GTP Cool Wall Nomination Archive: Currently Closed

[Joey D]

Since SweetShopUnion no longer has the time to devote to this I will be taking over. I'd like to thank him for all the work he did up until this point 👍!

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To discuss how you define cool or what makes cars cool/uncool please visit this thread by Stotty:
How do you define a 'COOL' car?

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You may not currently place you nominations in this thread and please follow the rules.

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Rules:

• Only one car per person until your car has been polled, then you are free to make another suggestion.
• Please post the model year range the car was made, if you do not post a year range your nomination gets skipped.
• Please be specific in nominating your car (engine, chassis, etc.), failure to do so will result in a skip.
• Do not nominate any of the exact same vehicles that have already been polled.
• Racecars are allowed, please be accurate about it though. Include team, racing series, etc.
• Concept cars are not allowed, if the car is questionable I'll ask you to prove to me it's in production.
• Only nominations made in this thread will be added to the list, please do not write on my GTP wall, PM me or e-mail suggestions.
• Please post basic specs or a link to basic specs with your nomination, failure to do so will have it skipped over.
• Get your post right first time, I'm not going to look through post edits to find a year has been added to a suggestion and then people moan that I haven't changed it. You've been warned.
• Cars will be selected in chronological order, so it's first come first served.
• Please try and be original, you are free to nominate anything that fits in the rules but nominating something like a Ferrari F50 is a bit pointless. Like I said though, you are free to nominate how you see fit.
• If your nomination is skipped, you will have a chance to redo it, however please make a new post as I am not going back to the previous incorrect post. Your nomination will also go to the bottom of the queue.

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How it Works:

• You nominate a car and it goes into the queue, barring you followed the rules.
• The nomination list will be closed once the queue has reached 30.
• The nomination list will be opened on the first of every month and then refilled to 30 vehicles.
• A poll will be created at least every three days, based on the next car on the list. No more than one poll per day will be posted.
• The poll will be left open for three days allowing member to vote on the four levels of coolness.
• The level that gets the most votes is what the vehicle is determined to be.
• If the car gets extraordinary results, it will be placed in a special category.

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Currently Being Polled

• 1981-1982, 2008+ DeLorean Motor Company DMC-12 suggested by Peterram430 (ends 19 Nov 09)
• 1927-1931 Model A Ford suggested by Nicksfix (ends 20 Nov 09)
• 1966-1974 Austin-Healey Sprite IV/MG Midget MKIII suggested by Frankinsten (ends 21 Nov 09)
• 2008+ Škoda Superb suggested by C-ZETA (ends 22 Nov 09)

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Nomination List

1. 2001 E46 Hartge H50 suggested by LSX
2. 2003-2005 Mazda 6 suggested by Rotary Junkie
3. 2006-2008 Audi R10 TDI LMP1 suggested by CarBastard
4. 2007+ Cadillac Escalade suggested by homeforsummer
5. 2005-2009 Ford Mustang GT suggested by ty00123
6. 1971 Mercedes-Benz 300SEL 6.8 suggested by High-Test
7. 1988-1998 Chevy K1500 Z71 suggested by buickgnx88
8. 1986-1992 Zastava Koral A.K.A. Yugo GV suggested by Irons
9. 2003-2004 Mercury Marauder suggested by JCE
10. 1996 Ferrari F50 GT suggested by mPWRD
11. 1989-1994 Subaru Legacy RS Type-RA (BC5) suggested by slidesquad#1
12. 2005 Volkswagen Phaeton 6.0 W12 LWB suggested by Famine
13. 1955-1975 Citroen DS suggested by Danny
14. 1999-2006 Toyota Celica GTS / ZR suggested by jacoja09
15. 1972-1978 Lamborghini Espada S3 suggested by Leonidae
16. 1988-1990 Lancia Thema 8.32 suggested by GM
17. 1919-1925 Leyat Helica suggested by Grand Prix

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The GTP Cool Wall is not in association with SVX's "GT4 Cool Wall", please refer all comments on that subject to GTP's GT4 Cool Wall.

