Car and Driver: 10 to drive before you die
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Car and Driver: 10 to drive before you die
This info may be available elsewhere on this web site but for those like me who hang mostly in vintage and one or two other forums:
There is a nice blog type article here.
10 Cars to Drive Before You Die is a list of ten (naturally) cars chosen by the C and D staff with input from their on line audience. The list is aimed at providing a broad exposure to the best of automotive history.
And here's a little nugget from the second paragraph of the story:
There is a nice blog type article here.
10 Cars to Drive Before You Die is a list of ten (naturally) cars chosen by the C and D staff with input from their on line audience. The list is aimed at providing a broad exposure to the best of automotive history.
And here's a little nugget from the second paragraph of the story:
Ultimately, we settled on the cars below because they are the representations of their respective eras in automotive development, the purest distillation of what we consider to be necessary automotive traits, and because these 10 would provide a person a broad and comprehensive overview of automotive history. And our readers decided on the 11th car because the S2000 forum at www.s2ki.com pulled together for an unmatched campaign effort in our blog voting.
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Thank you for posting this. I've put it on the front page. 
https://www.s2ki.com/home/2010/04/05/car-an...ake-a-bow-s2ki/
https://www.s2ki.com/home/2010/04/05/car-an...ake-a-bow-s2ki/
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In 1967 a high school friend owned a Citroen DS, probably a mid 65 or 66 edition. Actually, his mom owned it but he drove it much more than she did. The looks offended some eyes but to mine the lines and proportions were sublime. The ride quality was like nothing else I had ever driven or ridden in yet the car seemed to handle the twists and turns of Route 54A along Keuka Lake with aplomb and minimal body roll. Braking didn't make the nose dive like every American car in my experience. And acceleration was brisk, especially for the time. Safety features abounded. It was absolutely a watershed car.
Judged by today's standards it is somewhat crude and seems odd for oddity's sake. But have you driven a mid 60s Saab or Impala or Tempest or VW bug or Corvair lately?
Citroens were uniquely French, more so than the Reneaults or the Peugeots one occasionally ran across then or in later years. That was both good and bad, of course, but on balance it was a truly interesting and rewarding car to own and drive.
Judged by today's standards it is somewhat crude and seems odd for oddity's sake. But have you driven a mid 60s Saab or Impala or Tempest or VW bug or Corvair lately?
Citroens were uniquely French, more so than the Reneaults or the Peugeots one occasionally ran across then or in later years. That was both good and bad, of course, but on balance it was a truly interesting and rewarding car to own and drive.
