Great then, carp now

[Jon951]

I didn't think we would be herring from him again so soon !

[300bhp/ton]

thinfourth2 said:

Consider the BMW M3 E30 and imagine the outcry on here is BMW released it today.

A crappy little 4pot with just over 200Bhp, a terrible 5 speed box, a slow 0-60, no crash protection and zero toys.

It would be slated

So what other great cars would the pub bores hate if they were made today

Whoosh!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Isn't that totally missing the point?

The e30 M3 IS a great car and always will be. It's pure folly to try and directly compare performance to a modern car though, and it's equal folly to compare the driving enjoyment of a new Vauxhall Corsa to that of a 1960's sports car.

[The Wookie]

Matt UK said:

Standards are slipping around this plaice...

If you keep herring rubbish then sometimes you just have to tuna out

Still, some are definitely angling for a ban

[Pondered Scrotum]

iPhone auto-correct fail, perchance?

[ShampooEfficient]

Pondered Scrotum said:

iPhone auto-correct fail, perchance?

Clever

[williamp]

Dont forget the Corvette Mako Shark was named after a short of fish. A Shark I think. Possibly the Mako Shark. To be honest, I'm not sure- it may be a red herring.


Still, I'm having a Whale of a time.

[vixen1700]

Opal Manta?

[Pondered Scrotum]

ShampooEfficient said:

Pondered Scrotum said:

iPhone auto-correct fail, perchance?

Clever

Nobody's ever called me that before...

[Jammiedodger]

This all sounds like a load of pollocks to me...

[Fume troll]

doogz said:

Matt UK said:

Fume troll said:

Turning it round: could you think of a car that wouldn't be slated if it came out now?

MX-5 actually springs to mind.
LR Defender
McLaren F1

...

Cheers,

FT.

Ford Puma

Original Lotus Elise

A2, i reckon. Was around before its time.

Lotus M100 Elan?

Cheers,

FT.

[LuS1fer]

I knew a sex-mad carp car once, kept blowing the seals...

Marlin was a kit car and a definite crap car.

[collateral]

AMC Marlin

[Bluebarge]

Well, that thread went well. I bet the OP won't make the same misthake again.

[Pat H]

The Lotus Esprit was once considered great.

But they were a bit carp even in 1977.

[mnkiboy]

Ruddy hell.

[thinfourth2]

300bhp/ton said:

thinfourth2 said:

Consider the BMW M3 E30 and imagine the outcry on here is BMW released it today.

A crappy little 4pot with just over 200Bhp, a terrible 5 speed box, a slow 0-60, no crash protection and zero toys.

It would be slated

So what other great cars would the pub bores hate if they were made today

Whoosh!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Isn't that totally missing the point?

The e30 M3 IS a great car and always will be. It's pure folly to try and directly compare performance to a modern car though, and it's equal folly to compare the driving enjoyment of a new Vauxhall Corsa to that of a 1960's sports car.

And a Whoosh!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! straight back at you


Which great cars would the pub bores hate

[Fume troll]

The 911 2.7 RS and the F40 would still be popular with purists if released today.

Cheers,

FT.

[Raize]

MG F!

[Chris71]

Fume troll said:

Turning it round: could you think of a car that wouldn't be slated if it came out now ... LR Defender

Interesting one. If we'd missed the Defender out as an envolutionary step and revisited it in a world of Evoques, Range Rovers and Cayennes it might not go down so well. The Jeep Wrangler is perhaps the next closest thing to the Defender and that remains a rarity over here.

[Fume troll]

Chris71 said:

Interesting one. If we'd missed the Defender out as an envolutionary step and revisited it in a world of Evoques, Range Rovers and Cayennes it might not go down so well. The Jeep Wrangler is perhaps the next closest thing to the Defender and that remains a rarity over here.

I was thinking it would be revisited in a world of Hi-luxes and Navaras...different market.

Cheers,

FT.