Understated/Overlooked Cars

[2o6]

What are some of the most understated cars out there?


Nominations:

1995-2000ish Cavalier

Handled Great, Looked Superb (In it's day), pretty reliable, saled decently.
Z24 was pretty nice. The Convertible was attractive, too.




The Refresh in 2000 cheapened the car greatly.


The 2004 facelift was even worse. GM had let this car rot....


The cobalt is the cavalier we needed......in 2002.


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Suzuki Aerio

Handled decently, AWD Option, Quick. Sadly, it was funny looking.

[Gotta-Qik-C7]

Pontiac GTO.

[S204STi]

GTO takes this award by a long shot...stupid Americans tend to equate bulges and scoops with performance, sadly.

[Raza]

I guess I'm late to the party, but GTO as well.

[Eye of the Tiger]

GTO fo shizzle.

also

[280Z Turbo]

Even the Cobalt is not very good.

[Vinsanity]

Handled Great, Looked Superb (In it's day), pretty reliable, saled decently.
Z24 was pretty nice. The Convertible was attractive, too.

That's not a word. Trust me, I looked.

[Eye of the Tiger]

Even the Cobalt is not very good.

Honestly, I don't even see how the Cavalier was the inspriation for this thread.

[2o6]

Honestly, I don't even see how the Cavalier was the inspriation for this thread.

I like it.

[Eye of the Tiger]

I like it.

So do two-billion other people.

[2o6]

So do two-billion other people.

That's the corolla.

[Eye of the Tiger]

That's the corolla.

Okay, one-point-eight-billion. 

[MX793]

The Cavalier was an unsafe, poorly built, early 80s era car (refreshed time and again for over 20 years) with average, at best, reliability and handling.  The Z24 was moderately quick, but that motor was also a POS (didn't someone here recently have a 2.4L Sunfire crap the bed?).  The exterior was reasonably attractive in coupe form, and that's about the only good I could say about the car.

[the Teuton]

The Cavalier was a piece of shit.

The cars I nominate for this thread are the Ford 500 and Infiniti Q45.

[CALL_911]

The Camry. Honestly guys, itz rilly sporty! 268 hp nd bodykit lawl!

[Vinsanity]

The cars I nominate for this thread are the Ford 500 and Infiniti Q45.

I would agree with the current Ford Taurus and 1st gen Q45.

The Taurus with the new 3.5L compares very favorably to other V6 family sedans, but seems to have some kind of stigma attached to it.

The 90-96 Q45 was a 5-series killer that happened to look too much like a Maxima from the same era. It became neutered for the 2nd gen to emulate the Lexus LS, and while the 3rd gen was a wonderful car, it was unfortunately outclassed by the LS430

[CALL_911]

I would agree with the current Ford Taurus and 1st gen Q45.

The Taurus with the new 3.5L compares very favorably to other V6 family sedans, but seems to have some kind of stigma attached to it.

The 90-96 Q45 was a 5-series killer that happened to look too much like a Maxima from the same era. It became neutered for the 2nd gen to emulate the Lexus LS, and while the 3rd gen was a wonderful car, it was unfortunately outclassed by the LS430

Let's not get too overzealous here.

[TheIntrepid]

[CALL_911]

The more I see that thing, the more I see a resemblance with Hitler.


IMO, it's as if Toyota tried to copy the Hitler mustache with the Camry SE's grille.

[ifcar]

Understated, or underrated?

[Eye of the Tiger]

Understated, or underrated?

I don't think anybody knows.

[2o6]

Understated, or underrated?

Both.

[565]

The Japanese GT car that everyone forgot about, being too caught up with 300ZX's RX7's Supras and 3000GT's.

[CALL_911]

The Japanese GT car that everyone forgot about, being too caught up with 300ZX's RX7's Supras and 3000GT's.

It's timeless, IMO. It's gorgeous, even today.

[the Teuton]

You know, the Subie manual transmissions do fit in that car.   

[CALL_911]

You know, the Subie manual transmissions do fit in that car.   

Yeah, I do. That's pretty cool
http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/94-SVX-LE-5-SPEED-CARFAX-1-OWNER-BUY-IT-NOW-NO-RESERVE_W0QQitemZ180215121267QQcmdZViewItem?hash=item180215121267

I would buy that.

[280Z Turbo]

Are you fucking kidding me?

[TBR]

Yep, the conversion is pretty simple too, from what I recall reading. If it wasn't for the funky windows I could really love that car.

Also, understated and overlooked are entirely different things (though the Cavalier is neither).

[the Teuton]

Yeah, I do. That's pretty cool
http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/94-SVX-LE-5-SPEED-CARFAX-1-OWNER-BUY-IT-NOW-NO-RESERVE_W0QQitemZ180215121267QQcmdZViewItem?hash=item180215121267

I would buy that.

I don't see AWD anywhere on that car.

[Eye of the Tiger]

Are you fucking kidding me?

No, he isn't. He seriously believes that the Camry does get enough attention already.