Exotic/Sports Cars

[muffler dragon]

I really enjoy seeing exotic/sports cars, and I've been particularly drawn to the Audi R8 since the Superbowl commercial where they spoofed the Godfather horsehead scene. Anyway... the R8 is going super!

http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2011-...car-targets-ferrari-to-outshine-bmw-cars.html

Audi AG (NSU) is taking aim at Ferrari SpA with a convertible version of the R8 GT supercar, as the Volkswagen AG unit hones a high-end sporty image in its quest to overtake Bayerische Motoren Werke AG (BMW) as the luxury-car leader.
The R8 GT Spyder, Audi?s most expensive series production car, boasts carbon-fiber in the front and rear spoilers to reduce weight and help the car accelerate to 100 kilometers (62 miles) per hour in 3.8 seconds. Priced from 207,800 euros ($301,300), the model costs more than Ferrari?s California and the Mercedes-Benz SLS roadster, underscoring Audi?s ambitions.
?Audi is pursuing its campaign for the top luxury slot with heart and soul,? said Wolfgang Meinig, head of the Bamberg, Germany-based FAW Research Center for the Automobile Industry. ?They have steadily enhanced their product portfolio and are engaged in refining the top end of the range.?
The open-top version of the R8 GT is part of Chief Executive Officer Rupert Stadler?s strategy to topple BMW by 2015. Because of the higher margins of luxury cars, Audi is critical to parent Volkswagen AG (VOW)?s efforts to surpass Toyota Motor Corp. in sales and profit by 2018. Audi accounted for 47 percent of VW?s profit last year, while selling 18 percent of the group?s vehicles.
Stadler will today complete a two-day presentation to Audi?s top management, where he lays out a plan to capture the lead by further expanding the model lineup, two people familiar with the matter said. The Ingolstadt, Germany-based manufacturer intends to increase its product range to about 60 models by 2020 from 37 now, the people said, speaking on condition that they not be identified because the talks are private.
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FWIW, I've owned precisely one sports car in my life:

Maybe one day, I'll get the Spyder, but until then... I'll just dream of having six figures to blow on an R8.

What about you?

 

[Fungo Squiggly]

Do you watch Top Gear on BBC America? I've never been much of a car guy, but watching that show makes me want to blow a year's salary on something stupid fast.

 

[TooTall]

Do you watch Top Gear on BBC America? I've never been much of a car guy, but watching that show makes me want to blow a year's salary on something stupid fast.

SO much better than the American version. Mainly because they get to drive cars like this all day.

And this:

I'd drop a cool $2.4 mil on it.

 

[Fungo Squiggly]

SO much better than the American version. Mainly because they get to drive cars like this all day.

And this:

I'd drop a cool $2.4 mil on it.

Fuck, yes. Might be a bit more than one year's salary there, though.

I do believe an Atom 8 would be the most practical car for me.

 

[muffler dragon]

Do you watch Top Gear on BBC America?

Not yet, but it appears that I will have to seek it out.

I've never been much of a car guy, but watching that show makes me want to blow a year's salary on something stupid fast.

From which job?

 

[scooter1369]

I ordered a new Porsche a few weeks ago. When I posted on facebook that I couldn't wait for my new 911, I got 4,000 friend requests from the middle east.

 

[TooTall]

Not yet, but it appears that I will have to seek it out.



From which job?

It's such a better product than the series they have in America on History Channel (I think). Tanner Foust just isn't a good co-host. The three guys on the BBC series are awesome, and hilarious. If you have netflix, look up the episode where they have to make an RV type vehicle. It's so fucking hilarious.

Or the double decker car race where the top car controls the steering, and the bottom car controls the brakes and gas. They just seem to have SO much more fun on the show.

 

[BUCKYLE]

One day, I'd like to own a '72 Stingray.

 

[utgrad73]

One day, I'd like to own a '72 Stingray.

My daughter wants a similar one ('69 to '72) convertible when she graduates from college. I told her she pays off her student loans and with the money left, she might be able to buy one of the beauty rings!!. Seriously, I think the '70 LT-1 is my choice but it takes premium with hig compression pistions. The '71 and '72 had lower compression motors can run on regular making it more "economical". Very nice cars (I might throw in the rest of the car after she graduates).

 

[BUCKYLE]

My daughter wants a similar one ('69 to '72) convertible when she graduates from college. I told her she pays off her student loans and with the money left, she might be able to buy one of the beauty rings!!. Seriously, I think the '70 LT-1 is my choice but it takes premium with hig compression pistions. The '71 and '72 had lower compression motors can run on regular making it more "economical". Very nice cars (I might throw in the rest of the car after she graduates).

Yeah I'm not a car guy. I just want that body style, front and rear chrome bumpers. I couldn't care less if the engine was original. In fact, I wouldn't mind having a better engine put in.

 

[utgrad73]

Yeah I'm not a car guy. I just want that body style, front and rear chrome bumpers. I couldn't care less if the engine was original. In fact, I wouldn't mind having a better engine put in.

I love the chrome bumpers but those Lt-1s were some of the highest HP 350s GM made - 370 hp!. The newer LT-1s are computer controlled and with a chip go well over 450 HP. You can pave a lot of asphalt with that! Good choice in body style.

 

[MaxBuck]

My personal favorite Corvette body styles:

With that said, the exotic car I'd most like to drive is the Aston-Martin Virage Volante.

 

[DubCoffman62]

I was born without the car gene, I've been driving the same Ford Ranger for 14 years, my wife gets the new cars.

 

[BrutusBobcat]

I really enjoy seeing exotic/sports cars, and I've been particularly drawn to the Audi R8 since the Superbowl commercial where they spoofed the Godfather horsehead scene. Anyway... the R8 is going super!

Saw an R8 heading north on 315 two days ago; gorgeous car, and I think the first one I've seen in Columbus. I drove one briefly near Detroit last year and loved it.

 

[MaliBuckeye]

When I was in Da' 'Bu, we used to see Maybachs and Lamborghinis and Ferraris on a regular occasion...

But this is my dream car: