What cars would be in your "international" garage?
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So, to put together your “international” garage, you have to pick one vehicle (old or new) from each of the following countries:
Great Britain
France
Gernany
Italy
Sweden
USA
Japan
South Korea
We’ll go with the nationality of the parent company rather than the country of manufacture i.e. BMW would count as Germany regardless of which country that vehicle is manufactured.
To make things a bit more challenging, you have to pick one car for each of the following categories (no doubling up).
“City” car
Hot hatch
Fast saloon/estate
SUV/4x4/pickup
Sports car
GT
Supercar
Obviously, there’s 8 countries there and only 7 categories, so whichever country you have left over is a “wild card”, so you can pick another car from the above categories or something that doesn’t really fit into any of them. In the spirit of the final Grand Tour, it can just be a car that you’ve always fancied owning.
Great Britain
France
Gernany
Italy
Sweden
USA
Japan
South Korea
We’ll go with the nationality of the parent company rather than the country of manufacture i.e. BMW would count as Germany regardless of which country that vehicle is manufactured.
To make things a bit more challenging, you have to pick one car for each of the following categories (no doubling up).
“City” car
Hot hatch
Fast saloon/estate
SUV/4x4/pickup
Sports car
GT
Supercar
Obviously, there’s 8 countries there and only 7 categories, so whichever country you have left over is a “wild card”, so you can pick another car from the above categories or something that doesn’t really fit into any of them. In the spirit of the final Grand Tour, it can just be a car that you’ve always fancied owning.
white_goodman said:
So, to put together your “international” garage, you have to pick one vehicle (old or new) from each of the following countries:
Great Britain
France
Gernany
Italy
Sweden
USA
Japan
South Korea
We’ll go with the nationality of the parent company rather than the country of manufacture i.e. BMW would count as Germany regardless of which country that vehicle is manufactured.
To make things a bit more challenging, you have to pick one car for each of the following categories (no doubling up).
“City” car
Hot hatch
Fast saloon/estate
SUV/4x4/pickup
Sports car
GT
Supercar
Obviously, there’s 8 countries there and only 7 categories, so whichever country you have left over is a “wild card”, so you can pick another car from the above categories or something that doesn’t really fit into any of them. In the spirit of the final Grand Tour, it can just be a car that you’ve always fancied owning.
GB - 4x4 - old (proper) Defender 110 Great Britain
France
Gernany
Italy
Sweden
USA
Japan
South Korea
We’ll go with the nationality of the parent company rather than the country of manufacture i.e. BMW would count as Germany regardless of which country that vehicle is manufactured.
To make things a bit more challenging, you have to pick one car for each of the following categories (no doubling up).
“City” car
Hot hatch
Fast saloon/estate
SUV/4x4/pickup
Sports car
GT
Supercar
Obviously, there’s 8 countries there and only 7 categories, so whichever country you have left over is a “wild card”, so you can pick another car from the above categories or something that doesn’t really fit into any of them. In the spirit of the final Grand Tour, it can just be a car that you’ve always fancied owning.
France - GT - Citroen SM
Germany - Hot hatch - M135i
Italy - Supercar - Countach LP400
Sweden - Estate - Volvo V90
USA - Sports car - Mustang 5.0 V8
Japan - City car - Aygo
South Korea - Wildcard - Genesis G80
Great Britain-Aston Martin DB9. I. Know they’re old, not brilliant and have a Volvo satnav but looks count in a GT car and this is still stunning.
France - Sports car, Alpine A110. I’m assuming that I can get into it.
Gernany - Home of the super saloons, a new M5.
Italy - hot hatch Lancia Delta Integrale 16v
Sweden Konisegg, anything from the last 10 years would do.
USA - wildcard. Hennessy Velociraptor, because who wouldn’t want a 1000bhp pickup?
Japan - 4x4 Full size landcruiser V8, ideally about 2015 as it’ll always work and this is before they went a bit more bling.
South Korea - City car. Kia picanto. I don’t drive in cities if I can help it so this wouldn’t take up too much room in the garage.
France - Sports car, Alpine A110. I’m assuming that I can get into it.
Gernany - Home of the super saloons, a new M5.
Italy - hot hatch Lancia Delta Integrale 16v
Sweden Konisegg, anything from the last 10 years would do.
USA - wildcard. Hennessy Velociraptor, because who wouldn’t want a 1000bhp pickup?
Japan - 4x4 Full size landcruiser V8, ideally about 2015 as it’ll always work and this is before they went a bit more bling.
South Korea - City car. Kia picanto. I don’t drive in cities if I can help it so this wouldn’t take up too much room in the garage.
Great Britain - GT - Eagle E Type Low Drag GT please
France - City Car - New Renault 5 in basic spec and the nice yellow
Gernany - Sports Car - Porsche 997 Sportclassic. Though about a new ST, but 992 is too big.
