# What's the most interesting car you saw today? **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [May 21, 2014, 2:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-most-interesting-car-you-saw-today/688889 "2014-05-21T02:35:22Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 120
**Author:** ![epbrown01](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/7ba0ec/32.png) [@epbrown01](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/epbrown01)\ **Post date:** [November 27, 2018, 7:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-most-interesting-car-you-saw-today/688889/2384 "2018-11-27T19:54:10Z")
Passed a rusty Toyota FJ40, rusty as hell but poking along fine. I keep thinking of snagging one of these as a fun runabout before a nice one gets to early Bronco/Land Rover money. ---
**Author:** ![El\_Kabong](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/el_kabong/32/496_2.png) [@El\_Kabong](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/El_Kabong)\ **Post date:** [November 28, 2018, 3:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-most-interesting-car-you-saw-today/688889/2385 "2018-11-28T03:28:25Z")
An ['05-'06 Ford GT40](https://www.hagerty.com/articles-videos/articles/2018/01/08/creation-and-dominance-of-the-ford-gt40). There are relatively few cars about which I’d ever use the term “object of lust”, but that’s one of them. ---
**Author:** ![Telemark](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/telemark/32/372_2.png) [@Telemark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Telemark)\ **Post date:** [November 29, 2018, 3:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-most-interesting-car-you-saw-today/688889/2386 "2018-11-29T03:07:34Z")
A white Audi R8, a little surprising this far into winter. They’ve already started salting the roads. ---
**Author:** ![epbrown01](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/7ba0ec/32.png) [@epbrown01](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/epbrown01)\ **Post date:** [November 30, 2018, 6:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-most-interesting-car-you-saw-today/688889/2387 "2018-11-30T06:51:21Z")
> [@El\_Kabong](#): > > An ['05-'06 Ford GT40](https://www.hagerty.com/articles-videos/articles/2018/01/08/creation-and-dominance-of-the-ford-gt40). There are relatively few cars about which I’d ever use the term “object of lust”, but that’s one of them. The car from the 1960s is the GT40; the reboot in 2005 is just a Ford GT. The orginal was called GT40 because the roofline topped out at 40 inches; the modern car is taller (44 inches, iirc). Sorry, the car nerd in me couldn’t let that slide. I do like the Ford GT, though. ---
**Author:** ![Paul\_in\_Qatar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/ccd318/32.png) [@Paul\_in\_Qatar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Paul_in_Qatar)\ **Post date:** [November 30, 2018, 8:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-most-interesting-car-you-saw-today/688889/2388 "2018-11-30T08:35:23Z")
A Tata Xenon. I did not know it came with a crew cab and a diesel. ---
**Author:** ![Bullitt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bullitt/32/5725_2.png) [@Bullitt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bullitt)\ **Post date:** [December 6, 2018, 3:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-most-interesting-car-you-saw-today/688889/2389 "2018-12-06T03:42:53Z")
A 1st-gen Toyota MR2. In black. ---
**Author:** ![Telemark](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/telemark/32/372_2.png) [@Telemark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Telemark)\ **Post date:** [December 10, 2018, 2:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-most-interesting-car-you-saw-today/688889/2390 "2018-12-10T14:12:32Z")
A baby blue Bentley coupe in a family ski area parking lot. ---
**Author:** ![ftg](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ftg/32/2801_2.png) [@ftg](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ftg)\ **Post date:** [December 10, 2018, 6:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-most-interesting-car-you-saw-today/688889/2391 "2018-12-10T18:12:18Z")
Forgot this one. Last Thursday: a green Viper convertible. And a fugly green at that. Just awful. Why would someone pick that color??? The top was up. Just a tad too chilly that day. 😉 ---
**Author:** ![epbrown01](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/7ba0ec/32.png) [@epbrown01](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/epbrown01)\ **Post date:** [December 10, 2018, 7:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-most-interesting-car-you-saw-today/688889/2392 "2018-12-10T19:48:05Z")
Saw a BMW 550i GT (could have been Xi?). It came out about a decade ago and the looks got bad press, but you got a lot of “you have to see it in person” comments. They were right - it’s not pretty, but the car has presence when seen in person. BMW only sels/sold a couple thousand a year so they’re scarce - since it debuted in 2009 I’ve never seen one anywhere. ---
**Author:** ![Telemark](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/telemark/32/372_2.png) [@Telemark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Telemark)\ **Post date:** [December 10, 2018, 8:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-most-interesting-car-you-saw-today/688889/2393 "2018-12-10T20:56:51Z")
On the commute this morning I was passed by a BWM 530e iPerformance plug-in hybrid. ---
