Most beautiful and most memorable le mans cars ever.....

[Rochester BMW]

What in your opinion is the most beautiful car ever to have raced at Le Mans?

and what is the most memorable Le Mans car ever? (and why?)

For me nothing is as eye-wateringly gorgeous than the Aston Martin DBR1 that won in 1959... quite simply stunning!




and for most memorable, for me, it has to be the Ford GT40. Entered purely to beat Ferrari and got this 1st 2nd 3rd finish, and 3 years more afterwards.

[Sussex]

IMO the Porsche 917K.

http://962.com/historic_porsches/porsche_917_020/c...

Edited by Sussex on Thursday 24th May 14:52

[chrisbr68]

or...


Beasts!!!

[Rochester BMW]

but are they beautiful, memorable, or both?

they definatly are beasts though...!

[HarryW]

Got to go with the DBR1

[kevin ritson]

The original Bentleys, D-Type, DBR1, GT40, 917, 956/962, McLaren F1, Bentley Speed 8....too many to choose from and plenty I've missed out!

[Skywalker]

Rochester BMW said:

What in your opinion is the most beautiful car ever to have raced at Le Mans?

and what is the most memorable Le Mans car ever? (and why?)

For me nothing is as eye-wateringly gorgeous than the Aston Martin DBR1 that won in 1959... quite simply stunning!




and for most memorable, for me, it has to be the Ford GT40. Entered purely to beat Ferrari and got this 1st 2nd 3rd finish, and 3 years more afterwards.

You post these, and then expect people to beat them? It's like calling 6 No Trumps as your opening bid (alledgedly)

[chrisbr68]

Yeah, Speed 8 should be most memorable for me, but there is just something about the 787B. Its the first one I thought of!

[L100NYY]

I would say that the most beautiful for me has to be one of the following....

- DBR1
- C Type
- D Type
- 250LM

The most memorable has to be the Blower Bentleys, do race cars (or lorries to quote Ettore) get much better than this?


There comeback was pretty darned speciall to me too.

[Rochester BMW]

Skywalker said:

You post these, and then expect people to beat them? It's like calling 6 No Trumps as your opening bid (alledgedly)

haha, maybe I did set the bar a bit high there.

another memorable car has to be the Audi R8... first diesel powered car to win at le mans...

a milestone in racing history surely?

and the bentley blower has got to be the ultimate le mans car!

[ridds]

Yes and no, I'd say whoever wins this year will be the true winner, the Audis will actually have some proper competition then. :lol

[littleandy0410]

One of the most memorable of recent years has to be the Mercedes CLR, due to it's low-flying acrobatics!

That DBR1 is amazing, one of my favourites also has to be the Jaguar D Type.

The Zonda looked pretty amazing a few years ago too! So weird to see such a work of art racing!

[ettore]

In addition to those already posted;

Ferrari P3/4
Alfa Romeo 2900 Coupe
1999 BMW (can`t remember what it was called)
Peugeot 905

[cerb 4.5]

What a nice colour scheme.

[odyssey2200]

chrisbr68 said:

or...


Beasts!!!

I was there!

And the noise of that little Mazda was FAN-BLOODY-TASTIC!

[groomi]

1930s Bentleys
Every Jaguar ever raced there
Every Aston ever raced - including the '87 AMR1
Porsche 356

[yeti]

1953 C-Type Jaguar. Just a perfect shape, much nicer than the D-Type.

The Bentley EXP Speed 8 was pretty special for the modern era as well.

And the Spykers )

[tjdixon911]

Sussex said:

IMO the Porsche 917K.

http://962.com/historic_porsches/porsche_917_020/c...

Edited by Sussex on Thursday 24th May 14:52

Prefer them in the Gulf Colours though!