# 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:** 397
**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:** [January 21, 2026, 9:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-most-interesting-car-you-saw-today/688889/7927 "2026-01-21T21:41:02Z")
A Lambo Huracan, a long way from home (Canada plates). [![](https://i.postimg.cc/CMZvZs2M/IMG-4197.jpg) ](https://i.postimg.cc/CMZvZs2M/IMG-4197.jpg) ---
**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:** [January 21, 2026, 9:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-most-interesting-car-you-saw-today/688889/7928 "2026-01-21T21:59:47Z")
It snowed this weekend. I saw a car this morning driving, with snow on it; clearly it had been parked for the past couple of days. Ho-hum there’s nothing unusual about that; OTOH, how many people you know who own a Rolls Royce who don’t park it in a garage? Surely if you can afford a RR you have a nice house with a couple of garage bays, right??? ---
**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:** [January 21, 2026, 10:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-most-interesting-car-you-saw-today/688889/7929 "2026-01-21T22:26:58Z")
> [@Spiderman](#): > > Surely if you can afford a RR you have a nice house with a couple of garage bays, right??? Depends on how old it is. From what I understand really high end luxury cars depreciate a lot once they hit the used car market (because a really wealthy person would never be caught dead buying a _used_ car, so the market for a used Rolls is rather limited). Something like a 20 year old Rolls is probably within reach of an average middle class person. ---
**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:** [January 21, 2026, 11:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-most-interesting-car-you-saw-today/688889/7930 "2026-01-21T23:23:57Z")
> [@WildaBeast](#): > > Something like a 20 year old Rolls is probably within reach of an average middle class person. I’m getting about $75-$100k for a 2005 Phantom. Here’s a 2004 for $74,800 with only 16k miles on it. [https://www.cars.com/vehicledetail/c89e63f5-8f1d-4acd-96e4-ca0e0fb031d4/?aff=jdpresp&utm\_campaign=jdpower&utm\_source=jdpower&utm\_medium=trp&utm\_id=1041615235&utm\_trusted=true](https://www.cars.com/vehicledetail/c89e63f5-8f1d-4acd-96e4-ca0e0fb031d4/?aff=jdpresp&utm_campaign=jdpower&utm_source=jdpower&utm_medium=trp&utm_id=1041615235&utm_trusted=true) Looking through the pictures, I’m surprised a 2004 anything would have a built in car phone. ---
**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:** [January 29, 2026, 12:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-most-interesting-car-you-saw-today/688889/7931 "2026-01-29T00:58:41Z")
Another nice Bel Air [![](https://i.postimg.cc/Y9bT9Z3w/IMG-4204.jpg) ](https://i.postimg.cc/Y9bT9Z3w/IMG-4204.jpg) ---
**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:** [January 29, 2026, 1:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-most-interesting-car-you-saw-today/688889/7932 "2026-01-29T01:34:39Z")
Any car not driving on the streets in Boston right now looks like every other car, just a lump of snow. ---
**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:** [January 29, 2026, 4:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-most-interesting-car-you-saw-today/688889/7933 "2026-01-29T04:58:37Z")
Today, for the first time in my life, I saw an Aston Martin on the road. It was dusk and it was a black car so I couldn’t tell you what model it was – either a DB11 or DB12. At a glance they look nearly identical. It did not have a V12, which narrows it down not at all. Absolutely beautiful car though. I would be seriously hard-pressed to identify a better looking car. It’s been hours and I’m still drooling. ---
**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:** [January 30, 2026, 4:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-most-interesting-car-you-saw-today/688889/7934 "2026-01-30T04:54:26Z")
I saw a [Ford Explorer ST](https://www.motortrend.com/reviews/2025-ford-explorer-st-awd-first-test-review) in traffic today. I had no idea Ford made a high performance version of the Explorer, but apparently they do starting last year. It is very much a sleeper, the quad exhausts offer a hint that it’s a high performance vehicle, but otherwise it looks like a normal Explorer. It seemed quite quick from what I observed. ---
