Friday 4th July 2008

Pic Of The Week

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We know it's been a bit of a Scirocco overload this week, but this picture we took last week of a pristine Mk1 basking in the Portuguese sunshine at the launch of its successor was just too good to pass up.

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[Codefaster]

Very smart, but it has that "I don't have an engine" look about it.

[posterboy]

nice indeed

[Road_Terrorist]

I see they deliberately chose the worst spec they could find to make the new one look good

[Andrew[MG]]

Not really to my taste. Anyone got an alternative for this week?

[Aubrey]

Perhaps there should be two cars of the week, 'modern' dripping in carbon fibre and sportiness and then a 'vintage' car for folks to reminisce over!

[Jackass]

That car is of confused vintage...

The valence with integrated splitter and colour are pre-77, the wraparound indicators and plastic bumpers are post-78.

[Beefmeister]

This is another vintage one, but utterly gorgeous:

http://www.netcarshow.com/lamborghini/1971-miura_s...

From here:

http://www.netcarshow.com/

Edited by Beefmeister on Friday 4th July 13:52

[DamoLLb]

Jackass said:

That car is of confused vintage...

The valence with integrated splitter and colour are pre-77, the wraparound indicators and plastic bumpers are post-78.

nicely done

[Jont999]

Le Mans for another week then

Well instead of moaning and not doing anything about it, here's a pic I took at Goodwood last year which I think works quite well as a background if anyone wants something different:

Edited by Jont999 on Friday 4th July 14:10

[chunkymonkey71]

Nice!

I see its in "Focus RS Green" too...!!!

;-)

[ZesPak]

Codefaster said:

Very smart, but it has that "I don't have an engine" look about it.

+1 spot on, I was looking for the right words...

got to hate those wheels though :/

[Road_Terrorist]

Andrew[MG] said:

Not really to my taste. Anyone got an alternative for this week?

how about a Maserati Gran Turismo?



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[fourwheelsteer]

Codefaster said:

Very smart, but it has that "I don't have an engine" look about it.

That's what I thought too.

I think the best looking Scirocco variant was the Mk1 Storm.

[VladD]

Beefmeister said:

This is another vintage one, but utterly gorgeous:

http://www.netcarshow.com/lamborghini/1971-miura_s...

From here:

http://www.netcarshow.com/

Edited by Beefmeister on Friday 4th July 13:52

That Miura is so beautiful it makes me want to cry.

[Andrew[MG]]

I've gone with the Miura. Thanks guys!

[Codefaster]

Road_Terrorist said:

Andrew[MG] said:

Not really to my taste. Anyone got an alternative for this week?

how about a Maserati Gran Turismo?



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I already have a perfectly good rear-view of a Mondeo out my living room window

[qube_TA]

Codefaster said:

Very smart, but it has that "I don't have an engine" look about it.

This is next weeks picture:

[nickwilcock]

I had 2 of the lovely Mk1 Sciroccos....Scirocci... in the late 1970s and early 1980s.

Both were really nice cars. Very practical, quite nippy and very comforable. But both had alternator and carburettor failures....

The best looking Scirocco, to my mind, was the 1980 Scirocco GLi. Not the slightly later GTi which had a lower interior spec.

The latest Scirocco is a distinct disappointment after the IROC show car.

If I could go back in time and have one of my old cars back, it would be TUO655T, my metallic blue Scirocco GLS with its black vinyl roof cap and sunroof, 4-speaker Blaupunkt radio and CB with combined CB/AM/FM aerial.

[dinkel]

VladD said:

Beefmeister said:

This is another vintage one, but utterly gorgeous:

http://www.netcarshow.com/lamborghini/1971-miura_s...

From here:

http://www.netcarshow.com/

Edited by Beefmeister on Friday 4th July 13:52

That Miura is so beautiful it makes me want to cry.

Don't get me started

[JamesAskew]

Apparently it does have an engine as this dude took it out for a spin - looks lovely!

http://motoring.sky.com/carspy/video-volkswagen-sc...