Best "Worst" Kit Cars

[kambites]

rodericb said:

There is this one which looks like it is trying to emulate various Ferraris all at once

Only the vomit-inducing recent Ferraris and it doesn't do it very well - it's not nearly ugly enough.

[Limpet]

SteveSteveson said:

Aston Martin Rapide

The new Mondeo is a great looking car IMHO.

[ajprice]

Suzuki F40

[Europa1]

rodericb said:

There is this one which looks like it is trying to emulate various Ferraris all at once

I think the web address of the photo sums up why you don't appear to like it "lotuscars.com/itsnotforyou/img/pic2.jpg"

Did you come home one day and find a Lotus doing your wife?

[Corpulent Tosser]

xRIEx said:

I saw the thread title and thought of this:

I would have that and compared to the "ferrari" in the OP it is positively stunning, I do have a soft spot for Sylvas though.

[soad]

xRIEx said:

vx220 said:

xRIEx said:

I saw the thread title and thought of this:

Compare it to a similar period Dutton Phaeton (or Dutton Phutton as my mate at school insisted on calling it...) and you'll see it's actually a looker!

At least the Sylva had a great chassis, forerunner to the Striker etc

Thank you! I was trying to remember what it was called, that was the actual one I was thinking of!

What's that supposed to be? Westfield SEight?

[xRIEx]

soad said:

xRIEx said:

vx220 said:

xRIEx said:

I saw the thread title and thought of this:

Compare it to a similar period Dutton Phaeton (or Dutton Phutton as my mate at school insisted on calling it...) and you'll see it's actually a looker!

At least the Sylva had a great chassis, forerunner to the Striker etc

Thank you! I was trying to remember what it was called, that was the actual one I was thinking of!

What's that supposed to be? Westfield SEight?

That's a Sylva Star.

The Dutton Phaeton I was thinking of looks like this:

[xRIEx]

Corpulent Tosser said:

I would have that and compared to the "ferrari" in the OP it is positively stunning, I do have a soft spot for Sylvas though.

I'm a fan of Sylvas, the Fury, Stylus and J15 are all lovely cars and Jeremy Phillips' chassis have done very well in race series.

[vx220]

soad said:

xRIEx said:

vx220 said:

xRIEx said:

I saw the thread title and thought of this:

Compare it to a similar period Dutton Phaeton (or Dutton Phutton as my mate at school insisted on calling it...) and you'll see it's actually a looker!

At least the Sylva had a great chassis, forerunner to the Striker etc

Thank you! I was trying to remember what it was called, that was the actual one I was thinking of!

What's that supposed to be? Westfield SEight?

A Westfield SEight looks like any other widebody Westy, just with extra exhaust and either a bonnet bulge or a hole with some airliners through it!

[poing]

dom9 said:

http://www.widowsportscars.co.uk/

I think that's a cracking looking thing!

I love the gallery on that web site, surely for a sales site you want to have a gallery of perfect looking cars? Not on that on, it's a badly half finished project, hell it even has writing on the inside of fibreglass targa top. It's not entirely confidence inspiring.

[Fartgalen]

crmcatee said:

doogz said:

Pedant point, what's a front engine got to do with anything here?

From the images it looked like it was front engined and the rear had a fake engine. Upon closer inspection it's rear engined with a fake cover over the engine. It gets worse

More pedantry to follow. The Fiero is actually mid-engined. With the 2.8 V6 it's actually quite a nice little car. The US equivalent of the MR2.

[dom9]

poing said:

I love the gallery on that web site, surely for a sales site you want to have a gallery of perfect looking cars? Not on that on, it's a badly half finished project, hell it even has writing on the inside of fibreglass targa top. It's not entirely confidence inspiring.

It's a work in progress by a kit car builder in the UK, not the Audi new development department!

I am sure a 'finished' one will appear soon. I will be taking a look, certainly.

[rodericb]

Europa1 said:

Did you come home one day and find a Lotus doing your wife?

Hmmm, i thought the skid marks in the bed was just me but what you've just said might explain that smell of burning rubber in the house when i got home from work early one day......

[ikarl]

ajprice said:

Suzuki F40

Hahahaha, that is brilliant!

Terrible, but brilliant all the same

[steviegunn]

ajprice said:

Suzuki F40

I raise you the Mazda AZ1 F40

[rehab71]

steviegunn said:

ajprice said:

Suzuki F40

I raise you the Mazda AZ1 F40

I'd love either of those! They're so bad that I can't help liking them!

[battered]

xRIEx said:

soad said:

xRIEx said:

vx220 said:

xRIEx said:

I saw the thread title and thought of this:

Compare it to a similar period Dutton Phaeton (or Dutton Phutton as my mate at school insisted on calling it...) and you'll see it's actually a looker!

At least the Sylva had a great chassis, forerunner to the Striker etc

Thank you! I was trying to remember what it was called, that was the actual one I was thinking of!

What's that supposed to be? Westfield SEight?

That's a Sylva Star.

Are you sure it's not a Sylva Leader? It came before the Striker, the Striker being a bit more 7-like. I don't remember the Star.

[delta0]

Even kit cars not trying to be fake super cars are terrible. The fact they don't have to comply with crash safety requirements is incredible. Budget kit cars particularly have very questionable structures in them. Clearly built by someone that does not know a lot about engineering beyond being able to use a welder. You are exposed to having accidents that 99% of people that have one in a standard road car would be very minor and walk away with no injury, instead the kit car leaves you with life changing injuries.

Edited by delta0 on Saturday 1st August 15:13

[dudleybloke]

This is the wurst kitcar.

[xRIEx]

battered said:

Are you sure it's not a Sylva Leader? It came before the Striker, the Striker being a bit more 7-like. I don't remember the Star.

Could well be, but it came up on the sylva star image search. The leader was a development of the star.