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  • zebrafishzebrafish <°)))< in Octopussy's garden in the shade
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    While we are at it, all the Renaults in James Bond's world:

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  • JamesCraigJamesCraig Ancient Rome
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    Ah the Fuego... =))
  • CommanderRossCommanderRoss The bottom of a pitch lake in Eastern Trinidad, place called La Brea
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    Supposedly the Renault 5 was a blast. My experience with them, however, is pretty bad. Had two Clio's in succession (Clio II)
    Like this, but then 5 doors
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    Pleasing to the eye and ok to drive, but hell they last not very long.

    Then I got to drive the modern version. Very pleasing to the eye but hell to drive. What a useless junk of metal that is. Now when I see them I can only think 'what a heap of rust'.
  • MajorDSmytheMajorDSmythe "I tolerate this century, but I don't enjoy it."Moderator
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    The Renault Feugo, that was a car, like the Isuzu Piazza I mentioned a few pages back, I find pleasantly quirky looking.
  • Agent_99Agent_99 enjoys a spirited ride as much as the next girl
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    This lovely Saab (96?) rolled up and parked over the road from me when I was out shopping today:

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  • JamesCraigJamesCraig Ancient Rome
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    https://www.classicdriver.com/en/article/classic-life/these-10-car-books-should-be-every-christmas-wish-list-0

    How 'bout some books for under the Christmas tree? :-?
  • zebrafishzebrafish <°)))< in Octopussy's garden in the shade
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    That Saab is very quirky, indeed! And strategically parked if the owner wanted to take pics for selling it.
  • CommanderRossCommanderRoss The bottom of a pitch lake in Eastern Trinidad, place called La Brea
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    Indeed, lovely car. The early SAAB's are fun vehicles for sure!
  • mtmmtm United Kingdom
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    JamesCraig wrote: »
    zebrafish wrote: »
    The A110s (old and new) are actually quite pleasant to the eye in real life ;-)

    They are. But not the AMC Renaults ;-)

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    What’s this then? Some sort of US built one? Never heard of that before.
  • JamesCraigJamesCraig Ancient Rome
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    mtm wrote: »
    JamesCraig wrote: »
    zebrafish wrote: »
    The A110s (old and new) are actually quite pleasant to the eye in real life ;-)

    They are. But not the AMC Renaults ;-)

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    What’s this then? Some sort of US built one? Never heard of that before.

    Yeah, it was a joint venture between American Motor Corporation and Renault.

    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/American_Motors_Corporation
  • mtmmtm United Kingdom
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    CommanderRoss wrote: »
    Indeed, lovely car. The early SAAB's are fun vehicles for sure!
    JamesCraig wrote: »
    mtm wrote: »
    JamesCraig wrote: »
    zebrafish wrote: »
    The A110s (old and new) are actually quite pleasant to the eye in real life ;-)

    They are. But not the AMC Renaults ;-)

    lwVDCf1.png

    What’s this then? Some sort of US built one? Never heard of that before.

    Yeah, it was a joint venture between American Motor Corporation and Renault.

    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/American_Motors_Corporation

    Interesting, thanks. It actually looks a bit like a Maserati Biturbo! :)
    CommanderRoss wrote: »
    Indeed, lovely car. The early SAAB's are fun vehicles for sure!

    Nice! I had two 900 Turbos which were lovely cars.
  • JamesCraigJamesCraig Ancient Rome
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    One of the last Pontiac models before GM pulled the plug: the G6 coupé...
  • zebrafishzebrafish <°)))< in Octopussy's garden in the shade
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    The Pontiac reminds me of this European counterpart, the Peugeot 406 Coupé:

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  • JamesCraigJamesCraig Ancient Rome
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    zebrafish wrote: »
    The Pontiac reminds me of this European counterpart, the Peugeot 406 Coupé:

    Peugeot_406_Coupe.jpg

    A bit indeed... :-?
  • mtmmtm United Kingdom
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    zebrafish wrote: »
    The Pontiac reminds me of this European counterpart, the Peugeot 406 Coupé:

