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    Unknown supercar/racing car

    First of all I'm new here, so hello to everybody
    I have been trying to identify this car for weeks without any luck, looking through different search engines and finding cars with similarities, but don't quite match the picture. I asked on Yahoo Answers, and kept getting Honda NSX as an answer, but I don't think it looks anything like a honda NSX, though it does look Japanese.
    The pictures are from an old Top Gear music compilation released in 1994, one is the original picture, in the other I have pointed out some features which I will list below:

    1) Some sort of "arch" which is connected to the back window (well that's what it looks like to me).
    2) This looks like the rear light, and is a circle shape.
    3) The wingmirror, it is attached to the door, and seems to be oval shaped.
    4) A "depression" in the rear arch. The car would seem to be a Widebody.

    Please remember this is from 1994.

    I have a scanner but it's in the attic, if anyone requires a clearer photo, I should be able to provide one.
    Thanks for any help.
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    Looks like an NSX to me and I would know. Im a big Honda fan. Might be a modified one or a JGTC look-a-like
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    Hi TGLS1993, welcome to the forum.

    I think the car in question is a C4 Corvette (ZR-1 maybe) , the rear sleeve of the Top Gear-Rock (1994) CD album cover definately looks like it has one with its headlights up on it. You can find the album on Amazon where both covers are shown.

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    Maybe an FC RX-7?
    I want to die in my sleep like my Grandma, not screaming like the other 3 people in her car.

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    Alpine GTA? It would match the 3/4 window and maybe spoiler.
    I'm dropping out to create a company that starts with motorcycles, then cars, and forty years later signs a legendary Brazilian driver who has a public and expensive feud with his French teammate.

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    Nice car!!!...

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    I don't think it's a NSX. I see what you mean with the black pillars though, but the rear wing and tail lights don't match.

    I think it's a Pontiac Firebird. The tail lights don't match exactly, but the wing and the pillar does.

    http://www.seriouswheels.com/pics-20...e-1280x960.jpg

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    Quote Originally Posted by RSOWNER View Post
    Hi TGLS1993, welcome to the forum.

    I think the car in question is a C4 Corvette (ZR-1 maybe) , the rear sleeve of the Top Gear-Rock (1994) CD album cover definately looks like it has one with its headlights up on it. You can find the album on Amazon where both covers are shown.
    I think you're right after looking at my CD copy it does look like a C4 Corvette. The shape of the roof and glass hatch look like that of a C4 Corvette. I can picture in my head such a Corvette with that body kit. The only problem is I can't find a picture of a C4 with such a bodykit and spoiler. Must either be a racing car or a one off project someone made a few years ago.
    Thanks RSOWNER

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    Quote Originally Posted by TGLS1993 View Post
    I think you're right after looking at my CD copy it does look like a C4 Corvette. The shape of the roof and glass hatch look like that of a C4 Corvette. I can picture in my head such a Corvette with that body kit. The only problem is I can't find a picture of a C4 with such a bodykit and spoiler. Must either be a racing car or a one off project someone made a few years ago.
    Thanks RSOWNER
    I wouldn't conclude on the Vette just yet, it looks like an RX-7 to me, i don't see the tail light as being completely round, more like a sideways oval

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    Here's the rear of the cd and the front from same source.
    See if it helps
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    Mirrors say C4 Corvette.
    I'm dropping out to create a company that starts with motorcycles, then cars, and forty years later signs a legendary Brazilian driver who has a public and expensive feud with his French teammate.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Cobrafan427 View Post
    I wouldn't conclude on the Vette just yet, it looks like an RX-7 to me, i don't see the tail light as being completely round, more like a sideways oval
    That's why i'm leaning towards it being a ZR-1 as it didn't have round rear lights.

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    Does anyone have an account or know someone who has an account on CorvetteForum.com?

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    Seems like a Corvette C4 to me. The rear is still hard to tell but the front clearly is a C4.
    [ame="http://www.flickr.com/photos/scott597/5377985837/"]Corvette C4 ZR1 LT5 | Flickr - Photo Sharing![/ame]
    How old is the album?

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    Quote Originally Posted by culver View Post
    How old is the album?
    It was released in 1994, I think around May time.

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