Lamborghini and Ferrari

[nath]

Oh baby the tail lights, niiiice.

The R34 is probably the ugliest of the 3 main skylines you all know about.

What does that mean - like excluding the 70's model etc?

 

[DaGaffer]

annnnnnnd the most hideous front alloys of the year award goes too....

Its a development mule. Don't really see Porsche putting the Cayman on sale with 80's throwback BBS alloys tbh...

 

[Bodhi]

Can't believe we've had 11+ pages of supercars and no-one's brought this up yet. It was the first production car to crack 200mph and remains my favourite supercar of all time.

Still Ferrari's finest hour imo.

 

[Brynn]

Looks more like a toy, than a car you would drive.

 

[Bodhi]

Perhaps cos just about every toy supercar since it came out has been a Ferrari F40. I had about 4 of them when I were a wee nipper.

 

[Doh_boy]

I don't think there's a ferrari or a lambo I like, there's an old masserati that I like but cars of that ilk I don't really get. I'm a new driver so there's no chance or even point in me getting a fast car so it's all a moot point.

I'd sell a few body parts for an Aston or a TVR though.

 

[nath]

You don't like the 360???

 

[DaGaffer]

You don't like the 360???

Ugly. Gallardo's better looking. 430's an improvement though, but Astons are the best looking of all. And here we go again

(NB. Take a look in this week's Autocar at the artists impression of the new Esprit...Oh mama).

 

[nath]

TBH - the 430 looks almost identical to the 360, but both are gorgeous machines. You're right about the Astons though, Vanquish-S is quite possibly the most attractive car ever made.

 

[Doh_boy]

Right looked at the cars mentioned.

the gallardo is pish.

The 360, from what I've seen, is ok. I googled a few pictures and my impression is that the side view looks good but all the rest make it look fairly average.

The 430 looks better, imho, there's a picture of the back which looks mighty nice and there's a picture of the front at an angle that also looks good. but the picture from straight on looks really dodgy.

So I take it back the only ferrari I like is the 430.

 

[nath]

360 430

Seperated at birth?

 

[DaGaffer]

360 430

Seperated at birth?

It's all in the details; the 360 has lots of unresolved lines and the front end dual radiator intake thing is badly done as are the headlights (gives it a sort of shovel nose - too wide and flat), the 430 has fixed this with a more chiselled light treatment (nicked from the enzo) and a much better rear end - once again taken from the enzo. Its just tightened up all round which makes it work better - the angle in the two pics in your link is about the worst angle to show it though; take a look from the rear three-quarters and you'll see it straightaway.

 

[Frizz]

Can't believe we've had 11+ pages of supercars and no-one's brought this up yet. It was the first production car to crack 200mph and remains my favourite supercar of all time.

Still Ferrari's finest hour imo.

Testarossa tbfh.

 

[Tom]

Testarossa - don't make me laugh tbfh.

 

[Frizz]

Oh no, it's only the epitome of the eighties in car design...

(tbfh)

 

[DaGaffer]

Oh no, it's only the epitome of the eighties in car design...

(tbfh)

You say that like its a good thing. Not a great decade for car design (tbfh); and by that I mean styling rather than progress in power/handling etc. (The late eighties/early nineties was the zenith of hot hatch design, but was certainly not a time for good looking sportscars).

*edit* ...and after the sublime looks of the 308/328 and the 512BB, the Testarossa was just fucking hideous.

 

[old.user4556]

too much 'tbfh', tbfh

 

[old.user4556]

(The late eighties/early nineties was the zenith of hot hatch design, but was certainly not a time for good looking sportscars).

Have you heard of a car from the early nineties called a McLaren F1?

 

[DaGaffer]

Have you heard of a car from the early nineties called a McLaren F1?

1993-4 - mid-90s (tbfh )

 

[old.user4556]

lol n00b ffs tbfh mid 90's = '95 tbh,

wtf...

 

[DaGaffer]

lol n00b ffs tbfh mid 90's = '95 tbh,

wtf...

That's the exact mid-nineties, but obviously,[stats pedant] its early 90s =1990-spring 1993, mid 90s = spring 1993-autumn 1996, late 90s =autumn 1996-end 1999[/stats pedant], making the McLaren F1 a mid-nineties car, omg, ffs etc. etc.

 

[Bodhi]

Who cares when the Macca came out? It's not like it looks anywhere near as sexy as the F40. May be a technically better car, I'd take the Fezza over it any day of the week. It just looks so much rawer.



Oh and the Testarossa? Puhlease......it was a wide vulgar beast. It looked mint at the time but it has dated horribly, much like the Countach.

 

[old.user4556]

http://www.pistonheads.com/news/default.asp?storyId=10495

Come on the Aston!

I see the Phantom was at number 3, a car i posted above for it's sheer sex appeal. It got suddenly cooler for me when i saw it in the "drop it like it's hot" video.

 

[Brynn]

New Porsche Cayman

 

[DaGaffer]

New Porsche Cayman

signed up for the mailing list the other day. Really thinking about getting one of these; problem is, I want to see one in the metal (it looks a bit odd from some angles, absolutely gorgeous from others), and if I do that I'll probably have to wait until next year as there's bound to be a waiting list.

 

[Deadmanwalking]

There is a DB9 Parked right outside my house as i type this.

It must be one of the overpaid london wanker (banker) sorts that buy the houses down here as weekend retreats. As the car only turns up thursday-sunday.

Mind you it is RIGHT outside my house. So i'm off to pretend to finish washing it or something.

 

[Skyler]

Oh baby the tail lights, niiiice.




What does that mean - like excluding the 70's model etc?

After spending a while nearby all 3 of the main recent skylines I would now have to say the R33 GT-R is the ugliest of the three main skylines... The R34 looks a little odd in photos though.

F40's are quality, my favourite Ferrari most definitely.