Car Porn.......beauty meets speed (SFW)

[Mazderati]

Doesn't do it for me; even as a Honda fanboy.

[assman]

http://bringatrailer.com/listing/1961-jaguar-e-type/

[Bobby Stainless]

120k doesnt seem like enough for that car.

[Mazderati]

Dat ass.

[Bromontana]

P

[VTeton]

http://blog.caranddriver.com/toyota-...from-a-sienna/

[Bobby Stainless]

lol^

I'd just get a TRD Pro 4runner.

[huckbucket]

P

Now that's a fine ride. Damn!

[bushman]

Bushboy and I did a 220 mile rally in the Superior Nat. Forest yesterday, he in his M3 and me in my Maser. What a blast!

[Bromontana]

Love that M3 design & sound. Flush wheels on the italian coupe are cleeeean.

[east or bust]

Agreed, that M3 is clean.

The Maserati is alright too, I guess.

[Bobby Stainless]

That was the last M3 imo. I didn't like the V8 one, that came after. Haven't driven the M4.

[PNWbrit]

Never been a huge BMW fan.. but I wouldn't mind > this one <.

[oftpiste]

Good god what a stunner!

Never been a huge BMW fan.. but I wouldn't mind > this one <.

[PNWbrit]

Good god what a stunner!

Yep...

Just seconds ago saw this too. Thought it might be your cup of tea?

This stunning Miura, one of only three "Arancio Miura" cars built in 1968, and the only one with a white leather interior, is now acknowledged to be the actual car used in the iconic opening sequence of the 1969 movie, "The Italian Job". It was driven by factory client manager Enzo Moruzzi to the Gran San Bernardo pass in Italy for 3 days' filming, returned to the factory and dispatched to the Lamborghini dealer Zani on 2nd July 1968.

[east or bust]

Can't wait for this.

[Alaskan Rover]

One sweet Ferrari 246 Dino coupe



I guess that's an understatement!!

Nauseatingly, people still often confuse the 246 Dino (a REAL Ferrari in every detail) with the Fiat Dino 2000 (a car not even in the same class as the 246!!!)

My brother had the spyder version of this 246....a black one. I never drove it but was passenger in it a couple memorable times on a great curvy touring road near Cazenovia, New York. That thing was pure lusciousness around the turns!!!

[stfu&gbtw]

Easily one of the top 5 most beautiful cars ever built...

[Bobby Stainless]

The 410 Superamerica is one of my favorites.


One of the best looking modern cars. Aston is the non-douche exotic. It's so much classier than a Ferrari or Lambo. Unfortunately, they are GT cars, and not very exciting. Sound great, and are some of the best looking cars on the road. Once they drop the Sport Shift II, and go with the AMG DCT and V8TT shits on.

[Benny Profane]

One sweet Ferrari 246 Dino coupe



I guess that's an understatement!!

Nauseatingly, people still often confuse the 246 Dino (a REAL Ferrari in every detail) with the Fiat Dino 2000 (a car not even in the same class as the 246!!!)

My brother had the spyder version of this 246....a black one. I never drove it but was passenger in it a couple memorable times on a great curvy touring road near Cazenovia, New York. That thing was pure lusciousness around the turns!!!

The Dino was never a Ferrari. There is no prancing horse to be found anywhere on the car, just the Dino logo. Enzo would not call anything with six cylinders a Ferrari. He was trying to start a new division that was higher production and cheaper for the customer (I'm old enough to remember how "affordable" they were), but his heart wasn't into it. He wasn't really a mass car maker. He eventually had to sell to Fiat to survive, after almost getting swallowed by Ford.

[PNWbrit]

There is no prancing horse to be found anywhere on the car..... Enzo would not call anything with six cylinders a Ferrari.

Phil Hill won the 1961 F1 championship with V6 engined.... Ferrari.

[Benny Profane]

Yes, all were six cylinders until the 12. He went to the grave proud as God for developing the 12.

[PNWbrit]

Yes, all were six cylinders until the 12..

What?

[Benny Profane]

61 was a transitional year, both back down to 1.5 liter capacity and from front to mid engined placement. Much like Indy, just a few years earlier. (An AWD front engined car won a race that year) I guess you have to dig deeper than I want to now, but, I guess he didn't think a 12 cylinder was appropriate for the new car, or just couldn't do both mid engined and a new engine at the same time. The Dino was a later 60s project, and he had developed many good 12 cylinder engines for both street and racing by that time. Some think that was the key to the Ford sweeps at Lemans against him. Good old reliable Murican V8 vs that funny Italian stuff. Maybe.

I had totally forgotten that Von Trips was killed at the Italian GP in 61. Must be the scenario that the movie Grand Prix refers to.

edit: Here's a pic in the museum from the other thread.



Note the Dino in the upper left corner. That was in a corner of the room I called "The Ferraris that weren't Ferraris" The Dino is the most well known (yes, not a dancing horse to be seen), but there were also two other "brands" of attempts at cheaper road cars but still with a connection to the old man, all the engine (a small 4-6 cylinder) and some engineering. I forget their names, never heard of them before.

I always found it interesting that he would name such a car after his lost son. What was he saying? That he, his son, wasn't really a Ferrari? Or, he had much bigger plans for a new division, and that logo would go on to be as loved as his own? I'll bet you could find some material at the museum to at least elaborate.

[PNWbrit]

And John Surtees won his '64 world championship in a V8 Ferrari before the V12 (although actually a flat non-boxer and not a V) was introduced....

So explain this whole "all were 6 cylinders before they were 12" to me again.