the best looking car of all?

**awing** · January 8th, 2008 04:01 PM

i cn't stop staring at this car everytime i see it... just really love it!

Bold and ***y!

AM Vantage!

**red07** · January 8th, 2008 04:45 PM

Ford Mustang GT500E Shelby "Eleanor" 1967

For me this is the best looking car of all time.

**niky** · January 8th, 2008 04:53 PM

Love your own:

Nice body-kit as stock... except for the rear wing... that is... impedes vision and doesn't do very much for the aerodynamics... The driver's seat is a wonderful place to sit... classic, simple, white-faced gauges,... italian leather steering wheel, good view out the front... ahhh... who'm I kidding... it's just infatuation...

But seriously, there are quite a few cars that I find truly beautiful... but not just for their aesthetic, but for the fact that they have a personality behind the facade...

Pure, unbridled aggression... it's a gorilla in a business suit... sure, it wasn't the fastest sportscar ever (cue riceboy talk: "hurh, hurh... that's an M3... M3s suck... hurh hurh..."), but the look and the awesome sound of that manic V6 still give me chills whenever an owner pulls up and floors it.

Just beautiful. Even though there are a zillion Beetles still on the road, seeing one in mint condition still gives me pause.... a masterpiece of engineering... (discounting the crazy swing-axles in the rear...)... too bad the new Beetle is all style and little substance.

nice gallery... found the escort here: http://www.epaints.co.uk/Gallery.htm

The original rally rocket. Just looking at one evokes images of tiny little cars going sideways down gravel tracks at over 100 mph. It's one true working-class hero.

**niky** · January 8th, 2008 04:54 PM

Sure, it's a rip-off of the Jaguar E-Type... but it's the first Japanese sportscar to make an impact on the world stage (discounting the Toyota 2000GT, which was expensive and sold in limited numbers)... it's still a good looking car when properly refurbished... personally, I'm just putting this here because I'm a fanboy....

Form following function... this is the car stripped to its bare minimum. Anything less is a track-day special. It's just something else.

And finally, one of the few cars sold today that's guaranteed the status of "future classic":

Yes, it's a common car... but so was the Beetle... and the Mini... but no car built today evokes the classic small car idea better than the Honda Jazz/Fit. In an era of ever-larger wheels and wheel-arches, the Jazz's just-right arches wrap around its 15" wheels perfectly... it's got a tall greenhouse (unlike the mail-slot fashion-victim sloping windscreens in many other cars nowadays) which gives a good view, and it drives like a go-kart. Sure, it's wrong-wheel drive, but so what? It'll still drift on the right corner... and it still holds its head high on the racetrack against more powerful, grippier cars.

How Honda engineers got such a lively chassis past the marketing department is beyond me... but with the new Jazz reported to be softer-tuned, this'll probably be the last of the "old-school" supermini set from Honda...

**stonaski** · January 8th, 2008 05:44 PM

mod, please delete this one.

**stonaski** · January 8th, 2008 05:45 PM

simple lang, yung na-afford ko.
pinakamurang sports car. ''88 chevy vette which i had in 95.
mercedes '97 sl 320 which i try to look at in my garage when ever i can. don't want to drive it in the rain. baka maubos ang clear coat sa ka-po polish, ayun naka talumbong.

**swordsman** · January 8th, 2008 05:49 PM

1969 Mach 1 Mustang Fastback po sa akin.

**Type 100** · January 8th, 2008 06:04 PM

Yes, it's a common car... but so was the Beetle... and the Mini... but no car built today evokes the classic small car idea better than the Honda Jazz/Fit. In an era of ever-larger wheels and wheel-arches, the Jazz's just-right arches wrap around its 15" wheels perfectly... it's got a tall greenhouse (unlike the mail-slot fashion-victim sloping windscreens in many other cars nowadays) which gives a good view, and it drives like a go-kart. Sure, it's wrong-wheel drive, but so what? It'll still drift on the right corner... and it still holds its head high on the racetrack against more powerful, grippier cars.

How Honda engineers got such a lively chassis past the marketing department is beyond me... but with the new Jazz reported to be softer-tuned, this'll probably be the last of the "old-school" supermini set from Honda...

*claps in applause*

I agree with you dude, 100%!

Apart from "wrong-wheel drive," another "wrong" thing with the GD-series Jazz/Fit you might not have noticed:
Like many Audis, its engine is mounted ahead of the axle line, which should mean understeer galore. But because of its very light L-series engines and its firm suspension tuning, the Jazz/Fit just resists and resists understeer at high speeds.

And truth be told, I like the GD Jazz/Fit more than its newer GE brother, whether stock or dressed-up. The first time I laid my eyes on photos of the GD Fit published in Autocar Asean back in December 2001, I was instantly smitten.

Cheers!

**Jun aka Pekto** · January 8th, 2008 06:19 PM

Originally Posted by Type 100

Seems like I was also mistaken. Jacky Chan's ride in "Cannonball Run" was a Subaru GL coupe.

I can't remember the first Cannonball Run. But, I did record Cannonball Run 2 a while back. Jackie Chan's car is an early 80's Starion/Dodge Conquest.