 

[exigeracer]

Can we actually have a cool wall? I'd be willing to volunteer some sort of time to actually making and updating the image as to where every car places on the Subzero-Seriously Uncool spectrum. I understand the debating value, but what I like seeing on the TG wall is the actual visual of the whole wall.

 

[Jim Prower]

Chevrolet 150/210/Bel-Air 1957

 

[LSX]

I'd like to nominate the SN-95 2 2003 Mustang SVT Cobra.
The "Terminator"

IMO, this car is one of the top Mustangs ever built, one day holding a spot in history like the Boss Mustangs and the Mach 1's of the 60's and 70's.

After so long, Ford got it right with this car, no longer were they lagging behind the Camaro in the horse power war, they were giving the top trim Corvette Z06 and Dodge Viper a run for their money.
The SVT Cobra in the 2003 model year was a good looking car, a new bulged hood, flared fenders, new front and rear fascia, as well as a decklid spoiler helped add to the macho look of the car. The hood and decklid are composite panels to save weight.

Under the hood was a 4.6L modular DOHC 4 valve superchaged V8.

The motor in factory form made a hefty 390hp/300Kw +/- @6000rpm and 390LBft of torque at 3500rpm. It's said that Ford had under rated the Cobra, the cars SAE corrected flywheel horsepower being 400. I can't verify that however. The supercharger is an Eaton M112 roots type, producing 8psi of boost. Most impressive are the cast iron block and forged internals, capable of handling MASSIVE power outputs, which are not hard to attain with a larger more efficient twin-screw supercharger like a Kenne Bell, or turbochargers. The motor was connected to a Tremec T-56 6-speed transmission, the first year this was offered for a factory Mustang outside of the the Cobra R.

Wheelbase: 101.3 inches
Length: 183.5 inches
Width: 73.1 inches
Height: 52.5 inches
Front/Rear: Track 60.3/60.3 inches
Weight: Coupe: 3665lbs Vert:3750
Yes by some standards it's heavy, however the weight does not seem to slow it down. Thanks to It's independent rear suspension and larger brakes, the car is still plenty capable of doing well in autocross, or just being shot around a road course. Even with the independent rear suspension, the car was no slouch on the drag strip pulling low to sub 13 second 1/4 mile times.

While inside the car is nothing to really look at, that was never quite the point of owning a Cobra, more going like a bat out of hell with your hair on fire. It's not a refined car, it is loud and aggressive, yet also reliable cheap(relatively) fun. However an interior that looked like it came from 1994 is pretty weak, thankfully the rest of the car was not. Even with the shortcomings on the interior, these beasts still pull within $10,000 of their MSRP from 6 years ago at resale.

Some performance numbers for a stock 2003 Cobra:

Base Price: 33,000$ USD
0-60: 4.5 seconds
1/4 Mile: 13.0/- seconds
Skid pad grip: 0.90g's
Top Speed: 155 Mph electronically limited.

What it is stock- (Pulley/Exhaust, but what Mustang does not have exhaust???)

These two videos aren't so much relevant to the car being cool, rather to show the capability of the 4.6L engine under the hood when force fed more PSI.

Not so stock-

Twin Turbo:

 

[Giancarlo]

I might as well nominate the 2002 Honda Integra Type-R:

Configuration: K20A Straight 4
Drive: Front wheel drive
Displacement: 1.998 liter / 121.9 cu in
Valvetrain: 4 valves / cylinder, DOHC, VTEC
Aspiration: Naturally Aspirated
Weight: 1170 kilo / 2579.4 lbs
Length / Width / Height: 4385 mm (172.6 in) / 1725 mm (67.9 in) / 1385 mm (54.5 in)
Wheelbase: 2570 mm (101.2 in) / 1490 mm (58.7 in) / 1490 mm (58.7 in)
Power: 220 bhp / 164 KW @ 8000 rpm
Torque: 206 Nm / 152 ft lbs @ 7000 rpm

 

[Dragonistic]

The car designed with a ruler.

