Poll
Question:
Which two-door do you fancy?
Option 1: Ford Thunderbird
votes: 4
Option 2: Mercury Cougar
votes: 0
Option 3: Chevy Monte Carlo
votes: 6
Option 4: Buick Regal (non-turbo)
votes: 1
Option 5: Olds Cutlass
votes: 0
Option 6: Chrysler Lebaron
votes: 1
Option 7: Maserati TC
votes: 4
A sadly forgotten segment...
(http://img.favcars.com/ford/thunderbird/images_ford_thunderbird_1987_1_b.jpg)
(http://www.coolcats.net/fox/images/87xr701.jpg)
(http://www.nettally.com/smcc/87-1.jpg)
(http://image.lowridermagazine.com/f/features/1102_lrmp_1987_buick_regal_limited/29745875+w620/1102_lrmp_01_o+1987_buick_regal_limited+driver_side_rear.jpg)
(http://carphotos.cardomain.com/ride_images/3/2533/3021/31331510002_large.jpg)
(http://p8.storage.canalblog.com/82/30/568981/69301264_p.jpg)
(http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0f/1989_Chrysler_TC_Cabernet.jpg/640px-1989_Chrysler_TC_Cabernet.jpg)
Gladly forgotten, more like it, until just now.
I grew up in a white Monte Carlo SS. It was comfy and looked/sounded cool.
The T-Bird was very cool.
Supra
I'm gonna go with the Maserati TC just because I think you can fool clueless people into thinking you drive something really exotic when you say that name...
Quote from: cawimmer430 on January 07, 2013, 04:20:51 PM
I'm gonna go with the Maserati TC just because I think you can fool clueless people into thinking you drive something really exotic when you say that name...
No, clueless people will say "nice LeBaron."
Bluh. If it were given to me, I'd accept the Monte Carlo.
Gotta go with the T-Bird. It was a good car. It had a few issues. ;)
I would add the Acura Legend. I loved my dad's gold 5MT Coupe
http://img119.imageshack.us/img119/2476/g1purchase7wg2.jpg (http://img119.imageshack.us/img119/2476/g1purchase7wg2.jpg)
(Not my dad's actual car)
I'd take the Monte C (make mine and Aero Coupe with T Tops in black) just because the Regal is not a Turbo.
TO THE LEBARRRRON~
Hey Pal, I'm a Ding Dong (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HbiLFPfxK-Y#)
Quote from: LonghornTX on January 07, 2013, 04:54:07 PM
I would add the Acura Legend. I loved my dad's gold 5MT Coupe
http://img119.imageshack.us/img119/2476/g1purchase7wg2.jpg (http://img119.imageshack.us/img119/2476/g1purchase7wg2.jpg)
(Not my dad's actual car)
Beat me to it.
Quote from: 68_427 on January 07, 2013, 03:54:21 PM
Supra
Is that considered a coupe since it was a Hatchback?
Quote from: LonghornTX on January 07, 2013, 04:54:07 PM
I would add the Acura Legend. I loved my dad's gold 5MT Coupe
http://img119.imageshack.us/img119/2476/g1purchase7wg2.jpg (http://img119.imageshack.us/img119/2476/g1purchase7wg2.jpg)
(Not my dad's actual car)
I'm too lazy to look but wasn't it priced way higher (except the TC) than the coupes listed?
Quote from: Rockraven on January 07, 2013, 04:24:10 PM
No, clueless people will say "nice LeBaron."
Clueless people will say: "Your car looks old. You must be down on your luck"
Quote from: Gotta-Qik-G8 on January 07, 2013, 06:26:54 PM
I'm too lazy to look but wasn't it priced way higher (except the TC) than the coupes listed?
Probably was about the same price as the TC, but not sure to be honest.
Quote from: CALL_911 on January 07, 2013, 05:40:28 PM
Beat me to it.
I loved that thing. Learned to drive on it, was just so well rounded
(http://static.ddmcdn.com/gif/1985-1987-buick-regal-grand-national-gnx-1.jpg)
Why was I not invited to this party?
Quote from: Rockraven on January 07, 2013, 04:24:10 PM
No, clueless people will say "nice LeBaron."
Actually, i do that just to piss the TC owner off.
(http://pics.imcdb.org/0is147/chevroletmontecarlotrainingday.4725.jpg)
TC, because it's funny. IIRC it also has a few gen-you-wine luxury bits. :huh:
Monte Carlo and the T-Bird are a little tempting, too.
