Best car in the world?

[dozeydustman]

Anything in the dream shite signature is my ultimate car. If I could only have one, then Holbay power.

 

 

[Scruffy Bodger]

All this talk of Cavaliers and nobody wants one of these instead?

 

 

So fast the press tried their utmost to get it banned but would still seat 4 passengers in comfort even when they were carrying out ram raids! West mids police couldn't catch it because it actually out ran their helicopter!

 

A gang of ram raiders snatched a Lotus Carlton from a home in Pershore, Worcestershire. In the months that followed, they used it to rip off an estimated GBP20,000 in liquor and cigarettes throughout the West Midlands, including Bromsgrove, Redditch, Wythall, Belbroughton, Earlswood and Rubery

 

Pissed-off cops were beside themselves about what to do. The thieves and their hot-rod Vauxhall were making a mockery of whatever hamstrung interceptors Johnny Law was sporting at the time. "We simply haven't been able to get near the thing and it looks unlikely that we ever will," an intelligence officer told The Independent about the Lotus. "Our urban panda cars can only go at 90mph

 

https://jalopnik.com/an-amazing-lotus-tuned-sedan-terrorized-the-uk-in-a-vio-1575033146

[chrisjvm]

Oh and a Citroen CX Gti turbo2 with Maikonics go much faster trickery!

[Guest Hooli]

All this talk of Cavaliers and nobody wants one of these instead?

 

 

So fast the press tried their utmost to get it banned but would still seat 4 passengers in comfort even when they were carrying out ram raids! West mids police couldn't catch it because it actually out ran their helicopter!

 

A gang of ram raiders snatched a Lotus Carlton from a home in Pershore, Worcestershire. In the months that followed, they used it to rip off an estimated GBP20,000 in liquor and cigarettes throughout the West Midlands, including Bromsgrove, Redditch, Wythall, Belbroughton, Earlswood and Rubery

 

Pissed-off cops were beside themselves about what to do. The thieves and their hot-rod Vauxhall were making a mockery of whatever hamstrung interceptors Johnny Law was sporting at the time. "We simply haven't been able to get near the thing and it looks unlikely that we ever will," an intelligence officer told The Independent about the Lotus. "Our urban panda cars can only go at 90mph

 

https://jalopnik.com/an-amazing-lotus-tuned-sedan-terrorized-the-uk-in-a-vio-1575033146

 

*wibble*

[Tadhg Tiogar]

…. a Citroen CX Gti turbo2 with Maikonics go much faster trickery!

 

Maikonics unobtainable, and probably superseded by things like Megasquirt.

[Snipes]

To be fair, most vehicles can do 90% of what another can. It's only the 10% that makes a particular vehicle special.

 

I'm stunned at some of the humdrum bollocks that is in this thread. Metros? Cavaliers? fuck me. This is money no object beautiful ridiculous dream cars. Yes, I've had a MK2 cavalier and it was an *excellent* car. Loved it. Money no object, not a chance. CXs are in the same category.. I've had 5 of the fuckers and they were all absolutely shit.

 

I'll have one of these, for the sheer lunacy of it:

 

W8_3.jpg

 

Practical? Highly unlikely.

Economic? Not a chance.

Decent all rounder? No way.

 

But just look at it. I desperately want one and would use it every day, for everything.

 

Actually, I'd have an entire collection of cars with a huge variety. Given that I've dailied everything from a Fiat X1/9 to a Series 2B forward control Landrover, I doubt there's much that I would look at and say.. "mm, maybe that's not the right car for today".

No you'd use it maybe twice before you got bored of not being able to see out of it, get in and out of it, probably people keying it, heavy steering, clutch & grumpy throttle and so on before you sacked it off for a nice Carina E!

[Talbot]

No you'd use it maybe twice before you got bored of not being able to see out of it, get in and out of it, probably people keying it, heavy steering, clutch & grumpy throttle and so on before you sacked it off for a nice Carina E!

I used a Nova Kit car as a daily for well over a year. You can't scare me with such minor inconveniences as visibility and access. And steering. And heavy pedals. And shit heater. And awful headlamps. And everything else that made it basically undriveable.

[meggersdog]

Original Range Rover for me - maybe the longer, luxury LSE variant of the runout model

 

I'll bare that in mind when I come to sell my LSE.

 

For me an Alvis TF21 would be ideal         

[barefoot]

The best car in the world is the one that starts reliably and doesn't need frequent washing or attention.

 

At the mo it's probably my rat arsed Scirocco.

If I won several millionty pounds,

I'd probably be doing the tip run in a DB5 as long as some bugger else cleaned it for me.

[John F]

The best car in the world is the one that starts reliably...

 

Discovery 300 TDi

 

...and doesn't need frequent washing...

 

Discovery 300 TDi

 

... or attention.

 

Ah bugger.

[Asimo]

90% of the things a Discovery 300 TDi can do.

No, they both rot, frustrate and break at about the same rate.

