# 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:** 143
**Author:** ![mhendo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mhendo/32/3159_2.png) [@mhendo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mhendo)\ **Post date:** [August 16, 2019, 10:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-most-interesting-car-you-saw-today/688889/2845 "2019-08-16T22:57:03Z")
> [@Richard\_W](#): > > The vents and the rounded shape also sound like a 250 GTO or something similar to that, but those are definitely not an “everyday Ferrari” as they go for $10,000,000 or more! You’re on the low end there. The last three GTOs that I know of sold for $38 million, $48 million, and $70 million. ---
**Author:** ![Rocketeer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rocketeer/32/4437_2.png) [@Rocketeer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rocketeer)\ **Post date:** [August 18, 2019, 12:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-most-interesting-car-you-saw-today/688889/2846 "2019-08-18T00:03:34Z")
I was at our local privately-owned tiny grocery-cum-post office, and out at the gas pumps I saw a Ford GT, low-slung, black, and beautiful. It was like seeing Audrey Hepburn at Wal-Mart. I would have spoken to the owner, except that the last time I tried to do that sort of thing (see Avanti sighting, above) I was reduced to a babbling fanboy almost instantly. ---
**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:** [August 19, 2019, 5:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-most-interesting-car-you-saw-today/688889/2847 "2019-08-19T17:41:29Z")
We recently had the annual New London to New Brighton Antique Car Run, which means the Twin Cities had a lot of great antique cars tooling around on skinny tires. I’ll pick the air-cooled Franklin. I don’t have a pic but the 1905 Runabout on [this page](http://www.franklincar.org/tech/YOMImages/#1905) is close to what I saw. ---
**Author:** ![jnglmassiv](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/f07891/32.png) [@jnglmassiv](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jnglmassiv)\ **Post date:** [August 21, 2019, 1:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-most-interesting-car-you-saw-today/688889/2848 "2019-08-21T01:58:14Z")
Ok, this was weird. I passed an oncoming Subaru SVX in red on a side street and took note. I thought they were the slickest shit back then and I still like the contour. The driver appeared to be a woman with big, light colored hair, though my glimpse was brief. A minute later, maybe even less, I saw another one. I pulled up behind it at a stoplight and there was no way the first one could have arrived at the intersection before me. The driver was difficult to see from behind but I could tell it wasn’t the same big hair. So, ya, 2 SVXs in a minute. ---
**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:** [August 21, 2019, 3:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-most-interesting-car-you-saw-today/688889/2849 "2019-08-21T03:23:17Z")
Today I saw a restored white Ford Ranchero. I’m guessing it was a '63, but that’s only a guess. Round taillights, no fins. ---
**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:** [August 21, 2019, 3:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-most-interesting-car-you-saw-today/688889/2850 "2019-08-21T03:44:47Z")
> [@Johnny\_L.A](#): > > I’m guessing it was a '63, but that’s only a guess. Could’ve been a '64. ---
**Author:** ![WildaBeast](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wildabeast/32/6_2.png) [@WildaBeast](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WildaBeast)\ **Post date:** [August 23, 2019, 4:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-most-interesting-car-you-saw-today/688889/2851 "2019-08-23T04:56:05Z")
I guess the most interesting was probably the 1970s era Toyota pickup, the [1972-78 generation](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Toyota_Hilux#Second_generation_(N20;_1972%E2%80%931978)) according to Wikipedia. It was in remarkably good shape for a 40-something year old truck, but Top Gear did demonstrate that it’s impossible to kill a Toyota Hilux (as they were called in the rest of the world). Honorable mention goes to the Ford Probe, just because seeing it made me realize you hardly ever see them anymore. And also… > [@epbrown01](#): > > Passed an 80s BMW 5-series sedan (E28), but what made it noteworthy was it had rear window louvers. I remember when those were all the rage - my brother had them on his Datsun 280Z back then - but I don’t recall seeing them on BMWs back then. Tonight I was behind a fairly new Nissan 370Z that had those louvers on the rear window. I didn’t even know you could get those for modern cars. ---
**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:** [August 23, 2019, 1:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-most-interesting-car-you-saw-today/688889/2852 "2019-08-23T13:24:12Z")
A 3rd Generation (1968-82) Chevy Corvette Stingray, so that would be from the first half of that range. ---
**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:** [August 25, 2019, 2:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-most-interesting-car-you-saw-today/688889/2853 "2019-08-25T02:52:24Z")
A couple today. There were two 3rd generation (68-72) Chevy El Caminos in amazing restored condition for sale someone’s lawn. Then a Ferrari 308 GTS parked by the ocean as I walked to a wedding reception. ---
**Author:** ![River\_Hippie](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/river_hippie/32/26_2.png) [@River\_Hippie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/River_Hippie)\ **Post date:** [August 25, 2019, 3:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-most-interesting-car-you-saw-today/688889/2854 "2019-08-25T03:08:59Z")
> [@epbrown01](#): > > When someone says they’ve seen an Auburn, the first thing I check is their location - most of them seem to have returned to Indiana. You see a lot of Studebakers in the area as well. I live very close to Auburn. Auction weekend is coming up soon. I usually see a lot of vintage classics as I live on one of the main roads between Auburn and Fort Wayne. I used to spend a lot of weekends in South Bend, home of Studebaker and saw many, many restored Studes and Avantis. ---
