The Best Looking German Cars

[spawnofsatan]

Weismann GT

http://images.google.co.uk/images?hl=en&safe=off&q=weismann+gt&um=1&ie=UTF-8

 

[Detroit City]

Too many German cars get most of the styling right but fuck up the back - its like the rear of the car is an afterthought,

thats because its more important to look good showing up at the posh event than leaving it...

 

[Roadkill]

Audi Quattro:

... and the bonkers final-evolution rally car version:

 

[snadge]

Yay, Quattros.

brilliant cars....

 

[dessiato]

Volkswagen's very pretty Karmann Ghia

QUOTE]

Shouldn't that be Karmann Ghia's very pretty VW

NSU RO80

A sort of Audi A4 30 years before the A4. Its from 1967 and must have looked incredible then, still looks vaugely current.

Ro80 had problems with the rotor tips, and with the peculiar clutch button on top of the gear stick, IIRC it was the car that broke NSU.

I never had more fun in a car than in my Golf Cabby, would love another one.

Off hand I can't think of a nicer looking car than the MK1 Golf for simple, pretty lines.

 

[moose]

Get one! Get one! Get one!!!
Just been cruising the country lanes with me top off

 

[Spymaster]

 

[Sigmund Fraud]

Ro80 had problems with the rotor tips, and with the peculiar clutch button on top of the gear stick, IIRC it was the car that broke NSU.

The Wankel motor almost broke Mazda and Suzuki too (the other two big investors in spam tin shaped combustion chambers). Mazda remain the only firm to have even semi success with it.

 

[onthebrightside]

Ooh. I always wanted a 928 S4 when I was younger.

 

[Poi E]

928 for me. Their look is still a guiding force for car design. Haven't dated one bit.

I is drove a Gullwing from Southwards museum in NZ. Heavy, heavy gearbox but

 

[dessiato]

Get one! Get one! Get one!!!
Just been cruising the country lanes with me top off

Imagine how nice it would be living here in Portugal!

Yesteryear, when I was in that sort of lifestyle, I was given a brand new one for a weekend by JCT600, to 'let us know if you like it, sir'. Ah! those were the days!

 

[Meltingpot]

Brabus Maybach

If I didn't have to worry about money, global warming, peak oil, Cornish country lanes etc.

http://luxtranslimo.com/images/maybach-brabus-4-1024x768.jpg

Other contenders; the BMW M1 was a beautiful car, the NSU RO80 was far ahead of its time and I also liked the looks of the early Porsche 911s (before they started getting heavier). The 911 RS was also a truly great driver's car.

 

[theCIA]

mmmm...

 

[Dhimmi]

Yep, sadly wrote my GTi off, which will teach me for being an old-boy racer...

 

[Detroit City]

Yep, sadly wrote my GTi off, which will teach me for being an old-boy racer...

that car is a piece of junk and it's built like shit. Audi and VW consistently come in with below average reliabilty ratings

 

[moose]

Yeah, that's why there are so many still on the road, effortlessly sailing through MOTs year after year

VAG may have reliability issues now, but they certainly didn't 15 - 20 years ago.

 

[snadge]

that car is a piece of junk and it's built like shit. Audi and VW consistently come in with below average reliabilty ratings

Top of the league actually, in reliability and finish.

 

[longdog]

 

[I'm Simes]

Another one for the 917 in John Wyer Gulf racing colours.

and also the 2002 in it's Turbo Variant

600 Pullman

Dauer (Porsche) 962

Weismann

 

[Pie 1]

that car is a piece of junk and it's built like shit. Audi and VW consistently come in with below average reliabilty ratings

LOL!
Wheras American cars are the shining bastions of ground breaking design, build quality & reliability, yes?

 

[Pie 1]

that car is a piece of junk and it's built like shit. Audi and VW consistently come in with below average reliabilty ratings

LOL!
Wheras American cars are the shining bastions of ground breaking design, build quality & reliability, yes?


Anyway, aside from the obvious choices, one of my nominations would be The 1998 - 2001 Audi A6 Avant

Redefined the estate car & all others followed.
Superbly built car too.

 

[Griff]

Not a great lover of new car designs, but I kinda like those BMW Z4 Coupes.

 

[Chz]

As a Bimmer fan, I always loved the 3.0 CS/CSi. Wanted to buy one, but ended up with the "practical" 635CSi instead:

Also a big fan of the Mercedes SS:

 

[Poi E]