# 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:** 342
**Author:** ![jnglmassiv](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/f07891/32.png) [@jnglmassiv](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jnglmassiv)\ **Post date:** [October 17, 2024, 2:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-most-interesting-car-you-saw-today/688889/6827 "2024-10-17T02:57:45Z")
Illinois passenger plate scored a perfect 255/255. > FF ---
**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:** [October 17, 2024, 4:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-most-interesting-car-you-saw-today/688889/6828 "2024-10-17T16:05:37Z")
> [@Telemark](#): > > In traffic tonight I spotted a [Kia K900](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kia_K9), a car I’ve never heard of before. And a very slow seller in the US, because it’s a luxury car, and people in the market for a luxury car don’t typically shop at Kia dealerships. From your Wikipedia link in it’s best sales year in the US they only sold 2,524 cars, and most years they sold fewer than 1000. And on that note, this morning I saw a [Saab 9-7X](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saab_9-7X), which was basically a badge engineered Chevy Trailblazer. The Saab badged version seems to be pretty uncommon as well, selling only a few thousand per year over 5 model years. ---
**Author:** ![Joey\_P](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/919ad9/32.png) [@Joey\_P](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Joey_P)\ **Post date:** [October 18, 2024, 2:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-most-interesting-car-you-saw-today/688889/6829 "2024-10-18T14:05:35Z")
> [@WildaBeast](#): > > And a very slow seller in the US, because it’s a luxury car, and people in the market for a luxury car don’t typically shop at Kia dealerships When I was at the Kia dealership getting my Niro, at some point I griped about the price. I still remember the sales person, unironically, saying ‘it’s a luxury car, of course it’s more expensive’ or something to that extent. I was already in a shitty mood and almost walked out after that comment. All these years later and I still remember him saying it. I almost laughed before I realized he wasn’t joking. It’s a fucking Kia, it’s not a luxury anything. In my opinion, it’s not even as luxurious as a Honda. ---
**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:** [October 18, 2024, 3:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-most-interesting-car-you-saw-today/688889/6830 "2024-10-18T15:12:07Z")
> [@Joey\_P](#): > > It’s a fucking Kia, it’s not a luxury anything. Therein lies the rub. The K900 is Kia’s attempt at a luxury vehicle but the luxury _brand_ is [Genesis](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Genesis_Motor) – also owned by Hyundai. ---
**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:** [October 18, 2024, 5:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-most-interesting-car-you-saw-today/688889/6831 "2024-10-18T17:55:49Z")
Hyundai has Genesis, Kia doesn’t have a luxury sub-brand. Not sure how they are positioning Kia vs Hyundai. ---
**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:** [October 18, 2024, 6:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-most-interesting-car-you-saw-today/688889/6832 "2024-10-18T18:26:35Z")
For some reason, I was under the impression that Hyundai had a larger stake in Kia. Really just over one-third according to [Wikipedia.](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hyundai_Motor_Group) ---
**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:** [October 19, 2024, 6:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-most-interesting-car-you-saw-today/688889/6833 "2024-10-19T18:13:04Z")
BMW EV roadster: [[Album] imgur.com ![](https://i.imgur.com/X3ySyZp.jpeg?fb "imgur.com") ](https://imgur.com/a/LOYo4Yl) ---