**Author:** ![california\_jobcase](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/9d8465/32.png) [@california\_jobcase](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/california_jobcase)\ **Post date:** [August 25, 2019, 3:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-most-interesting-car-you-saw-today/688889/2855 "2019-08-25T03:16:38Z")
> [@Johnny\_L.A](#): > > Today I saw a restored white Ford Ranchero. I’m guessing it was a '63, but that’s only a guess. Round taillights, no fins. '60-'65 Rancheros (Falcon-based) all fit a round taillights, no fins description. ---
**Author:** ![Chefguy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chefguy/32/138_2.png) [@Chefguy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chefguy)\ **Post date:** [August 25, 2019, 2:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-most-interesting-car-you-saw-today/688889/2856 "2019-08-25T14:48:33Z")
An Edsel in poor condition. A 60s vintage Mercedes 230SL in gold. Not sure why anybody thought that was a good color. ---
**Author:** ![Dinsdale](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/97f17d/32.png) [@Dinsdale](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dinsdale)\ **Post date:** [August 25, 2019, 7:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-most-interesting-car-you-saw-today/688889/2857 "2019-08-25T19:04:14Z")
A bright blue Sunbeam convertible in the golf course parking lot. ---
**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:** [August 26, 2019, 2:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-most-interesting-car-you-saw-today/688889/2858 "2019-08-26T02:07:44Z")
A first generation Corvette, in black which I don’t think I’ve ever seen before. ---
**Author:** ![Spiderman](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/spiderman/32/230_2.png) [@Spiderman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spiderman)\ **Post date:** [August 26, 2019, 3:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-most-interesting-car-you-saw-today/688889/2859 "2019-08-26T03:00:36Z")
Yesterday - I was debating between the pale yellow early 70’s Lincoln Continental & the F E Red Jag F-type…until I saw a red w/ black racing stripe Viper. Rare & cool! Today was a VW SUV that was colored a cross between Gulden’s mustard & pea soup; ugliest solid color I’ve ever seen on a car. Forgot to mention, last week I saw a brand new, as in in-the-showroom new MG Hector. I was floored because I didn’t realize they were still in the car market for decades. ---
**Author:** ![Richard\_W\_1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/3bc359/32.png) [@Richard\_W\_1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Richard_W_1)\ **Post date:** [August 27, 2019, 12:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-most-interesting-car-you-saw-today/688889/2860 "2019-08-27T12:21:20Z")
A house opposite my parents has a restored Morris Minor Traveller (like [this one](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Morris_Minor#/media/File:Morris_Minor_Traveller_-_Flickr_-_exfordy_(1).jpg) with the wood frame) parked outside. I haven’t seen one of those for a while. Thanks to a tenuous connection with the Traveller I’m going to shoehorn in my pictures of an Adams Probe 16 ([front](https://www.flickr.com/photos/67267062@N06/48629777172) and [rear](https://www.flickr.com/photos/67267062@N06/48629622461/)) that I saw a few months ago, even though it was in a museum. (I’ve only just uploaded my pics). The connection is that apparently the Probe 16 has a wooden chassis. Only three were made and it sounds as though only two of them still exist as known cars (one might be a wreck somewhere in California). This one was in the lobby of the Design Museum in Kensington as part of a Stanley Kubrick exhibition - it’s the car used in A Clockwork Orange. Peering through the window it appeared to have over 19,000 miles on the clock, which is an impressive number for such a rare and impractical car, even though it’s had 50-odd years to do them in. ---
**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:** [August 27, 2019, 7:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-most-interesting-car-you-saw-today/688889/2861 "2019-08-27T19:23:26Z")
A Toyota fire truck like [this one](https://www.jdmcarandmotorcycle.com/details/used-1991-toyota-hiace-fire-truck-4wd/55673722) Actually, I may have seen _that_ 1991 Toyota Hiace 4WD fire truck, since I saw it today in Seattle. Only, the one I saw had gold Japanese lettering on the side. ---
**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:** [August 28, 2019, 8:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-most-interesting-car-you-saw-today/688889/2862 "2019-08-28T20:39:59Z")
Though I didn’t see it in person, I ended up in a long conversation about the [Reliant Scimitar](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Reliant_Scimitar) that makes me want to find and view one in person instead of just online. ---
**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:** [August 28, 2019, 9:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-most-interesting-car-you-saw-today/688889/2863 "2019-08-28T21:14:21Z")
An Alfa Romeo 4C Spider in black, the Italians know how to make sexy looking cars. ---
**Author:** ![Richard\_W\_1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/3bc359/32.png) [@Richard\_W\_1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Richard_W_1)\ **Post date:** [September 2, 2019, 11:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-most-interesting-car-you-saw-today/688889/2864 "2019-09-02T11:35:35Z")
I saw one of the new McLarens at the weekend - I think it was the 720s: > **[McLaren 720S](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/McLaren_720S)** > > The McLaren 720S is a sports car designed and manufactured by British automobile manufacturer McLaren Automotive. It is the second all-new car in the McLaren Super Series, replacing the 650S beginning in May 2017. > The 720S was launched at the Geneva Motor Show on 7 March 2017 and is built on a modified carbon monocoque, which is lighter and stiffer than the previous model, the 650S. > The 720S is the first all-new car to be introduced by McLaren as a part of its new plan to launch 15 new cars i... [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-most-interesting-car-you-saw-today/688889.md?page=142) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-most-interesting-car-you-saw-today/688889.md?page=144)