<VV> Top 10 biggest duds - Classic & Sports Car March 2009

[Alan and Clare Wesson]

A bad car is a bad car, but one tends to find that Brits just haven't heard 
of a lot of the bad cars, and some weren't even sold here.

Similarly, a good car is a good car, but when there are those idiotic 'Top 
100 cars' polls every now and then, Nos. 1 and 2 are invariably the Austin 
Mini and the Jaguar XKE. But only because they are familiar to Brits.

I can't really imagine the Austin Mini making the Top 100 in a US survey, 
although the XKE might be in with a shout.

But only to people who have never seen a Lamborghini Miura...

Corvair content: I am personally convinced that the six most beautiful cars 
ever made are as follows:

Chevy Corvair (late model convertible - I don't think you need a pic of one 
of those...)
Lamborghini Miura 
(http://www.itusozluk.com/gorseller.php/lamborghini+miura/760)
Maserati 3500 GT 
(http://www.jcbcollection.co.uk/f-219-Maserati3500GTTouring1959.html - not 
in red though)
Fiat 130 Coupé (http://www.channel4.com/4car/gl/gallery/gallery/464/1 - I 
started the owners' club but I don't have one any more)
Fiat Dino Coupé 
(http://bringatrailer.com/2007/12/30/bargain-bertone-coupe-1967-fiat-dino-v6/ 
 - I have brought two of these over from Italy for a friend of mine, but I 
don't own one - yet!)
Lancia Aurelia B20 
(http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Lancia_Aurelia_B20_GT_i.jpg - Jay 
Leno has one)

In no particular order, although maybe the Miura is ahead when viewed from 
behind, as in the above pic.

Hmmmm... all those cars except the first one seem to have something in 
common, butta Ia can'ta quitea putta my fingera onna itta!

(;-))))))

Arrivederci

Alan





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Subject: Re: <VV> Top 10 biggest duds - Classic & Sports Car March 2009


> Guess the list has to be viewed from the British perspective.
>
> -Mark
>
>
>> [Original Message]
>> From: Bill Elliott <corvair at fnader.com>
>> Subject: Re: <VV> Top 10 biggest duds - Classic & Sports Car March 2009
>>
>> The UK didn't get the huge onslaught of Japanese cars as early as we
>> did, so were spared from many of the worst ones. In exchange, they got a
>> lot of the really bad European cars that we didn't...
>>
>> Bill
>>
>> >>
>> >>-----Original Message-----
>> >>From: Rodney Spooner <corvairenterprises at yahoo.com>
>> >>Subject: <VV> Top 10 biggest duds - Classic & Sports Car March 2009
>> >>
>> >>1. Austin A90 Atlantic
>> >>2. Lea-Francis Lynx
>> >>3. Triumph TR7
>> >>4. Renault Colorale
>> >>5. AMC Pacer
>> >>6. Daimler SP250
>> >>7. Austin 3 Litre
>> >>8. BMW 501 & 502 'Baroque Angels'
>> >>9. Citroen Birotor
>> >>10. Talbot Tagora
>> >>
>> >>
>> >
>> >
>
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