Best Production German Sleeper Car: A visual study

[Kershaw]

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[george graves]

Edit: and since that was just mentioned, how about the Lotus Carlton. It was really an Opel (German) but Lotus made the engine.

Not super understated, but I really like this car. 380hp 410ftlbs, TT 3.6 I6.



Here's a turbo Saab flat out trying to keep up with one:

This - I remember reading about them when I was a kid. This is the definitional of a sleeper. Bad picture - they are quite attractive actually. It's like a 175 MPH 4 door that still looks modern. What the hell more could you want (except a BMW maybe?)

[SpyHunter]

Yeah, 500E has my vote. Baby Hammer, indeed.

[CorvallisBMW]

The e34 540i/6 was damn fast and looked like any other e34 as long as you didn't get the M-sport package with body kit/wing

[markseven]

The e34 540i/6 was damn fast and looked like any other e34 as long as you didn't get the M-sport package with body kit/wing

E39 540i/6 Sport. No special exterior stuff except for 2003. 292hp / 320tq.

[10Toes]

ALPINA B7
There is no reason for a car so big to be so fast.

[Iain]

Merc pwn the German "sleeper" (or more appropriately titled "Q Ship") class.

300 SEL 6.3 started it in the '60s before the 500E kicked it off again in the 90s.

[Farbin Kaiber]

The 500e could do it while you're on your way to some crazy German sex party, the chevy truck does it while on your way to get your mullet trimmed up for the beer pong tourney at the trailer park.

Back then there was no beer pong, they crushed cans on their foreheads.

[markseven]

ALPINA B7
There is no reason for a car so big to be so fast.

That's not a sleeper.

[Iain]

300 SEL = win

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F8FiI_YUZsQ

Back then there was no beer pong, they crushed cans on their foreheads.

We still do that down here. That's how we pick our Prime Minister.

[Farbin Kaiber]

I knew you guys were 20 years behind. I guess that's what you get with an island full of convicts.

Suggestion, invest everything in Hammerpants now.

[Raxe]

[Iain]

I knew you guys were 20 years behind. I guess that's what you get with an island full of convicts.

Suggestion, invest everything in Hammerpants now.

Nah, it'll never catch on. Disco's here to stay, baby!

(PS: I believe it's now official that punk is dead)

[e34john]

B10 Biturbos did not look as fast as they were.

[Farbin Kaiber]