What non-supercar gets supercar levels of attention?

"MegaSuper" (megasuper) 06/08/2015 at 14:04 • Filed to: None

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Thumbs-up, pointing fingers, cellphones come out for pictures, gawking faces, whatever your standard is for attention: What cars get a disproportionate amount?

Best one I can think of is when visiting some friends who live in the UK (where you can import anything): Guys go nuts for Holden Utes, and gals go nuts for Nissan Figaros. Both are definitely very unique-looking cars.

And then this one I guess some people may consider supercars, some may not and just consider them very wild sports cars, but it’s worth mentioning the final TVRs because they “punch above their weight”: At car festivals, I’ve seen people walk right past Ferraris/Lambos/Astons and straight to Tuscans, Sagarises, Tamoras, T350s, etc. They have such organic shapes that look like nothing else ever made. They get tons of attention, even when not painted in those “Reflex” colours.

Lastly, land-yachts definitely can too. 1957 Cadillacs, 1967 Impalas, 1959 Pontiac Bonneville…their imposing size makes them impossible to ignore.

TheHondaBro > MegaSuper 06/08/2015 at 14:05

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Next question.

SaveTheIntegras > MegaSuper 06/08/2015 at 14:06

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Next.

Nibby > MegaSuper 06/08/2015 at 14:06

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scoob > Nibby 06/08/2015 at 14:07

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DUDE. EVERY. TIME. I always freak out when I see one.

TheHondaBro > Nibby 06/08/2015 at 14:07

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OHMAHGAWD A KIA SUV!!!11!!1!!!ONE!!!!!11!!!

TheHondaBro > SaveTheIntegras 06/08/2015 at 14:08

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scoob > MegaSuper 06/08/2015 at 14:08

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Nibby > scoob 06/08/2015 at 14:09

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I drove by one earlier this morning, that’s the only reason why I thought of it

Laird Andrew Neby Bradleigh > MegaSuper 06/08/2015 at 14:09

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Depends on where you live I guess.. but old Citroëns perhaps..

71MGBGT Likes Subarus of Unusual Colors > MegaSuper 06/08/2015 at 14:12

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Where I am in SoCal, 2CV

Wacko > MegaSuper 06/08/2015 at 14:21

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Easy my lifted jeep on 35’s

women could care less, but a lifted jeep is every little boy’s dream.

Gonemad > SaveTheIntegras 06/08/2015 at 14:22

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Replace the Supra (er, Integra? whatever, I see a Toyota on the pic) with Mitsubishi Eclipse and you get the Brazilian dream car in the 90’s. To corroborate that, 11 of 10 slightly famous football players would buy one. But that wave is gone (thank $deity).

TwinCharged - Is Now UK Opponaut > MegaSuper 06/08/2015 at 14:22

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Want to get noticed? Drive one of these.

Classless, loveable, driven by the common people and numerous celebrities alike, it’s a timeless classic I could go on about for hours. I once took a trip in an original Mini. Every single person on the street would look, point and smile.

Sn210 > MegaSuper 06/08/2015 at 14:25

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TheBloody, Oppositelock lives on in our shitposts. > Wacko 06/08/2015 at 14:27

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Nah, not really.

Actually, your truck is pretty neat.

TheBloody, Oppositelock lives on in our shitposts. > MegaSuper 06/08/2015 at 14:32

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This is pretty high up there...

#shotsfired.

TwinCharged - Is Now UK Opponaut > Nibby 06/08/2015 at 14:32

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SHHHHHH don’t tell people of the relatively cheap and relatively capable V8 SUV!

Alfalfa Romeo > MegaSuper 06/08/2015 at 14:38

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There are a few that come to mind, although I feel that some are still deserving of the attention while not supercars.

Lotus Elise/Exige, DeLorean, Skylines and Shelby Cobras are a few.

AthomSfere > MegaSuper 06/08/2015 at 14:43

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Almost any classic/ Antique...

Lotus, anything.

My FR-s gets a ton of surprising attention. I am getting used to boys of all ages (5-100) gawking and stopping me to ask about it.

JGrabowMSt > MegaSuper 06/08/2015 at 14:49

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Wacko > TheBloody, Oppositelock lives on in our shitposts. 06/08/2015 at 14:54

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you should see the little boys in the school bus point at my jeep when I go to work at the same time our 6 year old gets on the bus.

Is that landrover broken in the snow, well at least he has the engine running for heat while he waits for me to pull him out in my jeep.

LongbowMkII > Wacko 06/08/2015 at 15:00

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hahaha verry funny.

the heater quit working years ago.

LongbowMkII > TheBloody, Oppositelock lives on in our shitposts. 06/08/2015 at 15:02

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nah, most people assume they are altima coupes.

TheBloody, Oppositelock lives on in our shitposts. > Wacko 06/08/2015 at 15:04

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Knowing the HVAC capabilities of a Jeep (especially with a rag top), you’d probably freeze to death before you got there. Also, sir you should see how grown men turn into little boys when I roll around in this:

Awww yisss.

Wacko > TheBloody, Oppositelock lives on in our shitposts. 06/08/2015 at 15:14

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I don’t use my jeep in winter so I can’t tell you. Over here in Quebec we’ve got the winter tire law, so I would have to buy winter tires to use it in winter so I use my daily driver.

and Nice truck by the way. I know I do a double take when I do see one. but I do a double take for any old odd* car.

*odd meaning out of the ordinary

TheBloody, Oppositelock lives on in our shitposts. > Wacko 06/08/2015 at 15:20

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It’s got ARB air lockers front and back, and the original 2.25 4 banger. It’s slow but oh so much fun to drive.

I had a YJ in college and I would freeze my ass off during the winters in NJ so you’d probably die in Quebec.

Doge_Supreme drives a BRZ > MegaSuper 06/08/2015 at 15:22

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Twism > MegaSuper 06/08/2015 at 15:59

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Not the Hellcat (because the Hellcat IS a supercar, performance-wise), but just regular V8 Challengers.

They are obnoxiously beautiful.

Manic Otti > scoob 06/08/2015 at 17:40

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The fact that I will never own one of these makes me sad. : (

CaptDale - is secretly British > MegaSuper 06/08/2015 at 18:40

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MegaSuper > CaptDale - is secretly British 06/08/2015 at 18:46

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Really? You have my attention. Is this because it’s the last Pontiac, is it because it’s a Holden, is it because of the name GTO…?

Do you suspect the Chevy SS will have the same effect in 5-7 years? Or is this a different case?

CaptDale - is secretly British > MegaSuper 06/08/2015 at 20:08

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I get a weird grouping of people talking to me about it. either they are people my age (mid 20s) asking what it is and talking about how cool it is (thanks to cam and full exhaust). Then I get the older crowd talking about how they never see these and that they loved the originals and how they don’t really see new cars with a cam.

Though I also got weird amounts of attention in my Fiero...