(http://reinep.files.wordpress.com/2010/03/volvo-780-bertone-c.jpg)
(http://www.futureclassicsnj.com/Cars/1983_635CSI_dsf.jpg)
(http://www.classicandperformancecar.com/front_website/octane_interact/modelpicture.php?id=3617)
(http://tales.com/files/MainAutoPhoto/208/IMG_5434.jpg)
(http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-kUOFk8eZPd4/UCzf-08KKAI/AAAAAAAAQhE/wY3MuWAIdQ8/s1600/maserati+biturbo.jpg)
(http://2-ps.googleusercontent.com/x/www.vroom.be/static.vroom.be/images/news/124-32707-aston-martin-v8-1987.jpg.pagespeed.ce.w6_KI8O53p.jpg)
(http://www.t85q.com/type85Paint/QU11.jpg)
(http://www.autogush.com/images/ferrari-412-gt-03.jpg)
Mercedes, plz.
The ürquattro is awesome, but I can't resist the E24 M635CSi.
Quote from: Soup DeVille on January 07, 2013, 07:47:20 PM
(http://static.ddmcdn.com/gif/1985-1987-buick-regal-grand-national-gnx-1.jpg)
Why was I not invited to this party?
Because you are not a jalopy :huh:
Same goes for the Ferrari, Aston, Jag, etc.
As I read down this thread, having shuddered at the choice, I was thinking Volvo 780 Coupe......... and lo, Mr Madman clearly had the same thought.
Of course, the reality is that the one I would have really wanted was the urQuattro, and were that not in budget for this exercise, then the Audi Coupe quattro would have been a cheaper substitute. I think the other ones added by Madman are really a different category and budget (nice though many of them are).
The Japanese had some cars kind of in this class too. Base Supra, 300ZX, XT6, Starion, Acura Legend. A little more expensive but what American car besides the TC "by Maserati" or the Allante WASN'T?????
I was going to say that Aston is as good looking now as when it first came out, but that's just not true. It gets better looking everyday.
Buick Regal compared to an Aston?
Wow.
Quote from: 2o6 on January 08, 2013, 08:23:19 AM
Buick Regal compared to an Aston?
Wow.
Hey, nobody said anything about about a budget. If you're going to do it, may as well do it right, dammit! :lol:
I like the G body, there's loads of aftermarket support and it can be made fast in both V8 and V6 T type trim.
I still am going to side with the T-bird; the Lebaron has the K-car underneath in some roundabout way, and the G-body doesn't seem as sophisticated and engineered as the T-bird was.
The rest seems like too different from what the thread was about.....Aston Martin? Really?
Quote from: 2o6 on January 08, 2013, 09:02:16 AM
The rest seems like too different from what the thread was about.....Aston Martin? Really?
It's a stretch, I'll admit, but I wanted to expand the selection beyond the usual suspects.
Besides, what is a "Personal Luxury Coupe", exactly? Coupe = two doors and four (maybe five?) seats, right? And what could be more luxurious than an Aston? :lol:
Quote from: Madman on January 08, 2013, 09:21:21 AM
It's a stretch, I'll admit, but I wanted to expand the selection beyond the usual suspects.
Besides, what is a "Personal Luxury Coupe", exactly? Coupe = two doors and four (maybe five?) seats, right? And what could be more luxurious than an Aston? :lol:
The idea was to make the unenviable decision among equally undesirable cars, which I understand to be the point of the Jalopy forum. Also note that I left out the word "Luxury" from the thread title ;)
Maserati Biturbo! So gorgeous! :wub:
(http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-kUOFk8eZPd4/UCzf-08KKAI/AAAAAAAAQhE/wY3MuWAIdQ8/s1600/maserati+biturbo.jpg)
I have a client with the "last Biturbo", the Ghibli II. Looks exactly like this but with different rims.
(http://www.stelvio.dk/content_images/galleries/maseratighibli28v6/DSC_2713.jpg)
I'm begging him if I can shoot this baby this year. He's also got two Maserati Quattroporte IVs: the V6 and the V8.
Of the jalopies I choose the Thunderbird with the 2.3 turbo
If you squint hard enough out looks European
Sent from handheld Minority Report console
Can I get an impersonal coupe?
Quote from: HotRodPilot on January 08, 2013, 01:23:20 PM
Can I get an impersonal coupe?
(http://www.hummerlimohire.org/images/content/demo-only/ferrari_limo.jpg)
Quote from: Raza on January 08, 2013, 07:57:21 AM
I was going to say that Aston is as good looking now as when it first came out, but that's just not true. It gets better looking everyday.
Indeed. :wub:
I went with the Maserati just so I can say I have a Maserati.
