If you could only drive cars from one country, what would it be?

"MegaSuper" (megasuper) 04/20/2015 at 15:40 • Filed to: None

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Another insane hypothetical scenario from the car gods:

You are suddenly required to drive 100 miles per day, 5 days per week. You can drive as much or as little as you’d like on weekends.

You pick a country, and you are given access to every car said country’s marques have ever produced, for free. The cars don’t break down and have infinite gas. They are magically certified for import in whatever country you live in. They can be made LHD or RHD with 0 side effects if that’s necessary for where you live.

You may only drive anything that has a 0-60mph/0-100kmh time of less than 4 seconds on weekends, however.

So, do you do your commute in a classic Mustang and go nuts in your Saleen S7 on weekends?

Enjoy your M3 Mon-Fri and then Porsche 918 it up Sat-Sun?

R32 Skyline for work and R35 for Tokyo Drift time at the track on weekends?

Enjoy the comfort of a Land Rover and then the sweet bliss of a TVR that will never break?

Be the most interesting person on Earth with a DS to work and a Veyron on weekends? (Or maybe a Venturi Atlantique? Not sure how fast those are)

XC90 and an Agera?

Some…other country? Heh, Gilette Vertigo or Spyker C8 every day? (I think the older ones are 4+ seconds for 0-60, I could be wrong)

Let’s hear it Oppo!

dogisbadob > MegaSuper 04/20/2015 at 15:42

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Japan, of course

R Saldana [|Oo|======|oO|] - BTC/ETH/LTC Prophet > MegaSuper 04/20/2015 at 15:43

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This is a diificult game to play because so many brands are owned by foreign entities.

That said, I would go with British cars for life. RR Sport SVR as my wet weather DD, and a fully sorted D110 for overlanding on the weekend as well as an MP4-12c sport series for all overcast - sunny day DD.

ly2v8-Brian > MegaSuper 04/20/2015 at 15:43

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United States

Conner Wylie > MegaSuper 04/20/2015 at 15:43

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Italy of course

Anon > MegaSuper 04/20/2015 at 15:45

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I would say Sweden. Because Agera R and Volvos!

505Turbeaux > MegaSuper 04/20/2015 at 15:45

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France, duh. Does the Peugeot Onyx count as a car produced, even though they only made one?

Taking it because you said they dont break down :)

Luc - The Acadian Oppo > MegaSuper 04/20/2015 at 15:45

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Easiest decision I’ve had to make today.

MegaSuper > R Saldana [|Oo|======|oO|] - BTC/ETH/LTC Prophet 04/20/2015 at 15:45

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I figured someone would mention this, so to make it easier/more clear:

Brands are defined by their FOUNDING NATIONALITY, as in, the territory that company was originally registered in.

So in this case, Bugatti is French, Lamborghini is Italian, Skoda is Czech, SEAT is Spanish, Bentley is British, Rolls-Royce is British, etc etc etc

Twingo Tamer - About to descend into project car hell. > MegaSuper 04/20/2015 at 15:46

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France.

MegaSuper > dogisbadob 04/20/2015 at 15:46

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Which brands or models interest you most from there?

MegaSuper > ly2v8-Brian 04/20/2015 at 15:46

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Which brands or models interest you most from there?

Flat Six > MegaSuper 04/20/2015 at 15:46

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Given the stipulations, I think it would be insanely hard to pass up “some other country”. Commuter / family car:

Weekend car:

asindhidude > MegaSuper 04/20/2015 at 15:47

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italy. duh.

lone_liberal > MegaSuper 04/20/2015 at 15:48

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They are the cars I grew up with and were built with the kind of driving I do in mind.

JR1 > MegaSuper 04/20/2015 at 15:48

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Easy USA next question

SidewaysOnDirt still misses Bowie > MegaSuper 04/20/2015 at 15:48

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Japan. Hell, with one company/decade I have pretty much all of my bases covered.

dogisbadob > MegaSuper 04/20/2015 at 15:48

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All the JDM cars are so cool, the list is way too long! They got those fender mirrors and all sorts of cool features, not to mention reliability. Toyota is the best, but Nissan and Honda and even Suzuki and Mitsubishi got some good stuff. Keicars, cute lil trucks, all the way to high performance and luxury cars

MegaSuper > Flat Six 04/20/2015 at 15:48

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Gahhhhhhhhh I was originally writing about Ferrari, then I thought “better mention France before I forget”, and then I forgot to go back to Ferrari because I deleted that.

