# 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:** 360
**Author:** ![commasense](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/commasense/32/3017_2.png) [@commasense](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/commasense)\ **Post date:** [March 15, 2025, 2:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-most-interesting-car-you-saw-today/688889/7187 "2025-03-15T14:23:24Z")
Taillights look like they were stolen from a Mustang. ---
**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:** [March 15, 2025, 3:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-most-interesting-car-you-saw-today/688889/7188 "2025-03-15T15:14:15Z")
> [@commasense](#): > > Taillights look like they were stolen from a Mustang The whole back half kinda does. If this is all I saw, I would’ve assume it was a Mustang [![](https://i.imgur.com/p4r6stX.png) ](https://i.imgur.com/p4r6stX.png) compared to… [![](https://i.imgur.com/hh2wCSV.png) ](https://i.imgur.com/hh2wCSV.png) ---
**Author:** ![gregorio](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/fbc32d/32.png) [@gregorio](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gregorio)\ **Post date:** [March 15, 2025, 4:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-most-interesting-car-you-saw-today/688889/7189 "2025-03-15T16:16:25Z")
It’s explicitly a mini Mustang. Toyota wanted a pony car of their own and the Celica was the result. IIRC this was discussed on [Jay Leno’s Garage](https://youtu.be/KqzhfjbnXg0?si=TE4ZFZdmzAk_hKur). ---
**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:** [March 20, 2025, 2:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-most-interesting-car-you-saw-today/688889/7190 "2025-03-20T14:48:22Z")
No pictures, but on Tuesday I spotted a Toyota Solara in parked on the opposite side of the highway in the breakdown lane. The interesting part was that the front end was completely engulfed in flames. Also I spoted a Pontiac Fiero - I can’t believe they were last produced in 1988. ---
**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:** [March 20, 2025, 3:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-most-interesting-car-you-saw-today/688889/7191 "2025-03-20T15:27:26Z")
> [@Telemark](#): > > Also I spoted a Pontiac Fiero I wonder if it was stock or had an engine swap. There are companies which will replace the I4 or V6 with a V8, for a price; [here’s one.](https://www.v8fiero.com/) ---
**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:** [March 20, 2025, 4:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-most-interesting-car-you-saw-today/688889/7192 "2025-03-20T16:00:17Z")
This morning I saw a Smart Car with stickers on the doors and rear that read “Team-JD Racing”. Which makes me wonder, do they actually race Smart Cars, or does the car just belong to some member of the team? Actually… Smart Car racing sounds kind of fun. I imagine it being kind of like go-kart racing. ETA: I Googled them, and there appears to be both a NASCAR team and an Italian Formula 1 team that use that name, so I assume the driver was just a fan of one of them (most likely the NASCAR one). ---
**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:** [March 20, 2025, 4:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-most-interesting-car-you-saw-today/688889/7193 "2025-03-20T16:05:58Z")
> [@WildaBeast](#): > > do they actually race Smart Cars If there’s a motor on it, someone races it. ---
**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:** [March 20, 2025, 4:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-most-interesting-car-you-saw-today/688889/7194 "2025-03-20T16:17:31Z")
> [@Telemark](#): > > > [@WildaBeast](#): > > > > do they actually race Smart Cars > > If there’s a motor on it, someone races it.   Pretty popular in Europe. [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/AW4QmCGWadQ/maxresdefault.jpg "Smart 4two cup racecars with some backfire (Spa 2018)") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AW4QmCGWadQ) ---
**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:** [March 20, 2025, 10:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-most-interesting-car-you-saw-today/688889/7195 "2025-03-20T22:10:18Z")
> [@Skywatcher](#): > > I wonder if it was stock or had an engine swap. There are companies which will replace the I4 or V6 with a V8, for a price _The original 2.5L 4 cylinder in the Fiero came with **92** horsepower_ (insert Simpson haha meme) ---
**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:** [March 20, 2025, 10:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-most-interesting-car-you-saw-today/688889/7196 "2025-03-20T22:38:33Z")
Based on the condition of the Fiero I saw, I don’t think anyone did anything to help it in the past 2 decades. ---
**Author:** ![dalej42](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/67e7ee/32.png) [@dalej42](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dalej42)\ **Post date:** [March 21, 2025, 11:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-most-interesting-car-you-saw-today/688889/7197 "2025-03-21T23:24:34Z")
I don’t think I’ve ever posted to this long running thread but I may win the internet today. The most interesting car I saw today was a Tesla Cybertruck trying to parallel park in Chicago’s Boystown neighborhood. Not only that, but it was a recently purchased Cybertruck with a temporary tag. This is a very densely populated area, I didn’t enjoy parallel parking a PT Cruiser when I had a car. I can’t imagine this person parallel parking such a beast. I’d just gone across the street to grab junk food, but when I came back home a few minutes later, they were still trying to park that monstrosity. ---
