Showing posts with label sportscar. Show all posts
Showing posts with label sportscar. Show all posts

Thursday, February 3, 2011

MGB


(Photo by masterofwar)
The sight of an abandoned MGB is quite unusual, as this car definitely is a classic.
In its era, there was no better selling sports car in the world. Between 1962 and 1980, almost 400000 examples were sold.
There are still thousands of fans of this car, which also leads to spare parts still being produced for the MGB.
But instead of caring for his car like many other MG-owners do, the owner of this one used it as a litter bin.
The three wipers and bumpers with rubber indicate that this car was sold in the US between 1970 and 1973.
A better example for how this British sportscar could look is this one:

(Photo from classicsportscars.eu)

Monday, January 31, 2011

Toyota Supra



(Both photos by Leicestershire Vehicle Photography)

The third generation of the Supra, which was the first one not called "Celica Supra", was a nice sports car and the most expensive Toyota sold between 1986 and 1992.
The one in the pictures is from 1989 and has the most powerful engine that was available, which means it has 235hp for its 1550kg. So it only needs 6.3 seconds from 0 to 100km/h and has a top speed of 245km/h.
But obviously, this one has already been standing there for some years and would need some new tires, new paint and probably some work on the technical parts.
Then it would look like this one and would also be worth some thousand Euros again.

(Photo by Ate up with motor)

Friday, January 14, 2011

Porsche Cayman

Here we have a car that is a dream for many car fans, but has been abandoned on the roadside by someone in Dubai.

(Photo by The Eccentric M)
The Cayman is the cheapest coupe by Porsche, but more expensive than its open version, the Boxster.
The car pictured is a pre-facelift-model, meaning it is older than two years and has 245 or 295 bhp. It at least runs 258 km/h (160 mph) and is, as every Porsche should be, a proper sportscar.
Used examples cost at least about 30000€ at the moment.
So, even with a missing bumper, there are enough people who would love to take this car.
If it was clean and undamaged, it would be more similar to this one:

(Picture by gipiosio)

Saturday, December 18, 2010

Jaguar XJ220

Ok, already the second Jaguar here. But this time, it is more exclusive.
A photographer found this in a desert in Quatar:




(Pictures by Mick Bramley)

The Jaguar XJ220 has only been built 284 times between 1992 and 1994. With a maximum speed of 341 km/h, it was one of the fastest road cars at that time.
Good examples can easily cost more than 200000€ nowadays.
The car in the pictures is said to only have driven 900 kilometres before being abandoned.
As you can see in the images, it is full of scratches and dents. Really hard to imagine why anyone would leave such a car on the roadside.
This picture shows how this exact car looked before being abandoned:

And if it would have been properly looked after, it would now look similar to this one: