What was the best British car ever made.

[Bill Walker]

It had its detractors, and wasnt perfect, but really...Id sell my left bollock to own this.

Pure class.




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[crooky]

Aston martin DB5

One of the best looking yes, but best car not a chance, wasn't as fast as they said, not too good at cornering and brakes made out of bottle tops, the db9 or vanquish much better and better looking...

Bit harsh on the old girl! No car from fifty years ago is going to compare mechanically to a proper supercar of the modern era but the looks are still fantastic.

 

[Tanzeylee]

Aston martin DB5

One of the best looking yes, but best car not a chance, wasn't as fast as they said, not too good at cornering and brakes made out of bottle tops, the db9 or vanquish much better and better looking...

Bit harsh on the old girl! No car from fifty years ago is going to compare mechanically to a proper supercar of the modern era but the looks are still fantastic.

Not harsh really, thread title is best British car ever made, not best looking, the db5 is such a beautiful car(one of my favourites) but not one of the best ever made, tho on a time scale and compared to it counterparts it was deffo a good car, but not on par with any rolls of the same era, certain modern car are much better...

 

[ChicagoBlue]

In about 1970 I used to see a Jenson ( I think it was an Intercepter ) in Manchester with the registration number XTC 1.

Loved that car after seeing Rodney Marsh drove one when he was at City, but it has to be the Land Rover Defender for me. I'd give my left nut to be able to import a new 2015 into the States, but no can do unless it is a very specific model, model year, and then fully updated to USA specs! Fucking joke, considering all the trucks on the road!

Defender 110 XS Station Wagon all day, every day.

That said, the Aston Martin DB5 could be the most beautiful car ever built. Saw one on the road in Tokyo last year and I simply looked at the driver, a mid-50s looking impeccably dressed man, nodded and gave him a thumbs up. He nodded and smiled back. Simple appreciation for class.

You'll need to be quick Defender production ends this year after 67 years in one guise or another end of an era they've been a great tool over the years.

I know, which is why it is a fading dream...unless TATA are ready to make a Global version for sale in the USA, which I highly doubt. The new concept is dire. I expect there to be a very strong resale market for the originals, but the 1993 90 & 1995 110 are the only ones allowed into the US. Land Rover originally only sold 500 110s in the US and they are all numbered. You can pick up a well maintained '95 D90, with about 30,000 miles for $71,000 (~50K quid!)...or I can buy a brand new 2015 for half of that in England!! Fucking mental!!

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[bonespost]

Aston Martin One-77.

 

[lazza]

Two votes for me, as two of the most exciting cars I have driven....

Mini Cooper S - I remember driving an early 1970s version in the mid-90s, and it was just great fun. Still surprisingly fast and a doddle to drive.

TVR Cerbera - the most terrifying drive I've ever experienced. Yes, they weren't the most reliable of cars, but that engine sound..... :-o

 

[honkytonkman187]

Two votes for me, as two of the most exciting cars I have driven....

Mini Cooper S - I remember driving an early 1970s version in the mid-90s, and it was just great fun. Still surprisingly fast and a doddle to drive.

TVR Cerbera - the most terrifying drive I've ever experienced. Yes, they weren't the most reliable of cars, but that engine sound..... :-o

I was 20 years old, and in my first job - I was thrown the keys to one of the boss's Chimera, to move to let somebody else out of a parking space. Having drooled over the thing since I'd started the job, I couldn't get into it quickly enough. It was the slowest three minutes the car had ever known, but I parked it up safely without a scratch. And then couldn't get out of it. I don't know if Cerbera's were the same, but instead of usual door-handles, the Chimera had a knob in the centre transmission-tunnel. Turn one way to open the passenger door, or the other way to open the driver's door.

I didn't know this, and after five mins of frustration, I ended up winding down the window to open the door from the outside. TVR's were known for some mad/eccentric designs, but every so often, I get the urge to own a Cerbera or Chimera.

EDIT - just had a look on Autotrader. There are no cheap Cerberas on there. I didn't know they held their price so well.

 

[Tuearts right boot]

Still a real shame the Rover brand withered and died the way it did. My Dad had two SD1's and later on a 827SLI fastback and they were all nice cars.

Had 2 SD1s a 2600s which was a pretty decent motor if a bit thirsty and a later Rover 2000 which was a complete crock of shit O series engine that you were lucky to get off the drive without calling the AA.

The first SD1 we had was a 3500 V8 at the end of the seventies. It was replaced five years later by a Vanden Plas but as it was by now the 1980's my Dad decided instead of sticking with a V8 to move down an engine size to a 2600. To this day he maintains there was very little between the two engines in terms of outright power and if anything the six cylinder was a smoother, quieter engine.

My dad had the 2600 but due to the fact it was made sometime between Friday afternoon and Monday morning, flogged it and got a BMW 520i. Stuck with them ever since. Seems to be the story of the British mass produced cars demise.

 

[Fat Chance]

Always thought the e type ripped a lot from the Bristol 405/6 that the italians styled

The Austin Princess with the 4litre rolls was a beautiful english motor.

 

[lazza]

Two votes for me, as two of the most exciting cars I have driven....

Mini Cooper S - I remember driving an early 1970s version in the mid-90s, and it was just great fun. Still surprisingly fast and a doddle to drive.

TVR Cerbera - the most terrifying drive I've ever experienced. Yes, they weren't the most reliable of cars, but that engine sound..... :-o

I was 20 years old, and in my first job - I was thrown the keys to one of the boss's Chimera, to move to let somebody else out of a parking space. Having drooled over the thing since I'd started the job, I couldn't get into it quickly enough. It was the slowest three minutes the car had ever known, but I parked it up safely without a scratch. And then couldn't get out of it. I don't know if Cerbera's were the same, but instead of usual door-handles, the Chimera had a knob in the centre transmission-tunnel. Turn one way to open the passenger door, or the other way to open the driver's door.

I didn't know this, and after five mins of frustration, I ended up winding down the window to open the door from the outside. TVR's were known for some mad/eccentric designs, but every so often, I get the urge to own a Cerbera or Chimera.

EDIT - just had a look on Autotrader. There are no cheap Cerberas on there. I didn't know they held their price so well.

haha! I think TVRs always held their value reasonably well, but after the company went out of business, their values jumped. And I think they continue to hold their values well because so many of them fell apart - or more probably, ended up wrapped round a tree!