**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:** [January 30, 2026, 1:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-most-interesting-car-you-saw-today/688889/7935 "2026-01-30T13:11:24Z")
I believe that’s what the police in my area drive. At least based on the word EXPLORER across the front edge of the hood. ---
**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:** [February 3, 2026, 8:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-most-interesting-car-you-saw-today/688889/7936 "2026-02-03T20:59:41Z")
> [@blondebear](#): > > It’s a [TVR Tasmin](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/TVR_Tasmin) Very rare, or at least quite uncommon. I’ve seen one, once, in the early 1980s in San Francisco. I haven’t seen one in a handful of decades. They remind me of the Bricklin SV-1. ---
**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:** [February 3, 2026, 9:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-most-interesting-car-you-saw-today/688889/7937 "2026-02-03T21:23:10Z")
**AZ-1** , on an Autozam AZ-1 micro car imported from Japan. They’re built by Mazda. This car is a RHD car with a 660 CC 3-cyl motorcycle engine from Suzuki. Spotted in California, and owned by a Californian, it is nevertheless registered in Montana with Montana plates. That’s how you can own them here in CA. [![](https://i.imgur.com/eh5E8EP.jpeg) ](https://i.imgur.com/eh5E8EP.jpeg) [![](https://i.imgur.com/nbgmfTb.jpeg) ](https://i.imgur.com/nbgmfTb.jpeg) ---
**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:** [February 3, 2026, 9:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-most-interesting-car-you-saw-today/688889/7938 "2026-02-03T21:30:03Z")
I spotted a red AZ-1 in Sedona AZ with WA plates back in 2022, even posted about it in this thread. ---
**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:** [February 3, 2026, 9:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-most-interesting-car-you-saw-today/688889/7939 "2026-02-03T21:36:23Z")
Cool. This one was the only one I’ve ever seen. ---
**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:** [February 3, 2026, 9:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-most-interesting-car-you-saw-today/688889/7940 "2026-02-03T21:46:50Z")
The only AZ-1 I’ve seen in person was at the informal car show night at Bob’s Big Boy in Burbank when I was down there last year. But on the subject of Japanese kei sports cars, I used to sometimes see someone driving a [Suzuki Cappuccino](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Suzuki_Cappuccino) around here, but it’s been a few years since I’ve seen it. As I recall that car had Virginia plates. ---
**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:** [February 4, 2026, 4:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-most-interesting-car-you-saw-today/688889/7941 "2026-02-04T16:04:28Z")
Yesterday, a red truck with a big honkin’ Sterling grille – like this: [![](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/5/53/Bullet_Grille_on_Ram_1500.jpg) ](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/5/53/Bullet_Grille_on_Ram_1500.jpg) Turned out it’s just a [rebadged Ram](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sterling_Bullet) pickup with no real connection to [the much earlier company from Milwaukee.](https://historicvehicles.com.au/historic-truck-brands/sterling/) ---
**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:** [February 4, 2026, 4:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-most-interesting-car-you-saw-today/688889/7942 "2026-02-04T16:42:00Z")
> [@Joey\_P](#): > > I believe that’s what the police in my area drive. At least based on the word EXPLORER across the front edge of the hood. The ST is a trim level on the standard Explorer, available for the public to buy if you have enough fund$. Cops should be driving a Police Interceptor which are not available for sale to the general public. They have [cop motors, cop tires, cop suspension](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BrMnkbkzvik&t=202s), but now come _with_ catalytic converters. 😉 Seriously, according to Wikipedia > [@](#): > > Many standard features that were fitted to the FPIU were not available on the standard Ford Explorer, including 75 mph (121 km/h) rear impact protection; a police calibrated ECM for high performance driving & long idling times; a heavy duty cooling system that included a larger radiator, an engine oil cooler, transmission cooler, power transfer unit (PTU) cooler, and police-calibrated radiator fan settings; a 220-amp alternator; heavy duty 13-inch brake rotors with special ventilation & 18-inch five spoke steel wheels; true dual exhaust; a police-tuned suspension with heavy duty components; raised ride height; steel deflector plates along the underbody; reinforced frame points; reinforced front door hinges; factory provisions to add emergency equipment, and a specially tuned electronic stability control system tailored to emergency style driving.