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I've really started to re-evaluate these 'entry level' V8 Vantage Astons as they seem to have aged very well. They've also more or less peaked on their depreciation too with good ones rising in value.

This one though with 7000 miles on the clock in 14 years really does constitute car porn.

 

[Ax^]

at a380 post, like the last one but the classic car unless replicas or salvage

 

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BDSM

Fiat? Therein madness lies. The Beast of Turin

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[A380]

Fiat? Therein madness lies. The Beast of Turin

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I think there were a few ‘cars’ like this powered by massive aero ( and often airship rather than aeroplane) engines. Wasn’t the car Flemmings Chittychitty Bang Bang was based on one? Considering the rest of the car was basically based on farm cart technology they were a braver, and much madder, breed back then.

 

[Bahnhof Strasse]

Bit of high-end grot...

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[mauvais]

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I saw that on Friday, outside St Pancreas. It's... vivid. Meh.

 

[pseudonarcissus]

I glanced at an online news article recently and there was a picture of an MGA...I think these are the prettiest little sports cars ever. A friend of my father's had one, then brought another to to canabalize for spares but didn't have the heart to break it, so have a black one and a white one for his drive for a few years.

 

[bellaozzydog]

Oh my word

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[bellaozzydog]

Dp

 

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Oh my word

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Truly ugly.

 

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Watching Wayne on the box this morning, he showed one of these 1952 Studebaker Manta Ray concept car

 

[DownwardDog]

Oh my word

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That's a very good ownership proposition as long as it's not rusty as they have phenomenal after market support - better than any European or Japanese car of that age.

 

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I could get by with a classic Porsche but not electric.

 

[gosub]

I could get by with a classic Porsche but not electric.

I could get by with a slightly less exotic donor chassis for that ele5ric setup. what would clearly be a Sunday best car rather than a daily driver

 

[ska invita]

Mercedes-Benz 190SL décapotable de 1955 avec remorque Teardrop assortie personnalisée

 

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I sincerely hope they didn't chop a good 190 in half just to make that trailer. Beautiful car

 

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[ska invita]

People love the classic car look - why dont car companies make new cars that look like classics?

I can think of one around 20 years ago that was quite common but i cant remember the name
ETA i think its this Figaro

 

[DownwardDog]

People love the classic car look - why dont car companies make new cars that look like classics?

I can think of one around 20 years ago that was quite common but i cant remember the name
ETA i think its this Figaro

There was a blessedly brief retro craze in the early noughties (Beetle, Mini, S-Type, etc) but ultimately they wouldn't be able to get type approval for an exact replica of a classic due to safety and emissions regulations.

 

[ska invita]

im not thinking exact replica, im thinking styling. it must be possible to do safely - such as that Figaro
The new minis and beetles still look too modern and CAD designed to me

 

[Leafster]

It's still a thing. Renault are planning on launching a "new" Renault 5 as an EV.

 

[ska invita]

It's still a thing. Renault are planning on launching a "new" Renault 5 as an EV.

but that doesnt look like a classic car! it looks like a small SUV

 

[High Voltage]

Not car porn, but an observation about "directional" wheels - (you can blame Aussie comedian / chef Nats What I Reckon for this observation) above is a Kia summitorother the right hand side view the wheels are "going the right way" but the left hand the wheels are "going backwards"

I'd never noticed this until he mentioned it, now I "see them everywhere" and looking at it any car manufacturer would have to make a left and right hand wheel, and it's highly unlikely that they'd do that, but still, all the same . . . it's not right

 

[Leafster]

but that doesnt look like a classic car! it looks like a small SUV

It has definitely taken its styling cues from the original but like DownwardDog says it would be very difficult to produce an exact replica with all the safety aspects and peoples' expectations from a "modern" car.

 

[ska invita]

It has definitely taken its styling cues from the original but like DownwardDog says it would be very difficult to produce an exact replica with all the safety aspects and peoples' expectations from a "modern" car.

but what about this Figaro - has all the stylings including interior and necessary safety standards:
they were popular, and now second hand theyre expensive so still valued

 

[Spymaster]

but what about this Figaro - has all the stylings including interior and necessary safety standards:
they were popular, and now second hand theyre expensive so still valued

I think probably because they weren't that popular. They had a bit of a following but they didn't sell in huge numbers otherwise they'd still be produced in some form. Proper classic car enthusiasts wouldn't go near them because they're not classic cars, and if you're not a lover of the styling they were pretty shit cars.

 

[ska invita]

I think probably because they weren't that popular. They had a bit of a following but they didn't sell in huge numbers otherwise they'd still be produced in some form. Proper classic car enthusiasts wouldn't go near them because they're not classic cars, and if you're not a lover of the styling they were pretty shit cars.

i still dont see why you couldnt make one that wasnt "shit" though

 

[DownwardDog]

Not car porn, but an observation about "directional" wheels - (you can blame Aussie comedian / chef Nats What I Reckon for this observation) above is a Kia summitorother the right hand side view the wheels are "going the right way" but the left hand the wheels are "going backwards"

I'd never noticed this until he mentioned it, now I "see them everywhere" and looking at it any car manufacturer would have to make a left and right hand wheel, and it's highly unlikely that they'd do that, but still, all the same . . . it's not right

The OEM 19" McLaren SLR wheels are left and right specific. I have two front sets on my SL55.

There's probably a few others too.

 

[Leafster]

i still dont see why you couldnt make one that wasnt "shit" though

There are a few specialist car companies around that make cars that I think are what you're looking for but they are only small production runs and are expensive.

There's David Brown's reimagining of the original mini

Or maybe Dowsetts Classic car company for something which looks a lot like a classic car but is a "new" design.

There's always Morgan or Caterham I suppose.

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