Automotive Guilty Pleasures

[SlipZtrEm]

Pretty much this. My friend's mom had one when I was young, with the same slatted taillights. Different rims, though. It was a little tacky, but I love the stance, even more now.

 

[RandomCarGuy17]

One of my aunts owned a blue Foxbody Mustang GT for a while. It was a two-tone color with silver and also had those same kind of tailights. Though, I sort of liked it, but I preferred the LX as it had a cleaner design.

Too bad we never got the VR-4 variant here.

Indeed, I guess well just wait a few years until it becomes legal through the 25 year old rule. At least we got the older VR-4 Galant.

 

[homeforsummer]

I wonder if I'm the only one who likes this. I remember being called a queer for saying that the 11th gen T-Bird was a cool car

I quite like them too, particularly in that colour, but the hard top porthole thing is both daft and ruinous to the car's lines.

The wheels also let it down a bit. It's not the chrome (much), more the oh-so-90s design. Companies have got a lot better recently at making modern wheels that look like perfect interpretations of classic designs. The current VW Beetle and Fiat 500 are both very good in that respect.

 

[Heldenzeit]

The 1957 Edition 500 has awesome retro wheels that are actually made from aluminum.

 

[INEEDNAWZZZ]

I don't know why. I think a black one, lowered and sitting on AMG Monoblocks would be pretty cool.

 

[ViscousTraction]

The Fiat Cinquecento

 

[Neddo]

hyundai xg

 

[Casey]

First gen Celica Supra's I like them honestly.

 

[Grandea GTR]

First gen Celica Supra's I like them honestly.
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In no way do I find that at all guilty.

 

[TexRex]

Only Supra that piques my interest.

 

[RandomCarGuy17]

How in the world is a Supra a guilty pleasure?

 

[GTP_Ingram]

Renault Megane Scenic, pre-facelift only.

 

[INEEDNAWZZZ]

I'm sort of ashamed to admit I like them enough to actually go out and buy one soon.

 

[el fayce]

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I'm sort of ashamed to admit I like them enough to actually go out and buy one soon.

That looks like a rebadged Daihatsu Sirion

 

[INEEDNAWZZZ]

That's because it is haha. The Sirion is kind of uncommon (compared to it's Malaysian counterpart, the Perodua Myvi), but the Justy is even rarer for some reason.

 

[JTB10000]

This.

 

[homeforsummer]

That's because it is haha. The Sirion is kind of uncommon (compared to it's Malaysian counterpart, the Perodua Myvi), but the Justy is even rarer for some reason.

It's just a pity that shape Justy isn't AWD like older Justys. That was always part of their appeal.

 

[Wiegert]

It's just a pity that shape Justy isn't AWD like older Justys. That was always part of their appeal.

The platform even had an turbocharged AWD option available in Japan in the form of the Daihatsu Boon X4. That they didn't apply the same drivetrain (with or without the turbo) to the Subaru equivalent always seemed like an opportunity missed to me.

 

[Lameonade]

Yes.

I would also like to add the Aztek to this post, but I won't bother with a picture because I don't think a single soul on these forums that doesn't know what that looks like exists.

 

[Legro]

actually go out and buy one soon.

Wasn't that version Japan only?

 

[Wiegert]

Wasn't that version Japan only?

A UK special edition (100 examples) marketed as a sporty alternative to the standard Justy, which was a twin cam anyway. And by sporty, I mean it came in one of two exclusive paint colours with white body stripes.

I was lucky enough to see one in red early last year. Absolutely starstruck.

 

[INEEDNAWZZZ]

Don't forget the special floor mats!

 

[Wiegert]

Having mentioned this one here recently, I can probably parrot what @INEEDNAWZZZ said regarding the Justy:

Entry-level performance in a semi-premium sports package. Surprisingly well executed aside from the seat covers, but I'd only ever go for black/red.

 

[Niku Driver HC]

Now I see what you meant with the whole "similarities to Brazil's oddly-named Volkswagen Speed Up!" thing, that Citgo is a straightforward mime of its style. All it's missing is a slightly bigger engine and off you go, although I doubt Volkswagen will let that happen because it could ape their own candidate's sales of something along those lines...

 

[Hollow]

I never saw one in real life, but I'd love to own a Suzuki Cappuccino.

 

[AlvaroF]

I never saw one in real life, but I'd love to own a Suzuki Cappuccino.

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That's just not guilty. 60%, or even more, of this forum would be so guilty.

 

[Saidur_Ali]

I never saw one in real life, but I'd love to own a Suzuki Cappuccino.

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I did loads of laps on a GT5 event with one as there was some kind of extra payout, wouldn't surprise me if it was one of my most driven cars in the game. Had fun even with racing softs, guilty as charged.

Anyway at the time, a friend wanted to know easiest way to level up and get credits. He had the game for a while but never got around to playing it. Doesn't like GT games but likes trophies. Recommended him do that event with that car so his main memory of last GT game he played was probably racing on some Eifel track with the Cappuccino.

 

[Grandea GTR]

For some reason, there's something about a Toyota Spade that makes me like it.

No it's not the sliding doors

 

[RVDNuT374]

2007-2013 Cadillac Escalade:

Even with the drug dealer/rapper stigma attached to these, I wouldn't mind owning one.

 

[el fayce]

I always found the Astro's cool