**Author:** ![Bullitt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bullitt/32/5725_2.png) [@Bullitt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bullitt)\ **Post date:** [December 11, 2018, 7:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-most-interesting-car-you-saw-today/688889/2394 "2018-12-11T07:59:03Z")
A white Mazda RX-8, on my commute this morning. I see fewer and fewer of those RX-8s out there. ---
**Author:** ![Bullitt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bullitt/32/5725_2.png) [@Bullitt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bullitt)\ **Post date:** [December 12, 2018, 9:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-most-interesting-car-you-saw-today/688889/2395 "2018-12-12T09:13:33Z")
A Saturn SC-2 ---
**Author:** ![Johnny\_L.A](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnny_l.a/32/1084_2.png) [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\ **Post date:** [December 12, 2018, 3:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-most-interesting-car-you-saw-today/688889/2396 "2018-12-12T15:12:46Z")
Last night I was behind a new, yellow, Porsche 911. Now, I’m partial to the original body style, up to 1989; but the new ones aren’t exactly ugly. Based on the license plate, this one was owned by a doctor. ---
**Author:** ![Enola\_Straight](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/dec6dc/32.png) [@Enola\_Straight](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Enola_Straight)\ **Post date:** [December 13, 2018, 2:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-most-interesting-car-you-saw-today/688889/2397 "2018-12-13T02:44:01Z")
The Ford EXP [![](https://assets.rebelmouse.io/media-library/image.jpg?id=31010371) ](https://assets.rebelmouse.io/media-library/image.jpg?id=31010371) The frog-eyed bastard child of a Mustang and an Escort. ---
**Author:** ![carnut](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/carnut/32/3531_2.png) [@carnut](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/carnut)\ **Post date:** [December 13, 2018, 4:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-most-interesting-car-you-saw-today/688889/2398 "2018-12-13T04:20:24Z")
Sigh. It’s winter. It’s probably going to be a while until I see another interesting car. But maybe I can catch an interesting ugly to rival the Ford EXP. ---
**Author:** ![Defensive\_Indifference](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/defensive_indifference/32/6502_2.png) [@Defensive\_Indifference](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Defensive_Indifference)\ **Post date:** [December 18, 2018, 6:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-most-interesting-car-you-saw-today/688889/2399 "2018-12-18T18:12:45Z")
Today I saw a Buick Cascadia on the highway. I never really give a lot of thought to Buicks one way or the other. They were always fixed in my mind as a sort of stodgy luxury-ish car. But the [Cascadia](https://www.buick.com/convertible/cascada-luxury-convertible)was really good-looking. I just went to the Buick site, and some of their cars look sweet. The [Regal TourX](https://www.buick.com/crossovers/regal-tourx-luxury-wagon) is a pretty sharp sport wagon (which I thought were extinct). I have no idea of the quality or anything, and the mileage is for shit. But they look great. ---
**Author:** ![Johnny\_L.A](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnny_l.a/32/1084_2.png) [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\ **Post date:** [December 18, 2018, 6:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-most-interesting-car-you-saw-today/688889/2400 "2018-12-18T18:15:49Z")
> [@Defensive\_Indifference](#): > > They were always fixed in my mind as a sort of stodgy luxury-ish car. But the [Cascadia](https://www.buick.com/convertible/cascada-luxury-convertible)was really good-looking. I just went to the Buick site, and some of their cars look sweet. [That’s not a Buick!](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j761MNnFaeg) ---
**Author:** ![Bullitt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bullitt/32/5725_2.png) [@Bullitt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bullitt)\ **Post date:** [December 18, 2018, 6:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-most-interesting-car-you-saw-today/688889/2401 "2018-12-18T18:23:48Z")
An old Studebaker Avanti on the interstate this morning. ---
**Author:** ![El\_Kabong](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/el_kabong/32/496_2.png) [@El\_Kabong](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/El_Kabong)\ **Post date:** [December 19, 2018, 4:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-most-interesting-car-you-saw-today/688889/2402 "2018-12-19T04:07:35Z")
A ['66 Dodge Charger](https://www.mecum.com/lots/SC0513-153719/1966-dodge-charger-resto-mod/). Yeah, it’s basically a Coronet with a fastback, but I always liked 'em. Heh, Coronet. I bet most of you young whippersnappers have no idea what I’m talking about, eh? ---
**Author:** ![Defensive\_Indifference](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/defensive_indifference/32/6502_2.png) [@Defensive\_Indifference](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Defensive_Indifference)\ **Post date:** [December 28, 2018, 12:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-most-interesting-car-you-saw-today/688889/2403 "2018-12-28T00:48:31Z")
I saw this car on the road this morning. I couldn’t identify it. Anybody know what it is? > **[20181227-115627 hosted at ImgBB](https://ibb.co/f0Nygw9)** > > Image 20181227-115627 hosted in ImgBB [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-most-interesting-car-you-saw-today/688889.md?page=119) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-most-interesting-car-you-saw-today/688889.md?page=121)