New: No idea (can't afford much).
Old: For me it's 1965 Pontiac GTO convertable, without doubt.

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1992 500SEL 25K
1995 E320 40K
1995 SL600 120K
2002 JX8 Sport 43K
2005 Volvo S40 95K
2006 Isuzu NPR 304K (Frankencamper)
2007 Crown Victoria 150K
2014 Smart Electric 20K

Flame away but....

1973 BMW 3.0 CSi is easily the cleanest design ever, the pillars and roof line are absolutely elegant. Everything a sports coupe should be.

These only 1 threads are so hard. Well anyway here's a nice one. Oooh, looks like Kuan got here first





BTW Ted, your avatar is givin' me the creeps!

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...Tracy

'00 ML320 "Casper"
'92 400E "Stella"

I'll make that my fav past car

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past MB rides:
'68 220D
'68 220D(another one)
'67 230
'84 SD
Current rides:
'06 Lexus RX330
'93 Ford F-250
'96 Corvette
'99 Polaris 700 RMK sled
2011 Polaris Assault
'86 Yamaha TT350(good 'ol thumper)

hrm... after some careful consideration, change the past from countach to 507.

i change my vote. after seeing the pic.

i want an Unimog.

peyton: i live closer to durham but work in cary. i only go to north raleigh to get my bbq fix at the barn on capital.

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Jennifer
90 350sdl

..yeah..look carefully and you'll see the guy grows two horns..

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'79 280SE
'87 560SEL
'83 280CE
'01 Nissan Micra
'98 VW Passat
'83 911 turbo

Past: 250GTO the perfect sports car, rare, valuable, stunning to look at, and the sweet note that V12 sings. 39 made 7mill.+ should get you one if you can find one for sale.

Present: hmm. I would have to say the new SL's tie the Enzo in looks. Also the real Hummer. It looks so bad it's attractive.

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2016 Corvette Stingray 2LT
1969 280SE
2023 Ram 1500
2007 Tiara 3200

1964

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2004

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Ahhh....1958.....the year that made all the chrome plating companies rich

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past MB rides:
'68 220D
'68 220D(another one)
'67 230
'84 SD
Current rides:
'06 Lexus RX330
'93 Ford F-250
'96 Corvette
'99 Polaris 700 RMK sled
2011 Polaris Assault
'86 Yamaha TT350(good 'ol thumper)

Car of all time? It's a tie!

The Ferrari 365 cars (GTB and the VERY rare GTS) are the ultimate front-engine rear drive performance car. The beautiful curves can bee seen in most every sports car since, from things like all the Nissan cars to Panoz to the latest 'Vette. (Check the fender curve on the C6...) It looks powerful without having any wings/spoilers/doo-dads many cars have been adorned with. Even without technology, the design is stable at 180mph.

The Jaguar E-Type drop-head-coupe is right with the Ferrari. It's lines are simply stunning, especially in Series I/II forms without the heavy bumpers the V-12 got shorn with.

And the last car in this third place tie is the 1955-57 300SL "Gull-wing" coupe. It changed automobile thinking for decades and introduced Mercedes as a maker to be reckoned with beyond luxury cars and racing machines. A racer for the street. It had so many innovations from it's FI engine to body config it was a tour-de-force. Like the Ferrari it was light years ahead of it's time and created with pen and paper, no Pentiums in sight. Human brains, baby...

Today?

I agree that the Ford GT is incredible. It's a daring design that looks like the original, but incorporates many modern elements without losing the muscular race-car tone of the '60's race cars. The car looks exotic (it is), brutally fast (it is) and highly expensive (it is).

I would like to have said the Mercedes SLR, but it just seems a little too-over-the-top for me to put it ahead of the smoother Ford GT. Second place, this time.

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John Shellenberg
1998 C230 "Black Betty" 240K

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Moderns? Nah.. what about this...



MCLAREN F1

..outperforms (0-60 3.1 secs, 231 mph) and out-innovates any of the modern competitors...

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'79 280SE
'87 560SEL
'83 280CE
'01 Nissan Micra
'98 VW Passat
'83 911 turbo

There is only one car in the Museum of Modern Art in NYC: Jaguar E Type

I haven't owned one, but I have owned the only tricyle in the Museum of Modern Art: Windcheetah

http://www.windcheetah.co.uk/

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1977 300d 70k--sold 08
1985 300TD 185k+
1984 307d 126k--sold 8/03
1985 409d 65k--sold 06
1984 300SD 315k--daughter's car
1979 300SD 122k--sold 2/11
1999 Fuso FG Expedition Camper
1993 GMC Sierra 6.5 TD 4x4
1982 Bluebird Wanderlodge CAT 3208--Sold 2/13

From yesteryear

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'90 300SE 298k
-300K and it gets put into retirement.
'80 300D 255k Purchased new by family in 1980.

Had a:
1973 220 (gas)
1980 300SD
1992 400E