Guess This Car

here we go, thought i'd do this to see were my fellow af members are

i'm sure with all our minds put together you all can figure this out.

i'll tell you if your close:grinyes:

3.5 liter V6 twinturbo
mid-engine rwd
549hp
475lbs tq

top speed 217

Hmmm... At first I was thinking a Lotus Esprit TT, but I don't think they made that kind of power or made 200+ mph.

Are we talking street legal cars or race cars?

street legal

Jaguar XJ220

damn the stig

:runaround: he always gets everything right

didnt even give the rest of the guys a chance:grinno:

My bad... it was a dead give away with the V6 TT and the 220mph specs.

As a kid, the XJ220 was one of my favorite cars.

In school like 4th grade, I had some folders with cars on the covers of them and on the inside jacket was a quick snyposis of what the car had power wise and some general specs. One of the folders was the Jag.

I was fortunate enough to ride in one back in 1993. Jaguar took a number of journalists around the Nazareth Raceway at speed with a professional driver behind the wheel. I have the whole run on video tape somewhere.

so is this a moderator only game or can us nobodies play too?

Is the game over already? Does the Stig post specs now?? Will 5 oclock ever come so I can leave this desk???

... shit... didn't mean to end the game so fast. Sorry kids. :(

he who answers must post the next one:grinyes:

he who answers must post the next one:grinyes:

You son of a bitch...:banghead:


Very well... let's keep this circus going.


Clues:


Was the first production gasoline car to have fuel injection.
Made 240hp.
It's name is based upon it's engine displacement.
It had a steel body, but the hood, doors and trunk were aluminum.
Was mostly made in convertibles, yet the hardtop versions were nicknamed after a bird.Probably gave too much. This should be easy...

Mercedes Benz 300SL.

Mercedes Benz 300SL.

^ He's good.:sunglasse


Now it's your turn Mr. Man!

Got mine.


390cubic inch V8
Designed by Italians
Tested by BMW
Mid Engined
Capable of 160 in the late sixties
Six were built

I want to say DeTomasso Pantera...

But the engine size on those was 351... and more than just six were built. And I believe they were quoted to do 170mph.


Hmmm...

Definately isn't a Ford GT40. Because the Italians wouldn't of designed it to compete against their own Ferrari's... and once again the engine size is off. And the production MKIII GT40, 31 were produced. Interesting...

Wrong.

Well, no shit! :lol:

I know I'm wrong, I'm just working out the problem... I'm trying to figure out who would use a 390 cubic inch engine. Which, back then was most likely Ford (or possibly AMC?) based. But who would be crazy enough to do that?

Was this a race car or production car?

Production.

Got mine.


390cubic inch V8
Designed by Italians
Tested by BMW
Mid Engined
Capable of 160 in the late sixties
Six were built

AMC AMX III

Bizzarrini 1900 GT Europa?

sl3000gt i think you got it dead on

Ahh... I think we've got a winner. Something about AMC kept nagging me. But, I kept dismissing it. Should of looked more into the AMC... ah well. Good show ol' boy!

My turn....

*Rear wheel, rear engine car

*Made in from the mid 60's to the early 70's

*Came with a 34 hp or a 37hp option

*Motor was < 1 Litre

*European

datsun S211

Datsun is Japanese...

Being that he said European, I'm going to go with the Volkswagen Karmann Ghia as my guess. They didn't have much power, although they were made from 1955 to 1974.

Datsun is Japanese....

:banghead: :banghead:

No on both accounts.

Try a little father south....capiche?

Is it a Renault?

Nope


Edit: New clue:

It later came in a spider edition as well that was bumped up to 49hp and allowed for a new top speed of 145km/h. It could also be found in the form of a coupe or van too.

Fiat 850.

^^ Correct

Ok.. Next car...



This particular model was only produced for two years 1964-1966.
Powered by a 'B-Series'.
Was built using parts from various other manufactures.
Manufacture is more popular now than ever.
John Travolta.

Hopefully that'll keep you kids busy.

TVR BMC B-series.

Nopes... but my tie in got you close so soon... which I'm upset about. I knew it would be too obvious.

TVR Grantura 1800S

I'm not going to post any more tie in clues.. lol Travolta was too obvious!


Yes, correct.

My turn,

*Produced for 4 years starting in the late 60's.

*Little over 60,000 built

*< 80 hp

*Came in either a hardtop or convertible

*Relatively quick car within it's class and back in the day when it was made with a 0-60 of just over 12 seconds.

*I-4 motor

*Made for the US in a LHD model

*European

Has to be british if they made it a LHD car...

Triumph TR4? It came in spyder, and in later models came in coupe.

Sorry, no.

Hm.

Narrowing it down:

*British Car

Lotus Elan?

My turn....

*Rear wheel, rear engine car

*Made in from the mid 60's to the early 70's

*Came with a 34 hp or a 37hp option

*Motor was < 1 Litre

*European
How about the NSU Prinz?

audi 80

No on all accounts. I hate to bust your balls young but Audi has never been British. :wink:


:lol:

i keep skipping over the hints and focusing on power:banghead:

Austin Champ?

Nope sorry. It has been made during the years 1967-1970 and has approx a 1.3L motor. Came with wired wheels and an overdrive gearbox as well.

An MG?

Nope......think motorcycle. :p

OMG lemme think

My turn,

*Produced for 4 years starting in the late 60's.

*Little over 60,000 built

*< 80 hp

*Came in either a hardtop or convertible

*Relatively quick car within it's class and back in the day when it was made with a 0-60 of just over 12 seconds.

*I-4 motor

*Made for the US in a LHD model

*European

what does convertible and the word car have to do with a motorcycle?

Must be a Triumph of sorts.

Like a TR4 or something.

what does convertible and the word car have to do with a motorcycle?


Nothing, but it's a clue as to where to look for the answer. Just like my John Travolta clue was a hint to look into TVR, but not exactly for the Tuscan.

Maybe it had a motorcycle engine?

I know the first roadster Honda made in the 60s, the S600 had a motorcycle engine.

i'm stumped

Ok folks, just to get this game moving agian, it is a Triumph car. You have all the specs and the years it was made so let's see if we can get the model.

Spitfire Mk. 3

^^ We have a winner fianlly!!!!!!!