**Author:** ![EnglishGrey](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/englishgrey/32/14111_2.png) [@EnglishGrey](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/EnglishGrey)\ **Post date:** [March 22, 2025, 10:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-most-interesting-car-you-saw-today/688889/7198 "2025-03-22T22:48:14Z")
> [@WildaBeast](#): > > Italian Formula 1 team I don’t think this is correct? Currently only Ferrari and Racing Bulls are Italian Formula 1 teams, and I don’t recognise that name from any previous years either? ---
**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:** [March 23, 2025, 12:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-most-interesting-car-you-saw-today/688889/7199 "2025-03-23T00:45:30Z")
I’m just going by Wikipedia… technically the name was JD Motorsport, but it showed up in the Google results. > **[JD Motorsport](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/JD_Motorsport)** > > JD Motorsport was an auto racing team based in Vespolate, Italy that competed in formula single-seaters in Europe. > The team was formed in 1995 by Roberto Cavallari and Alfredo Cappelletti. In 1996 the team started to participate in Formula Renault 2000 Eurocup and had four consecutive titles with Enrique Bernoldi, Jeffrey van Hooydonk, Bruno Besson and Gianmaria Bruni. > In 2000 the team expanded their campaign to the Italian Formula Renault Championship, but in 2001 decided to switch in the Germ... ---
**Author:** ![commasense](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/commasense/32/3017_2.png) [@commasense](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/commasense)\ **Post date:** [March 23, 2025, 1:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-most-interesting-car-you-saw-today/688889/7200 "2025-03-23T01:55:05Z")
The Wikipedia entry shows them running in a bunch of other series (“formulas”), but not Formula One. ---
**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:** [March 23, 2025, 6:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-most-interesting-car-you-saw-today/688889/7201 "2025-03-23T18:52:07Z")
Ah. I guess being someone who doesn’t really follow motorsports, I saw the word “formula” and my brain just inserted a “one” after it. ---
**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:** [March 23, 2025, 9:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-most-interesting-car-you-saw-today/688889/7202 "2025-03-23T21:44:34Z")
Yesterday, as I was leaving the California Capital Airshow I was in line behind this Fisker Ocean, an electric SUV: [![Imgur](https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/54405983769_e4a979fc9f_b.jpg "IMG\_1874") ](https://www.flickr.com/photos/66423490@N08/54405983769/) Today I saw this very nice early 1990s Ford Ranger. I always enjoy seeing ordinary vehicles from decades ago that are still being driven, especially when they’re as nice as this one. And that’s a very '90s shade of green, too. [![Imgur](https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/54405807226_0cff312ece_b.jpg "IMG\_1875") ](https://www.flickr.com/photos/66423490@N08/54405807226/) ---
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Yesterday in San Francisco I saw for the first time, out in the wild, my first Porsche 911 Dakar. It was clad in the Roughroads racing livery, and without the roof rack. Unfortunately it was a brief sighting. He was oncoming in fast moving city street traffic, and I could not double back to get another look, let alone snap a picture. That was my first sighting in the wild. About two months ago I saw one for the first time ever, in a dealership. I’m pretty sure I posted about that here, including some of these pictures. [![](https://i.imgur.com/sWZdW4w.jpg) ](https://i.imgur.com/sWZdW4w.jpg) [[Album] The Porsche 911 Dakar ![](https://i.imgur.com/p0JcHmw.jpeg?fb "The Porsche 911 Dakar") ](https://imgur.com/gallery/MuHWndH) ---
**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:** [March 26, 2025, 1:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-most-interesting-car-you-saw-today/688889/7204 "2025-03-26T01:35:26Z")
Traveled to Choteau MT for a wedding, and spotted some fun cars walking around town. 1962 Ford F-100 pickup, just needs a little polish [![Imgur](https://i.imgur.com/btXobeI.jpeg "imgur.com") ](https://imgur.com/btXobeI) 1963 or 1964 Cadillac Sedan Deville [![Imgur](https://i.imgur.com/ZSLIwuR.jpeg "imgur.com") ](https://imgur.com/ZSLIwuR) 1973 Chevrolet Chevelle Malibu [![Imgur](https://i.imgur.com/y6ZFZNU.jpeg "imgur.com") ](https://imgur.com/y6ZFZNU) 1985 Datsun by Nissan pickup truck [![Imgur](https://i.imgur.com/ZHR6s8D.jpeg "imgur.com") ](https://imgur.com/ZHR6s8D) ---
**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:** [March 26, 2025, 4:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-most-interesting-car-you-saw-today/688889/7205 "2025-03-26T04:24:02Z")
The Malibu and Datsun look like drivers! ---
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On the drive to work this morning I was behind a VW Eurovan VR6, which was made from 1996-2003. It looks like it was in great shape, and a daily driver. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-most-interesting-car-you-saw-today/688889.md?page=359) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-most-interesting-car-you-saw-today/688889.md?page=361)