Which cars are classy these days?

[Bennet]

thecremeegg said:

Z4 coupe?

Edited by thecremeegg on Friday 24th February 13:15

Excellent submission. A damn shame they aren't better to drive. (Unless the coupe is a very different car to the soft top...)

[daemon]

Bennet said:

thecremeegg said:

Z4 coupe?

Edited by thecremeegg on Friday 24th February 13:15

Excellent submission. A damn shame they aren't better to drive. (Unless the coupe is a very different car to the soft top...)

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The z4 Coupe is a great drive?

[DonkeyApple]

There are almost no classy people so no cars to be associated to.

Who is the public eye is actually classy? When was the last time you saw an elegant or stylish member of the general public? This is why people are struggling to come up with any modern car that is classy and having to resort to cars of the past.

[BentleyR8]

Early DB9?

[The Wookie]

Hungrymc said:

otolith said:

I can't tell whether people mean cars which conform to a certain understated aesthetic or cars which are owned by a certain social class. If the latter, sorry chaps, you can't really tell.

It's never been the same since the proles started getting their hands on money. Now you apparently have to drive something 15 years old and smelling of wee to be classy.

Another bonkers thread.

This, it's bizarre.

[StescoG66]

sat1983 said:

, the A1, is particularly stylish.

Sorry but the A1 is one of the poofiest looking things in years!!! Also had the misfortune of seeing a Q2 yesterday and it's fking hopping!!

Classy? Citroen DS/CX? Timeless even.
Vauxhall Senator?
Lexus IS250?
Agree re Saab, Jaguar, Maserati and Subaru. Lovely things

[Superflow]

The Panamera can look stylish and elegant when on the move, and in toned down spec with the right colour.

[RDMcG]

Most Morgans. I like the earlier +8 in BRG. Still want one

[Downward]

The new Alfa and any Maserati

[Jimmy Recard]

daemon said:

Jaydh89x said:

I've always loved the 530 and 535 msport models, even more now they are nowhere near as common, that's my old mans and it's an absolute pleasure to drive put a lot of new cars I've driven to shame!

With all due respect (And speaking as a previous advocate and previous owner of e60s including two 535d M Sports), whilst perhaps you thought that that picture of an e60 sitting in an industrial estate behind a transit van, and beside a skip with a shaven headed bloke called "Big Jim" in shot was showing the "classiness" of the e60 shining through, sadly i think it fits right in these days...

I think that (with the picture as supporting evidence) might be the worst submission of the thread so far

[swisstoni]

What we are really talking about is elegance.

There is very little elegance in modern car design as it seems to be all about a sporty, aggressive look.
I don't think this will always be the case, as with all things, it will eventually start to look old.

[vikingaero]

There's Class and there's Klaaaaassss.

Class is what we are trying to define on PH. Klass is dem bad Range Rover Sports on 22 inch rimzzz..... Bruv.

Class means different things to different people.

[Cliftonite]

A reminder of what class and elegance is:



Or rather, was. Hence the thread!

http://classics.honestjohn.co.uk/reviews/rolls-roy...

[bluemason]

swisstoni said:

What we are really talking about is elegance.

There is very little elegance in modern car design as it seems to be all about a sporty, aggressive look.
to look old.

I agree.
Overstyled,agressive to meet the criteria of having the most road presence.
There is a good reason in why the bangle era bmws have aged much better.
Organic line flow and cleaner surfaces.

[vikingaero]

bluemason said:

swisstoni said:

What we are really talking about is elegance.

There is very little elegance in modern car design as it seems to be all about a sporty, aggressive look.
to look old.

I agree.
Overstyled,agressive to meet the criteria of having the most road presence.
There is a good reason in why the bangle era bmws have aged much better.
Organic line flow and cleaner surfaces.

It's Catch 22. Stylists and marketing are giving customers what they think they want. Customers think because it's new then it's good styling.

[Jimmy Recard]

LordGrover said:

Y'see, to me that was the beginning of the decline - straight 6 dropped and replaced by V8.

The model before that was the end of the straight six and V12. This generation had only V8s (no six cylinder option at all):

[jas xjr]

Jimmy Recard said:

The model before that was the end of the straight six and V12. This generation had only V8s (no six cylinder option at all):

i have an identical one sitting on my drive. it is rusting away and beyond economical repair. i still cannot bear to part with it.

[Jimmy Recard]

jas xjr said:

i have an identical one sitting on my drive. it is rusting away and beyond economical repair. i still cannot bear to part with it.

That's a real shame. One of my favourite cars ever. I will have to have one

[Downward]

Jimmy Recard said:

daemon said:

Jaydh89x said:

I've always loved the 530 and 535 msport models, even more now they are nowhere near as common, that's my old mans and it's an absolute pleasure to drive put a lot of new cars I've driven to shame!

With all due respect (And speaking as a previous advocate and previous owner of e60s including two 535d M Sports), whilst perhaps you thought that that picture of an e60 sitting in an industrial estate behind a transit van, and beside a skip with a shaven headed bloke called "Big Jim" in shot was showing the "classiness" of the e60 shining through, sadly i think it fits right in these days...

I think that (with the picture as supporting evidence) might be the worst submission of the thread so far

Surely a wind up.

The instagram name too oozes classlessness

[bluemason]

vikingaero said:

It's Catch 22. Stylists and marketing are giving customers what they think they want. Customers think because it's new then it's good styling.

It is smart from a business perspective but I am glad that I am not the only one who sees past the marketing crap.