Name your 5 Top Cars you have always wanted to own

Following on from Mr Clennell's Iconic Cars, what are your top 5 cars you would love to own.

Here's mine for starters.

Lancia Delta Intergrale
Shelby Cobra
Lancia Stratos
Ford Mustang - (Early Model)
1941 Willys Hot Rod

'57 Mercury
'67 Mustang
'69 GTO
'77 Trans Am

And just to break the trend...

A Trabant P601.

porsche 356
tatra t87
citroen sm
maserati bora
lancia aurelia b20 coupe

...five?....so hard to only pick five, so i reserve the right to change me mind....in the next five minutes

Fantastic choice.

a 603 v8 would be in my top ten list

Dream:

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More realistically:

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I want a red Evo TME so bad it hurts!

In no particular order:

Caterham 7 (whatever the fastest one is at the time )
Ferrari F40
Ferrari 355
E30 M3
Pre-'89 911 Turbo

I like '80's cars quite a lot. I also seem to share some good taste with Mr. Prestatyn.

absolute dream cars would be different i guess

pagani zonda f roadster
alfa disco volante
citroen ds chapron convertible
bugatti type 57 atlantic
auburn boatail sppedster

The only ones I've really wanted to own and have had are the Astra GTE's and I still have the Coupe


The others are more of a current wish list:

Nissan Skyline R32, 33 or GTR.

Mustang - any, I like the look of any model I've seen.

Jaguar XKR-S.

VW Scirocco R.

Alfa Romeo 147 GTA.

Nice choice

I love them

I like the 147's anyway, but the GTA is just perfect and feels much nicer than the 156 GTA's (although I'd have the Sportwagon GTA ).
Feels solid on the road, lovely to drive, understated and rare and has the best and most comfortable seats ever

jimbob13 there's a lot of American Muscle in your choices, Love em.

Metro Tickford Turbo
Jensen Interceptor
Aston Martin Lagonda
Ferarri Daytona
Ariel Atom

2.8 Capri
Dolomite Sprint
Lotus Carlton
Ferrari 308 GTS
TR6

Ohh, nice selection there bezzer. I did consider the Capri but haveing driven a 3ltr it was a tragic dissapointment. I did used to drool over the 2.8i brochure still.

I had a 2 litre laser and at the time I thought it was a brilliant car! Mine was 2 tone grey blue and looked the dogs danglies

As for the 2.8i, who could fail to like this?

Always wanted a Dolly Sprint but they were always too expensive for me.

Still looks pretty good....

had a mint 2.8i, huge fun....sideways if you looked in rear view mirror too long haha

Lamborghini Countach 5000QV (not the Anniversary edition).
Ferrari F40
Lancia Delta Integrale
Alfa GT V6
Alfa GTV - the Bertone one like MRS has, but the GTAm version.

The list would change constantly though

Mine would be (if money wasn't an issue)

Lamborghini Mercielago LP670-4 SV
Porsche GT3 RS
Mercedes SL63 Black
Ferrari 250 GT California
Mercedes SL300 Gullwing

Meanwhile, back in the real world

Audi RS4
BMW M5
Nissan GTR
Audi R8
400bhp Fiat Coupe that works

Ferrari F40
Ferrari 456GT
Ferrari F12
Ferrari 458
Jaguar XJ220

It's been a lifelong love of mine, mate. I've owned a few American motors and my 'sensible' Chevy Astro dayvan's being treated to a Supercharged Corvette engine next summer.

Money NO option

1-Ferrari F40
2-McLaren F1
3-Bugatti Veron SS
4-Ferrari 250GTO
5-Porsche 959

Reality

1-Nissan GTR/R35
2-Escort Cosworth
3-Sierra RS500 Cosworth
4-Astra GTE 16v Champion
5-Audi Quatttro U/R Turbo

F40
355 berlinetta (blue + cream interior)
Lotus exige v6
XJ220
Lamborghini miura

F40
Stratos
6R4
Veyron
250 GTO

F355
Interceptor
Fulvia 1.6 HF
996 turbo
Gallardo - yellow

Bugger, forgot about a 6R4

Here are my "just out of reach" cars I badly wanted.

1. Fiat 127 Sport.

I had a 903cc 127 with about 50 BHP. Fantastic to drive. The thought of 75 raring horses and spoilers and everything.

2. Chrysler Sunbeam TI

100 eager horses, tiny body, RWD, and cheap for a while.

3. Rover SD1 Vitesse

Waft, beauty, space, and electrical bits from the future.

4. Citroen CX Turbo 2

Staggeringly quick and beautiful old beast. Odd, jumpy handling on the limit.

5. TVR Chimaera

Love the details, the sound, the performance, beautiful Leather and Aluminium interior. Too good to be true - just like the Coupe.

Great list..cx turbo has been one of my must haves for years..you can still get lucky..

That 1300 'Brazil' engine was a cracker in my last kit!

I'd settle for any 70s Citroen these days. The GS was another really neat job too if you owned shares in a body filler company.


I think it was the Weber / Solex carbs. Zenith/ Stromberg / SUs always seem like they're strangling the engine.
Was the Brazil engine an OHC?

I don't remember, now. I vaguely recollect a single overhead cam; could be wrong.

Isn't the cx maserati powered?

I think the SM was. Don't know about the CX.



I bet it understeered quite a lot.
Hang on - how have they managed to put the belts at the wrong end of the engine?

Rite, I knew one of them had 1 form of the bi-turbo lumps.

And surely a tyre next to a charged motor is going to suffer badly due to heat? Crazy French!

Citroen's approach to that engine bay is a bit like the last minute tidy up before the in-laws come round. Stuff everything in the cupboard and lock the door.

Rover SD1 Vitesse

Beta Montecarlo / Citroen SM / Alfa Giulietta 'Day of the Jackal' Spider......

Lancia 037 Stradale

Pretty much the only one really.

Beautiful

Beauty's in the eye of the beholder. I've had five Lancias over the years and love em to bits but I wouldn't call that or the S4 beautiful.

+1

Now this IMO is beautiful

If we're talking about beautiful Lancias the Aurelia gets my vote.

Talking of Deltas, the one I used to race in Sega Rally would be worth a few quid now. There's one on Autotrader for £84k!

The rival Celica GT-Four was better balanced, less twitchy and can be had for about 2 grand. Future Cla$$ic investment anyone?

11 years since I flogged my Evo - for less than £7k