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11 Mar 2004, 20:15 (Ref:902333)
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Best looking Group C car ever?
For me it's a toss up between the original Peugeot 905 EV and Jaguar XJR-14 in the atmo world. And the Jaguar XJR-12 and Nissan R90C what's yours?
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11 Mar 2004, 20:31 (Ref:902362)
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mine has to be either 905 too (andre de cortanze is a legend with toyota gt1-lm) or the joest new-man porsche 956/962.
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11 Mar 2004, 20:32 (Ref:902363)
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I would go for the Porsche 956/962 - stunning, but I have to say the Jaguar's from the late 80's are also favourites of mine. Can't wait to see them at Le Mans again in June.
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11 Mar 2004, 20:45 (Ref:902377)
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true, the group c car of jan lammers and andy wallace i think it was, (i dont know wehther it was an xjr8 or 9) was stunning and the silk cut livery was beautiful! but im afraid im a porsche guy through and through! although the aston amr1 was no ugly duckling. it had potential but unfortunately wasnt succesful so it was never really developed.
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11 Mar 2004, 20:48 (Ref:902382)
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1988 Works Shell/Dunlop 962c, Mercedes C11 and 1990 Silk Cut Jaguar XJR-11.
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11 Mar 2004, 20:57 (Ref:902398)
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is the c11 the sauber merc? the one that recorded fastest speed at le mans on the mulsanne. im going to have to stick with the porsche. a piece of automotive excellence!
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11 Mar 2004, 21:11 (Ref:902411)
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Fastest was the WM Peugeot.
The C9 apparently did 250mph as well |
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11 Mar 2004, 21:16 (Ref:902419)
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ok maybe not the fastest then! i knew it touched 250mph but they were the days of no chicanes and a larger hump. the car was probably running in low drag trim aswell. was it turbo powered or normally aspirated? the sauber-merc that is, i think the c9.
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11 Mar 2004, 21:20 (Ref:902421)
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Very hard to pick just one. I will also throw in a vote for the Sauber Mercedes C11. Magnifcent racing car. Gotta love that simple understated silver livery. (Peter Sauber, won't you come back to sportscar racing???) Honorable mentions: The Porsche 956/962 is such an enduring image. And the Peugeot 905 is my favorite of the normally aspirated era.
Here's a link to some info on the C11. http://www.sauber.ch/en/about/c11.html Last edited by jhansen; 11 Mar 2004 at 21:21. |
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11 Mar 2004, 21:43 (Ref:902452)
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11 Mar 2004, 22:39 (Ref:902508)
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I really liked the late Joest 962s with the separate tails.
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11 Mar 2004, 22:42 (Ref:902510)
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i've always been partial to the lancia lc2 in martini colours....
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11 Mar 2004, 23:14 (Ref:902543)
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Sauber C9. In dark blue.
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12 Mar 2004, 00:01 (Ref:902579)
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12 Mar 2004, 00:44 (Ref:902615)
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I'd go with the Lancia top, then the LiquiMoly 962 followed by the Sauber in the original dark blue.
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12 Mar 2004, 07:44 (Ref:902890)
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It has to be the Lancia for me in the Martini colours.
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12 Mar 2004, 08:06 (Ref:902911)
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Gotta be an XJR-9LM Cogan-Daly-Perkins Silk Cut car !!!
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12 Mar 2004, 08:14 (Ref:902917)
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Re: Best looking Group C car ever?
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12 Mar 2004, 11:59 (Ref:903118)
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I suppose they were technically "Group C" cars , but the newer 3.5 atmo versions ..... I know what you mean though . When these cars came out in 1995 , the first 10 places on the LeMans grid was reserved for atmo engined 3.5 cars , hardly fair cuz they were all "Group C" !!! The Benz C11 would have had it .
That was the year we had a WR on pole and it looked good too !!! This years WR is a beuat , hope its not yellow though , or red or silver !!! Last edited by The Badger; 12 Mar 2004 at 12:01. |
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12 Mar 2004, 13:13 (Ref:903202)
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I don't think that was the year for the WR pole. As I recall it, the WRs had the front row to themselves in 95. The 905 and TS010 ran in 92 and 93.
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12 Mar 2004, 15:52 (Ref:903390)
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1 - Mercedes C11
2 - Jaguar XJR14 3 - Porsche 962 (long tail) 4 - Jaguar XJR5 |
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12 Mar 2004, 19:35 (Ref:903669)
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No particular order but my choice goes like this:
Sauber C8 (Kouros) Jaguar XJR-8LM (Silk Cut) EMKA Aston-Martin (Dow Corning) March 84G (Cosmik)and Porsche 956/962 Long Tail PRF |
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13 Mar 2004, 09:56 (Ref:904210)
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Without doubt the Lancia LC2 was the best looking IMHO.
The 956 was good too.I liked JDavid & Skoal J Fitzpatrick cars best. The Bovis Aston Martin looked petty good too as did the later car, the name of which I can't recall! |
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13 Mar 2004, 20:08 (Ref:904616)
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13 Mar 2004, 20:18 (Ref:904622)
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1 - 92/93 peugeot 905b
2 - 92/93 toyota ts010 3 - 93 nissan p35 the big displacement turbo cars really dont interest me |
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