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My taste in cars is quite eclectic, but I can say for sure that I’ve only recently started to appreciate Lamborghini’s mid-’70s offerings, specifically, the “entry level” ones.
For cars that live in the shadow of legends, history has shown us that things are often tough. The Lamborghini Urraco is no exception, even though in 2016 “entry-level 2+2 mid-engined V8 Lamborghini” sounds pretty great, no?
We profiled Gene Ondrusek and his Urraco, a film that, once finished, immediately had me lusting after this rare Italian sports car. It also made me wonder how many other interesting vehicles I’d been missing out on.
Are there cars you’ve long overlooked, and have recently “discovered” or been drawn to?
Photos by Jayson Fong, Robert Billam, Afshin Behnia
348 is THE biggest POS Ferrari PERIOD. For the two years I owned mine (bought new) I dreaded driving it. A surprise at every corner as you would not know what the back end would do. (most of the time it was like an early 911 with snap oversteer), uncomfortable to a fault and almost impossible to drive with the roof off with storing it in the car. They forgot that
most people are not 5’5″ Italians with short legs! You had to move the seat so far forward to have room behind it for the roof.
1970 Triumph GT6+. Designed by Giovanni Michelotti, the GT6+ is, perhaps, one of the most under-appreciated of all the British sports cards produced. Beautiful from every angle, it was a great performer in its day. A smooth-as-silk, 104hp 2-litre inline six propels the 1,800 pound rolling work of art, effortlessly. Michelotti designed around 1,200 cars that were actually built, including designs for Maserati, BMW, Alfa Romeo, Triumph, Alpine, as well as nearly 200 designs for a gentleman named Enzo. When Michelotti’s son was asked which was your father’s favorite, he replied, without hesitation, “the triumph Spitfire (and its big brother) the GT6. Take another look – there are not too many that remain.
Alfa Touring bodied spiders and coupes ie 2000 & 2600’s
last of the hand built body Alfa’s and still cheap to pickup vs their contemporaries. granted not the most interesting engines but beautiful none the less. Not cheap to restore which is pushing the good ones up as people realize what they are.
The Porsche 914 6 or 4. Very under appreciated auto. Porsche ruined it when they badged it with VW name plate in Germany. I never understood this in the US. Now is the time to start buying if maybe a little late. In it’s class it had a few victories in Le Mans and this means the 914 needs a little love.
Shiny cars are nice, but I’ve recently started to better appreciate ratty old pre-war race cars that are still occasionally driven in anger. See http://www.theraceofgentlemen.com/gallery.html
Today i like to have a look at a 308gt/4, a mondial qv (the one with the black bumper), and the porsche 944. In the past those cars do not create any emotion to me, especially the first mondial, but now, with some more year, i start to enjoy the idea of owning one. I think that the way the modern car are built with a lot of computer, a lot of weight, is an argument for owning or driving a simple car.
their original body give them a lot of personnality, and finally in a wolrd where every car look the same maybe it’s a kind of happiness!!!