Which cars are classy these days?
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The most classy car on the road at the moment is...
A very dirty and shabby looking 100,000 mile 10 year old base model Ford Smax diesel with a kid ruined interior, peeled paint and more supermarket dings than a Shanghai Tescos.
Because that's what my missus drives and she's classy as fook.
A very dirty and shabby looking 100,000 mile 10 year old base model Ford Smax diesel with a kid ruined interior, peeled paint and more supermarket dings than a Shanghai Tescos.
Because that's what my missus drives and she's classy as fook.
I think it depends. A white Range Rover with black wheels and blacked out windows is chavvy, but one with silver wheels and clear glass is still a classy looking thing imo
Similarly a decent mid spec golf is classy
A jag xj again in a subtle colour still looks good compared to a white one
Basically most cars look better not chavved up
King now I think is the s90 or v90 especially with a light interior and no tints
Similarly a decent mid spec golf is classy
A jag xj again in a subtle colour still looks good compared to a white one
Basically most cars look better not chavved up
King now I think is the s90 or v90 especially with a light interior and no tints
FredClogs said:
The most classy car on the road at the moment is...
A very dirty and shabby looking 100,000 mile 10 year old base model Ford Smax diesel with a kid ruined interior, peeled paint and more supermarket dings than a Shanghai Tescos.
Because that's what my missus drives and she's classy as fook.
You can take the girl out of Newcastle but you can't take Newcastle out of the girl A very dirty and shabby looking 100,000 mile 10 year old base model Ford Smax diesel with a kid ruined interior, peeled paint and more supermarket dings than a Shanghai Tescos.
Because that's what my missus drives and she's classy as fook.
I think my 13 year old SL is quite classy but I am biased.
Hell27 said:
I think Jag XJ-R's circa 2003 - 2008 tick all the right boxes. Especially in black.
These seem to be mostly owned by moderately successful but extremely self important red faced men in their 50s/60s who are in The Rotary Club and dream of being a freemason as far as I can see. They'll get classier once they follow the natural Jaguar trajectory and become the conveyance of choice for the landlords of flat roofed pubs and PH skinflints from the Bargain Barge thread.. The 2003 models are there nowThese weren't classy new, far too Toby Carvery/Mock Tudor after the absolute class act of the X300 and X308. While not as vile as the S-Type and X-Type these Geoff Lawson and Ford era Jaguars are all fairly unpleasant things to behold.
I'd go with the current XJ and the Quattroporte if you want a big saloon and the new V90/S90 if you're after something more mid market. There really isn't much available that isn't rather crass and chintzy though.
powerstroke said:
Are there any high end cars the Chavs won't touch ??? the Ultimate must have seems to be Landrovers even the defender seems to have gone hi end chav, what would be the least maybe a Morgan ???
Afraid not - see the tacky Superdry 3 wheeler Edited by powerstroke on Friday 24th February 08:04
Easy question.
Non current Alfa is classless, and almost universally loved. Same with Saabs. Saabs especially as they don't make them anymore.
Old BMW's are a good shout, but anything new (ie E46 or younger) is a slightly council. I guess a well looked after old Merc could be the same, but I've never been into them,so not so sure.
IMO it has to be old, well looked after, nice spec, a load of miles.
Anyone can buy a new car, but few people can get a car to high miles, and 15 years old without trashing it. So those that do are clearly the upper echelons of society.
This is why I drive old cars - because I am classy. (And I don't like all the bongs new cars have), and not because I am a tight cheapskate with no money.
Non current Alfa is classless, and almost universally loved. Same with Saabs. Saabs especially as they don't make them anymore.
Old BMW's are a good shout, but anything new (ie E46 or younger) is a slightly council. I guess a well looked after old Merc could be the same, but I've never been into them,so not so sure.
IMO it has to be old, well looked after, nice spec, a load of miles.
Anyone can buy a new car, but few people can get a car to high miles, and 15 years old without trashing it. So those that do are clearly the upper echelons of society.
This is why I drive old cars - because I am classy. (And I don't like all the bongs new cars have), and not because I am a tight cheapskate with no money.
New cars: good shout about the Volvo XC90/V90! They seem the ooze class imho.
But in general it is often down to colour, wheels, tints (or rather the lack of it), and the general matter how they are driven and where.
Sure a few cars mentioned already can't be argued with, like the R129 SL or the V8 Vantage ('80s) you'd have a hard time to spoil their classiness.
But a L322 Range Rover can either be a very classy car or a chavs dream.
An early one with the original grill, wheels, no tints and in a nice dark green or blue (not black as that is too harsh and no silver!) coupled with a tan interior is a very classy car:
The very same car, made worse (from an aesthetic POV) by JLR themselves, in black, with huge bling wheels and tinted windows. Throw in a horrid interior and you get the very definition the OPs classless car:
Same car, but totally different how you come across!!
But in general it is often down to colour, wheels, tints (or rather the lack of it), and the general matter how they are driven and where.
Sure a few cars mentioned already can't be argued with, like the R129 SL or the V8 Vantage ('80s) you'd have a hard time to spoil their classiness.
But a L322 Range Rover can either be a very classy car or a chavs dream.
An early one with the original grill, wheels, no tints and in a nice dark green or blue (not black as that is too harsh and no silver!) coupled with a tan interior is a very classy car:
The very same car, made worse (from an aesthetic POV) by JLR themselves, in black, with huge bling wheels and tinted windows. Throw in a horrid interior and you get the very definition the OPs classless car:
Same car, but totally different how you come across!!
I think it is a sad state that there is little new metal that is universally accepted as classy as most seem to get in my opinion too blingy (if that is even a word) these days.
I have to agree that to find motors that can be considered classy we need to look back in time.
I'd agree that an unmolested L322 on sensible wheels still looks classy, others would be Bentley from late 90's, jag XJ as already mentioned, also xk range, pretty much any aston or morgan.
I think to be classed as classy it needs to be an unmolested example without huge out of proportion wheels and be a design that has a timeless sort of quality that still looks good when it is 10+ years old, not something that will only look good for a few years.
I have to agree that to find motors that can be considered classy we need to look back in time.
I'd agree that an unmolested L322 on sensible wheels still looks classy, others would be Bentley from late 90's, jag XJ as already mentioned, also xk range, pretty much any aston or morgan.
I think to be classed as classy it needs to be an unmolested example without huge out of proportion wheels and be a design that has a timeless sort of quality that still looks good when it is 10+ years old, not something that will only look good for a few years.
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