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Old 04-08-2004, 09:32 AM   #1
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Default Rarest cars you have seen on the road or track?

Which rare cars have you seen? Be it road or racecars. I do not include one-off personal specials or replicas (Although factory versions count!)
Please excuse me if almost all of the cars are older classics!. :)

I will do photos of some of them on a website I am building. Will try finish this weekend.

A quick list I can think of (Most at an annual claasic racing event in South Africa):

At Track:
Ferrari 250LM(Pretty. Want one), 330P (3 built?)
Ford F3L (Rare racer with Formula1 engine. Cooler than GT40), GT40
Jaguar C-Type, D-Type, E-Type, XK120, XK140
McLaren ??
Porsche 906, 908, 917(Awesome!!!), 956

On the road:
Aston Martin DB4, DB6, DBS
BMW M1(In front of my house one great morning!!), 333i (E30 shape only built in South Africa. 204 of them. Alpina parts.)
Ferrai 275GTB/4, 365GTB/4 (Daytona)
Jensen Interceptor
Lamborghini Miura S,SV (1 of each. 2 SV's in country. 1 wrecked in transport??), 400GT
Mclaren F1 (Only 1 in country and in to USA now.)
Porsche Carrera 2.7 RS lightweight (Only 2 in country)

Hmm. That's all I can quickly think of. I have seen many others though.
I think most of these cars had a production run of under 500
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Old 04-08-2004, 09:46 AM   #2
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99' Aston Martin Vantage
Aston Martin Vanquish
Ferrari F40
Ferrari F50
Lambo Diablo SV
Lotus M250
Nissan Skyline GTR

and last but not least...Opel Corsa

EDIT: Considering some find these to be very rare cars, I'll put'em down:
BMW 8 series
Chevrolette Corvette
Dodge Viper GTS
Ferrari 348
Ferrari 355
Ferrari 360
Ferrari 550
Ferrari Testarossa
Maserati 3200
Porsche 911 Turbo

a lot of 69' Mustangs, Camaros etc.
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Old 04-08-2004, 09:46 AM   #3
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Uhm.. diffuclt to say...

But there are not many F1 around and I saw this one last year


(and have also pics to back up )
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Old 04-08-2004, 10:02 AM   #4
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may be a Wisemann....

a W140 with the CL front and a S-class back... :roll:
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Old 04-08-2004, 10:06 AM   #5
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and last but not least...Opel Corsa
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hahaha. After reading your post I suddenly remembered.
I also saw on the road a Ferrari F40 and F50, Lamborghini Diablo, Diablo Roadster and SV and a few Countaches.

Lovely Maclaren TT! Isn't that the unique one that was auctioned reasonably recently, featured on Supercars.net, featuring some LM parts?
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Lovely Maclaren TT! Isn't that the unique one that was auctioned reasonably recently, featured on Supercars.net, featuring some LM parts?
No idea about that. I saw it at the Supercar rally start in Geneva
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Old 04-08-2004, 10:28 AM   #7
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Default Re: Rarest cars you have seen on the road or track?

Originally Posted by irrational_i
BMW M1(In front of my house one great morning!!),
..ok dude im calling you bluff on that one, i think thats BULLSHIIT!!!

please prove me wrong thoe.

the only car i have seen worth mentioning, is a lotus 340r.. still pretty nice thoe!
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Old 04-08-2004, 10:45 AM   #8
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well the car isn't rare but rare in HK. i was surprised to see a holden commodore running around central. i believe its the only one as i mentioned it to someone and he said "yea some aussie imported/exported (depends which way you look at it) to hk"
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Old 04-08-2004, 10:46 AM   #9
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Porsche GT1 (20) on track...
CLK GTR Roadster (5) on street...

sorry, no pics available from the GT1 on track, it´s been inside EZW, posted pics from CLK some time ago...
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Old 04-08-2004, 11:13 AM   #10
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One early Saturday morning, I spotted a Ferrari 250 GTO. Whether or not it was real or a replica, I couldn't tell you. It might not surprise me if it was real though, because I know there is at least one in the area where I live.

At the warehouse portion of my local Ferrari dealer I saw a Diablo GT (R?).

If you see any supercar in Vancouver, it's a pretty rare occurence.
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Old 04-08-2004, 11:17 AM   #11
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I have seen a Ferrari F50 at the dealership near me,
Murcielago (in spain, on holiday)

Diablo (at a track day)
Gallardo (only a few days after it went on sale here, on the way home from school, parked up)
Various ferraris and Mercs, porsches....
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Old 04-08-2004, 11:43 AM   #12
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lambo murcielago in my town. rolls royce corniche convertible(same guy)
i just saw a porsche 911 turbo cabriolet this morning(soft top up )
ferrari 360 coupe, spyder
maserati coupe 4200
355 coupe
308, 328
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Old 04-08-2004, 12:26 PM   #13
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OK... I've seen an F355 Spider, 456 GT, 550 Barchetta/Spider, i dont knwo what they;re called, a Brabus SL (not sure what model), Lambo Murcielago in green, Porshe 911 Turbo, GT3, GT2, Carrera 4S, M3, M5, Z4, X5 (all at the Naza Dealer Showroom in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia). Naza are like the local 'supercar dealer'.

What I've seen in my hometown : Audi TT, E31 8 Series, Z3, X5, lots of S-Classes, 5 E65 7 series, three E60 5 Series, and this morning..... a 993 911 Turbo, in red, blasting past me when i did the morning school run to send my brothers. Awesome. :shock:
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Old 04-08-2004, 12:37 PM   #14
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I just saw a new Gallardo the other day and I have seen two Murcielagos as well. I have also seen numerous 911 Turbos and one GT2..I have also seen, believe it or not one yellow and one red Enzo..and I have seen an F40 on the road and I havent seen an F50 on the road but I have seen one at the dealership...and I havent seen that many Diablos on the road but I have seen a few...

Sorry I dont have any pics but I think I'm going to be able to see one of the Enzos again at the Ferrari dealership soon so I will take pics then..
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Old 04-08-2004, 12:41 PM   #15
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IVEV Aston Martin DB4 GT Zagato
Ferrari Enzo x 2 (in addition to the ones I've seen at a couple of auto shows)
several F40s
F50
Aston Martin V8 Vantage 600
Vector M12 and WX8
Ferrari 275 GTB and GTB/4
246 and 206 Dinos
Aston Martin Vanquish
Ford GT
Ford Focus FR200
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