1984 LVC LS50
Because sometimes you need to bring a supercar to a sports car fight.
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Can I have one with eyelashes over the lights please 
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Submission 1: 1990 Acura NSX
Submission 2: 1984 Audi Sport Quattro
Submission 3: 1989 Maserati Biturbo
Submission 4: 1987 Toyota Supra A70
Submission 5: 1974 Fiat X1/9
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I doubt the Oklahoma DMV will accept as an excuse for no cats that they were stolen off of it in a seedy back alley somewhere…
That thing has solid Überholprestige, by the way.
Arion Aquila 8C Pursuit '70
A USDM-focused muscle car with regal and refined British underpinnings.
Shown in Racing Red w/ Dark Black bonnet/stripes & Black vinyl roof
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Released in 1970 the special trim Arion Aquila 8C Pursuit is a mean muscle car with European technical advancements. Arion wanted to break into the American market strongly with their Aquila, and looked to forming relations with Canadian Motors: a much larger marque already well-known in the states to make it easier to gain a hold on the market.
Previously Arion hand-crafted their bodies, but leaning towards more mass-production, they advanced with techniques of clay-sculpting from Canadian Motors, allowing them to speed up production and reduce overhead costs on this project and future ones.
The Aquila 8C Pursuit comes with a 5 litre V8 with DOHC 4 valve per cylinder and mechanical fuel injection making it one of the most advanced engines of the time period, it produces 337hp enabling the car to reach a blistering 170mph and 0-60 time of 4.7s.
Arion didn’t cheap out on elsewhere over the car, maintaining their aero underbody, full disk brakes, hydraulic steering and advanced safety as well as the premium interior. The mass production was built by and for Americans, and sold in Canadian Motor dealerships under their name but branded as Arion.
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Collaboration with @benjamintamilia
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You’re right. The LS50 has the presence of a great white shark in a lake full of minnows.
Also, I tried out a few other ideas (most of them being front-engined, rear-drive coupes from the '90s) before settling on a mid-engined '80s supercar, with all its attendant pros and cons. Certainly it’s a lot less practical and reliable, as well as being more expensive to buy, run, and service, but its performance stats (186mph top speed, 0-60 in 4.2 seconds, 1.08g on a 200m skidpad, and a 60-0 mph braking distance of 33.3m) would have put it in the top flight back in the day, thanks to its 5-liter, all-alloy, quad-cam, 48-valve V12 developing a heady 430 horsepower and 358 lb-ft of torque. Besides, such exotic machinery is far rarer in the Heartland than it is on the West or East Coast.
Wait a minute, is the 02’ Alfa Romeo Brera S on the wall representing the one-off Geneva concept car, or the actual production version?
Or the limted-run special from 2008, which is the only version actually called the “Brera S” from what I can tell?
That specific car was built on the longitudinally-engined platform of the contemporary Maserati Coupe/4200GT and shared its F136 V8 - the actual production car had a transversely-mounted I4 or V6 driving either the front wheels, or all four in Q4 trim.
An oversight by me. The person who submitted the car listed a model year range of 2002-2010, I thought it sounded right, and put it in.
That said, the 2008 Brera S is an approved tuner version of the (already very cool in Sam’s eyes) regular Brera, and will stay on the wall in its original position with a year adjustment.
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Subs for cool wall:
Renault Twingo GT 2008
VW Scirocco III 2.0 TSI 2008
Dacia Sandero 1.4 MPI 2008
Toyota Sprinter Trueno GT 1985
Toyota Celica SX Liftback 2002
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There will be a new section of the wall. “Great news!”.
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oh no!
anyway
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Cool wall submissions:
1968-1971 1.9L Opel GT
1966 Porsche Carrera 6 (906)
1963-1966 Bill Thomas Cheetah
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KHI Stellia ZR
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The top trim of KHI’s pony car, the Stellia.
Features a 158ci boxer-six motor, providing the 2,361lb car with 180 horsepower.
The five-speed manual allows those horses to send the car up to 60 mph in 6.4 seconds.
All achieved with a comfortable banner of solid reliability, good comfort, and a fun driving experience unique to the Stellia platform.
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1983 RAUK HULDRA 16 VALVE
A real Swedish sports car from when RAUK still was RAUK. 1983 model, which means that it has the facelift, and the RAUK designed 16 valve head on the Volvo derived block, basically just a detuned version of the engine from the RAUK Vanir. Low mileage car in barents blue metallic, with black leather. Fiberglass body panels in nice condition without cracks. Air conditioning, stereo, power steering, 5 speed, limited slip, electric windows, flip up glass sunroof, alloy wheels with good condition Tyrellis. Price $12443 OBO.
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1980 Knightwick Puma
The Knightwick sports family of Puma fastback and S-Roadster.
The S-Roadster was launched in 1975 as a lightweight sports car offering two variant of sohc 2.0l four cylinder, one an eight valve and the “sprint” model a sixteen valve.
1978 saw the Puma launched, this offered the same basis as the S-Roadster however a fastback style body is used and small rear seats are part of the car now for carrying occasional adults or children.
Engine choices were either the 2.0l “sprint” engine or a new 4.0l created by merging two four cylinder engines to make a light and powerful 32V V8 engine. V8 models have extra air intakes mounted at the rear of the bonnet.
The rear of the Puma has a streamlined look with modern tail lights running into rear side markers for the usdm market.
Optional dealer fit accessories as shown include rear louvered window cover, larger rubber rear spoiler, front spotlights and removable roof rack and cross bars.
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1979 ARMOR HURRICANE S/C
Domestic performance options were few and far between in 1979, so when Armor Motors unveiled the new Hurricane S/C, expectations were high.
Riding on a wheelbase as long as a Trans Am, yet physically only the size of a fox-body Mustang, the Hurricane utilized short overhangs to keep it manageable both on the track and in the parking lots. 15" wheels were standard on V8 models, as were the hideaway headlights.
But the big news for the S/C was the new engine. A brand new 303 cid (5.0 liter) V8 bowed with a 16-valve SOHC layout, producing an advertised 265 horsepower (tested as 263.8 hp). It’s new serpentine belt drive system aided tremendously in cost and maintenance of the timing chains. 0-62 mph times were a reported 6.2 seconds, which was one of the quickest American cars that year (sadly, the next fastest car wasn’t even a car; Dodge’s Lil Red Express truck took 6.8 seconds to reach 60 mph). The S/C was almost a full second quicker than a Trans Am, and 2 seconds quicker than a Mustang.
Today’s feature car is an extremely well-maintained example, wearing it’s original (and very rare) Storm Blue paint. The seller is looking at all reasonable offers, but luckily for you the market hasn’t fully caught on to these S/C’s yet.
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