Your Favourite Car

[Haloperidol]

Due to it being the Mettali-car, The 1967 Chevy Impala.

You sir, have excellent taste.

 

[emeraldrafael]

Probably my current car. A 1995 Pontiac Grand Am SE
http://www.carbodykits.com/images/T/1992-1995-Pontiac-Grand-Am-2DR-Razzi-Rear-Air-Dam-98291-112-120.jpg
Bout what mine looks like.

Dream car?
Pontiac 2010 G6
http://imganuncios.mitula.net/2010_pontiac_g6_base_latrobe_pa_92111889328875954.jpg

What?!? I have low expectations and am realistic. and besides, thats a sexy city car.

 

[Tjebbe]

My car. Not because it's particularly beautiful, or fast, but just because it is mine.

 

[MirrorSweep]

Why? It's mine =3

Favorite dream car?
Cannot go wrong with an Audi R8

 

[Aphex Demon]

Murcielago LP670SV

 

[Jonluw]

I've been thinking a bit about this lately. I'm not really content with the answers I have reached, but so far, it's these two:

Spoiler: Ferrari 458 Italia.

*Jizz*

Spoiler: Ferrari 330

 

[Jonluw]

Murcielago LP670SV

Snip

Damn, I forgot about that one. I've always loved the Murcielago, and the LP6 is just so awesome.

 

[brtshstel]

2010 Camaro or the 1979 Corvette (I like the body style)

Corvette is not a car model, just so you know.

How is it not the model? It is a Chevrolet Corvette Sting Ray. Granted, I don't know anything about cars, but huh? Wouldn't Sting Ray be the body type or style?

Well, yes you're right it is a car model, I didn't mean that it was a brand or anything, but you can't just say, I want a Corvette. It's like saying, I want a Lancer. It's too vague.

I suppose the only comparison is going into a store and saying "I want Call of Duty", if all the CoD games came out in the same year.

Does it make sence?

Yes, the Corvette is a model of car. Chevrolet is the "make" and Corvette is the "model." "Stingray" was the nickname of second-generation Corvettes from 1962-67. I'm not even a Corvette fan (don't really like them) and I know that.

And no. It doesn't make sense. It's perfectly acceptable to say "I want a Corvette" because, besides Chevrolet, who makes the Corvette?

The answer to that question is nobody. Unless somebody knows absolutely nothing about cars, you don't have to say "Chevrolet Corvette" because about 99% of anybody in the western world knows who makes them.

The same can be said about Mustangs. Ever near of a Mustang that was not from Ford (Shelby doesn't count because they are an after-market company that retrofits Ford Mustangs)? A non-Toyota Celica? Non-Jaguar XJR? Or to use your example, non-Mitsubishi Lancer?

It's like saying "Going to London." Now, without looking to Wikipedia or trying to sound like a hair-splitting troll, can you tell me any city named London that is not the capital of England? How about a similar formula for New York (that's not the global city and largest city in the United States)? Los Angeles (huge ass city in California and second largest in the US)? Paris? Madrid? Tokyo? Hong Kong? Do you really have to specify what country they are in?

 

[HighFlyer]

I think I'd go with an Aston Martin DB9

And if I land the job I'm hoping to, it won't be entirely out of reach, either.

what would that job be?

on topic: ferrari 458 italia

 

[TheLiham]

Ford Mustang Boss 302.

Fuck yeah....

 

[x EvilErmine x]

...

GT-500 Shelby

This, my god just look at it...it's automotive porn. That and this bad boy would snap knicker elastic at 50 paces.

 

[Singularly Datarific]

Lancia Stratos

 

[number2301]

Too many American cars in here, here's my favourite -

Quite liked by Clarkson as well
And a pic of mine just cause I can

As standard, the best fun you can have with 128hp, and will match a lot of more modern things on the right kind of roads. Not to mention the Group B version

Lancia Stratos

Stunning choice, I'd still rather have the Delta though being a hatch man.

2010 Camaro or the 1979 Corvette (I like the body style)

Corvette is not a car model, just so you know.

How is it not the model? It is a Chevrolet Corvette Sting Ray. Granted, I don't know anything about cars, but huh? Wouldn't Sting Ray be the body type or style?

Well, yes you're right it is a car model, I didn't mean that it was a brand or anything, but you can't just say, I want a Corvette. It's like saying, I want a Lancer. It's too vague.

I suppose the only comparison is going into a store and saying "I want Call of Duty", if all the CoD games came out in the same year.

Does it make sence?

Yes, the Corvette is a model of car. Chevrolet is the "make" and Corvette is the "model." "Stingray" was the nickname of second-generation Corvettes from 1962-67. I'm not even a Corvette fan (don't really like them) and I know that.

And no. It doesn't make sense. It's perfectly acceptable to say "I want a Corvette" because, besides Chevrolet, who makes the Corvette?

The answer to that question is nobody. Unless somebody knows absolutely nothing about cars, you don't have to say "Chevrolet Corvette" because about 99% of anybody in the western world knows who makes them.

The same can be said about Mustangs. Ever near of a Mustang that was not from Ford (Shelby doesn't count because they are an after-market company that retrofits Ford Mustangs)? A non-Toyota Celica? Non-Jaguar XJR? Or to use your example, non-Mitsubishi Lancer?

It's like saying "Going to London." Now, without looking to Wikipedia or trying to sound like a hair-splitting troll, can you tell me any city named London that is not the capital of England? How about a similar formula for New York (that's not the global city and largest city in the United States)? Los Angeles (huge ass city in California and second largest in the US)? Paris? Madrid? Tokyo? Hong Kong? Do you really have to specify what country they are in?

Unless someone thinks you want one of these -

 

[Private Custard]

I was going to slate a few people for choosing tasteless cars as their dreams. Then I looked at my choices.

The Zonda F Roadster CS

And the Dax Rush Haybusa Turbo. just under 1000bhp/tonne and will tear a new arsehole in anything mentioned in this thread so far when placed on the racetrack.

Yeah, most dream cars wouldn't be bought with taste in mind, just the heart. A few, like the Shelby GT500 mentioned earlier will always be classy, no matter how much Nicholas Cage tries to fuck with their image!

Most supercars* made in the last four decades though, have absolutely no class at all!

*Grand Tourers excluded!

 

[JIst00]

I've been thinking a bit about this lately. I'm not really content with the answers I have reached, but so far, it's these two:

Spoiler: Ferrari 458 Italia.

*Jizz*

I most certainly did. =)

 

[s0m3th1ng]

Corvette is not a car model, just so you know.

Really? ....really?

Muscle: 1964 Ford Fairlane Thunderbolt
Modern: Ferrari 599 GTO
Vintage: 1961 Aston Martin DB4 GT Zagato.
Ancient: 1936 Delahaye Type 135 Sport

Lesser cars include a 69' Nissan GTR
73' Mazda RX-3

 

[s0m3th1ng]

GT-500 Shelby

Ew, a GT500 with a plastic bodykit. Heresy good sir, heresy. "Eleanor" in that form, never existed, IT WAS MADE FOR THAT MOVIE. SO you want a stage prop? Good for you.

 

[Wapox]

Any car I own...

for the moment...

Subaru Impreza Outback Sport

 

[loc978]

Yo Escapists. Simple question "What's your favorite car?"

For me it's the mini cooper. Gotta love me a classic.

Oddly enough, I own one (well, it's not a Cooper, but it's a mini, and most people don't know the difference). It's my daily driver most of the time.

As for my favorite, though... a certain world-record breaker for a street-legal dragster from 1967... I have all of the parts picked out for a kit build of one, totaling about $66,000

A man can dream, right?