't stop looking at that bonnet.
6. Fiat x19.- My wallet is still twitching, next year. Maybe... ;)
7. Toyota Hilux.- awesome vehicle, did you see top gear? Never failed me once. like duracell batteries, went on and on and on, did it get some abuse! :D
8. Healey 3000.- Just think. A quiet lazy sunny afternoon and out for lunch.
9. 427 cobra.- had to make the list!
10. Porsche 944.- well balanced looks. Spent a few late summer nights in country car parks, entertaining! I WANT TO BE YOUNG AGAIN!! :D

[DaveAk]

Here's mine:

1. Lancia Stratos - Group 4
2. Lotus Elan - S4 Coupe
3. Ferrari Dino 246 GT
4. Triumph TR6
5. Lancia Delta Integrale EvoII
6. Ford RS200
7. Lamborghini Muira
8. Lotus Exige S2 (next car) :)
9. Reliant Scimitar GTE (Don't ask why) :confused:
10. Lancia Monte Carlo

[SUSIT]

1. Stratos :)
2. Porsche 911 Turbo
3. Rover SD1 3500 grp A rally car (because I built one) :o
4. Chevette 2300 HSR
5. Viva GT
6. Audi 80 quattro 2.2 1984
7. Audi Ur Quattro
8. Subaru Legacy turbo estate - what a tow car
9. Clan Crusader - my second car
10.Bedford CF 3.5cwt ok not a car but with 150bhp what a service wagon, could'nt afford the petrol these days :(

[rutthenut]

In no particular order

Lancia Stratos Group 4 (square-arched)
Lancia Rally 037
Lancia Delta Integrale Evoluzione
Opel Manta 400
Ford Escort RS1800 Group 4
Ford Mustang GT500
Ford GT40
Ferrari 330 P3
Alfa Romeo Tipo 33
AC Cobra 289 FIA


Almost scary to see as many Fords in that list as Lancias!
But then again, everything on this list is a competition car, and Ford do (did) like Motorsport.

J.R.

[Bernard]

1 Stratos Grp 4 Square arched......... Its got everything ! sight,sound and performance !!!!!!!!!!
2 Ferrari Dino 246GT..... the prettiest ever !
3 Aston Martin Vanquish....... ok so I dream of being James Bond
4 Ford GT40....in Gulf colours
5 Metro 6R4..... soundtrack !
6 Ferrari Daytona fixed head.....Ageless
7 Lamborghini Muira.........fantastic looks
8 Ford Cortina Mk1... with 5 spanners and 2 screwdrivers it all comes apart !
9 Ford Escort RS1800 ..... Eaton Yale colours
10 Austin Healey 3000...for having a beer in the countryside in old ENGLAND !

Now I am off to fill in my Lotto ticket !!

Cheers

Bernard

[mogul_x]

This is tough, because there are literally dozens I wouldn't mind having given the chance.

1. Lancia Stratos
2. Jaguar XJ13
3. Lancia 037
4. Chapparral 2A
5. Tucker 1948
6. Ferrari F40 or 288GTO (Can't decide)

And, betraying my American roots...

7. '65 Chevrolet Corvette
8. '66 Chevrolet Corvair Corsa Turbo (or Yenko Stinger/ Crown Corv-8 conversion)
9. '70 Yenko Deuce (Chevy Nova)
10. '87 Buick GNX

[chris.richard]

Make sure nobody changes their mind from last time!
http://www.stratossupersite.com/forum/showthread.php?t=298&highlight=favourite+car

[mogul_x]

Well, all but one of my old list made it onto this one. :) (Discounting the model year switch on the 'Vette. Same body style, but I must have been in a big-block mood that day.) I did say I'd have a hard time paring the list down. :D

[guy mayers]

I guess one has dropped out of my list since then Chris!
Still there would be:-
Lancia Aurelia B24 Spyder, Jaguar C Type and Ferrari 250 GTO with the Aston DB4GT Zagato topping the list still. I've dropped the Maserati so that leave six!
The Bentley Continental Coupe, what a shape!
Fiat 500 - just an icon!
Stratos Gp4 obviously (although I'd be afraid to use it!)
Lancia Beta HPE - loved that shape and my first was a beauty, last a dog!
Lancia Fulvia HF1600 Zagato - just a shame it wasn't a double-bubble!
Citroen DS with the faired in headlights. Way ahead of it's time.

But I still reserve the right not to buy any of the above when my lottery ticket comes in next weekend. Then again, I may buy them all and more!
Guy

[stratosphere]

Definitely not in any order.
This list is only the current “snapshot” of the mess going around in my head.
This list is constantly changing.

* Stratos –What’s more to say.

* alfa alfetta gt – Stylish car with timeless design

* Chevrolet Impala SS – Nice fast road-eater for the open highways

* alfa 33 Stradale – Stunning unparalleled design

* Ferrari F40 – Brutal, Beautiful “old School” performer

* Shelby Mustang 350 – Best designed American car to date.
Xtra plus because it uses solid rear axle, drum-brakes and iron lump in front and still kicks ass
with contemporary alfas, porks and Ferraris :D

* Ford GT – Best interpretation of the "real world" to date. Fast new “time-capsule” at a “cheap” price.

* Lotus Super 7 – Performance for pocket change money, which embarrasses the “letter-bunch” (S, M, AMG, R, cars) at a track

* Aston Martin DB 7/9 – The most beautiful Coupes to date and the right one to arrive at the casino,
at the birds nest, at the local pizza, at the local mall, a the…

* de Tomaso Pantera – nice mix of nationalities in that one and also Swedish speed record holder ;)

Fiat 500, Lamborghini Miura, Exige, Cobras, F and A Daytonas ………......... help cant decide really :rolleyes:


Note that amongst people who love cars, there are seldom Porks and never SUVs on these kind of lists J

Luigi