    Peugeot_406_Coupe.jpg

    That was a very pretty car at the time. Looks a bit more boring now! :)
  • j_w_pepperj_w_pepper Born on the bayou, but I now hear a new dog barkin'
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    mtm wrote: »
    zebrafish wrote: »
    The Pontiac reminds me of this European counterpart, the Peugeot 406 Coupé:

    Peugeot_406_Coupe.jpg

    That was a very pretty car at the time. Looks a bit more boring now! :)
    Tastes do change. The 406 Coupé was a typical late 90s car...but one designed by Pininfarina. A beauty in its own right, replaced by a far inferior design (the 407 with its pseudo-shark mouth).


  • JamesCraigJamesCraig Ancient Rome
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    j_w_pepper wrote: »
    mtm wrote: »
    zebrafish wrote: »
    The Pontiac reminds me of this European counterpart, the Peugeot 406 Coupé:

    Peugeot_406_Coupe.jpg

    That was a very pretty car at the time. Looks a bit more boring now! :)
    Tastes do change. The 406 Coupé was a typical late 90s car...but one designed by Pininfarina. A beauty in its own right, replaced by a far inferior design (the 407 with its pseudo-shark mouth).


    Yeah, the 407 coupé is one of the ugliest Peugeots ever. It also did not sell well.
  • mtmmtm United Kingdom
    edited December 2019 Posts: 16,413
    j_w_pepper wrote: »
    mtm wrote: »
    zebrafish wrote: »
    The Pontiac reminds me of this European counterpart, the Peugeot 406 Coupé:

    Peugeot_406_Coupe.jpg

    That was a very pretty car at the time. Looks a bit more boring now! :)
    Tastes do change. The 406 Coupé was a typical late 90s car...but one designed by Pininfarina.

    Yes it was very popular (and a mate of mine actually lusted after them, which I did think was a bit extreme. They were pretty but hardly DB7 beautiful! :) ) but they look a bit jelly mould and slightly dull now. It’s definitely a future classic car (if not already) purely because it does still look good though.
    I recently bought a BMW Z4 coupe (the mk1 of course) and I do think that is a design (from around the same time) which really is holding up and was ahead of its time- everyone hated the Bangle style then! :D
  • JamesCraigJamesCraig Ancient Rome
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    mtm wrote: »
    j_w_pepper wrote: »
    mtm wrote: »
    zebrafish wrote: »
    The Pontiac reminds me of this European counterpart, the Peugeot 406 Coupé:

    Peugeot_406_Coupe.jpg

    That was a very pretty car at the time. Looks a bit more boring now! :)
    Tastes do change. The 406 Coupé was a typical late 90s car...but one designed by Pininfarina.

    Yes it was very popular (and a mate of mine actually lusted after them, which I did think was a bit extreme. They were pretty but hardly DB7 beautiful! :) ) but they look a bit jelly mould and slightly dull now. It’s definitely a future classic car (if not already) purely because it does still look good though.
    I recently bought a BMW Z4 coupe (the mk1 of course) and I do think that is a design (from around the same time) which really is holding up and was ahead of its time- everyone hated the Bangle style then! :D

    Teh Snobbies :-?
  • j_w_pepperj_w_pepper Born on the bayou, but I now hear a new dog barkin'
    Posts: 9,041
    mtm wrote: »
    I recently bought a BMW Z4 coupe (the mk1 of course) and I do think that is a design (from around the same time) which really is holding up and was ahead of its time- everyone hated the Bangle style then! :D
    I distinctly remember that everyone hated the Bangle style (myself included - the 6 and 7 series with their funny trunks were atrocious), but the Z4 in each of its incarnations wasn't really part of the criticism. Especially since it replaced the anemic "chick car" Z3. I must say just for the looks I liked the latest (before the current model) Z4 best but wouldn't exactly reject the earlier ones either. Shame on me, I also like the current BMW/Toyota Z4 bastard but do not expect to buy one anytime soon.

