Car appreciation... the aesthetics, the engineering, etc

Wasn’t it actually a joint project between VW and Porsche? I read somewhere that VW bailed on it in favour of the Scirocco

Think there was a funding issue as well

Fiat x1/9 and Lancia Montecarlo.

Had that engine in a van ;)

The Subaru lives!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xos2MnVxe-c

Scirocco, Golf and E30.

All the Italian design houses are famous for recycling ideas if the original client didn't buy it.

Mk 1 golf is way better than 2!

E30- you could argue that the 2002 is the Gen 1 and I'd take a 2002 over an e30

Can I go even further and say the mk3 polo was the best one?

Pics or it etc etc

No you couldn't... E21.

Vids pls

Saw a Diablo going N on Kingsland rd out of my bedroom window yesterday morning.

Had a smile on my face the rest of the day just thinking about it. Feels silly but I was explaining to my wife I feel like there's tiers of seeing a "supercar" or rare car.

1. See it at a show
   
2. See it parked or driving in the vicinity of a major motorsport event
   
3. See it in W London or cruising on the motorway
   4a. See it out of your bedroom window driving past your house
   4b. See it being driven hard out in the wild
   
   

Up there with the Diablo spot is when I was walking to Liverpool St station at about 03:30 with a punctured tub about 7 or 8 years ago. Empty London roads, a rare moment where the majority of London was silent, and an original 911 came past doing probably double the limit, engine singing, and just caught the massive grin on the driver's face.

Friends dad had 2 dibalos as a kid.

For me their special now.

I've seen the Tron car in Acton. Quite a few of those Dubai plate Knightsbridge supercars seem to end up parked on Uxbridge Rd for some reason. Out in the Chilterns there's normally a Ferrari or two doing hot laps if the weather is nice. Ridden past quite a few Lambos in central London. They're too big to drive around slower traffic so they tend to be stuck in it :)

No you couldn't... E21
True, but that example kind of proves the point. A more pure design than the e30

by mk3, do you mean a 2F?

Of course! Much prettier.

A long time ago I was sitting outside the Duke of Hamilton pub (as was) in Hampstead, and a chap drove up the hill and reverse parked into a very tight spot outside the New End Theatre next door (as was) in a red Lamborghini Countach QV5000. Nailed it first time, like a boss. We clapped as he walked past, he nodded laconically. Dude.

It even has an MOT now!

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How long has it been red?

Could have sworn it was silver..

this is my best spot in the wild. on the way back from a track day at donington. I saw one on the way back from goodwood as well, but that doesn't count

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pure design

Sorry, but it sounds like you're the sort of person who thinks The Terminator is better than T2 just because it was the first.

I can't talk to you.

And yellow! Love yellow Ferraris for some reason.

Best spot ever was walking by Morgate in the mid '00s and seeing a navy blue GTO. Dude looked pretty content sitting in traffic.