List your favorite SPORTS car, and why.

[justing]

De Tomaso Pantera

rear engine 351 v8

looks cool

[BHarvey]

Ultima GTR 720

Holds all records relevant to what a sports car is for, quick lap times!

Not to mention it's WAY cheaper than anything in it's speed class!

Not that I'll ever afford one....

[gone-ot]

...Jaguar XKE coupe!

[UltArc]

I want to respond to all of you guys, on every single topic and car, but that feat will have to wait until I get to a computer, because the ipad does not have much sensitivity for me, especially when I'm excited like this! Lol

[UltArc]

Originally Posted by redneck

List your favorite SPORTS car, and why.

Lets see...

Could it be a,

GT...???

Lamborghini...???

Porsche 911...???

Nope....

My favorite...

!962 VW T1 (Split Window) Bus.

Why...???

Watch.

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Wow. All out performance, I don't think the T1 would do so well, but that driving was impressive. S/he definitely knows that track, the vehicle, and they have some gull. Cool video, except I haven't learned enough German to understand ANYTHING from the video.

Originally Posted by royanddoreen

Growing up it was the gt40 and 70 vette, getting close to getting my first car i wanted a tr6.

I did like the GT40, and even the MKs that came before it, but it took so many tries to get it right. Between power, reliability, and the price tag, the GT40 seems like a bit too much to be worth it. And I'm not sure if they actually made a street legal/production version, I thought they were all for racing. Similar to my comment about the GT44, trying to get the last model, the final editions of the GT40 were truly spectacular. I get the vette for the money, and the string rays did look good. Just not my cup of tea.

Originally Posted by BHarvey

Ultima GTR 720

Holds all records relevant to what a sports car is for, quick lap times!

Not to mention it's WAY cheaper than anything in it's speed class!

Not that I'll ever afford one....

That is impressive.

Originally Posted by Old Tele man

...Jaguar XKE coupe!

It seems like a lot of people are into the E type. I was always taught that you have to buy two Jags, so you always have something to drive...
And reviewing recent reviews of Jags since Ford sold them to Tata, their reliability has not increased at all, regardless of the fantastic upgrades in style, power, and material. I think the E type is ugly, but it seems the rest of the world loves it, so it must just be me.

I am not a huge fan of Porsche, even though I love the current Volkswagen group (including Porsche). What I am a huge fan of, is RUF.

[DIMS]

Originally Posted by redneck

List your favorite SPORTS car, and why.

Lets see...

Could it be a,

GT...???

Lamborghini...???

Porsche 911...???

Nope....

My favorite...

!962 VW T1 (Split Window) Bus.

Why...???

Watch.

>

Dude!! that is now my new favorite video Damn funny!!

[jamesqf]

Originally Posted by jamesqf

But I have to disagree on one point: any car with 600 hp doesn't qualify as a sports car in my book. Even 200 would be pushing it.

I should maybe elaborate on that a bit, since it really goes to the definition of what a sports car should (IMHO) be. A sports car is for driving briskly (but not necessarily at high speeds) on winding roads, with the top down. It should be as much fun to drive that sort of road at 40 mph as to go around a track at 140.

Now on a properly twisty road - say Hwy 1 around Big Sur - you just can't go that fast, so most of your 600 horses are wasted. Further, you don't (at least if you're me) even want to go fast, because there's a point (around 50-70 mph) where having the wind in your hair switches from joy to being a pain in the neck.

So most of your Lambos, GT-Whatevers, and so on fail the elementary test of being sports cars, 'cause the top doesn't come down, and (from my very limited experience, anyway) they're rather a pain on the slow & twisty bits.

[UltArc]

Originally Posted by jamesqf

I should maybe elaborate on that a bit, since it really goes to the definition of what a sports car should (IMHO) be. A sports car is for driving briskly (but not necessarily at high speeds) on winding roads, with the top down. It should be as much fun to drive that sort of road at 40 mph as to go around a track at 140.

Now on a properly twisty road - say Hwy 1 around Big Sur - you just can't go that fast, so most of your 600 horses are wasted. Further, you don't (at least if you're me) even want to go fast, because there's a point (around 50-70 mph) where having the wind in your hair switches from joy to being a pain in the neck.

So most of your Lambos, GT-Whatevers, and so on fail the elementary test of being sports cars, 'cause the top doesn't come down, and (from my very limited experience, anyway) they're rather a pain on the slow & twisty bits.

I do see your point, but I think of it differently. I think of a REAL sports car as a garage only, not your daily driver car. A car designed for sport. Now a days we have sports cars, and super cars, and hyper cars, and I'm sure in a few years we will have something even beyond that.

My mind set is still back in the time when there was a Chevy Camaro, and a Ford Mustang as sporty cars. Everything else was either a slug and just a cruiser, or they were a Ferrari, or a Lambo. Most vehicles under 55k aren't sports cars, rather sporty, cars-in my opinion.

So I do agree that a Datsun GTR, and a Ford GT, Buggati Veyron, so on, are more than sports cars, but super or hyper cars, but in my mind I will always have that divide.

[ksa8907]

Originally Posted by jamesqf

So most of your Lambos, GT-Whatevers, and so on fail the elementary test of being sports cars, 'cause the top doesn't come down

if thats what makes a sports car, then i don't want one. only girls go topless

[NachtRitter]

When I was younger, I also thought the Ultima GTR was one of the most incredible looking and performing sports cars which I could actually build from a kit.


As I got older, I enjoyed the classics more, especially the gorgeous looks of the Daytona Cobra Coupe, which also happens to be available as a kit.


Now that my youthful enthusiasm has been dampened by reality somewhat and I've got more of an eco outlook, I really like the Smyth G3F as an amazing combination of both excellent economy and more than sufficient performance which I can build from a kit.


Common themes: 1) I like the idea of building it myself (though I haven't done that yet); and 2) I like curvy lines a lot more than edgy lines (never liked the Lamborghini because it was too edgy)

While some may consider only convertibles to be 'sports cars', I never considered convertibles to be true 'drivers' cars. Without the top, they tend to be floppy and making them rigid again makes them heavy. Plus I never understood the point of a car if it can't be properly slid through a corner in a downpour... Guess that comes from growing up in a geographical location where it rained enough to make convertibles relatively pointless.