Supercars spotted, some rarities (vol 7)

[v15ben]

I certainly agree and am also West Yorkshire based.
See enough supercars round here to barely bat at eye at things like a McLaren 570S or 991 Turbo.
I am probably more interested in rare, older stuff than supercars these days, both on this thread and on the road.
I'm also a massive fan of the Tokyo updates too.

[Seek]

Mark-C said:

I'm one of many that's been on this thread since almost the begining and what brings me back are the rarities - a Zonda (and not one in Knightsbridge) or a Carrera GT (or even a 924) or a 288GTO (rather than something glammed up and new) or a Maestro Turbo or that Roller in London.

You, me, v15ben and many others have been here since the original thread (10+ years ago )
https://www.pistonheads.com/gassing/topic.asp?h=0&...

Totally agree on the rarities being a key attraction

Sadly even tigerkoi's original post was hounded off the thread by posters who only appreciated supercars...
Which reminds me - @tigerkoi wasn't there a book in the works featuring your wonderful pictures + words?

Edited by Seek on Saturday 25th January 17:03

[v15ben]

I had a very enjoyable afternoon car spotting and having a few drinks with Tigerkoi (thread OP) around central London back in the early days of this thread too.
Can't believe I've been posting on here 12 years and PH for nearly 16.

[anonymous-user]

Seek said:

v15ben said:

I don't think an Alpina D3 is super rare, but do appreciate seeing them on the road.

Production of D3 Touring Allrad is 525 units so not extremely rare.
But rarer than most supercars posted here

It’s a fair point, walk through Kensington in the summer and you’ll spot all manner of ”supercars”, most with an aftermarket exhaust being driven by a moron and bouncing off the limiter in 1st... hell they are even common in Bristol now Rybrook have a showroom here, I personally prefer seeing the rare cars on this thread, not the ”supercars”

[GCH]

No supercar, but certainly a strange rarity of an S55 AMG I spotted this morning....

[Paul-6v9nc]

Pagani huayra roadster awaiting collection @ Lamborghini Edinburgh this past week.

Edited by Paul-6v9nc on Sunday 26th January 10:01

Edited by Psd30 on Sunday 26th January 10:17

[PushedDover]

That ^^^ Pagani is an odd one in the way it was not at all adopted by the press / media.
Yet, I'd have that in a heart beat over the generation of mainstream supercars since.

Fab thing. Different. Characterful - and IIRC on the TG lap times, bloody fast, despite the naysayers.

[vincegail]

PushedDover said:

Fab thing. Different. Characterful - and IIRC on the TG lap times, bloody fast, despite the naysayers.

Fast? Yes.
But on cut racing tyres, not streetlegal ones.

[Its Just Adz]

I think it's maybe because the Zonda had such a huge following and the Huyuara at launch didn't look as good as people hoped.

[Doofus]

vincegail said:

PushedDover said:

Fab thing. Different. Characterful - and IIRC on the TG lap times, bloody fast, despite the naysayers.

Fast? Yes.
But on cut racing tyres, not streetlegal ones.

I suspect it's fast on street legal tyres too....

[PGNSagaris]

Grown on me hugely over the years



Just ooze cool

[likesachange]

PushedDover said:

That ^^^ Pagani is an odd one in the way it was not at all adopted by the press / media.
Yet, I'd have that in a heart beat over the generation of mainstream supercars since.

Fab thing. Different. Characterful - and IIRC on the TG lap times, bloody fast, despite the naysayers.

I would too, but its not really a mainstream supercar.. isnt it priced at Hypercar territory ? Yet perfromance wise a 200k Mclaren would probably happily stay with one in any scenario..

Very cool but more style than substance perhaps?

[raceboy]

likesachange said:

....but its not really a mainstream supercar.. isnt it priced at Hypercar territory ?

Over a million new, and appear to change hands for over 2 million now.

[havoc]

likesachange said:

I would too, but its not really a mainstream supercar.. isnt it priced at Hypercar territory ? Yet perfromance wise a 200k Mclaren would probably happily stay with one in any scenario..

Very cool but more style than substance perhaps?

Style AND substance, by all accounts.

Note that Mclaren platform (+ engine) share pretty much everything they do, and note that their interiors are pretty drab vs the jewel-like Paganis, and you can see where the extra money goes.

Oh, and there's the small matter of reliability, which rumour suggests favours the Italian (Argentinian?) over the Brit...

[PushedDover]

raceboy said:

likesachange said:

....but its not really a mainstream supercar.. isnt it priced at Hypercar territory ?

Over a million new, and appear to change hands for over 2 million now.

Speedtail or a Huaraarraayyaare ?

[The Brummie]

For weeks I have been lusting over a Testa Rossa at my local exotic car dealer.

Even got them to email me photos of that beautiful gated gearchange.

Today I drove past & it has gone,

So some lucky sod now has a Testa Rossa.

Hate him. Or her. A lot.

[STIfree]

The Brummie said:

For weeks I have been lusting over a Testa Rossa at my local exotic car dealer.

Even got them to email me photos of that beautiful gated gearchange.

Today I drove past & it has gone,

So some lucky sod now has a Testa Rossa.

Hate him. Or her. A lot.

?

[AMG Merc]

The Brummie said:

For weeks I have been lusting over a Testa Rossa at my local exotic car dealer.

Even got them to email me photos of that beautiful gated gearchange.

Today I drove past & it has gone,

So some lucky sod now has a Testa Rossa.

Hate him. Or her. A lot.

They are nice, eh. And even better to drive

[The Brummie]

AMG Merc said:

The Brummie said:

For weeks I have been lusting over a Testa Rossa at my local exotic car dealer.

Even got them to email me photos of that beautiful gated gearchange.

Today I drove past & it has gone,

So some lucky sod now has a Testa Rossa.

Hate him. Or her. A lot.

They are nice, eh. And even better to drive

Been lucky enough to drive a 512 a few years ago. A great car.

[anonymous-user]

swisstoni said:

‘Supercars and some rarities’.
I don’t see Alpinas, let alone estate versions, every day of the week so I’d happily say it was a bit of a rarity.
Do I want to see 10 per page? No.

This same argument is always brought up and I have always read it as Supercars WITH some rarities - or as the thread title says supercars spotted, (COMMA) some rarities, meaning rare supercars.

It's always funny to see some people being so angry about it though.