    Full disclosure: We have a 2008 330d convertible (E93) and might have thought about a Z4 in 2008 instead, but preferred to have something with four seats and a six-cylinder diesel. We'll drive it until it dies. But it only has 200,000 kms on the clock so far.
  • JamesCraigJamesCraig Ancient Rome
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    12 pages!

    Thanks to all of you! :)>-
  • j_w_pepperj_w_pepper Born on the bayou, but I now hear a new dog barkin'
    edited December 2019 Posts: 9,041
    JamesCraig wrote: »
    12 pages!

    Thanks to all of you! :)>-
    You're welcome, as far as my minor contributions are concerned...but your expectations seem to be rather low. This is still one of the threads with a rather limited number of postings - most of those on the first page of the thread list seem to have a "....K" number of contributions. In other words, at least three times as many.

  • mtmmtm United Kingdom
    Posts: 16,413
    j_w_pepper wrote: »
    mtm wrote: »
    I recently bought a BMW Z4 coupe (the mk1 of course) and I do think that is a design (from around the same time) which really is holding up and was ahead of its time- everyone hated the Bangle style then! :D
    I distinctly remember that everyone hated the Bangle style (myself included - the 6 and 7 series with their funny trunks were atrocious), but the Z4 in each of its incarnations wasn't really part of the criticism. Especially since it replaced the anemic "chick car" Z3. I must say just for the looks I liked the latest (before the current model) Z4 best but wouldn't exactly reject the earlier ones either. Shame on me, I also like the current BMW/Toyota Z4 bastard but do not expect to buy one anytime soon.

    Full disclosure: We have a 2008 330d convertible (E93) and might have thought about a Z4 in 2008 instead, but preferred to have something with four seats and a six-cylinder diesel. We'll drive it until it dies. But it only has 200,000 kms on the clock so far.

    Yeah I quite like the Supra. It’s not great looking but it’s not horrible either, and it may take me more time to warm to the current Z4! :)
  • CommanderRossCommanderRoss The bottom of a pitch lake in Eastern Trinidad, place called La Brea
    Posts: 8,266
    The Pontiac looks horriffic to me. As with many American cars it lacks refinement. It's just big and out of balance. The 406 was a thing of beauty. I agree she doesn't age that well though, but Istill like it. Indeed, car design has taken a wild corner after that and BMW was one of the frontrunners. I remember they had a concept car that move those bangles to create something new.

    I loved the Z4. Still do. BMW's are anyway solid drivers cars.
  • JamesCraigJamesCraig Ancient Rome
    Posts: 3,497
    j_w_pepper wrote: »
    JamesCraig wrote: »
    12 pages!

    Thanks to all of you! :)>-
    You're welcome, as far as my minor contributions are concerned...but your expectations seem to be rather low. This is still one of the threads with a rather limited number of postings - most of those on the first page of the thread list seem to have a "....K" number of contributions. In other words, at least three times as many.

    History isn't kind to men who play God.


    ;)
  • mtmmtm United Kingdom
    Posts: 16,413
    CommanderRoss wrote: »
    The Pontiac looks horriffic to me. As with many American cars it lacks refinement. It's just big and out of balance.

    Agreed: it’s horrid! :)

    CommanderRoss wrote: »
    I loved the Z4. Still do. BMW's are anyway solid drivers cars.

    Yes it’s an absolute hoot: and the six cylinder 3.0L is such a lovely engine.
  • zebrafishzebrafish <°)))< in Octopussy's garden in the shade
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    JamesCraig wrote: »
    12 pages!

    Thanks to all of you! :)>-

    You are welcome! I quite like sharing opinions and experiences with cars. What's your motivation?
  • JamesCraigJamesCraig Ancient Rome
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    zebrafish wrote: »
    JamesCraig wrote: »
    12 pages!

    Thanks to all of you! :)>-

    You are welcome! I quite like sharing opinions and experiences with cars. What's your motivation?

    My duty.
  • zebrafishzebrafish <°)))< in Octopussy's garden in the shade
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    ;)
  • JamesCraigJamesCraig Ancient Rome
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    ;)

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    DeTomaso Mangusta.
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