I like the DeLorean DMC12, Aston Martin Vanquish, and a certain '58 Plymouth Belvedere. Sorry if that ain't the info you were looking for.
Best- and worst-looking cars...sub-$100K
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Now Pat, you're not playing by the rules. You listed two cars that are in the $150K to $200K range.Behave yourself!
Oops, sorry about that, I got ahead of myself!
Certainly be my vote! (Wish there was a barfing gremlin.)
John
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Best: Lincoln Continental 1961-1965; Ford Thunderbird 1961-1963, 1964-1966; Corvette Sting Ray 1963-1965; Mercedes 280SE coupe/convertible 1966-1970
Worst: Gosh, there are so many . . .
. . . just saw the new Chrysler Sebring sedan for the first time yesterday. What dragon bit off its tail?
Those who would like to have the memory of the AMC Gremlin erased from their brains, please form a line to my left.
And the Honda Element is reputed to be the box the Honda S2000 comes in.
Worst: Gosh, there are so many . . .
. . . just saw the new Chrysler Sebring sedan for the first time yesterday. What dragon bit off its tail?
Those who would like to have the memory of the AMC Gremlin erased from their brains, please form a line to my left.
And the Honda Element is reputed to be the box the Honda S2000 comes in.
There's a lot I like, so I can't really pick my favorite.
Here's a few of the worst IMO:
Scion xB, Toyota Echo, Toyota Yaris Liftback, Pontiac Aztec, VW EuroVan, Chevy Aveo Hatch, current Hyundai Accent 3-dr, current Subbie Impreza Wagon
There are others. There's a few on the list I woulnd't mind owning, but I don't know if I could get over the looks.
Here's a few of the worst IMO:
Scion xB, Toyota Echo, Toyota Yaris Liftback, Pontiac Aztec, VW EuroVan, Chevy Aveo Hatch, current Hyundai Accent 3-dr, current Subbie Impreza Wagon
There are others. There's a few on the list I woulnd't mind owning, but I don't know if I could get over the looks.
Best looking: Ferarri 318 / 328 GTS, 1980 - 1982 Corvette, 1988 Porsche 911 Turbo, 1986 Mercedes SL, 2007 Saturn Sky, ANYTHING from Aston Martin, BMW 635CSi, Ford GT, Infiniti G35 Coupe, Jaguar XJ-S Convertible. Gees, there's more but I'll stop.
Ugliest: Pretty much anything from AMC, Aztek, 90's Skylark, Suzuki X-90, Cadillac SRX, 1st generation Chevy Avalanche, any year Corsica, 1st generation Ford EXP, Honda Element, Honda Insight, 1st generation Tiburon, Oldsmobile Achieva, Scion xB, Toyota Echo
Ugliest: Pretty much anything from AMC, Aztek, 90's Skylark, Suzuki X-90, Cadillac SRX, 1st generation Chevy Avalanche, any year Corsica, 1st generation Ford EXP, Honda Element, Honda Insight, 1st generation Tiburon, Oldsmobile Achieva, Scion xB, Toyota Echo
We're spoiled here in the US and Canada. We're surrounded by many, many decent looking, or outright attractive cars. We rarely, except perhaps in car magazine photos, get to see some of the true monsters, especially those that were squeezed from the bowels of eastern european industry. My personal “favorite ugly cars” are the line of horrifying beasts from Czechoslovakian Tatra. Google “Tatra” and see for yourself. Here's one of the very ugliest:
Form definitely follows function there....uck.
I was thinking more like, " form follows . . . orders from #@$%!"!
(Where, of course "#@$%" = that hot, fiery place where unacceptable, incorporeal entities reside on an extended, long-term basis. . .).
That is bad, indeed, and somehow after looking at Tatras I wound up at the ZIL website. They make mostly trucks now but still sell "high-class cars". This humerous paragraph was pulled from the website:
The representative 7-seater cars with V-eight cylinder engine, with cubic capacity of 7, 68 L, Power equal to 315 h.p., is making 190 km/h maximum.
The soft suspension is hiding the roughness of the road. Automatic 3-step transmission is conductive to tender starting and speeding up of the car. Multi-stage system of noise reduction, the effective sound isolation suppresses all the unwanted sounds in the car. The conditioning system consists of two climate systems with the fresh air intake, two heaters and the conditioner.
Everything in the salon is directed at the comfort and safety for the passengers and the driver.
http://www.amo-zil.ru/zil_eng/10.html
Pretty ugly, by the way.
Pretty ugly, by the way:
They say this weighs 3160 kgs, is that 6952 lbs? Carbureted, but does have disc brakes. ZIL is modern!
They say this weighs 3160 kgs, is that 6952 lbs? Carbureted, but does have disc brakes. ZIL is modern!
It's like I'm having a bad nightmare about the early 1970s. . .
Good lord! Those are hideous! I think I'll take the 1975 Matador, please.
Best looking - Jaguar E-type (early years)
Worst looking - Pontiac Aztec
Worst looking - Pontiac Aztec
An Imola Red 2006 BMW M3 really caught my eye at a dealership, the Porsche 996 is still a beautiful automobile, the E class Mercedes is understated and beautiful and the Mercedes SL, while frighteningly close to the $100,000 limit is gorgeous. Ugly, the Subaru Triblinka, new Jetta, Beetle, and Element and that square Toyota thing.
Best: Audi RS4, E30 M3 lachsilber, E39 M5, E46 M3, 997 GT3 (a tad above $100K), Mazda 3 5-door...just to name a few.
Worst: Aveo, Monte Carlo, Uplander, X3, Scion XB, Element, Aztek, Edge, etc.
Worst: Aveo, Monte Carlo, Uplander, X3, Scion XB, Element, Aztek, Edge, etc.
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