ThomasM
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being BOTH a Bimmer and Lambo fan, I very much want to include it...
but the performance is just not there, in factory street spec. Worst is that the body is so beautiful, it promises more than it delivers. And the interior is rather "thin" (common for Bimmers of that era, but the M6, a bit later, was "plain" yet very high quality - leather, padding, stitching.) This was all before Bimmer luxo-bloat, of course.
Bottom line - a great car, and as progenitor of the M family, to be respected, but incongruous and didn't manage expectations well.
Now one of the Procar specimen, another story entirely...
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Speed listing - ALL TIME GREAT CARS, round 1b: explanations and justifications
Thanks to all for your participation - great lists and of course, in looking at other's lists, we are reminded of ones we forgot, or are prompted to consider others we didn't. click here for lists from part 1a I wanted to 1a to be instinctive, intuitive, ...
being BOTH a Bimmer and Lambo fan, I very much want to include it...
but the performance is just not there, in factory street spec. Worst is that the body is so beautiful, it promises more than it delivers. And the interior is rather "thin" (common for Bimmers of that era, but the M6, a bit later, was "plain" yet very high...
Speedy choices for speed listings…
My original list consisted of my ‘spur of the moment’ choices and so the reasons were equally short. In fact given that they were not that carefully thought out, I don’t think I could justify many of them any more than this. Here they are: Morris Mini (th...
"Seconds away; round two"...
Talbot-Lago T150-C (Chassis 90019) The most romantic era of automobile design has to be the era of the ‘teardops’ or ‘streamliners’ of the 1930’s. The most evocative designs of that era have to be the designs of Giusseppe Figoni and Ovidio Falaschi. The m...
Quite possibly one of my favorite posts of all time
Seriously enjoyable read, Pplater! You had some truly great automotive picks on your list. I'm in agreement with you actually that the DB4 was a better design than its stablemate the DB5. The commentary which accompanied your choices was classic. BTW...
"Black Narcissus" is my favorite film of all time, Daos . . .
. . . followed by "Last Holiday", "Captain's Paradise", "My Dinner with Andre", and "Tales of Manhattan" . . . cordially, Art