Ill take a t bird turbocoupe
Quote from: Vinsanity on January 07, 2013, 03:41:07 PM
(http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0f/1989_Chrysler_TC_Cabernet.jpg/640px-1989_Chrysler_TC_Cabernet.jpg)
I lost my license now I don't drive.
Yeah, you probably shoulda just learned to drive 55, there, Sammy.
Quote from: Madman on January 07, 2013, 10:40:30 PM
(http://reinep.files.wordpress.com/2010/03/volvo-780-bertone-c.jpg)
(http://www.futureclassicsnj.com/Cars/1983_635CSI_dsf.jpg)
(http://www.classicandperformancecar.com/front_website/octane_interact/modelpicture.php?id=3617)
(http://tales.com/files/MainAutoPhoto/208/IMG_5434.jpg)
(http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-kUOFk8eZPd4/UCzf-08KKAI/AAAAAAAAQhE/wY3MuWAIdQ8/s1600/maserati+biturbo.jpg)
(http://2-ps.googleusercontent.com/x/www.vroom.be/static.vroom.be/images/news/124-32707-aston-martin-v8-1987.jpg.pagespeed.ce.w6_KI8O53p.jpg)
(http://www.t85q.com/type85Paint/QU11.jpg)
(http://www.autogush.com/images/ferrari-412-gt-03.jpg)
These are, largely, GT cars, not Personal Luxury Cars. A personal luxury car puts styling and luxury appointments over performance.
Why were the E-bodies left off this list? No Eldorado, Toronado, or Riviera?
Well, obviously Madman doesn't get it...
And I guess I'm the only one who chose the LeBaron.
(http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/6d/1987_Chrysler_Le_Baron_coupe.jpg/800px-1987_Chrysler_Le_Baron_coupe.jpg)
For '87 I'd certainly have one of those over any of the GM G-bodies (barring the hotted-up Buicks, of course); they were archaic by comparison. The TC is essentially the same thing, just made very expensively in Italy. The TC is probably the most luxurious of these cars but was also far and away the most expensive.
The Cougar is a geezer-boat, so that's out.
The only true competition for my dollar would be between the LeBaron and the Thunderbird. The Thunderbird would be very compelling in V8-powered 'Sport' trim or the Turbo Coupe.
Hm... Now that I think about it, long after having voted, I'd rather have the Thunderbird. :\
I can assure you I do "get it". I'm just engaging in a bit of "outside the box" thinking.
And that LeBaron, especially in convertible guise, was a pretty sharp looking car in it's day. I'll take one of those massively torque-steerring turbo ones for maximum hilarity!
Quote from: MX793 on January 13, 2013, 08:38:06 PM
Why were the E-bodies left off this list? No Eldorado, Toronado, or Riviera?
Cost!
Quote from: Gotta-Qik-G8 on January 13, 2013, 10:50:25 PM
Cost!
I didn't see any mention of a budget. :huh:
Too bad the stubby '87 Eldorado looked like it shrunk in the wash!
(http://static.cargurus.com/images/site/2011/08/31/15/15/1987_cadillac_eldorado-pic-5972841488617252393.jpeg)
Quote from: Madman on January 13, 2013, 11:43:34 PM
I didn't see any mention of a budget. :huh:]
Quote from: Vinsanity on January 08, 2013, 09:50:12 AM
The idea was to make the unenviable decision among equally undesirable cars, which I understand to be the point of the Jalopy forum. Also note that I left out the word "Luxury" from the thread title ;)
:mask:
Quote from: Rupert on January 13, 2013, 03:43:30 PM
Yeah, you probably shoulda just learned to drive 55, there, Sammy.
It's ok; I have a limo, ride in the back. I lock the doors in case I'm attacked.
I voted Monte Carlo because it's the best looking one here....which says a lot. Kill me if my life ever actually requires me to make this decision.
Quote from: L. ed foote on January 14, 2013, 05:30:21 AM
It's ok; I have a limo, ride in the back. I lock the doors in case I'm attacked.
Ah, then it's all good.
Quote from: Rupert on January 14, 2013, 10:57:33 PM
Ah, then it's all good.
Life's been good to me so far.
Man, you're crazy.
Quote from: Rupert on January 16, 2013, 12:21:04 AM
Man, you're crazy.
And a fan of Joe Walsh :lol:
http://youtu.be/a5l083VYKmI (http://youtu.be/a5l083VYKmI)
I can see that, so it's a wonder you didn't get my final pun, there. :lol:
I had to go with the T-Bird. What a dismal era.