[[89]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ford_Explorer#cite_note-89) Interior-wise, the FPIU differentiated from the standard Ford Explorer, featuring a column shifter as opposed to a floor shifter, programmable steering wheel controls, a certified-calibration speedometer, an engine idle hour meter, heavy-duty cloth front seats with stab-proof front seat backs, a vinyl rear seat without headrests, vinyl flooring, and the ability to disable the rear door locks and window switches. A third-row seating option was not available on the FPIU. Some features found on a standard Ford Explorer were available as standalone options on the FPIU, such as [Ford SYNC](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ford_SYNC), a rear-view camera, reverse sensors, blind spot monitoring, keyless entry, a carpeted interior, a full center console, exterior fog lamps, automatic headlights, and a rear HVAC system. ---
**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:** [February 4, 2026, 9:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-most-interesting-car-you-saw-today/688889/7943 "2026-02-04T21:58:35Z")
> [@Bullitt](#): > > **AZ-1** , on an Autozam AZ-1 micro car imported from Japan. They’re built by Mazda. This car is a RHD car with a 660 CC 3-cyl motorcycle engine from Suzuki. Spotted in California, and owned by a Californian, it is nevertheless registered in Montana with Montana plates. That’s how you can own them here in CA. Without looking it up, I bet it is the same engine that the 660 CC suzuki jimny kei-car uses. > **[The 660cc 2019 Suzuki Jimny Isn't Perfect But It's Full Of Charm - Jalopnik](https://www.jalopnik.com/the-660cc-2019-suzuki-jimny-isn-t-perfect-but-its-full-1819392546/)** > > Name a mainstream car with more hype around it than the Suzuki Jimny. I’ll wait. The response to this humble off-roader has been incredible. When the Jimny was released it was pretty much a phenomenon with waiting lists of up to two years. ---
**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:** [February 5, 2026, 10:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-most-interesting-car-you-saw-today/688889/7944 "2026-02-05T10:23:48Z")
In a month in the Philippines on vacation, those Suzuki Jimnys were the one car I really liked and I almost took one for a test drive. Well I thought about it anyway, but that’s as far as it got. I really like how they look. ---
**Author:** ![enipla](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/54ee81/32.png) [@enipla](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/enipla)\ **Post date:** [February 5, 2026, 12:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-most-interesting-car-you-saw-today/688889/7945 "2026-02-05T12:46:50Z")
When my wife moved in with me, she absolutely had to have a 4 wheel drive. She bought a Suzuki Sidekick. Really a great little car. But I used to tease her about it. “I feel like I’m riding around in a snare drum” It was small and kinda noisy. ---
**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:** [February 5, 2026, 5:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-most-interesting-car-you-saw-today/688889/7946 "2026-02-05T17:17:21Z")
we still get those here in LatAm: Sidekick = Gran Vitara [![](https://jumpseller.s3.eu-west-1.amazonaws.com/store/berrios/assets/com-Suzuki%20Grand%20Vitara%20Prensa%20267.jpg) ](https://jumpseller.s3.eu-west-1.amazonaws.com/store/berrios/assets/com-Suzuki%20Grand%20Vitara%20Prensa%20267.jpg) and the Jimny, too … incl. the 5 door version: [![](https://dercocenter-api.s3.us-east-1.amazonaws.com/images/versions/2022-03-29-jimny-glx.png) ](https://dercocenter-api.s3.us-east-1.amazonaws.com/images/versions/2022-03-29-jimny-glx.png) [![](https://d2bvs5pe86lp4i.cloudfront.net/hp-f/products/_productMain/Suzuki-Jimny.jpg) ](https://d2bvs5pe86lp4i.cloudfront.net/hp-f/products/_productMain/Suzuki-Jimny.jpg) all 3 cost around U$20k … and especially the Jimny are “really go, not just show”. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-most-interesting-car-you-saw-today/688889.md?page=396) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-most-interesting-car-you-saw-today/688889.md?page=398)