**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:** [October 20, 2024, 1:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-most-interesting-car-you-saw-today/688889/6834 "2024-10-20T01:14:05Z")
I don’t know that I can say. Took a road trip out to Classic Auto Mall with a group. Didn’t realize there was a car show going on in the parking lot. A couple hundred cars in the parking lot in addition to the 900+ inside on consignment. For outside I’m going to go with the '57 Pontiac convertible. Red like this random web [photo](https://rallysportclassics.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/11/Copy-of-57pontiac1.jpg) except the top was up. For inside I’m going to go with the total ridiculousness of [Air Mail](https://www.classicautomall.com/vehicles/5731/1974-amc-dj5-mail-jeep) ---
**Author:** ![Zyada](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/zyada/32/3028_2.png) [@Zyada](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zyada)\ **Post date:** [October 20, 2024, 1:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-most-interesting-car-you-saw-today/688889/6835 "2024-10-20T01:39:31Z")
Not exactly a car, and from several years ago [![](https://i.imgur.com/FpnGLZv.jpeg) ](https://i.imgur.com/FpnGLZv.jpeg) ---
**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:** [October 20, 2024, 2:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-most-interesting-car-you-saw-today/688889/6836 "2024-10-20T02:32:20Z")
somewhat painful, but not unheard of in LatAm: [https://i.postimg.cc/j5FLp2Jj/image.png](https://i.postimg.cc/j5FLp2Jj/image.png) ---
**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:** [October 20, 2024, 2:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-most-interesting-car-you-saw-today/688889/6837 "2024-10-20T02:53:31Z")
Saw this Mini today: [![Imgur](https://i.imgur.com/OXg6udn.jpeg "imgur.com") ](https://imgur.com/OXg6udn) I think this must be a custom job - I’ve never seen one with a roll bar. ---
**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:** [October 20, 2024, 9:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-most-interesting-car-you-saw-today/688889/6838 "2024-10-20T21:03:08Z")
> [@Spiderman](#): > > Took a road trip out to Classic Auto Mall with a group. > [@beowulff](#): > > Saw this Mini today: They also had a VW Beetle _[Pickup](https://www.classicautomall.com/vehicles/6203/1998-volkswagen-beetle-pickup)_ ---
**Author:** ![Pleonast](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pleonast/32/1183_2.png) [@Pleonast](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Pleonast)\ **Post date:** [October 20, 2024, 11:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-most-interesting-car-you-saw-today/688889/6839 "2024-10-20T23:09:37Z")
I just saw a Vinfast VF8. A _what_, you say? Exactly my thought when seeing it. [![](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/2/28/Vinfast_VF8_at_Hillsdale_7_%28cropped%29.jpg) ](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/2/28/Vinfast_VF8_at_Hillsdale_7_%28cropped%29.jpg) It’s a Vietnamese electric car, with very limited imports to date. The reviews cited in the Wikipedia article think it’s junk. > **[VinFast VF 8](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/VinFast_VF_8)** > > The VinFast VF 8 (formerly named VinFast VF e35 and VinFast VF32) is a battery electric Mid-size crossover SUV manufactured and marketed by VinFast of Vingroup from 2022. > The VF 8 model made its debut in the second half of January 2022 in the electric car lineup of the Vietnamese automaker VinFast, which also served as the prelude for a planned expansion to global markets. VinFast opened orders for the VF 8 in January 2022 in the domestic Vietnamese market, with the first deliveries to 100 V... ---
**Author:** ![Joey\_P](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/919ad9/32.png) [@Joey\_P](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Joey_P)\ **Post date:** [October 21, 2024, 12:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-most-interesting-car-you-saw-today/688889/6840 "2024-10-21T00:06:02Z")
Porsche 911 (996) that, I think, is stock. Google is showing me a lot of identical ones, so I’m assuming it rolled out of the factory with the giant autozone spoiler. [![](https://i.imgur.com/zrmLMoT.jpeg) ](https://i.imgur.com/zrmLMoT.jpeg) [![](https://i.imgur.com/dSsMYL6.jpeg) ](https://i.imgur.com/dSsMYL6.jpeg) Actually, looking at all the pictures I’m seeing online, I think they may all be this exact car, I’m guessing the owner shows it a lot. The pictures I’m seeing online all seem to be tagged with the same name I see in the rear driver side window. 