Yes, Italy is definitely a valid answer people, sorry about that hahahaha

MegaSuper > 505Turbeaux 04/20/2015 at 15:49

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If it actually has an engine, yes!

MegaSuper > dogisbadob 04/20/2015 at 15:51

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Yes, that is true. I couldn’t believe my eyes the first time I saw a Toyota Sera, for instance!

What are your top 3 Japan-only cars?

Laird Andrew Neby Bradleigh > MegaSuper 04/20/2015 at 15:52

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Germany. No doubt.

Smallbear wants a modern Syclone, local Maple Leafs spammer > MegaSuper 04/20/2015 at 15:52

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Produced, Designed, or owned?

eg. Canada makes the hellcat and Camaro, but they are designed by a US company.

TheBloody, Oppositelock lives on in our shitposts. > MegaSuper 04/20/2015 at 15:54

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England, Jaguar E-Type, Land Rover Series1-Defender, any Aston Martin, any TVR, Triumph Sprite, MG, Rolls Royce, Bently, Austin Healey. I’d be like a kid in a candy store.

MegaSuper > Smallbear wants a modern Syclone, local Maple Leafs spammer 04/20/2015 at 15:54

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Check my reply to R Saldana.

In this case, Chevrolet was first incorporated in the United States, so it’s American.

Canadian would be like the HTT Pléthore for example.

505Turbeaux > MegaSuper 04/20/2015 at 15:55

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indeed it does http://www.topgear.com/uk/photos/Excl…

Milky > MegaSuper 04/20/2015 at 15:58

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Almost said America, but really who am I kidding?

Commute in the Ghibli

then a slow and fast weekend car?

Smallbear wants a modern Syclone, local Maple Leafs spammer > MegaSuper 04/20/2015 at 16:04

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Then 'Murcan.

Tuned-Port-Injected-Rage > MegaSuper 04/20/2015 at 16:07

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America, every day. Easy.

EL_ULY > MegaSuper 04/20/2015 at 16:09

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USA because work trucks.... among other things.

dogisbadob > MegaSuper 04/20/2015 at 16:12

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Yeah the Sera is awesome.

I got 3 keicars and 3 non-K

Keicars:
Daihatsu Copen
Mitsubishi Minica Toppo
Subaru Sambar

non-K
There is the Mitsubishi RVR Hyper Sports Gear R (an Expo LRV with Evo I running gear)
Mazda Cosmo from the 80s
Isuzu 117

Of course the Skyline is awesome, and they even made a GTR 4-door, but I’m not going to put that in my list because it’s almost a cliche at this point haha

The above are not set in stone, and there are just so many cool JDM cars that I do and don’t know of!

EL_ULY > Laird Andrew Neby Bradleigh 04/20/2015 at 16:17

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finally, Germany has one vote lol

KirkyV > MegaSuper 04/20/2015 at 16:21

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France, in a second.

misfitmascots > MegaSuper 04/20/2015 at 16:27

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I could live with these

Tapas > MegaSuper 04/20/2015 at 16:28

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Italy!

Easier answer would be Germany.

ly2v8-Brian > MegaSuper 04/20/2015 at 18:49

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Classic cruisers like a 1957 Chevrolet Belair for example. If I could only have one car, it would likely be one of those. And of course I love pickup trucks.

ranwhenparked > MegaSuper 04/20/2015 at 20:31

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Switzerland? I could have an entire garage of Monteverdis and nothing else.

DisplacementForDayz, ironically lusts after a Honda Grom > MegaSuper 04/20/2015 at 22:25

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Obligatory ‘Murica. GNX for the daily, P71 Crown Vic for 4 door fun, varied collection of classic land yachts including a 70 Cadillac Eldorado, and a late model Taurus SHO cause I could.

pip bip - choose Corrour > MegaSuper 04/21/2015 at 04:43

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UK.

dd = Mclaren P1.

weekend toy = McLaren F1