[Yoss]

I'm a bit late to this and most of my choices have already gone. First thing that sprang to mind was a Tatra. Any Tatra. From the outlandish style of the 77 or 87 to the almost bland but still classy communist era styling of the 613 or 700. Basically the first one that came up for sale. But they've already been mentioned several times.

 

So I'll have one of these.

Not a standard Routemaster, I've already got one of those, but a Green Line RCL. And if, as the original brief states, money was no object, I'd use it as my daily. It's fast (cruises at 60, easily fast enough for most journeys), comfortable, handles much better than most people realise, exceptionally well built and easy to park. No, honestly it is, you can just leave it on a bus stop. It's also exempt from the congestion charge and LEZ. Perfect.

[martc]

Lancia Flaminia Super Sport

 

[egg]

As someone else alluded to, I can't answer this - as so many cars that I'd like that I might actually drive and think, na. I remember that classic bit of TV when Rowan Atkinson bought a 600 Grosser and saw himself reflected in a shop window and thought 'what have I done'...

 

I mean I could name a Matra Murena, a Simca Aronde P60, but I haven't as much as sat in either, and rarely seen them in the flesh (if at all).

[Richard]

I'd be happy with a better example of the 850 I've already got, maybe a T5 version if this fantasy world contains any that haven't been thrashed mercilessly for their 200k miles.

 

I've always said my lottery car would be a slightly threadbare Rolls Royce Silver Shadow. Thanks to Saabnut I've now driven the Bentley version and it remains on my lottery list.

[New POD]

All this talk of Cavaliers and nobody wants one of these instead?

 

 

So fast the press tried their utmost to get it banned but would still seat 4 passengers in comfort even when they were carrying out ram raids! West mids police couldn't catch it because it actually out ran their helicopter!

 

A gang of ram raiders snatched a Lotus Carlton from a home in Pershore, Worcestershire. In the months that followed, they used it to rip off an estimated GBP20,000 in liquor and cigarettes throughout the West Midlands, including Bromsgrove, Redditch, Wythall, Belbroughton, Earlswood and Rubery

 

Pissed-off cops were beside themselves about what to do. The thieves and their hot-rod Vauxhall were making a mockery of whatever hamstrung interceptors Johnny Law was sporting at the time. "We simply haven't been able to get near the thing and it looks unlikely that we ever will," an intelligence officer told The Independent about the Lotus. "Our urban panda cars can only go at 90mph

 

https://jalopnik.com/an-amazing-lotus-tuned-sedan-terrorized-the-uk-in-a-vio-1575033146

A mate of mine did 155 mph in a lotus Carlton on the A38 in Worcestershire.

 

Fact.

 

Whilst on a West Mercia police high speed driving Course.

 

The day after he passed the course he ended up in a ditch in his 205 GTi having failed completely to control the lift off overseer.

[Scruffy Bodger]

A mate of mine did 155 mph in a lotus Carlton on the A38 in Worcestershire.

 

Fact.

 

Whilst on a West Mercia police high speed driving Course.

 

The day after he passed the course he ended up in a ditch in his 205 GTi having failed completely to control the lift off overseer.

 

Lucky/unlucky boy! Maybe he should have bought a 309/405 Mi16, he'd probably have got away with it.

[AnthonyG]

Ferrari 550 Maranello. If this thread has been around in 1995 I too would have said the 456M, but the Maranello is just perfection.

 

For going to Sainsbury’s of a weekend a series one XJ6 4.2, or maybe an early (64-66) Mustang 289 fastback.

[rml2345]

It's brilliant that given an unlimited choice some people would still pick a Cavalier or a Metro or something half the world has never even heard of over any amount of exotica.

[The Reverend Bluejeans]

Ferrari 550 Maranello. If this thread has been around in 1995 I too would have said the 456M, but the Maranello is just perfection.

 

For going to Sainsbury’s of a weekend a series one XJ6 4.2, or maybe an early (64-66) Mustang 289 fastback.

At last!!

[bramz7]

To be fair, most vehicles can do 90% of what another can. It's only the 10% that makes a particular vehicle special.

 

I'm stunned at some of the humdrum bollocks that is in this thread. Metros? Cavaliers? fuck me. This is money no object beautiful ridiculous dream cars. Yes, I've had a MK2 cavalier and it was an *excellent* car. Loved it. Money no object, not a chance. CXs are in the same category.. I've had 5 of the fuckers and they were all absolutely shit.

 

I'll have one of these, for the sheer lunacy of it:

 

W8_3.jpg

 

Practical? Highly unlikely.

Economic? Not a chance.

Decent all rounder? No way.

 

But just look at it. I desperately want one and would use it every day, for everything.

 

Actually, I'd have an entire collection of cars with a huge variety. Given that I've dailied everything from a Fiat X1/9 to a Series 2B forward control Landrover, I doubt there's much that I would look at and say.. "mm, maybe that's not the right car for today".

 

 

Nice, a Vector W8. They have the most insane wiper set up too, so yeah why not. 

