Italian vs. German vs. British vs. French vs. Australian vs. Japanese vs. American

[Ferrari Tifosi]

Which country (Italy, Britain, France, Germany, Australia, America, Japan) do you think makes the best sport and race cars or which makes you favorite cars?

For me it's a close match between British and Italian cars. But in the end I would have to pick Italian.

[UK CARS]

it depends on what kind of car you mean: supercar, suv , mpv, saloon, sports, estate,...........

[Ferrari Tifosi]

Ahhh, thank you for reminding me of that detail, I'll edit my original post. I meant as far as sport cars and race cars. Thank you UK Cars.

[Slicks]

Probably italy than america, japan would have to be last probably :D

[Mustang]

Sport cars

1. Italy
2. Britain and germany
3.Australia and america
4. france
5. japan

Racing cars

1. britain
2. italy and germany
3. America and australia
4. japan and france
:D

[UK CARS]

road sports cars:
Italy
britain
germany
america
france
japan
australia


race cars:
italy
germany
america
britain
japan
france
austalia

[DarkPhenix]

Sport cars
1. Italy
2. germany
4. Britain
5. france
6. america
7. japan
8. Australia

Racing cars
1. britain
2. germany
3. italy
4. America
5. australia
6. japan
7. france

[stratos]

Spots Car

1.American
2.Britain
3.Italy
4.Germany
5.Japan
6.France
7.Australia

Racing cars

1.Italy
2.American
3.Germany
4.Britain
5.Japan
6.France
7.Australia

[Coventrysucks]

I think that Britain does still lead the way in performance vehicles.

There are many specialised engineering firms that are the go-to guys when some one wants high perfomance parts.

There are many great sports car manufacturers
TVR, Lotus, Caterham, Ultima, AC, Lola, Marcos, Radical, Noble...

Sure, they aren't huge world players, but they are some of the finest cars on the planet.

Then we have the racing
McLaren, Williams, Jordan, BAR, Ralliart, Prodrive...

The fastest car ever, thrust SSC - British :cool:

And then there are the designers, (quite a lot from Coventry ;) )
Nissan 350Z, Cadillac Cien, Chrysler ME412, all designed by brits...

Ian and Moray Callum,
Antony Grade head of exterior design at Renault
and many more that I can't remember.

And remember all those wonderful companies that used to be British?
Mini, Rolls royce, Bentley, Jaguar, Landrover, Aston Martin... :rolleyes:

Germany has Porsche, France; Venturi, Japan has the Civic Type R( :D )
Italy has Ferrari, Lamborghini, and Pagani, America has Saleen, Mosler and Panoz, Australia has that car which I can't remember the name of :confused:

But do any of those really compare with the best of British* :)

*No question mark, as it is rhetorical, and the answer is "no" :D

[johnnynumfiv]

it's a tie between number one for brits and american. I don't like all the others.

[bk4uyeah]

i have a undieing love for horsepower and tourqe, therfore American must be number one, with italian, german, british, and austrailian rounding out the top five in there respected spots

[junaman]

Road sports cars: definitely Italy
Racing cars Britain

[drakkie]

NONE of them, the netherlands builds great (fast ) cars.

Sportscars :
Spijker c8 (laviolette)
Donkervoort


Race cars :
The dome lemans car, of team racing for holland
the spijker lemans car
The bmw ETCC cars , prepared in the netherlands
and many others

[jones.dk]

Road Sports cars:
1: Britain (Aston Martin, Caterham, Lotus, Jaguar, TVR, Radical, McLaren and Noble.
2: Italy (Ferrari, Lamborghini, Maserati, Pagani, De Tomaso, Alfa Romeo, Italdesign)
3: Germany (Porsche, Brabus, Mercedes, Audi, BMW, Opel (The Speedster) and a few of the tuner-companys like techart)
4: USA (Saleen)
5: the rest (i dont really like any of them)

Racing Cars:
1: Germany
2: Italy
3: Britain

[Coventrysucks]

I don't know why people aren't voting British racing cars top:

Aston Martin, Bentley, Arrows, TWR, Benetton, Jordan, Jaguar, Lola, Subaru WRC (prodrive), Mitsubishi WRC (ralliart), BRM, Cooper, Lotus, McLaren, Williams, BAR (prodrive), Raynard, Pilbeam, Napier, ERA, Lister, Cosworth...

I doubt anyother country can come up with a list of as many successful manufacturers

[UK CARS]

I don't know why people aren't voting British racing cars top:

Aston Martin, Bentley, Arrows, TWR, Benetton, Jordan, Jaguar, Lola, Subaru WRC (prodrive), Mitsubishi WRC (ralliart), BRM, Cooper, Lotus, McLaren, Williams, BAR (prodrive), Raynard, Pilbeam, Napier, ERA, Lister, Cosworth...

I doubt anyother country can come up with a list of as many successful manufacturers


your patriotic mate

[eros]

In all your fuss about what countrie makes the best cars you hav all forgatten the best countrie in the world BELGIUM we have the michty gillet vertigo it has had a time the world record for the fastist car from 0 to 100 km/h

[Coventrysucks]

your patriotic mate

No, just realistic. :)
I can't think of another country which has as many top sports and racing car manufacturers.

Please feel free to correct me.

Anyway, what's wrong with being patriotic?
There isn't much left to be patriotic about these days anyway. :(
As soon as I finish my degree I am off to a country where I am not treated as a second class citizen. (Funds/ employment permitting) :)

[Matra et Alpine]

No, just realistic. :)
I can't think of another country which has as many top sports and racing car manufacturers.

Please feel free to correct me.

Anyway, what's wrong with being patriotic?
There isn't much left to be patriotic about these days anyway. :(
As soon as I finish my degree I am off to a country where I am not treated as a second class citizen. (Funds/ employment permitting) :)

For forgetting Tyrrel and worse STEWART F1 teams you're not welcome in Scotland :)

[Coventrysucks]

It wasn't intentional to leave the Scot's out. :)