# 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:** 337
**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:** [September 11, 2024, 2:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-most-interesting-car-you-saw-today/688889/6727 "2024-09-11T14:30:46Z")
> [@beowulff](#): > > I’ve never seen on of these before- and never want to again: It’s just a GM variant SUV from that era. Rarer than Chevy or GMC but I knew exactly what it was, even remembered the model name w/o looking. ---
**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:** [September 11, 2024, 2:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-most-interesting-car-you-saw-today/688889/6728 "2024-09-11T14:44:35Z")
I used to see Bravadas fairly regularly, must have lived near an Olds dealership. ---
**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:** [September 15, 2024, 5:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-most-interesting-car-you-saw-today/688889/6729 "2024-09-15T17:06:38Z")
A BMW Z3 M Coupé The BMW Z3 M Coupé was manufactured 1997-2002 and built at BMW Spartanburg in South Carolina. This car is over 20 years old. Its close sibling, the M Roadster (convertible), had over 15,000 built and sold, but for the M Coupé, sales were slow, and it was manufactured in far fewer numbers. So, M Coupés are quite uncommon these days. [![](https://i.imgur.com/i15XCWz.jpeg) ](https://i.imgur.com/i15XCWz.jpeg) ---
**Author:** ![beowulff](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/beowulff/32/542_2.png) [@beowulff](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/beowulff)\ **Post date:** [September 15, 2024, 5:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-most-interesting-car-you-saw-today/688889/6730 "2024-09-15T17:22:06Z")
A Cinquecento: [![Imgur](https://i.imgur.com/nVXX9et.jpeg "imgur.com") ](https://imgur.com/nVXX9et) ---
**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:** [September 15, 2024, 5:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-most-interesting-car-you-saw-today/688889/6731 "2024-09-15T17:32:15Z")
And is that a Citroen DS next to it? Someone clearly likes oddball foreign cars (well, oddball by US standards; I’m sure these were both fairly common in other countries). ---
**Author:** ![Capn\_Carl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/838e76/32.png) [@Capn\_Carl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Capn_Carl)\ **Post date:** [September 15, 2024, 5:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-most-interesting-car-you-saw-today/688889/6732 "2024-09-15T17:33:09Z")
Always liked that M3 Coupe’. It looked a little odd but it was light, had 330 hp, and plenty of luggage room behind the seats for a road trip. ---
**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:** [September 15, 2024, 6:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-most-interesting-car-you-saw-today/688889/6733 "2024-09-15T18:19:48Z")
The Z3 M Coupé with the S54 engine (the larger 3.2L straight 6 with 11.5:1 compression ratio and ETC, electronic throttle control), was manufactured in low quantities. Only 1,112 were sold worldwide. These are especially rare and highly desirable. It is one of the lowest production BMWs ever. You should get one @Capn_Carl ! ---
**Author:** ![echoreply](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/echoreply/32/3641_2.png) [@echoreply](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/echoreply)\ **Post date:** [September 15, 2024, 6:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-most-interesting-car-you-saw-today/688889/6734 "2024-09-15T18:33:19Z")
> [@Bullitt](#): > > The BMW Z3 M Coupé I always like the look, but it was nicknamed “clown shoe” for a reason. I got to put some miles on a Z3 roadster, and that was a fun little car, but I’ve never been a fan of driving convertibles, so the coupe seemed perfect to me. ---
**Author:** ![Al128](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/al128/32/16541_2.png) [@Al128](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Al128)\ **Post date:** [September 16, 2024, 10:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-most-interesting-car-you-saw-today/688889/6735 "2024-09-16T10:33:59Z")
**shoe** was my first association when I saw the pic, too … … and that might have been the main reason, they sold so few of them (spending $$$$ for a sporty car that is being associated with footwear) ---
**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:** [September 16, 2024, 12:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-most-interesting-car-you-saw-today/688889/6736 "2024-09-16T12:54:23Z")
Yes its styling was a little ungainly back then. ---
**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:** [September 16, 2024, 8:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-most-interesting-car-you-saw-today/688889/6737 "2024-09-16T20:27:51Z")
Chevy El Camino 327, 3rd gen (1968-1972) I’m not zoomed in because it’s very dirty. [![](https://i.imgur.com/b6XWP0z.jpeg) ](https://i.imgur.com/b6XWP0z.jpeg) ---