Italy - Fast Saloon/Estate - 2007 Maserati Quattroporte pre-facelift with the auto. In blue with tan leather
Sweden - Wildcard - One of those polestar blue Cyan Volvo P1800 restomod things
USA - Supercar - Mid 2000s Ford GT, the supercharged v8 one
Japan - Hot Hatch - A 1987 3rd gen Honda Civic Si in full Motel Mugen Gran Turismo livery
South Korea - 4x4 - Not fussed about an SUV, so I'll try a Hyundai Ionic 5N
France - City Car - New Renault 5 in basic spec and the nice yellow
Gernany - Sports Car - Porsche 997 Sportclassic. Though about a new ST, but 992 is too big.
Italy - Fast Saloon/Estate - 2007 Maserati Quattroporte pre-facelift with the auto. In blue with tan leather
Sweden - Wildcard - One of those polestar blue Cyan Volvo P1800 restomod things
USA - Supercar - Mid 2000s Ford GT, the supercharged v8 one
Japan - Hot Hatch - A 1987 3rd gen Honda Civic Si in full Motel Mugen Gran Turismo livery
South Korea - 4x4 - Not fussed about an SUV, so I'll try a Hyundai Ionic 5N
Great Britain: Ford (of Dagenham) Capri RS3100
France: Facel Vega HK500
Germany: Ford (of Cologne) Granada Mk2 2.8i Ghia X, 5 speed
Italy: De Tomaso Pantera GTS
Sweden: Volvo P1800
USA: Ford Fairlane 428 Cobra
Japan: Mitsubishi Starion!
South Korea: Daewoo Expresso reclothed Vauxhall Cavalier thing with a floating roof.
Sorry, the above is free choice and the below is in accordance with the instructions:
Great Britain: Ford Fiesta Mk1 Sandpiper - city car
France: Facel Vega HK500 (keeping it, yes!) - GT
Germany: Ford Escort RS Turbo 2 - hot hatch
Italy: De Tomaso Pantera GTS (and this one!) - supercar
Sweden: Volvo P1800 (got through, too) - wildcard
USA: Ford Galaxie 428, four door and four speed (0-60 in 6.8 seconds, it's a fast saloon) - fast saloon
Japan: Datsun Fairlady Roadster - sports car
South Korea: Hyundai Terror-Can - SUV
France: Facel Vega HK500
Germany: Ford (of Cologne) Granada Mk2 2.8i Ghia X, 5 speed
Italy: De Tomaso Pantera GTS
Sweden: Volvo P1800
USA: Ford Fairlane 428 Cobra
Japan: Mitsubishi Starion!
South Korea: Daewoo Expresso reclothed Vauxhall Cavalier thing with a floating roof.
Sorry, the above is free choice and the below is in accordance with the instructions:
Great Britain: Ford Fiesta Mk1 Sandpiper - city car
France: Facel Vega HK500 (keeping it, yes!) - GT
Germany: Ford Escort RS Turbo 2 - hot hatch
Italy: De Tomaso Pantera GTS (and this one!) - supercar
Sweden: Volvo P1800 (got through, too) - wildcard
USA: Ford Galaxie 428, four door and four speed (0-60 in 6.8 seconds, it's a fast saloon) - fast saloon
Japan: Datsun Fairlady Roadster - sports car
South Korea: Hyundai Terror-Can - SUV
Edited by Missy Charm on Thursday 16th January 21:11
Edited by Missy Charm on Thursday 16th January 21:13
Edited by Missy Charm on Thursday 16th January 21:15
Mr Tidy said:
GB - GMA T33 supercar
France - Monica GT
Germany - BMW E61 M5 fast estate
Italy - Lamborghini Gallardo V10 sports car
USA - V10 Dodge Ram
South Korea - Hyundai i20 City car
Japan - Honda Integra hot hatch
Nothing vaguely exciting ever came out of Sweden.
850 T5, Saab 99/900 Turbo, Koenigsegg? Plenty of RWD Volvo stuff pre 90s (P1800 etc).France - Monica GT
Germany - BMW E61 M5 fast estate
Italy - Lamborghini Gallardo V10 sports car
USA - V10 Dodge Ram
South Korea - Hyundai i20 City car
Japan - Honda Integra hot hatch
Nothing vaguely exciting ever came out of Sweden.
Had to look up the Monica. Every day's a school day!
Britain: Jaguar E-Type S1 4.2 FHC (sports car) as a proper classic car experience but waa tempted by an S1 Elise/Emira V6
France: Peugeot 205 GTi 1.9 (hot hatch) but the Megane R26.R already suggested is a great shout.
Germany: E39 M5 (sports saloon)
Italy: Ferrari F355 GTS (supercar)
USA: Shelby GT350 (the recent one) - GT
Japan: J70 Toyota Land Cruiser SW with the V8 diesel and manual transmission (4x4)
Korea: Kia Picanto GT line 1.0T (city car)
Sweden: Saab 900 T16 Convertible on the 3-spoke wheels (wild card)
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