Best looking car ever made

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Sporky said:

The 406 coupe was indeed a nice looking thing.

 

Years back we were on a wine tasting trip in France and one of these was parked up at our hotel.  It had Brit plates and the number plate was R1 OJA :-)

Dominic

Esplendido

Boromedic

Dominic said:

The Quadrafoglio isn't incredible looking .......it's very pleasant looking but just a Giulia with wider arches and deeper spoiler.
It is ,however , a fantastic car that out-engineers ,outdrives and outperforms a lot of really serious Exotica all in a saloon 4 door package of perfect convenience and practical day to day use.It works on the road and track .Would take it over a GT3 anyday.
It has a totally Italian feel and soul and is a magical car .
I've driven many miles in one .....it's superb.

Jealous! I think it's gorgeous though

rze99

Keith Richards 1965 Bentley Continental Flying Spur Sports Saloon, which he dubbed “Blue Lena” in honour of the iconic Jazz crooner Lena Horne

DB1

Haych said:

Has the Beemer Z8 had a mention yet. I think it has rather classy lines for a relatively modern car. 

Lovely - based on the equally lovely, if not lovelier, 507 (below). A dealer friend of mine has one - I think that he paid £5000 to go on the waiting list for one. I thought he was insane to pay (from memory) £90,000 for it. To date, he's £100,000 up on the deal. That's why he's worth £10 million and I'm worth £10, I suppose. C'est la V8, I suppose.

Brize

rze99 said:

Keith Richards 1965 Bentley Continental Flying Spur Sports Saloon, which he dubbed “Blue Lena” in honour of the iconic Jazz crooner Lena Horne

All of those types of Rolls and Bentleys look much better with two doors:

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Haych said:

Has the Beemer Z8 had a mention yet. I think it has rather classy lines for a relatively modern car. 

The Z8 is one of the very few BMWs I really like.  I think they're seriously classy.  I followed one (the only one I've ever seen on the road) a while back on the A428 and I don't know if it had aftermarket pipes on it, but it sounded pretty good too.

I'd have one in a flash but since the asking price these days seems to be between £150k-£200k, that won't be any time soon.  Not a bad ROI on the new price of £86k.

rze99

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Haych said:

Has the Beemer Z8 had a mention yet. I think it has rather classy lines for a relatively modern car. 

Lovely - based on the equally lovely, if not lovelier, 507 (below). A dealer friend of mine has one - I think that he paid £5000 to go on the waiting list for one. I thought he was insane to pay (from memory) £90,000 for it. To date, he's £100,000 up on the deal. That's why he's worth £10 million and I'm worth £10, I suppose. C'est la V8, I suppose.

aye both are beauties

Haych

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Haych said:

Has the Beemer Z8 had a mention yet. I think it has rather classy lines for a relatively modern car. 

The Z8 is one of the very few BMWs I really like.  I think they're seriously classy.  I followed one (the only one I've ever seen on the road) a while back on the A428 and I don't know if it had aftermarket pipes on it, but it sounded pretty good too.

I'd have one in a flash but since the asking price these days seems to be between £150k-£200k, that won't be any time soon.  Not a bad ROI on the new price of £86k.

It has the same 5L V8 as the E39 M5, so probably sounds pretty tasty from the factory. 

Cheapest one I’ve seen for sale recently was £190k!! Most were in the region of £200k - £225k!!  Serious money but still a gorgeous car to behold. 

Oh, and not that it makes any difference, Neil Peart owned one and was quite fond of it. 

Kilgore

rze99 said:

Keith Richards 1965 Bentley Continental Flying Spur Sports Saloon, which he dubbed “Blue Lena” in honour of the iconic Jazz crooner Lena Horne

Apparently, Blue Lena had some sort of "secret compartment". I can't imagine what that could have been used for...

Sporky

There was one of these in the car storage place I used. Much smaller and dantier than they look in pictures, and the interior is very pretty.

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Sporky said:

There was one of these in the car storage place I used. Much smaller and dantier than they look in pictures, and the interior is very pretty.

Sorry @Sporky , I've always thought Spykers are seriously ugly.   Just yeeeeuck!

Sporky

I don't think you need to apologise for not liking it.

Kilgore

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Sporky said:

There was one of these in the car storage place I used. Much smaller and dantier than they look in pictures, and the interior is very pretty.

Sorry @Sporky , I've always thought Spykers are seriously ugly.   Just yeeeeuck!

  Get that bent bonnet fixed and it wouldn't be so bad.

Dominic

Boromedic said:

Dominic said:

The Quadrafoglio isn't incredible looking .......it's very pleasant looking but just a Giulia with wider arches and deeper spoiler.
It is ,however , a fantastic car that out-engineers ,outdrives and outperforms a lot of really serious Exotica all in a saloon 4 door package of perfect convenience and practical day to day use.It works on the road and track .Would take it over a GT3 anyday.
It has a totally Italian feel and soul and is a magical car .
I've driven many miles in one .....it's superb.

Jealous! I think it's gorgeous though

Not mine unfortunately .....but I have borrowed it from the classic car garage here on the farm about a dozen times along with some other beauties .....it has been the best all round car that I have ever driven .

Dominic

Brize said:

rze99 said:

Keith Richards 1965 Bentley Continental Flying Spur Sports Saloon, which he dubbed “Blue Lena” in honour of the iconic Jazz crooner Lena Horne

All of those types of Rolls and Bentleys look much better with two doors:

That is just a fantastic looking thing in Brooklands Green
There is a slightly better looking version called The Chinese Eye on account of the Headlight shape but it's probably overdue for a name change in today's world 

Smellyfingers

Many good looking cars pictured here but of those that are still relatively common or accessible isn't it the original Jaguar XJS?

 If it was a lady it would Kiera Knightley or Lauren Becall. In fact the XJS is thought, amongst the intellegensia, to be a fine magnet for the more discerning birds.

stickyfiddle

Absolutely love the Z8. 

I actually saw two in one day last year (definitely different ones - one was the Alpina) around Stowe in Vermont. Both utterly lovely and great that they're getting used. Main conclusion.. there is A LOT of money in Stowe, VT! 

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I think these were pretty cool too.

LastMantra

Anyone like a veyron? 

I wouldn't mind a wee go of one.