So ...
There I was in "Princess Auto" looking at a book called "1001 Dream Cars". The book contains ALL of the great cars. It is published and printed in the U.K. and fairly covers marques and models from all over the world.
Included amounst the 1001 dream cars are 20 ULTIMATE DREAM CARS. For your reading pleasure here they are (N.B. order does not reflect rank - it is just a number):
1) Jaguar XK120 coupe (1949-1954)
2) Mercedes 300 SL (1954-1957)
3) Lotus Seven (1957-1972)
4) AC Cobra 427 (1962-1968)
5) Ford GT40 (1964-1969)
6) Lamborghini Miura (1966-1972)
7) Dodge Charger Daytona (1969-1971)
8) DeTomaso Pantera (1971-1993)
9) Lamborghini Countach (1974-1990)
10) Ferrari 288 GTO (1984-1987)
11) Ferrari F40 (1987-1992)
12) Chevrolet Corvette ZR-1 (1989-1995)
13) Honda (Acura for North America) NSX (1990-2005)
14) Cizeta V16T (1991-1994)
15) Dodge Viper (1992-2003)
16) McLaren F1 (1993-1996)
17) Pagani Zonda (1999- )
18) Koenigsegg CC8S (2001- )
19) Ferrari Enzo (2002-2004)
20) Bugatti Veyron (2005- )
Well ... A very impressive list indeed. Hard to argue with any of the author's choices. Each has a write up and a beautiful double page photo. However, much like wine and women, there is a strong qualitative element in the choices. I note that not one Porsche was mentioned.
B.G.
P.S. For personal reasons, I love the photo of the DeTomaso Pantera: a narrow body car in the classic DeTomaso Orange colour. Also, the Teksid 4.6 DOHC is included (albeit highly modified) amounst the 20 in the Koenigsegg CC8S.
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