Lamborghini Countach 25th Anniversary

 

[Thatman]

Diggin the Countach
Anyway:96-02 Viper

Dodge Viper second generation
0-60 mph (97 km/h): 4.0 sec
0-100 mph (160 km/h): 8.6 sec
quarter mile: 12.2 sec @ 119 mph (192 km/h)
top speed: +192.6 mph (310 km/h)
slalom: 73.6 mph (118.4 km/h)
skidpad average acceleration: 1.01 g

8.0ltr 450 hp and amazing curves....I could stare at it all day....

 

[Joey D]

Can we actually have a cool wall? I'd be willing to volunteer some sort of time to actually making and updating the image as to where every car places on the Subzero-Seriously Uncool spectrum. I understand the debating value, but what I like seeing on the TG wall is the actual visual of the whole wall.

If you are willing to do it, I'm all for it. I've seen your artistic skills and they are ace! I don't really have an artistic bone in my body so whatever I came up with would be boring.

The existing results are here:
https://www.gtplanet.net/forum/showthread.php?t=113635

 

[Giancarlo]

What study doesn't follow a bell-shaped curve? Damn that thing to hell.

 

[Joey D]

What study doesn't follow a bell-shaped curve? Damn that thing to hell.

I thought the same thing when I saw it...guess it's just human nature for the majority to be in the middle.

 

[Thatman]

skylines

 

[LSX]

8.0ltr 450 hp and amazing curves....I could stare at it all day....

Meeeee tooooo.

 

[Danny]

Peugeot 306 GTI-6

One of the best FWD drivers cars ever made... and it does it so effortlessly, without all the showmanship and drama of the Integra.

 

[Joey D]

1962-2000 Mini Cooper...the "classic" Cooper

Arguably one of the most influential cars of the 20th century...actually it's the second most influential but really who's keeping track?

 

[EA11R]

A fast car that happens to be practical. Very cool.

Now for something completely different:

It's secretly Korean, yes, but think about it for a second. It's subtle, dignified, rare, and fast in a straight line. Any girl would be delighted to ride in one of these, so keep all your fiddly Bimmers to yourselves.

The amazing Hyundai Genesis 4.6! Truly a special moment when one passes by.

 

[Joey D]

Every three days won't really cut it I can see, perhaps every day or every other day I'll have to make a new thread for voting.

 

[LSX]

Why not every two days, that would be three cars a week. Or just see how the Evo X poll turns out after a day or two and go off of that? Maybe one day might not be enough?

 

[X-Power]

2003 MG SV-R. I love this car.

 

[Joey D]

2003 MG SV-R. I love this car.

I thought that was a concept?

 

[Philly]

You're going to have your work cut out for you. I doubt the endless stream of nominations will be ending all that soon. I'd recommend taking nominations in batches of ten or having the thread open for a couple days, and then closing nominations while you make polls for the cars nominated in that batch. Because otherwise you're going to have a backlog of nominations that grows much faster than the cars that can be polled. Until there are no more cars to nominate or everybody loses interest.

I would like to nominate the Volkswagen Golf I GTI

The original hot hatch, and a car that still maintains its desirability. And probably one of the more important vehicles of the 20th century.

 

[hemisport15]

I would like to nominate the 1990 Volkswagen Corrado G60.

I want to nominate it for a few reasons. One. becuase I have one and love it. Two, the amount of technology put into this car (even though some of it is more complicated than it needs to be) is pretty cool. It seems like the And three, the VW crowd likes them, but what do others think?
Here are some videos.

Sorry about that music, I just like the loud supercharger.
Here is the original commercial.

