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Any Dream Cars.. or favorites you've owned through the years?
I did this a few years ago in my first time as a member. Please post favorite cars, cars you have owned in the past, cars you plan to own, and cars you dream to own. Realistic or unrealistic.. just have fun.
My first car, my pride and joy. I used to cruise for surfers who were hitch-hiking back from the beach. (I have a residual wetsuit fetish to this day.) The car was barely legal, as I was!
1978 Cadillac Eldorado
The last of the big ones.
The list of options was quite extensive as well, capable of satisfying even the most discerning customers. The list included a 40-channel CB, 8-track tape player, Astroroof and sun roof.
67 Mustang Coupe
The Auto Avio Costruzioni 815 was the first car to be fully designed and built by Enzo Ferrari. In 1938, Ferrari left Alfa Romeo and then founded Auto Avio Costruzioni (AAC). In December 1939, AAC was commissioned to build and prepare a racing car for him to drive in the 1940 Mille Miglia. The race, which was officially named the Grand Prix of Brescia, was to be run in April 1940. The resulting car was named the AAC Tipo 815.
1972 MB 220D (W115) pick-up
made for and sold only in Argentina
2022 RAM Dakota
Chrysler's mid-size Dakota pickup is making a comeback! This time, it falls under the Ram brand name (instead of Dodge), and it will cost less than the similarly sized Gladiator that Fiat Chrysler Automobiles sells through the Jeep brand. Unsurprisingly, the Ram Dakota will share its underpinnings with that Jeep and likely will be built in the same Toledo, Ohio, facility.
2022 Nissan 400Z
Nissan will finally give the Z-car the attention it deserves by introducing a successor to the ancient 370Z. The new Z, code-named Z35 and likely called 400Z, won't be a ground-up rethink. It will continue on the latest version of Nissan's FM platform and share components with the Infiniti Q60 coupe. The twin-turbo 3.0-liter V-6 that makes up to 400 horsepower in the Infiniti Q50 and Q60 is under the hood, and a six-speed manual transmission will be standard
2023 Mazda 6
For its next mid-size sedan, Mazda plans to adopt the blueprint of a full luxury model and hang a lower price on it. Leaving the soccer mom torque steer prone Accords, and Camry's in it's rear view mirror that it once competed with, The next-generation Mazda 6, which should be on sale by the end of 2022, is set to get a full Bavarian, transitioning to a longitudinal-engine platform with rear-wheel drive and an inline-six.
Cadillac DPi.V.R IMSA race car
2021 Maserati MC20
The upcoming MC20 is a mid-engine reminder that Maserati exists. Rather than a successor to the ultrarare, hyperexpensive MC12, the MC20 is a run-of-the-mill six-figure Italian sports car offered in both coupe and convertible forms. Maserati promises that the MC20 marks the start of a new phase in the brand's history, which it desperately needs if its vehicles are going to be relevant again.
2022 Jeep Grand Wagoneer
Jeep is bringing back the iconic Wagoneer nameplate for a new full-size SUV offering.
Wagoneer and Grand Wagoneer will compete with the likes of the Chevy Tahoe and Suburban. They will use a version of the Ram 1500's body-on-frame platform, with the Grand Wagoneer being the more luxurious version costing over $100,000 fully loaded. Three rows of seats will be standard, as will four-wheel drive. They are expected to have V-6 and V-8 engine options along with hybrid and plug-in-hybrid variants.
2021 Hyundai Santa Cruz
The automakers first attempt to build a pickup. It follows Honda's (Ridgeline) approach rather than the formula that American manufacturers perfected. The unibody truck will be offered with a single bed length, a four-door crew cab, and a choice of four-cylinder engines.
2022 Ford Fusion Active
Selling a station wagon in an American car market infatuated with SUVs is a risky play for a manufacturer. But once Ford kills off the Fusion sedan later this year or early next year, a lifted version of that stigmatized-yet-highly-practical type of vehicle will soon be as close as shoppers will come to finding a new family car in a Ford showroom.
The 2022 Cadillac CT5-V Blackwing
The CT5-V Blackwing promises be one of the hottest and most track-ready sports sedans on the market. Cadillac hopes the it will make a name for itself competing against the the most extreme AMG, M-division, and Audi RS models. To make sure the Blackwing version of the CT5 is up for the fight, Cadillac will fit an updated version of the CTS-V's 6.2-liter supercharged V-8, not the 550-hp twin-turbo 4.2-liter Blackwing V-8.
The 2021 Audi e-tron GT.
There's no dancing around it: the GT is aimed squarely at Tesla's Model S. Audi is hoping it will deliver more than 250 miles of driving range and nearly 600 horsepower from a pair of electric motors (one per axle)
Another previewed upcoming model
The 2024 Aston Martin Vanquish, a mid-engine supercar targeting the defining dream machines of the moment. It's expect to start just north of $300,000
Kind of fun to preview some of the more exciting upcoming new models, and complete makeovers.
First the revived 2022 Toyota MR2. Unlike previous iterations of this mid-engined sports car, the new MR2 likely will be electrified.
Lamborghini Espada