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Old 09-24-09, 02:16 PM
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Default Which luxury/exotic brand/model would you get?

it should be reasonably priced, and i don't mean exotic cars that are at the high end of the exotic scale like the lamborghini reventon or bugatti. it has to be expensive enough to be (somewhat) exclusive, but cheap enough to be affordable if you really save hard or have a good income.

To keep this comparison fair, we won't consider used cars (only brand new from the dealer).

here's my choice: aston martin V8 vantage (approx $140,000 Cdn dollars) - not sure if this falls under exotic like ferrari or lambourghini, but it does for me!
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Old 09-24-09, 02:20 PM
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To me, the Audi R8 does it. Exotic looks without an exotic price tag, great performance, wonderful interior...

Lotus Elise is another. Exotic looks and rare as hell without the exotic price

I would love to support a local GA resident, who owns Road Atlanta and well Panoz..

 
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Aston.

Hands down.

Blends sportiness, sexiness, and exotic appeal; all without being too ostentatious.
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aston martin or ferrari, tied
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Ultima GTR

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Old 09-24-09, 03:01 PM
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My favorites are AM and Porsche, but I've only owned Porsches.
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new maserati granturismo...red interior...workin like three jobs to get one these by Christmas...
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Another vote for the R8. It's destined to be a classic, like the NSX.
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Aston Martin nething!!!
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Agree on the Aston. Or the Bentley Continental GT Speed or Supersports. Saw a black R8 and yellow Lotus Elise over the weekend. Didn't do too much for me.
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Radical SR-8. Road legal in Britain. Around the same money as the Audi but will drive circles around it. Current Nordschleife production car record holder.


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i go for Porsche GT3
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Any AM or the Continental GT Speed.
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Lotus/Porsche/Aston. In that order.


Define too expensive though........ cause I'd really love to get my hands on a RUF. Wouldn't mind knowing once and for all how much the LF-A will cost either.
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