50 Greatest liveries of all time.

[Pupik]

I also think the large numbers can actually detract from the livery too.

The numbers on most race cars were fairly large, until sponsorship forced them on a diet around the mid-1970s. NASCAR bucked that trend, probably because there's been plenty of room on the roof and doors. Although, I wouldn't be shocked if it was set into the rules about its dimensions...

 

[Liquid]

Aric Almirola drove with the King's old colors today. It really caught my eye, nice looking car.

Is... is... that Gulf?

Either way, it's HORRID.

 

[Northstar]

Is... is... that Gulf?
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It's STP, hence the giant STP logo on the hood.

I've never liked that STP scheme so I'll agree with you that it's rather crappy looking.

 

[DK]

The grilles on the latest generation of Fords seem like a blatant rip-off of the current Aston Martin range.

 

[Ardius]

The numbers on most race cars were fairly large, until sponsorship forced them on a diet around the mid-1970s. NASCAR bucked that trend, probably because there's been plenty of room on the roof and doors. Although, I wouldn't be shocked if it was set into the rules about its dimensions...

Yeah but back then liveries were very simple, so the numbers didn't detract from the design.
Its more that the numbers in NASCAR are so large that they break up some of the liveries a little too much, seeing as they basically take up the entire side of the car from top to bottom. It works with some liveries that incorporate it, but some liveries look worse because of it. I also feels its a limiting factor on more simple designs, like I said, a plain 1 colour livery (no designs or anything) looks rubbish in NASCAR because half the car is covered in lots of small logos plus the huge numbers.

It's what makes me extra sad that Ferrari lately have moved more and more away from their traditional all-red scheme to more and more graphics (in both F1 and GT). They could still have their old red livery with the Santander logos and still look good, especially if they brought back the red-with-black-wings design.

It's now almost a breath of fresh air to see a single-colour scheme these days!

 

[Liquid]

It's STP, hence the giant STP logo on the hood.

I've never liked that STP scheme so I'll agree with you that it's rather crappy looking.

Oh I see, never heard of STP, so didn't clock on. Still vile. Love this though;

2001 Vic Lee Racing Peugot 406

 

[prisonermonkeys]

I love Sergey Sirotkin's ISR livery in Formula Renault 3.5 this year:

And I really like the AV Formula design, too - it's nice and bright and very simple; I've always liked orange as a colour for a racing car:

I also like this Petronas design. It's a shame Mercedes can't (or won't) do something similar:

It's funny how one slight change in colour can make a good livery look horrible. Oliver Webb's design looks great:

But Stoffel Vandoorne's looks too busy:

 

[Earth]

 

[05XR8]

I painted my RC10-T in these colours back in the day

 

[Mac K]

I don't really see how that's a livery, it's just flat black with a Fastenal logo on it..

 

[prisonermonkeys]

This was the best Enstone livery of recent times:

I never liked that livery, mostly because dark blue has been over-used in recent years. At one point, it felt like half the grid used it. I always liked the light blue colouring better.

 

[Panoz]

In black F1 cars, I'm surprised that the UOP Shadow cars haven't been mention.

 

[Earth]

I don't really see how that's a livery, it's just flat black with a Fastenal logo on it..

Theres also the blue stripe

 

[GOTMAXPOWER]

I hate that livery, the blue is too dark and it looks like nothing goes together. Even the wheels are a terrible colour

 

[Chqr]

I hate that livery, the blue is too dark and it looks like nothing goes together. Even the wheels are a terrible colour

Its more of a nostalgic throwback scheme to Rusty Wallace's Blue Deuce so not really designed to be the most aesthetically pleasing to those unfamiliar with the previous occupant of the #2 car.

Doesn't mean to say the livery isn't great which the topic title is centred upon.

 

[05XR8]

It's all about the type of car. The Lightning McQueen livery looks good on a current NASCAR rather than an old Stock Car. Some retro & throwback liveries just don't work as well on the current machines.

 

[NFSCARBON1]

Here are my favourites.

Vauxhall Astra Coupe BTCC

And the 1980's/early 90's Ferrari 'AGIP' Livery

 

[Spacegoat]

Currently my favourite NASCAR livery so far this year.

 

[Hernan04]

Two of my favourites...the Throwback and the Patriotic Scheme.

 

[-Fred-]

I still think this was the best Miller livery.

I'd love to see Penske re-run this, I think it'd look absolutely fantastic on the Fusion.

 

[Theace37]

Best liveries:

Calsonic GTR's
Silk Cut Jag
Martini racing (porsches and lancias)
Alitalia stratos
Hey the gt5 shadow liveries are pretty sweet
Green w yellow stripe Lotus 49





But the best livery...

ANYTHING THAT SAYS GULF ON IT!

 

[Azure Flare]

 

[Dustone]

Love these, especially with the coloured wheels!

 

[GOTMAXPOWER]

To be driven by Sebastien Loeb in the opening 2 rounds of this years Porsche Supercup

 

[Pupik]

In black F1 cars, I'm surprised that the UOP Shadow cars haven't been mention.

👍 No problems here, but probably not terribly memorable in the long run. Shadow later couldn't seem to keep sponsors, and went through a livery change every five races, it seemed.

 

[SlowInFastOut]

 

[Chqr]

Currently my favourite NASCAR livery so far this year.

I'm with you on this. Harvick's Daytona 500 paint scheme was glorious. Very happy he's shelved the 'Black Budweiser' Paint Scheme for the time being.

 

[Mechs]

Just to add to that, because it's a awesome livery

 

[terminator363]

These are amazing, these cases would look so damn good on an iPhone:

Liveries

 

[Azure Flare]

The more I look at it, the more I love it.

Then again, I have a thing for blue.