**Author:** ![Lancia](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lancia/32/17174_2.png) [@Lancia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lancia)\ **Post date:** [September 16, 2024, 8:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-most-interesting-car-you-saw-today/688889/6738 "2024-09-16T20:55:43Z")
My son and I were out and about last week and pulled up behind… something. We didn’t recognize it. [![](https://cdn-fastly.thetruthaboutcars.com/media/2022/07/19/9203179/2017-fiat-124-spider-abarth-review-a-tale-of-two-drivers.jpg) ](https://cdn-fastly.thetruthaboutcars.com/media/2022/07/19/9203179/2017-fiat-124-spider-abarth-review-a-tale-of-two-drivers.jpg) My son took a quick pic of it and googled it, it turns out it was a [Fiat 124 Spider](https://www.motortrend.com/reviews/2020-fiat-124-spider-abarth-test-drive-one-week/). This was something I didn’t know existed. Well, I knew [the original](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fiat_124_Sport_Spider) existed, but not this new one. Kind of a cool car if you’re into the small convertible segment. Discontinued, of course. ---
**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:** [September 16, 2024, 9:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-most-interesting-car-you-saw-today/688889/6739 "2024-09-16T21:50:36Z")
The “new” Fiat Spider was pretty much a Mazda Miata with slightly different bodywork and a different engine. That interior, in particular, is all Mazda, right down to Mazda’s unique infotainment controls on the center console. ---
**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:** [September 16, 2024, 11:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-most-interesting-car-you-saw-today/688889/6740 "2024-09-16T23:11:44Z")
A nice Mustang 5.0 GT Fastback [![](https://i.imgur.com/4iKfpV5.jpeg) ](https://i.imgur.com/4iKfpV5.jpeg) Album here [[Album] A nice Mustang 5.0 GT Fastback ![](https://i.imgur.com/wuKOhRk.jpeg?fb "A nice Mustang 5.0 GT Fastback") ](https://imgur.com/gallery/nGvfy2C) ---
**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:** [September 17, 2024, 12:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-most-interesting-car-you-saw-today/688889/6741 "2024-09-17T00:19:41Z")
> [@WildaBeast](#): > > The “new” Fiat Spider was pretty much a Mazda Miata with slightly different bodywork and a different engine. Known as the _Fiata_. ---
**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:** [September 17, 2024, 1:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-most-interesting-car-you-saw-today/688889/6742 "2024-09-17T13:08:43Z")
This morning, in a parking lot on a trailer I saw something I never saw before, a [Marsh Master](https://www.marshmaster.com/), looks like it might be one of their rentals. Then at a light I saw a Subaru EV, it’s a Solterra & another vehicle I never saw before; looks like it’s a rebadged Toy-odor bZ4x, which is essentially an EV RAV4 ---
**Author:** ![Skywatcher](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/skywatcher/32/254_2.png) [@Skywatcher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skywatcher)\ **Post date:** [September 17, 2024, 1:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-most-interesting-car-you-saw-today/688889/6743 "2024-09-17T13:25:37Z")
> [@Spiderman](#): > > Marsh Master Makes me wonder if someone tried putting treads on a [DUKW](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/DUKW) and ended up with that. ---
**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:** [September 17, 2024, 1:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-most-interesting-car-you-saw-today/688889/6744 "2024-09-17T13:33:17Z")
This was a lot shorter; no more than ½ the length of a Duck boat, which were repurposed DUKWs ---
**Author:** ![Skywatcher](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/skywatcher/32/254_2.png) [@Skywatcher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skywatcher)\ **Post date:** [September 17, 2024, 2:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-most-interesting-car-you-saw-today/688889/6745 "2024-09-17T14:07:49Z")
> [@Spiderman](#): > > This was a lot shorter; no more than ½ the length of a Duck boat, I thought somebody might have had the idea to put tracks on one of those, discovered that’s impossible, and created this all-new, smaller, thing. ---
**Author:** ![gregorio](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/fbc32d/32.png) [@gregorio](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gregorio)\ **Post date:** [September 17, 2024, 2:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-most-interesting-car-you-saw-today/688889/6746 "2024-09-17T14:38:00Z")
> [@Spiderman](#): > > Then at a light I saw a Subaru EV, it’s a Solterra & another vehicle I never saw before; looks like it’s a rebadged Toy-odor bZ4x, which is essentially an EV RAV4 They are the same vehicle developed by both Toyota and Subaru. Had an unfortunate proclivity to loose their wheels. Who knew cars could be so hard? Oh man I wish Subaru just made an electric Outback. That would be the perfect form factor for me. Instead we get shitty SUVs/CUVs. Actually the [Canoo LV](https://www.canoo.com/lv) would be the perfect form factor for me. Hyundai Ionic 5 is a close second. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-most-interesting-car-you-saw-today/688889.md?page=336) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-most-interesting-car-you-saw-today/688889.md?page=338)