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[Lightning Count]

In this thread we shall talk about as we love, but not the obvious choices.

I have always liked this, the Mitsubishi Starion, I suspect the name is the result of an error not translation.

 

[Stinkles]

De Tomaso Mangusta.

Italian design, American muscle. Zero technology.

 

[David Incorporated Esq.]

The Alfa Romeo Montreal. Italian muscle is just the coolest.

 

[ODDI]

'98 Civic

 

[veryslowhand]

Renault fuego

 

[NoblesseOblige]

Are we limiting this to cars actually produced for consumer sales, or are extremely limited builds allowed? If the latter, than I really like the 1948 Tucker Sedan:

Only 50 something were produced.

 

[old]

Not a car but a motorcycle.

The Dodge Tomahawk.

 

[Dishwalla]

Will always hold a lot of love for the old Ford Maverick, my first car was a 1970 model.

 

[QualityPixel]

Wiesmann GT MF5

 

[Tom_Cody]

Not sure if sufficiently obscure:

 

[commedieu]

ULTIMA GTR

 

[Lightning Count]

Not sure if sufficiently obscure:

I love the Lotus Esprit, but not what I would call obscure.

 

[Dai101]

Will always hold a lot of love for the old Ford Maverick, my first car was a 1970 model.

Cosign.

 

[Agremont]

Alpine A110

 

[Al-ibn Kermit]

A friend had a former taxi cab crown vic in high school. They build them like a tank and the inside is huge but I thought it would just be really boring and slow. yet they still manage to be fun under the speed limit when you have suspension like a water bed and 7 teens crammed inside.

Chrysler Crossfire and Mazda RX-8. Ahead (or behind?) their time styling wise. Not many cars can look that pretty without trying too hard.

 

[TheAdmiester]

Iso Grifo

Mercedes C111

Volkswagen W12 Nardo

 

[pootle]

Thomassima III

 

[Dai101]

A friend had a former taxi cab crown vic in high school. They build them like a tank and the inside is huge but I thought it would just be really boring and slow. But they still manage to be fun under the speed limit when you have suspension like a water bed and 7 teens crammed inside.

Crown Vics (specially the Police Interceptor models) are everything but that.

And indeed, they are tanks

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-XLxLzpV3D8

Large, comfy tanks.

I still want to own one, but with this gas prices......... DAMN

 

[Jarrod38]

Pontiac Pegasus with a Ferrari engine.
http://www.carbuildindex.com/44520/...uilt-it-but-only-reluctantly-by-wallace-wyss/

 

[AyzOn]

I´m not sure if it fits but I don´t know anyone who knows of this car.
I think its really good looking and one of my absolute favorite cars.
The Jaguar XJ220

 

[tarheel91]

Lotus Carlton.

377HP and 419lb-ft of torque in a 1990 sedan. Pretty unheard of at the time.

This next one's a bit of a stretch, but only 1800 were produced for North America.

BMW Z4 M Coupe. 333HP I6 that screamed to 8300 RPM and a gorgeous design all around.

 

[Baron Von Beans]

I had a 1995 Toyota Camry that was a coupe. And was a 5 speed manual. Not that wild of a ride, but I've never seen another Camry coupe in my 14 years of driving

 

[op_ivy]

.

 

[commedieu]

I´m not sure if it fits but I don´t know anyone who knows of this car.
I think its really good looking and one of my absolute favorite cars.
The Jaguar XJ220

my person!

 

[HideyoshiJP]

Niche and obscure?
The Alfa Romeo SZ/RZ is niche, obscure, and ugly as hell. I love it.

 

[chuckddd]

 

[Supervlieg]

Lots, but this is about as ultimate as it gets.

Lancia Stratos Zero

 

[Lightning Count]

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In the US maybe, in the UK absolutely not basically everyone here would recognise the Escort RS Cosworth.

 

[Syriel]

Always wanted a convertible Plymouth Prowler.

 

[Martal]

In this thread we shall talk about as we love, but not the obvious choices.

I have always liked this, the Mitsubishi Starion, I suspect the name is the result of an error not translation.

Apparently - and this might be a slightly racist urban legend - it was the result of the Japan office's pronunciation of "Stallion". According to this the name was relayed to the American office over the phone.