 

[Joey D]

You're going to have your work cut out for you. I doubt the endless stream of nominations will be ending all that soon. I'd recommend taking nominations in batches of ten or having the thread open for a couple days, and then closing nominations while you make polls for the cars nominated in that batch. Because otherwise you're going to have a backlog of nominations that grows much faster than the cars that can be polled. Until there are no more cars to nominate or everybody loses interest.

If I make a new poll every day or every other day we'll blow through the fast. If it gets to be to much then we'll cap it. At least there will be more activity in the Cars in General section outside "Hey I want to buy a new car" threads.

Plus you forget I have virtually no life and I sit in front of a computer hours upon hours everyday.

 

[ajplayscount]

Ford Escort RS Cosworth

 

[SVX]

2008 9ff GT9-R

[ULTIMATECARPAGE.COM]General specifications
Country of origin Germany
Numbers built 20 (all GT9 versions)
Produced in 2008
Introduced at 2008 Essen Motorshow
Body design Enes Canay for 9ff

Engine
Configuration B 6
Location Mid, longitudinally mounted
Construction light alloy block and head
Displacement 4 liter / 244.1 cu in
Valvetrain 4 valves / cylinder, DOHC
Fuel feed Fuel Injection
Aspiration Twin Turbos

Drivetrain
Chassis/body unitary steel with carbon fibre and kevlar body panels
Front suspension McPherson struts, twin coil springs, fully adjustable aluminum shock absorbers
Rear suspension five-link, twin coil springs, push-rod actuated fully adjustable shock absorbers
Steering rack-and-pinion, power assisted
Brakes composite ceramic discs, all-round, ABS
Gearbox 6 speed Manual
Drive Rear wheel drive

Dimensions
Weight 1326 kilo / 2923.3 lbs
Length / Width / Height 4733 mm (186.3 in) / 1860 mm (73.2 in) / 1180 mm (46.5 in)
Wheelbase / Track (fr/r) 2650 mm (104.3 in) / N/A / N/A

Performance figures
Power 1120 bhp / 836 KW
Torque 1050 Nm / 774 ft lbs
BHP/Liter 280 bhp / liter
Power to weight 0.84 bhp / kg
Top Speed 414 km/h / 257 mph
0-60 mph 2.8 s[/ULTIMATECARPAGE.COM]

 

[Jondot]

Since I'm currently umming and aahhing about whether to buy one I've actually bought one, I'll nominate this:

Ford SportKa. Doesn't matter which year, they're all the same.

Basic spec, as requested.

Engine: 1.6 Duratec SOHC 8v
Power: 93bhp (94.3PS) @ 5500RPM
0-60: 9.7 secs
Top speed: 108mph
Weight: 934kg (2059lb)
Drive type: FF

 

[X-Power]

@JoeyD: The SV-R was a production car. 64 (including the base SV) were made.

 

[Prince.M5]

Hey guys... I would like to nominate this cool car... Probably the coolest and powerful diesel car ever...

2009 BMW 335d LCI








PERFORMANCE

Base engine size : 3.0 liters
Engine type : Inline-6 cylinders
Horsepower : 265HP
Torque : 425 lb-ft
Drive type : Rear wheel drive (FR)
Turning radius : 18.1'

FUEL

Fuel tank capacity : 16.1 gal/60.9 liters
EPA Mileage estimates : 23/36 (city/highway)

Thanks...

Haziq/Kidrauhl...

 

[YSSMAN]

2009 Mazda MX-5

Engine: MZR 2.0L inline four-cylinder, 167 BHP
Transmission: Five-speed manual (standard), six-speed manual (optional), six-speed automatic (optional)
Zero to 60 mph: 6.9 sec
Standing ¼-Mile: 15.3 sec @ 91 mph
Braking: 70–0 mph: 166 ft
Roadholding: 0.87 g

(Base) MSRP: $22,420

 

[Dragonistic]

Ford Escort RS Cosworth

Needs a special fridge

 

[Moglet]

I'd like to om nom nominate a 2008 Fiat 500;

Performance figures aren't important as they're not designed to be fast!