Top 10 unforgettable cars

[mudflaps]

that list is whacked out IMO.

[CleanAzzE30z]

The most prized, though, was the M3 racing homologation special: A modern classic.

Complete fabrication.



Mariano

[Jon325i]

That is a flawed 'survey' if you ask me - not one American car listed. Granted I find most American cars undesirable, however there are a few classics which are worthy of being on the list. These would be...

Corvette
Mustang
Thunderbird

There's also a myriad of muscle cars from the late 60s early 70s era which are noteworthy and highly prized (anyone see this years' Barrett-Jackson auction?). Particularly the Mustang and 'Vette....both of these marques have cult-like followings. They are worthy of being on the list.

As for BMW debate, the 2002 was a groundbreaking car for the folks at Bavaria and I think it is the car that put BMW on the map. The E30 is essentially an evolution of the '02 only a bit larger, heavier and more refined.

Jon

[Massive Lee]

The Neue Klass (1500 to 2002Tii) are the cars that saved BMW from going bankrupt. The 2002 lineage is the car that revealed BMW to North American. BMW won races with 2002s, just like with later e30 M3s. Then followed the e21 and the e30, the Yuppie car. The e30 came in a very potent format, but perhaps too civilized and not having the personality of its famous predecessor: the 2002. It took the 318is and the M3 to bring passion into the model.

Not everyone liked the e30 as the design did without BMW's then trademark: the shark nose, that could be found on e3s, e9s, e12s, e21s, e24s and e28s. The e30's design was judged as being a bit "Japanese". Sure it brilliantly passed the test of time. An e30's design is certainly not "passé" or gimmicky. 25 years later, it still looks very contemporary. To sum it up, the e30 was a brilliant car, but not as flamboyant as some other BMWs. And the car was so plagued by the Yuppie image, especially as a convertible...

[colombacho]

side note:
why did trent get banned?!

[e304me]

i think it was actaully the 700 that saved bmw and allowed them to buy the tooling for producing the 1500

[CleanAzzE30z]

Because Trents a racist asshole. Deal with it. ;)


Mariano

[Massive Lee]

i think it was actaully the 700 that saved bmw and allowed them to buy the tooling for producing the 1500

Actually, it was the earlier 300 and 600 that helped BMW momentirely stay afloat. In the 1920s, BMW started building cars with a British car, the Dixie, and recovered after WW2 with an Italian product from Iso. And then the early Neu Klasse (1500, 1600 and 1800) helped BMW get into a more prosperous era. Mercedes-Benz was very interested in getting the Quandt's assets when they were worth nothing, back in the early 1960s.

[ivo316]

Didn't BMW with the profit from the isetta, 600 and the isard buy the Glass factory and started producing the Glass 3000 as the BMW 3.0 cs ???

I think the following cars are missing from the list.

67 Corvette stingray
65 GT 30 mustang
Plymouth barracuda 440 six pack
Pontiac Trans-Am

And the venerable 1971 argentinean Torino.

A rambler Rouge modified in Argentina, very advanced for it's time, With OHC and hemispherical combustion chambers.

Made 4th in Le Mans

This pic is at Nurburgring:



The engine:



And the Dash:

[Jscotty]

Naw. The article is wrong. The 2002 started the trend.

I would have to agree with that. I think that the E30 as well as the other Beemers that hit the market around that time were sharing the success created by the 2002. Even when growing up as a child through the late 70's the only two things I knew about a BMW was that "BMW" was a stupid name for a car and it had a reputation for high performance.

[E30 Cabrio]

No doubt that the 2002 started the trend, but I believe BMW built their status as a quality automobile on the E30 platform.

[trent]

No doubt that the 2002 started the trend, but I believe BMW built their status as a quality automobile on the E30 platform.

Lol. Bias much?

[E30 Cabrio]

Nope. Just an old guy who was around during both era's.

BMW made it's rep on the E30 more so than the 2002, at least in the mainstream, with the buying public.

The sales numbers speak for themselves.

[CleanAzzE30z]

Didn't BMW with the profit from the isetta, 600 and the isard buy the Glass factory and started producing the Glass 3000 as the BMW 3.0 cs ???

I think the following cars are missing from the list.

67 Corvette stingray
65 GT 30 mustang
Plymouth barracuda 440 six pack
Pontiac Trans-Am

And the venerable 1971 argentinean Torino.

A rambler Rouge modified in Argentina, very advanced for it's time, With OHC and hemispherical combustion chambers.

Made 4th in Le Mans

This pic is at Nurburgring:



The engine:



And the Dash:

Yeah I know. The Torino broke the record at the Nurburgring in '66-'67.


Mariano

[ivo316]

Yeah I know. The Torino broke the record at the Nurburgring in '66-'67.


Mariano

Thought you'd know, almost nobody out of argentina knows about this car, a pity, i owned a 380W with three side draft webers, it was a blast, close to 220 km/h cruise speed on the highway, (16" rims) I once timed 9.5 hours from mendoza to Rosario, roughly 1400 Kilometers.