Midlands Exciting Cars Spotted

[Number 5]

Sharky86 said:

On the way back from work spotted an '08 Saab 93 Turbo X next to the Leicester Mercury...never saw one before or even heard of one but a quick Google search says it has 276bhp when new and came with a V6, although the wheels rang a bell...very cool sleeper car essentially

Edited by Sharky86 on Thursday 3rd April 22:24

Was it a red one?

[scarble]

Neat cars them things.
AWD on them is a bit on the fancypants side too.
Haldex system which was pretty cutting edge at the time, Saab and Haldex being besties they got the new toys first.

[StuB]

400SE Dave said:

911 Turbo (996) - Reg ** BAY on the A1 near Newark this morning.

Had a PH sticker under the reg plate

That was me on my way down South, in a bit of a hurry as I was delayed getting away from Hull. Has an even quicker run north from Gatwick starting at 7pm.

Only my 2nd spotted in 10 years. Seal Grey is very stealthy.

[Sharky86]

Number 5 said:

Sharky86 said:

On the way back from work spotted an '08 Saab 93 Turbo X next to the Leicester Mercury...never saw one before or even heard of one but a quick Google search says it has 276bhp when new and came with a V6, although the wheels rang a bell...very cool sleeper car essentially

Edited by Sharky86 on Thursday 3rd April 22:24

Was it a red one?

It was a black one...the exhausts/rear lower skirt got my attention first and I then looked closely at the badges as I rolled to the queue at the traffic lights.

ETA: Cheers for the extra info Scarble!

Edited by Sharky86 on Friday 4th April 20:06

Edited by Sharky86 on Friday 4th April 20:07

[Number 5]

I spotted a red one on Wednesday on the M69 it was the first one I'd ever seen, I had to google it to find out what it was!

[Stewiegriffin]

On weds I saw a green xj220 with gold wheels on a transporter on M40. On Friday I saw a yellow P1 on the M42 (2pm ish)

[Gompo]

Yellow Gallardo in Retford this morning, sounding good.

[scarble]

Sharky86 said:

It was a black one...the exhausts/rear lower skirt got my attention first and I then looked closely at the badges as I rolled to the queue at the traffic lights.
ETA: Cheers for the extra info Scarble!

It might be BS, just heard it somewhere
But iirc around when it was launched they did some videos showing it off doing a slalom.
There was some claim it could do it faster than a Ferrari or something
Heck of a sleeper mind. Big heavy turbo cars aren't really my thing but these are pretty awesome.
I wonder what the spares situation is these days?

oh and I think they only came in black.. so not sure about this red one.

Anyone know the real figures for these?
Autotrader turns up.. a 2.8 V6 "XWD" auto estate, 8s to 60, a Turbo-X saloon, auto, 6.8 to 60 and a Turbo-X manual 5.4 to 60.
All 280hp.
Auto boxes are s**t but they're not that s**t.

I think if I had one, I'd put a roof rack on it and maybe kiddy shades.

Edited by scarble on Sunday 6th April 18:52

[Fun Bus]

I saw my first BMW i3 at Castle Marina retail park today, in white. I bloody love them, look great.

[Zyp]

I saw a black i3 driving away from Sytners last Monday.

Looks a quirky little thing.

[RossP]

I see an i3 every day... Love it!

[Number 5]

scarble said:

Sharky86 said:

It was a black one...the exhausts/rear lower skirt got my attention first and I then looked closely at the badges as I rolled to the queue at the traffic lights.
ETA: Cheers for the extra info Scarble!

It might be BS, just heard it somewhere
But iirc around when it was launched they did some videos showing it off doing a slalom.
There was some claim it could do it faster than a Ferrari or something
Heck of a sleeper mind. Big heavy turbo cars aren't really my thing but these are pretty awesome.
I wonder what the spares situation is these days?

oh and I think they only came in black.. so not sure about this red one.

Anyone know the real figures for these?
Autotrader turns up.. a 2.8 V6 "XWD" auto estate, 8s to 60, a Turbo-X saloon, auto, 6.8 to 60 and a Turbo-X manual 5.4 to 60.
All 280hp.
Auto boxes are s**t but they're not that s**t.

I think if I had one, I'd put a roof rack on it and maybe kiddy shades.

Edited by scarble on Sunday 6th April 18:52

Like I said I had to google the red Saab that I seen and i narrowed it down to a Turbo X I could be wrong and I stand to be corrected as the man said in the orthopaedic shoes.

Here is a googled image of what I seen:

[TorqueR]

A nice Subaru BRZ at Chesterfield Sainsbury's this afternoon.

[Sharky86]

Yesterday spotted an S63 AMG (the model before it had colour coded strips in the rear lights) on London Road near the train station. Today spotted a stunning old white Mercedes-Benz coupe (maybe a 1960's~ish 250SE?) in Birstall before 8:30am which implies it could've been used to go to work, which is pretty cool in itself! And a white Lambo Gallardo (probably a 2012 model) in the same area on the way back from work too

Edited to correct typos

Edited by Sharky86 on Tuesday 8th April 22:35

[TorqueR]

Aston Martin DBS Volante - Heading out of Barlow towards Sheffield. 5:45pm.

Lotus Esprit - A yellow example just outside Hathersage. Saw it twice.

[SammyW]

Spotted a very subtle silver 6.0 W12 Phaeton on the A46 going into Coventry on Thursday morning.

[TorqueR]

Spotted at the Shell garage in Heath, Chesterfield this afternoon.

[mab1]

Ultima (356Speedster maybe?) and a couple of Caterhams at Oakenshaw McDonalds roundabout about 8am yesterday morning, en route to Sunday Service? I passed in the TVR as you were waiting to pull out.

ETA: also spotted a very nice looking Corvette C6 Z06 on the M6/M42, crossed over a lanes width of hatch markings to join the M42 100 yards early kicking up an enormous dust cloud

Edited by mab1 on Monday 14th April 17:16

Edited by mab1 on Monday 14th April 17:19

[mab1]

Ultima (356Speedster maybe?) and a couple of Caterhams at Oakenshaw McDonalds roundabout about 8am yesterday morning, en route to Sunday Service? I passed in the TVR as you were waiting to pull out.

ETA: also spotted a very nice looking Corvette C6 Z06 on the M6/M42, crossed over a lanes width of hatch markings to join the M42 100 yards early kicking up an enormous dust cloud

Edited by mab1 on Monday 14th April 17:16

Edited by mab1 on Monday 14th April 17:19

[RobTVR.]

Just to add to the discussion on BMW i3's, i saw a silver one a couple of weeks ago just outside Warwick. I only caught a quick glimpse but it looked pretty cool.