2004 Saleen S7 - Page 2

thepolarfoxqx · 12-15-04, 06:42 PM

you find me a sexier car than the XKE. That car is everything romantic about automobiles, everything desirable about living well, everything beautiful about human creation, crafted into a single, flawless creation, that is perfect even in its deepest flaws.

LateNightCable · 12-15-04, 07:49 PM

Come to think of it, the XKE is the epitome of the classic sportscar, I'll give it that. But what is "sexy"? Sounds like that old Victoria's Secret ad campaign, but it's a real question in this context.

The classic whale tail 911 could be regarded as the sexiest car. It says brutal, but it has the curves, and it has the proportions that say sexy.

You have the Ferrari 250GT California - Wild Italian style, I'm sure this is every bit as sexy as the XKE in someone's eyes.

Let's not forget the classic sexy Bavarian, the 507. More shark-like than anything else mentioned, but every bit as sensual as the Jag.

And these are just sportscars. Who says the sexiest car has to be sports at all? Things that make you go hmmm.

Speedster25 · 12-16-04, 12:18 AM

You have to remember that the Ford Gt is supercharged, while the S7 is not, but the S7 uses a much bigger engine.

thepolarfoxqx · 12-19-04, 05:04 AM

The GT is a much more sophisticated engine design to start with. On the topic of sexy, i've seen a 911 and a 507 before, and I contend the XKE still stands uncontested. The 911 is more masculine. It's attractive, you won't want to reach out to caress its lines though. The 507 is sexy, but not as sexy as the XKE.

skyline_r34v · 12-19-04, 10:33 AM

Personally, IMO the XKE and the rest of the cars that LNC posted look like complete dog shit but that's just me. The newer Jag XK's look a helluva lot better but they still aren't that great of looking cars.

LateNightCable · 12-19-04, 09:27 PM

Skyline thinks the 911 looks like dog shit, I'll keep that in mind.

I'm jumping ship on this topic, but the S7 discussion looks about out to pasture. The XKE is one of the most curvacious cars around, but it always struck me as being too much car and not enough chassis. Look as the wheel to body relationship - Atrocious! It looks like it would fly of the road doing 20 mph. I don't find the XKE very flattering at some angles, but it's definitely a classic.

skyline_r34v · 12-19-04, 11:51 PM

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Originally Posted by LateNightCable

Skyline thinks the 911 looks like dog shit, I'll keep that in mind.

But of course you know how I feel about Porsche so there in that lies your answer

I'm sorry but those cars look like shit and I see absolutely no beauty in those cars at all except for their antiqueness and being a classic.

thepolarfoxqx · 12-20-04, 05:37 AM

yes, but skyline's taste leaves something to be desired based on his recent comments. To him, i'm sure some supra looks better than the XKE. Who knows. The 911 is a gorgeous car. The 507 is sexy. You found one ugly shot of the XKE. So what? It's the earliest years of XKE that picture showed. The XKE, by the late 60s was incredibly attractive. As attractive of a car as has ever been made?

Are you saying that the XKE can't handle? It was amongst the highest performing cars of its day. Few to no production cars could touch its topspeed, it's acceleration would edge the fastest muscle cars, and it could corner nearly uncontested. What is missing there?

skyline_r34v · 12-20-04, 05:48 AM

That's just your personal opinion though polar. Everybody has their opinions. My opinion is the XKE/507 is very ugly but in most cases old old cars usually are.

It might be a classic but it being a classic doesn't give it a beauty all of it's own. Beauty comes from straight aesthetic's and not antiqueness.

LateNightCable · 12-20-04, 08:47 PM

I didn't say the XKE couldn't handle, of course it could - like gangbusters. But it looks like it would fly off the road, remember, we're talking asthetics here.

Okay, here is a later model XKE - a 1969. But what's this? There is that crazy wheel to body relationship once again. You see it's not the photo, this is just an unflattering angle for the XKE. The front quarter angle - one which should be a car's more flattering ones.

I will say this though, the car looks quite good anyway in hardtop form.

" I see absolutely no beauty in those cars at all except for their antiqueness and being a classic. " That's kind of contradictory isn't it?