70(?) Nova [![](https://i.imgur.com/izBnq5q.jpeg) ](https://i.imgur.com/izBnq5q.jpeg) I wouldn’t have given this jeep a second though but it looked odd and was really loud. It’s not often I see a jeep with modded exhaust or whatever was making it that loud. Not sure what year it is, but it has collector plates, which I think require the car to be at least 20 years old. It’s also not a stock paint job, at least based on the jeep emblem being the same color. [![](https://i.imgur.com/9UPqIwc.jpeg) ](https://i.imgur.com/9UPqIwc.jpeg) ---
**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:** [October 21, 2024, 3:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-most-interesting-car-you-saw-today/688889/6841 "2024-10-21T15:05:59Z")
Thunderbirds, old and newer Yesterday while driving home from Santa Barbara CA we passed this beautiful T-bird [![](https://i.imgur.com/eQql27Z.jpg) ](https://i.imgur.com/eQql27Z.jpg) [![](https://i.imgur.com/Bhj8w9D.jpg) ](https://i.imgur.com/Bhj8w9D.jpg) On Friday at a coffee shop in Santa Ynez CA I spotted this new Thunderbird. My ivory 356 cabriolet is near it, with my wife napping inside it. [![](https://i.imgur.com/bStXac1.jpeg) ](https://i.imgur.com/bStXac1.jpeg) [![](https://i.imgur.com/iNXgnCP.jpeg) ](https://i.imgur.com/iNXgnCP.jpeg) [![](https://i.imgur.com/9H9UJgM.jpeg) ](https://i.imgur.com/9H9UJgM.jpeg) [![](https://i.imgur.com/Z0L6Q3k.jpeg) ](https://i.imgur.com/Z0L6Q3k.jpeg) [![](https://i.imgur.com/nr0yFvz.jpeg) ](https://i.imgur.com/nr0yFvz.jpeg) ---
**Author:** ![Dr.Winston\_OBoogie](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dr.winston_oboogie/32/2945_2.png) [@Dr.Winston\_OBoogie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dr.Winston_OBoogie)\ **Post date:** [October 21, 2024, 3:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-most-interesting-car-you-saw-today/688889/6842 "2024-10-21T15:09:33Z")
That pink one looks like it has some suspension or spring problems. ---
**Author:** ![Joey\_P](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/919ad9/32.png) [@Joey\_P](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Joey_P)\ **Post date:** [October 21, 2024, 3:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-most-interesting-car-you-saw-today/688889/6843 "2024-10-21T15:26:50Z")
I saw this one the other day (and didn’t post it because I was annoyed that he was parked across multiple spots, right by the door) [![](https://i.imgur.com/oT7GjFf.jpeg) ](https://i.imgur.com/oT7GjFf.jpeg) ---
**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:** [October 21, 2024, 4:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-most-interesting-car-you-saw-today/688889/6844 "2024-10-21T16:27:15Z")
> [@Dr.Winston\_OBoogie](#): > > That pink one looks like it has some suspension or spring problems. Hmmm, I hadn’t noticed that. Maybe that’s why he was driving so slow on the freeway, about 50 MPH. ---
**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:** [October 21, 2024, 4:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-most-interesting-car-you-saw-today/688889/6845 "2024-10-21T16:34:41Z")
It must have been an old T-Bird weekend. I spotted this one while volunteering at running race Saturday morning. [![](https://i.imgur.com/gluUwjC.jpg) ](https://i.imgur.com/gluUwjC.jpg) ---
**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:** [October 21, 2024, 5:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-most-interesting-car-you-saw-today/688889/6846 "2024-10-21T17:33:50Z")
There were over 200 Porsche 356s down in Santa Barbara and it was great to see them all. It was a fun time there. [[Album] Some of the Porsche 356s at Santa Barbara last weekend! ![](https://i.imgur.com/MqeEm2r.jpeg?fb "Some of the Porsche 356s at Santa Barbara last weekend!") ](https://imgur.com/gallery/5UBsA94) [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-most-interesting-car-you-saw-today/688889.md?page=341) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-most-interesting-car-you-saw-today/688889.md?page=343)