Best car you have ever driven and why?

[MadAdey]

Car I have owned that I loved the most was My 1996 Impreza STi limited lightweight. Uprated induction and exhaust putting out 340 BHP and only weighing just over 1200KGs (280BHP per Tonne) ...... timed it and was getting 0-60 in 4.1 seconds now that was fun watching all the M3 and porsche drivers as I left them at the lights....:whoo:

 

[bluewolf]

Most fun: Renault 5 GT Turbo. That car was just dangerous and ended up in more fields than your local rambling club. Tried to kill me on many occasions, ad provided less protection than a screen door in a hurricane.

Best all round: my current Nissan X-Trail just won't let me down. No matter what I do to it. I treat it like an unwanted gift and the thing just keeps on ticking.

 

[Durango]

Had a clio 182 and then the 197 f1 edition. Miss them both, cracking little cars.

 

[Durango]

Look at my old baby, a thing of beauty.

 

[Kaizer_Soze]

Ferrari 360 Modena - HID got a track day experience for my 40th at Knockhill.

 

[richart]

My Alfa of course.

Apart from that I did have a lot of fun in a Rover 220 GTI Turbo for a couple of years.

 

[Mark_G]

Glad we got an Alfa Romeo on the list, anything Italian is special. Abarth 500 with Esseesse kit is something special for putting a smile on my face. Most fun could be my Chevette (oh happy days) it had 4 engines in 2 years and went through brake pads in less than a thousand miles. My Manta was special also, and I have driven most cars on the road but the one I most enjoyed recently was an Alfa Spider with the roof down on a warm sunny day.

 

[Crow]

Vauxhall Chevette 3 door, in that nice orangey colour they used to do.

 

[DappaDonDave]

Any garage courtesy car... Drive it like you stole it!

 

[viscount17]

for sheer brute power - a 7.2 litre 'slightly modified' Ford Mustang ( in a straight line - awesome, around corners - puckerish!)

for pure enjoyment, one of these bright red, set up for rallying, wire wheels, loads extras and it had been on the Monte.

sad thing,it was for sale only £250 but no license, hence no insurance and 17 and broke!

 

[RGDave]

Apart from that I did have a lot of fun in a Rover 220 GTI Turbo for a couple of years.

I remember that. Scary thing...very fast.

6.3 seconds 0-60. Even I've been 140 in one... (at Gaydon)

 

[RGDave]

for pure enjoyment, one of these bright red, set up for rallying, wire wheels, loads extras and it had been on the Monte.

What is it Viscount? My knowledge of cars only goes back to about 1978.

 

[Crow]

What is it Viscount? My knowledge of cars only goes back to about 1978.

Looks like a Sunbeam Talbot Alpine.

 

[Smiffy]

Nissan Qashqai 1.6 dci.
Plenty of power, great economy and the most comfortable car I have ever driven. Decent sized boot too.
And holds it's value better than any similarly priced car out there.
If I had the money I'd buy one myself tomorrow.

 

[munro007]

Nissan Qashqai 1.6 dci.
Plenty of power, great economy and the most comfortable car I have ever driven. Decent sized boot too.
And holds it's value better than any similarly priced car out there.
If I had the money I'd buy one myself tomorrow.

You can get one on mobility

 

[philsh]

Best 2 cars i've ever been in Escort Cosworth and the daddy of them all imho the Lotus Carlton. Had ago of 911 carrera 4s, audi r8 and rs4.

 

[ScienceBoy]

Ford Focus Diesel, only car I have driven apart from my current car and the Corsa I learnt to drive in. Anything is better than the current crap heap I drive.

I do arrive in style in it as those at the Thetford meet know

 

[triple_bogey]

Best fun in a car was in a AE86 Trueno (Toyota) but most bonkers was in my friends 800bhp GTR.

 

[viscount17]

Looks like a Sunbeam Talbot Alpine.

Spot on, they were entered in the Monte Carlo Rally in the early - mid 50's and won a few trophies, driven by, among others, Stirling Moss.
At 17, sitting there on a garage forecourt, bright red and gleaming among a bunch of funereal looking saloons who wouldn't want it?

 

[USER1999]

Nissan Qashqai 1.6 dci.
Plenty of power, great economy and the most comfortable car I have ever driven. Decent sized boot too.
And holds it's value better than any similarly priced car out there.
If I had the money I'd buy one myself tomorrow.

You set high standards.