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Pick your favorite iconic car from any decade....
- Thread starter Iridescentone
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The fastest car in 1947 - A Jaguar XK120.
Lovely. It's origin story is pretty amazing too.
Lovely. It's origin story is pretty amazing too.
The '56 XK120 with whitewalls is SEXY!
He's probably into a lot of things. Particularly given his ownership of the rebranded Force India/Racing Point, and now Aston Martin F1 team.
I did first hear of him through Cavallino magazine many years ago, due to his 512M.
I did first hear of him through Cavallino magazine many years ago, due to his 512M.
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Beautiful. Link to the origin story?
Top Gear UK. James May as I recall talked about how it came about as they did one of their competitions. Quite the show. It also featured a Vincent Black Shadow.
Top Gear Race to the North - Wikipedia
Vauxhall Prince Henry (1911) - it could go 65 MPH, which, back then, was insanely fast.
"A fantastic bike," I said. "The new model is something like two thousand cubic inches, developing two hundred brake-horsepower at four thousand revolutions per minute on a magnesium frame with two styrofoam seats and a total curb weight of exactly two hundred pounds."
"That sounds about right for this gig," he said.
"It is," I assured him. "The shager's not much for turning, but it's pure hell on the straightaway. It'll outrun the F-111 until takeoff."
"Takeoff?" he said. "Can we handle that much torque?"
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"If you rode the Black Shadow at top speed for any length of time, you would almost certainly die. That is why there are not many life members of the Vincent Black Shadow Society. The Vincent was like a bullet that went straight." - Hunter S. Thompson
This one's already been mentioned, but this shot is beautiful: the Lamborghini Miura (1966)
Our family's first second car so my mom would not have to drive him to work each day. Isetta by BMW with 13.5 hp engine.
The original Smart Car (still German, too).
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