What's your favourite racing car?

What's your favourite racing car?

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white_goodman

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4,042 posts

192 months

Wednesday 12th September 2012
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I have several:

Rally: Group A Lancia Delta Integrale (Martini colours) and "blob-eye" Subaru Impreza (like mine)!

Touring cars: Sierra RS500 Cosworth (Texaco colours) and the Old Spice Alfa 155

GT cars: McLaren F1 (Gulf colours) and Aston Martin DBR9

Not really into single seaters but probably an early 1980s JPS Lotus F1 car if I had to choose one.

What is/are your favourite racing car(s)?

fieldmau5

180 posts

169 months

Wednesday 12th September 2012
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This thread needs pics.

This thing has it all, 5 cylinder howl, cool livery and it's from the golden era of BTCC.



And purely on looks..




320touring

1,428 posts

200 months

Wednesday 12th September 2012
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John Cleland's BTCC Cavalier


ambuletz

10,755 posts

182 months

Wednesday 12th September 2012
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Got quite a soft spot for this.

E500 TAT

317 posts

200 months

Wednesday 12th September 2012
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Andy rouses ICS sierra RS500.

Papa Hotel

12,760 posts

183 months

Wednesday 12th September 2012
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FW14b or maybe BGP001, a toss-up between those two. I think the Brawn just edges it for me right now, might be Nigel's car tomorrow.

northwest monkey

6,370 posts

190 months

Wednesday 12th September 2012
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Another vote for the 155 from the 90's BTCC. Saw Gabriele Tarquini testing at Oulton Park before the season started (the season with the "wings" argument) and the car looked beautiful.

Looks good from all sorts of angles....




Willeh85

760 posts

144 months

Thursday 13th September 2012
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This is one of my favourites, but 90% for the sound.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l-lbxIJD3V8

Fletcha

169 posts

191 months

Thursday 13th September 2012
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ambuletz said:
Got quite a soft spot for this.
yes, very much this. especially seeing it go round le mans a few years ago. sounds glorious.
also rally cars my favorite has to be the lancia 037. and touring cars the E30 M3.

LotusOmega375D

7,647 posts

154 months

Thursday 13th September 2012
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fieldmau5 said:
This thing has it all, 5 cylinder howl, cool livery and it's from the golden era of BTCC.

I never knew the S40 BTCC car had a 5 pot engine. So you do learn something every day!

Big Fat Fatty

3,303 posts

157 months

Thursday 13th September 2012
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morgrp

4,128 posts

199 months

Thursday 13th September 2012
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LotusOmega375D said:
I never knew the S40 BTCC car had a 5 pot engine. So you do learn something every day!
Yeah kind of cheeky considering the production versions were all 4pots - TWR and Volvo were always good at bending the rules in BTCC

Marf

22,907 posts

242 months

Thursday 13th September 2012
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300ZX IMSA




405 T16



RE-Amemiya RX-7 JGTC




Takata Dome NSX JGTC



McLaren F1 GTR


nicanary

9,806 posts

147 months

Thursday 13th September 2012
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Now that's a racing car. None of this modern stuff with electronic aids and p.a.s. and crap.

Krikkit

26,544 posts

182 months

Thursday 13th September 2012
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Rally: Delta S4 (Bugeye Impreza just behind it)


GT Car:


LMP/Group C: Peugeot 905 Evo


Single-seater: FW14b - not because it was a winner, but because the technology in it was so bafflingly advanced for the time, a real technical masterpiece. The Brawn BGP001 has to take 2nd, simply because it was such a dirty hacked-together car at the last minute that won a championship.

Dusty964

6,923 posts

191 months

Thursday 13th September 2012
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RenesisEvo

3,615 posts

220 months

Thursday 13th September 2012
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C.A.R.

3,967 posts

189 months

Thursday 13th September 2012
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Too many to think about!

em177

3,131 posts

165 months

Thursday 13th September 2012
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Simian24

72 posts

187 months

Thursday 13th September 2012
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