Arragonis -
The 250 Lusso is indeed a gorgeous beast. My "Standard Catalog of Ferrari" (Krause Publications) shows a pristine example of the berlinetta in, uhm, Italian Racing Green. My least favorite 250 variant (I risk burning at the stake for this!) is the Testa Rossa ... it makes me think of an aardvark overdosed on meth!
Ever since the movie "The Gumball Rally" made a deep impression on an adolescent aporigine, I have never relinquished the conviction that the Ferrari 365 is the car God drives on Sundays - although I much prefer the looks of the hardtop to the GTS. The SOUND that car makes is otherworldly! While modern V12s can sound
very good, there is something about that entirely mechanical gear-driven camshaft motor that is at once harsher and more voluptuous than the modern interpretations with full electronic engine management. An early Countach in proper tune makes a similar (less Eydie; more Ozzy) engine note. (There's a Countach on Youtube being run up on a dyno. WHAT a sound; the top end shrieks like a turboshaft engine.) And it all seems to trumpet exultantly out of those for-real quad exhausts!! My hairs, they raise. Visually, that first Countach was a sensation, from the future-fighterjet planes&angles to the "angry cartoon eyes" rear fender cutouts. I have heard (can't confirm; hold in your True Rumors file for now) that "Countach!" is asomewhat impolite Piemontese expression of admiration. You HAVE to love a car called the Holy ****!
(In Scotland: Holy ****e!)
Aesthetically, my all-time favorite supercar has to be the GT40. You put a slightly-reworked pickup truck engine in a wrapper THAT gorgeous and of course it'll trounce the competition.
"some really cool GT styling, and perhaps RHD ?"
Now why would I want to put all the fun bits in front of the passenger seat?
While admittedly
de gustibus non est disputandum, that never stopped me. (grin) Imo one of the strengths of the Corvette, esp, the C5 iteration (the one produced 1997-2004) is its absence of boy-racer styling cues. The C6 imo is a step back, with all its bulges, scoops, creases etc. Take Cool GT Styling to its extremum, and we end up with barock confections like the Enzo or the Zonda.
Trivia: Did you know that there was, until recently, a US vehicle made with RHD for domestic consumption?
Uh, I can't seem to make the image appear. Here's another ... not an ideal image, but at least the "naked" url doesn't contain a spoiler!
http://spammusubi.com/EKS/ST06/ST06_37.JPG
larrybuck:
Emphatic agreement on both the Pantera and the Daytona, which I have been misnoming the Cobra coupe. I recline corrected. (smile)
The Mangusta was a cool idea, but I gasped when I saw the weight distribution ... as near as makes no difference 2:1 R:F. Combine that with the nearly square wheelbase, and it makes yesteryear's Porsches seem downright benign, no?
I get it in re headlights. Some look like cheese-wedge appliques; others like Pokemon eyes, e.g. the otherwise brilliant 458 Italia. Or the R8's diabolical eyeliner!! My own huge personal bugbear with modern car design is the Poindexter beltline. Among supercars, Aston's Vanquish jumps to mind. Take one of the worst offenders, the current Chrysler 300. A huge ungainly brick of a body with this "1930s Bendix racer" vestige of a greenhouse. Did someone see wisdom in resurrecting the "chopped and channeled" look from 50s and 60s hot-rodding circles, complete with dangerous gunslit glazing? In one word:
cheers apo