Chimaera 20th best ever British Car?

[davo23]

Autocar have listed the results of their poll of the best ever British cars full list in the link below:

http://www.autocar.co.uk/car-news/motoring/top-100...

[V8 GRF]

Griffith 9th. Nuff said.....

[900T-R]

I wonder if you added up the votes for the Griff and Chim, how high would the end result have ended up? It's essentially the same car after all...

I've always felt that the combination of Griff, Chim, Cerbera was in exactly the same place in the 90s as the E-Type was in the 60s... more or less covering every E-type iteration between the three of them, too.

[V8 GRF]

900T-R said:

I wonder if you added up the votes for the Griff and Chim, how high would the end result have ended up? It's essentially the same car after all...

Good point.

Thing is though the one in 9th obviously looks better to the voting public

[rigga]

V8 GRF said:

Good point.

Thing is though the one in 9th obviously looks better to the voting public

[Andav469]

Apparently you had to be a girl or a hairdresser to be in the poll

[V8 GRF]

Andav469 said:

Apparently you had to be a girl or a hairdresser to be in the poll

Surprised the chimp didn't rank higher then......

[ChilliWhizz]

rigga said:

V8 GRF said:

Good point.

Thing is though the one in 9th obviously looks better to the voting public

This old malarkey puts a stupid grin on my face every time it comes up

Thank God growing up isn't mandatory

[Andy JB]

Well should we be taking this seriously when a Ginetta is below an Astra and a Honda Civic above an MGA !!!!!!!!!

Even more weird a Griff above a Chim - must have been judged by David Blunkett

[Goaty Bill]

V8 GRF said:

Good point.

Thing is though the one in 9th obviously looks better to the voting public

Yes, but somehow the voting public managed to vote the Japanese Yamaha MOTIV.e 5th and the German BMW Mini as 19th

Doesn't really say a lot about the credentials (never mind brains) of the voters nor the value of Autocar's pole IMO, given that the title is "The top 100 best-ever British cars".

Yeah, that's a flame directed at Autocar.

All the same, well done you Griffters


ETA
And I missed the Honda Civic at 96th
In what twisted logic can these be referred to as 'British cars'?

Edited by Goaty Bill on Wednesday 7th May 19:41

[EGB]

A lot of ex and now owners of TVRs and Mini owners read the Autocar and vote accordingly. The E type would be my choice along with the RR Silver Ghost.