Which car best epitomises style over substance?

Which car best epitomises style over substance?

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shake n bake

2,221 posts

206 months

Thursday 20th August 2015
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Nissan Juke? Odd exterior styling that hampers interior space.

carinaman

21,214 posts

171 months

Thursday 20th August 2015
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FraMac

785 posts

216 months

Thursday 20th August 2015
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Triumph TR7.

Puddenchucker

4,036 posts

217 months

Thursday 20th August 2015
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Corvette C3 (1975)

165hp from a 5.7 V8
(Yes, other much more powerful engines were available earlier in its production span)


Baryonyx

17,990 posts

158 months

Thursday 20th August 2015
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The first Audi TT in 225 form wasn't bad. It was quick enough, the handling was reasonable too. It got a lot of stick for not being as good a sports car as a Z4 or a Boxster, despite the fact it's really more of a mini GT.

The Brera is a good call though. Always commended for it's looks, drives like a pudding. I don't even like the looks though.

S10GTA

12,645 posts

166 months

Thursday 20th August 2015
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You're all wrong. The clear winner is the mitsubishi fto. Looks like a sports car but struggled to keep up with a mondeo.

kambites

67,461 posts

220 months

Thursday 20th August 2015
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I vote for the Brera based Alfa Spider. With a diesel engine for a drive-train even less befitting of its looks.

EuroFighter

154 posts

120 months

Thursday 20th August 2015
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Edited by EuroFighter on Thursday 20th August 19:59

Johnny 89

824 posts

151 months

Thursday 20th August 2015
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S10GTA said:
You're all wrong. The clear winner is the mitsubishi fto. Looks like a sports car but struggled to keep up with a mondeo.
In Mivec form they pushed out almost 200bhp, no?

white_goodman

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4,042 posts

190 months

Thursday 20th August 2015
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Blanchimont said:
I'm afraid I completely disagree with the Grande Punto.
The basic engine is underpowered, but the 1.4 T-Jet I have surprises stuff costing 10k+ more.
And it looks great, I do agree with that!
I'm actually very relieved to hear that some versions of them were good. The thing is that 1.2 engine in our 500 was absolutely fine.

Some good choices but some odd ones too. Looks are subjective but I don't consider the likes of the Ford Probe/Cougar, Renault Fuego and Suzuki X90 to be very good-looking. In fact, isn't the X90 actually pretty decent off-road, so it would kind of be the opposite. Maybe I should have just called the thread looks good, drives crap!

The Vauxhall Tigra/Calibra/Frontera are very good suggestions. Nothing more embarrassing than a butch 4x4 which gets stuck in a wet field!

Perhaps the original SLK then? Looked like a million dollars but even less of a sports car than the Audi TT. They weren't really that crap though.



Much easier to think of cars that don't look very good but drive great!




kambites

67,461 posts

220 months

Thursday 20th August 2015
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white_goodman said:
Perhaps the original SLK then? Looked like a million dollars but even less of a sports car than the Audi TT. They weren't really that crap though.
Arguably a better car than the Z3 though, which is surely also in with a shout. smile

Rickyy

6,618 posts

218 months

Thursday 20th August 2015
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Renault Megane CC.

Harpo

482 posts

181 months

Thursday 20th August 2015
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GroundEffect said:
Alfa Brera is a good shout.
Will you guys stop saying Brera. redcard
I was thinking about chopping my GTV 3.0 in for one (Prodrive) but now you are giving me doubts.
irked


I could rough it with the 4c instead at a push i guess.

Mike_Mac

664 posts

199 months

Thursday 20th August 2015
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white_goodman said:
Much easier to think of cars that don't look very good but drive great!
I saw the pictures you posted before I read that qualifying comment - blood-pressure spiked briefly! biggrin

ORD

18,086 posts

126 months

Thursday 20th August 2015
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4C doesn't deserve to be in that company. It's a bizarre mix of the brilliant and the awful, but it's not just for show.

The TT was the first car that came to mind for me. It's available as a diesel, right? Tut tut.

delta0

2,334 posts

105 months

Thursday 20th August 2015
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S10GTA said:
You're all wrong. The clear winner is the mitsubishi fto. Looks like a sports car but struggled to keep up with a mondeo.
Not the Mivec. 0-60 in 6.5s.

Easternlight

3,424 posts

143 months

Thursday 20th August 2015
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Wow! Sunbeam rapier, that takes me back to 1980, I spent 6 months of my life welding up all the rust holes in one of those.
My dad was given it as an mot failure when I was 19.
It was going to be a great first car, got it through the mot only to discover I didn't have a snowball in hells chance of insuring it frown
Valuable lesson learned, always check the insurance first!

Wasn't all bad sold it for £350 and bought another rust bucket of a triumph 1300, a not so great first car!

KM666

1,757 posts

182 months

Thursday 20th August 2015
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The mk4 based R32 Golf, butch styling, a butch soundtrack, writing cheques the mk4 golf surely could never stand a chance of cashing.

300bhp/ton

41,030 posts

189 months

Thursday 20th August 2015
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Puddenchucker said:
Corvette C3 (1975)

165hp from a 5.7 V8
(Yes, other much more powerful engines were available earlier in its production span)

What British or European cars offered more though at the same time and for the same money?

Even in the lowest hp days of the Vette, there where always go faster options available from the factory. And of course the well established aftermarket.

poing

8,743 posts

199 months

Thursday 20th August 2015
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MX3 and MX6/Ford Probe since they are the same thing. Speaking of Ford, the Cougar was a bit of a letdown.