 

 

I'd also have to get a Venturi Atlantique BiTurbo. Apparently better than the Esprit, plus no one would ever know what it was. Or even a Lister Storm, but they look a bit like an F40 on 'roids. 

 

I really like obscure supercars, so that fetish would have to be fulfilled amply if I chanced upon a fortune. 

[Zelandeth]

Haven't have a chance to read through all of the responses, but if I could pick anything as my daily transport, it would be one that was (tragically briefly) in my fleet.

 

Renault 25 Monaco. Pre facelift only please.

 

Most comfortable car I've spent any time in by a country mile. Including Rollers, Jags, Bentleys etc...

 

It's one car which if one turned up tomorrow would cause me major problems as I'd not be able to say no, no matter that I've no room, and that I know parts would be epically hard to find... I'd not be able to not buy it. Hell...I could near live in it anyway...

 

 

If we did win the lottery tomorrow though, I'd be picking up a Tesla Model S as the daily runaround, without question though. Have spent a bit of time in one, and it was actually comfortable - which I find a rarity in anything modern - and it really did feel like the future. No, they're not perfect, but still a damn nice place to be.

 

Launch in Ludicrous Mode would never get old either. It is truly bonkers. No so much that it can get off the mark that quick, but that such a big barge of a thing can, and the seamless, silent way it does it.

 

They're a motor that very much divides opinions, and I actually like that.

 

Never thought I'd have an electric car on the wish list!

[The Reverend Bluejeans]

The Tesla Model S is what the Jag XJ should be, a groundbreaking and beautiful looking luxury car as opposed to some Ian Callum nightmare resembling a cross between an Insignia and a Kenwood truck.

[Bren]

^^ fit.

Lots of comments about mk 2 cavaliers. I got mine in 1992 at age 19 - a black SRI.

I have never felt the same about any other car.

I felt as if I had truly arrived. And had a large penis.

[New POD]

It's brilliant that given an unlimited choice some people would still pick a Cavalier or a Metro or something half the world has never even heard of over any amount of exotica.

In the mid 90s that's exactly what me and the wife owned. A red 1.6 Gl hatch on a D plate and a white 1275 Sport on an E plate.

At the time, I lusted after any TVR, an 2.9 xr4x4, a 3 door cosworth, or a lotus eclat

Not exactly lusting after exotica, but just out of reach.

I saw a 2000E sapphire advertised with 2.8 4x4 running gear, and seriously wanted it. Even now i wish that I'd been brave enough. But it's all about spare money. Didn't have any.

[ChinaTom]

The only way I can improve on my current situation would be to swap my standard XJ12 (XJ40 shape) for the one off coupe version in the JDHT collection as i think it suits me better than the XJS of that era.

 

Or maybe ditch the introvert character and have a DB9, or ditch the financial anxiety and have a nice late Ferrari 412...

 

Will understand those who disagree.

[bolognasal spray]

Morgan Plus 8 or Aerial Atom.

[Snipes]

In the mid 90s that's exactly what me and the wife owned. A red 1.6 Gl hatch on a D plate and a white 1275 Sport on an E plate.

At the time, I lusted after any TVR, an 2.9 xr4x4, a 3 door cosworth, or a lotus eclat

Not exactly lusting after exotica, but just out of reach.

I saw a 2000E sapphire advertised with 2.8 4x4 running gear, and seriously wanted it. Even now i wish that I'd been brave enough. But it's all about spare money. Didn't have any.

Couple of years ago I saw a (IIRC) E34 5-series V8 (was either the 3.0 or 4.0 can't recall). I chickened out and got a 1.6 LX Escort instead. It would have done me just on fuel & insurance alone within a few months but what a few months that would have been! lol.

[AMC Rebel]

<Trivia> That Maserati is wearing TRP 61F - my AMC is TRP 130F - mine was first registered as VWB 2F but that's long gone.  I have seen a few other TRP nnnF numbers - it seems to be a sequence they are allocating for age related imports or where the original plate has been transferred elsewhere.

[danthecapriman]

So if it’s a money no option deal here?

 

After careful* consideration, if say, I was on the money of some premier league football twat or high flying executive tool I would be one of a kind.

That means shove your German bland-mobiles up your arse. Fuck Ferrari and Lamborghini and any of those ugly pointless super cars.

 

What a man of my caliber requires is something big. Something manly. Something that makes a massive statement about me as a person. Something that says ‘get the fuck out of my fucking way you peasants!’.

 

So I’ll take one of these:

 

Peterbilt 281

 

The 1955 Peterbilt 281 tanker truck from 1971 movie DUEL. by man is thy own enemy, on Flickr

 

Or one of these, because I love the style of them and that Detroit diesel!

Ford LT9000

 

1979 Ford Hooven, Ohio 1980 by David Smith, on Flickr

 

In all seriousness, I would do exactly that too! Why would you stick to something normal and boring like most of the people wealthy enough to do it actually do!?

 

If I’ve got to stick to a car, I’d have something like my Mercury. Massive, big V8, fuel costs not important, and nobody else has one.