Which car best epitomises style over substance?
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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.
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.
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.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!
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!
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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
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!
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?165hp from a 5.7 V8
(Yes, other much more powerful engines were available earlier in its production span)
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.
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