Posted on 11/26/2015 9:08:24 AM PST by MtnClimber
Supercars are built to represent the pinnacle of automotive technology. Brutally fast and impossibly expensive, they are objects of desire and the stuff dreams are made of. But there’s more to a supercar than just speed and good looks. There’s a certain hierarchy in the supercar world – a select group of car builders that seem to control the collective memory when it comes to performance. Ferraris, Lamborghinis, and McLarens build supercars, unquestionably. Acura, Aston Martin, and Jaguar? Maybe not. Despite looks, speed, and handling to compete with the best, some plenty capable dream machines just get left behind.
And that’s a real shame. For every legendary Porsche 959 or Bugatti Veyron there are several woefully underrated cars that deserve to be part of the “best ever†conversation.
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1968 AMC AMX.
V-8 390 4-speed (Go-Package)
RWD, manual 4-speed gearbox
389.6 cui, 325 hp / 425 lb-ft
Acceleration: 0- 60 mph 6.2 s; 1/4 mile drag time 13.6 s
Top Speed: I took my foot off the gas pedal at 140.
The *ONLY* American Made Car to beat the Chevrolet Corvette *out of the factory.* In 1969, Chevrolet upped the HP on the Corvette to beat the AMX.
With so much torque all available at the low end, it'd push you back in your seat hard. Still miss mine, it was *my* Super Car.
http://www.danjedlicka.com/classic_cars/studebaker_avanti.html
I had a 1963 GtHawk R1(no supercharger) and had a hell of a lot of fun in high school.
Yeah. But what a combo!
OMG! That was my high school car!
Yes.
The new Ford GT race car:
Looks a heck lot like a Australian Chevlle.
The grill and head lights look like a Chevlle.
The strange thing is some new cars today looks like the AMC turd, I meant the Pacer except the head lights.
Would be a neat car to do modifications on.
A friend of mine let me drive his 750i Sweeeeeeet
Duesenberg SJ drop head.
I would not mind having one of these!
1961 Pontiac Catalina may not have been a Super Car, but I love it and I will never see another for $400 that runs.
(I was soooo stupid to sell that car)
**** “I remember the Pantera. The roof was as high as an average mans belt buckle” ****
Had a friend that discovered that average ditch water was deeper than the roof ... and it was difficult to get out of once he was in it. (the ditch)
He owned the car for a total of 2 weeks but for years we talked about that car. His next vehicle was a 58 Chevy PU ...
And a best-buy weight-wise and size-wise for the money. I bought one from a work friend years ago for peanuts. I was doing maintenance on it soon afterward when I found a full-sized air ratchet down in the front hood area by the wheel-well. The car had been professionally cared for its entire life. That car was so big, some mechanic lost his entire pneumatic ratchet in it and probably couldn't find it!
In 1972 in a straight line that puppy would move, in retrospect the bias ply tires were probably safer ... if it would have had radials I would have rolled it, I learned how to slide through the corners.
Today... I just love it for the lines, I just think it is beautiful (today my slightly modded 3/4 Dodge Diesel PU could easily out run it, out corner it and get way better mileage) but I can never replace the memories made in that wide back seat.
Sucks to get old
Good memories as well, and lines too!
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