Supercars spotted, some rarities (vol 6)

[Steamer]

P5BNij said:

Steamer said:

HTP99 said:

Did a bit of Googling on that De Tomasa; some angles it looks great, others it looks awful.

Longchamp

Bits of Cortina and Granada going on all over the place.

Basis of the Maserati Kyalami which looks even better.

Now thats much easier on the eye IMHO!

[BlueHave]

ChemicalChaos said:

Not my spot but it had to be shared for rarity value:

That's a parts bin speciale albeit a very rare and valuable one.

[Mezzanine]

PH'er Transmitter Man has/had a Longchamps.

[Voxy]

A couple of Loti..

[Blown2CV]

Voxy said:

can't make up my mind about that... I think it may have been customised to look like a newer version than it is? Those rims are a bit excessive... but i tend to think it is a bit awesome.

[Steamer]

Blown2CV said:

Voxy said:

can't make up my mind about that... I think it may have been customised to look like a newer version than it is? Those rims are a bit excessive... but i tend to think it is a bit awesome.

I know what you are saying.

But I'm wildly guessing that's a '94 S4 model?... possibly just had a refresh and some blingy rims

[AMG Merc]

...and isn't the wing fitted a bit high up the pillar?

[Steamer]

AMG Merc said:

...and isn't the wing fitted a bit high up the pillar?

There are a few styles of rear wing from that era and I can't quite remember which ones relate to which models now.. there was the low one at the base of the boot, a double decker - and this one. It is standard though.

[Vyse]

That should be on the st parking thread.

Voxy said:

Tokyo this afternoon...

[AstonZagato]

Voxy said:

A couple of Loti..

Both of those are itches I'd like to scratch at some stage.

Trouble is, my one Lotus experience (and that of a mate who had an Esprit) was that the Lots Of Trouble Usually Serious moniker was quite apt.

[Scooby P1]

AstonZagato said:

Both of those are itches I'd like to scratch at some stage.

Trouble is, my one Lotus experience (and that of a mate who had an Esprit) was that the Lots Of Trouble Usually Serious moniker was quite apt.

I think it should be a "brace of Loti"!

[Blown2CV]

Steamer said:

Blown2CV said:

Voxy said:

can't make up my mind about that... I think it may have been customised to look like a newer version than it is? Those rims are a bit excessive... but i tend to think it is a bit awesome.

I know what you are saying.

But I'm wildly guessing that's a '94 S4 model?... possibly just had a refresh and some blingy rims

looks a bit more like a 80s version from the side, to me anyway

[McAndy]

AMG Merc said:

...and isn't the wing fitted a bit high up the pillar?

1993-1994 Esprit S4. Returned to the deck (and made wonderfully swoopy!) with the S4S in 1994.

[Europa1]

AstonZagato said:

Voxy said:

A couple of Loti..

Both of those are itches I'd like to scratch at some stage.

Trouble is, my one Lotus experience (and that of a mate who had an Esprit) was that the Lots Of Trouble Usually Serious moniker was quite apt.

I was lucky enough to drive a 2-Eleven when the lovely chaps at Hethel lent one to the Beaujolais Run a few years back. I can highly recommend you give in and scratch away.

[Boydie88]

Voxy said:

Tokyo this afternoon...

The most aesthetically pleasing car in existence?

[Europa1]

Boydie88 said:

Voxy said:

Tokyo this afternoon...

The most aesthetically pleasing car in existence?

Not on the evidence of that photo - the proportions look very wrong.

[Veeayt]

True Gaucho said:

Brings back memories of the Fast & Furious: Tokyo Drift film from when I was a kid!

Oh dear, now I feel zillion years old.

[Boydie88]

Europa1 said:

Not on the evidence of that photo - the proportions look very wrong.

Ha, there was me thinking it looks better at that angle than any I'd seen before. Love how compact it looks (still couldn't fit in the spot, mind!) - would be quite funny if it's a case of the photo being distorted thinking about it.

[Davey S2]

Boydie88 said:

Voxy said:

Tokyo this afternoon...

The most aesthetically pleasing car in existence?

Rear end is too truncated IMO

[giblet]

The 8C spyder is stunning in the flesh. Spent some time drooling over one at HR Owen a few years ago. I recall a magazine taking one on a roadtrip across Italy. They described it as a car in which you can enjoy the good life.