lesser-known classics

tranquility · 11-19-2021, 07:27 PM

Another thread inspired me to make this one. Everyone knows of beauties such as the Miura, Countach, E-Type (I personally think it's just alright), 250 GTB, etc, but perhaps not many know of other beautiful cars, like, for example, the De Tomaso Mangusta as I've recently discovered.

By now we've all heard of Ford vs Ferrari but in another saga, apparently de Tomaso had a mini-feud w Shelby and created the Mangusta (Italian for mongoose) to take down the latter's car, you know, the Cobra. Unlike the more famous feud, don't think this one worked out because while beautiful, the chassis of the Mangusta was apparently lousy so it didn't drive so well.

So, what other gems have you discovered so we can all expand our car knowledge? Pix encouraged.

RM7 · 11-19-2021, 09:28 PM

Mangusta was so much better looking and classic than the Pantera.

AlexFL · 11-19-2021, 09:33 PM

Not many people outside of Germany know this brand, Wiesmann. This particularly gorgeous roadster is the Wiesmann MF3.

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tranquility sportscars only 3519 Rep 3,271 Posts Drives: 2011 Z4 sDrive 35i Join Date: Aug 2007 Location: Montréal iTrader: (0)	lesser-known classics Another thread inspired me to make this one. Everyone knows of beauties such as the Miura, Countach, E-Type (I personally think it's just alright), 250 GTB, etc, but perhaps not many know of other beautiful cars, like, for example, the De Tomaso Mangusta as I've recently discovered. By now we've all heard of Ford vs Ferrari but in another saga, apparently de Tomaso had a mini-feud w Shelby and created the Mangusta (Italian for mongoose) to take down the latter's car, you know, the Cobra. Unlike the more famous feud, don't think this one worked out because while beautiful, the chassis of the Mangusta was apparently lousy so it didn't drive so well. So, what other gems have you discovered so we can all expand our car knowledge? Pix encouraged. __________________ The richest one percent of this country owns half our country's wealth, five trillion dollars. One third of that comes from hard work, two thirds comes from inheritance, interest on interest accumulating to widows and idiot sons and what I do, stock and real estate speculation...It's bullsht. I create nothing. I own. We make the rules, pal...Now you're not naive enough to think we're living in a democracy, are you buddy? Last edited by tranquility; 11-19-2021 at 07:56 PM..*
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RM7 Brigadier General 3051 Rep 3,658 Posts Drives: Camaro SS 1LE Join Date: May 2015 Location: Alaska iTrader: (0)	Mangusta was so much better looking and classic than the Pantera. __________________ Current: 2018 Camaro SS 1LE, 2023 Colorado ZR2. Former: BMW 428i Gran Coupe.
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AlexFL Brigadier General 7999 Rep 4,633 Posts Drives: BMW Join Date: Jun 2019 Location: South Florida iTrader: (0)	Not many people outside of Germany know this brand, Wiesmann. This particularly gorgeous roadster is the Wiesmann MF3. Attached Images
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