EDIT - Just checked and Mitsubishi's official line is that its short for Star of Orion.

 

[saltinekracka]

Pontiac Solstice GXP coupe.

 

[Lightning Count]

Apparently - and this might be a slightly racist urban legend - it was the result of the Japan office's pronunciation of "Stallion". According to this the name was relayed to the American office over the phone.

Same here, error in translation.

 

[BigBeauford]

Had a Pontiac Fiero when I was a kid.

 

[DOBERMAN INC]

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Must have seen at least 5 of these burnt out when I was a kid.

 

[Patrick S.]

Vector W8

Renault Clio Williams

I had one of these. It's a fucking beast. In Spain, where I grew up, everybody knows this car, because Rallying is really really popular. Here in Germany, nobody seems to remember those.

Same with this beauty, the Lancia Delta HF Integrale:

I had one of these, too. I swapped it for my Opel Calibra Turbo and just had it for a week and gave it back, because the car would make banging noises when reversing. It turned out it was a broken bracket that cost like €20 to fix. I regret parting with this car. It was really really lovely. Shit electrics and cheap interior, but looking at the dash and center console with a whopping TEN gauges made me smile like silly. And I loved the weird way the rev counter was layed out.

 

[Patrick S.]

Must have seen at least 5 of these burnt out when I was a kid.

That was one of my dream cars when I was younger. I used to import the british MAX-POWER tuning magazine to Spain, and it was all Escort and Sapphire Cossies. Man, are these cars awesome. A neighbour had the last edition of the Escort Cossie, I think it was called Monaco or Monte Carlo or something and didn't come with the whale tail.

My other dreams cars where the Subaru Impreza and the Lancia Integrale. I did get to own both of these, yeahhhh

Man, I miss living in Spain and going to the rallyes all the time

 

[nded]

I don't know if it's particularly obscure, but from a visual standpoint I'm quite fond of the Lancia Stratos.

It's like someone decided to turn a speedboat into a rally car.

 

[Abounder]

Subaru Brat:

 

[rrs]

Dome Zero

 

[Marvie_3]

I´m not sure if it fits but I don´t know anyone who knows of this car.
I think its really good looking and one of my absolute favorite cars.
The Jaguar XJ220

Loved that car in Need For Speed 2.

 

[chadskin]

Every Aston Martin but the Vulcan in particular, such a badass car

 

[GYNGA]

Honda CRX Del Sol

Saab 9-5

Renault Avantime

Mazda Cosmo

Porsche 944

Renault 5

Chrysler Turbine

BMW Z8

And many more

 

[XavandSo]

The Holden Commodore VT (1997-1999)

Aussie born and bred, the grunt of the engine even in the weakest family model sounds superb.

These are common as all hell here in Australia, but I'd doubt they're anywhere else in any significant numbers.

 

[Brianemone]

I´m not sure if it fits but I don´t know anyone who knows of this car.
I think its really good looking and one of my absolute favorite cars.
The Jaguar XJ220

This was my dream car in high school. Great taste.

 

[sarcastor]

Vector W8 - http://www.conceptcarz.com/images/vector/vector_w_0_16.jpg

I'm sure lots of people had this car on their wall in poster form in the early 1990s. But have you seen its interior? It looks like a jet fighter. From 1984

 

[ascii42]

I like the VW Rabbit Pickup (also known as the VW Caddy) for its existence

Same with the Chevy SSR

This thing is so bizarre and stupid that it makes me happy that somehow somebody managed to convince the GM bean counters that making this thing was a good idea. I'd love to hear the justification.

GM actually has a history of occasionally releasing things that make no sense whatsoever.

Like the GMC Typhoon and Syclone. Car and Driver drag raced a Syclone against a Ferrari 348ts and the Syclone won.

The Cadillac CTS-V Wagon is probably the most recent example of GM going crazy

 

[Kojirospath]

Lots, but this is about as ultimate as it gets.

Lancia Stratos Zero

How do you get in?

 

[Lightning Count]

How do you get in?

The windscreen is the door it opens upwards.

 

[Flipyap]

BMW Isetta

 

[Kojirospath]

The windscreen is the door it opens upwards.

Makes sense, thanks