Best cars................ EVER.

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Cutler
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Chris_C, you def. got some taste!!

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Sideways @ flat 2 the mat forever!

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Not Group B, not a success due to heavyness, but I've got a soft spot for the 450 SLC 5.0 too:

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Ronnie wrote:Image
I thought I was the only person who liked these :lol:
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Tough one. I really like the 300 and the 480 but they're not the best cars EVER. It'd have to be:

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Of course the toughest, most customer satisfying car in the world? It could only be the 240

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Someone owns a 76 skyline (c210) like this near me. It's gorgeous. I so want:

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I didn't even post my Skyline of choice as it makes me sad. :lol:
KPGC10 RB26DETT FTW
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Love the KPGC10 But its got to have the original N/A Lump for the NOISE!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EAXGuD_f3Kw <-- Turn it up!

But for me the best car ever there can only be one!
MK2 Escort RS1800
Again possibly the greatest greatest sounding engines ever ->> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=__M4GAFHmEw
Isn't Mikko Hirvonen a lucky boy!
and again http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bQgmdHzqtqA

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For me,

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I WILL have one as a Road Rally car with a sexy Dave Brooks Pinto on splits up it's arse!

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And finally as Woodoo has already stated.....

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Sex on wheels end of.
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Well, saying as nobody else is gonna call it, and its surely the coolest Griffin badged car in history.....................................
Im having Droop Snoot Firenzazzz:


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something i'd like to have some day...
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to quad-turbocharge it!
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^^^^^ Ooooh! Agreed.
the ONLY acceptable french car. :lol:
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volvosneverdie wrote:^^^^^ Ooooh! Agreed.
the ONLY acceptable french car. :lol:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vQZoLOJX-jk
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Ronnie wrote:
volvosneverdie wrote:^^^^^ Ooooh! Agreed.
the ONLY acceptable french car. :lol:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vQZoLOJX-jk

Jeebuz. :o

i do stand corrected. :lol:
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It's gotta be the original hippie wagon split screen, it just reminds you of sunny day's, surfing, and beaches, and does'nt it just make you smile when you look at it. When you look this cool, who cares how fast youre going!
Insanely huge badge on front is genius!, favoured by wannabe rapper's all over the world.

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I'm pretty sure that original hippie wagon was designed to be a train, but they added steering and tires at last phase of design to meet bigger market :lol:
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