Best looking car of all time.

[Piemaster]

Sadly, the grille, & head-on front view is reminiscent (not sure who used it first) of the new Fiesta, Focus & Mondeo

Latest generations of Fords, err..'being inspired by' the Astons.

 

[swee'pea99]

Racing car, it has to be the Ferrari P4

I find that a bit OTT...almost like a parody of a Ferrari, everything just taken to excess.

On the 'best of TG' prog that was on last night, they featured this...

.....the hybrid 'La Ferrari' - which seems to me to stay just this side of the line. (And is, moreover, a snip at just £1 million.)

 

[Proto]

I find that a bit OTT...almost like a parody of a Ferrari, everything just taken to excess.


.....the hybrid 'La Ferrari' - which seems to me to stay just this side of the line. (And is, moreover, a snip at just £1 million.)

You'd need more than £1 million for a P4. A lot more.

 

[swee'pea99]

You'd need more than £1 million for a P4. A lot more.

La Ferrari - the value for money option.

 

[Piemaster]

David Woodhouse.

Couldn't think of the guys name earlier.

 

[Proto]

La Ferrari - the value for money option.

Google search revealed that a P4 was bid up to $7.25m but failed to meet reserve.

 

[byegad]

D type Jaguar. Pretty and fast enough to win at Le Mans three times in a row. What more could you want?

 

[mybike]

On the overwhelming majority of cars, they tail-lights don't illuminate with them
So, when it's getting dark, they're lots of Numpties, who are driving about with no rear lighting
As far as they're concerned, they can see a reflection from the vehicle in front , c/o DRL, ergo; the lights are on
(& part of that issue, is that again, a fair few cars instruments are permanently lit)

Most around here think they have to have their headlights on all the time. I totally agree on the permanently lit dashboards. You get little indication that you haven't got your lights on. The whole concept needs a major rethink.

 

[ArDee]

Oh yes, Mk1 RS3100 please

When I was younger, I went out with a girl who lived in Blackheath; "Daddy" was something in the city.
Her parents bought her brother an RS3100 Capri for his 18th birthday.
I must say it was a little faster than my 10 year old Hillman imp.

 

[mybike]

When I was younger, I went out with a girl who lived in Blackheath; "Daddy" was something in the city.
Her parents bought her brother an RS3100 Capri for his 18th birthday.
I must say it was a little faster than my 10 year old Hillman imp.

A colleague who raced his Capri wanted to swap it for my Dolly, I politely declined.

 

[Levo-Lon]

I find that a bit OTT...almost like a parody of a Ferrari, everything just taken to excess.

On the 'best of TG' prog that was on last night, they featured this...

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.....the hybrid 'La Ferrari' - which seems to me to stay just this side of the line. (And is, moreover, a snip at just £1 million.)

you watched TG !!! well well well ,that must heve been hell for you swee pea LOL cool car and could be the winner in this thread for me, in fact Yes thats just gorgeous

 

[swee'pea99]

you watched TG !!! well well well ,that must heve been hell for you swee pea LOL cool car and could be the winner in this thread for me, in fact Yes thats just gorgeous

What's even more amazing...it looks just as amazing from every angle. See for yourself... (sounds sweet too )

 

[Richard A Thackeray]

I'd agree there are times when a little more power is needed - joining fast busy roads from a slipway or from a lay-by can be difficult. But otherwise needing 'to get out of trouble' says to me a lack of anticipation in the first place.
With overtaking, the XK8 performance enables you to utilise smaller gaps in oncoming traffic, with less power it doesn't have to be any more hazardous, you just need bigger gaps and more patience and anticipation to wait for them. The patience bit seems sadly lacking sometimes.

Okay, perhaps 'Get Out Of Trouble' was the wrong phrase, as most overtakes could be done very rapidly (if you selected the gear you wanted, & removed the ever so slight hesitation of the auto-box)

 

[slowmotion]

D type Jaguar. Pretty and fast enough to win at Le Mans three times in a row. What more could you want?

In 1957, five of the six top places were won by D types at Le Man.

 

[Over The Hill]

D type Jaguar. Pretty and fast enough to win at Le Mans three times in a row. What more could you want?

An XK150


I was down in Swanage last week in our caravan and someone on the site had one of these. The caravan looked like it was permanently there so he did not tow with the XK! But his wife put her wet towels on it to dry!!