What about just a NFSII montage? The Cala, Commendatore 112i, Lotus GT1, BMW Nazca C2 etc. Most were just prototypes or concept cars, but damn they were cool! Also, NFSII was the last decent game in the series.

I d say another Lancia concept that somehow never got built despite the platform being readily available and despite the fact it had more than enough sexyness to singlehandedly put Lancia back on the map.

My Dad used to sell Isuzu and Mitsubishi cars from his gas (service) station in Australia, so we had an Isuzu Florian similar to this (without the mag wheels and wing mirrors) as a family car for years. It’s the car I learned to drive in.

First car was a lot like this fellow:

1980 Oldsmobile Custom Cruiser Diesel. Just like the one below but it did not have the clear cornering lights on the lower front fender. It was affectionately refered to as “The Diesel” In 1984 dad popped the stock diesel and GM replaced it free of charge with a Detroit Diesel 350 replacement. It survived (3) teenage…

The psa engines are pretty darn good. ( let’s not talk about the vti and the first 1.6 turbo that came also in the mini) But the electrics are garbage. I always tell people who ask my opinion on what to buy, that a psa product is great, just don’ get to many options. 6 months ago I scrapped my 406 because hardly…

Ahh but there IS more:

Yup - I damn near wore out my copy of Need For Speed. Can’t beat those 16-bit graphics!

You didn’t even mention my favorite part of the car, the slide out trunk-drawer. The information on this car is out there, it’s just in print format. This picture is from my copy of Exotic Cars Quarterly, Summer 1991 issue. They did a full article on the car.

People never believe what it was like to own one of the first PT cruisers. It was one of the first ones sold by our dealership, and the first one sold at actual sticker and not above, because they were selling WELL above sticker, with a waiting list. at the time.

I worked at a certain auto manufacture R&D when the first Neon came out. We were surprised how cheap it was for what it was, so we soon bought two. We disassembled it and found out the magic - it was cheap because it was, and I mean every component was cheapo shit. We seriously wondered if our cars were made to way…

I think I’ll stick the the Stinger:

I too have lusted for one ever since the original 1989 concept car.

Same here. My father, a skilled mechanic, brought home a customer’s Viper to keep working on it. The sound of the V10 as it slid up our driveway and into the garage was beautiful, and he couldn’t help giving the pedal a quick blast in neutral, reverberating through the whole house. I was immediately smitten. A few…

I suspect the reason I got into cars, when I was 3 or 4 years old:

The right answer.

Yes, possibly the most beautiful F1 car ever. And my mount of choice in Grand Prix Legends - at just about every track in the game it’s almost as quick as the Lotus and a lot less twitchy at the limit. It does feel pretty clumsy around Monaco, though.

Great article, Stef- thanks! IMHO, the Gurney Eagle is the most beautiful car ever built. 

As a mechanical design engineer I say: no problem. Just scale everything up.

You know what? I spent a lot of seat time in a 4C, I’m beginning to think you journalists telling us how terrible this little Alfa is are the posers. For the life of me, I can’t understand how anyone can complain about such honest to god fucking awesome steering, decent ride quality for the handles like its on rails…