“Good morning Mr. Walrus and isn’t it a lovely morning?”
“Everything I can see is fine. What else yo got for me?”
“To start we have last week’s winning car and this week we begin a string of classic cars from a different list.”
Last week’s winner
This week’s match
Based on the first full-size car Rolls-Royce made after the war, the original Silver Dawn drophead launched in 1949 and retired in 1954. The name was intended to mark the dawn of a new era for the world and Rolls-Royce’s place in it. Slightly smaller than pre-war cars, the Dawn helped the British bespoke carmaker reintroduce motoring craftsmanship while bringing the company into the modern age. They’re extremely rare: only three of the original 28 dropheads remain in the U.S., and those are owned by private collectors. Happily, the carmaker is introducing a successor model after a 60-year hiatus.
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Acura’s halo car from 1990 to 2005, the NSX is young but mighty. “While it’s not as sexy as its European rivals, the Acura NSX showed the rest of the world that supercar specs and daily-driver manners could co-exist,” Hagerty says. “It inspires confidence and begs you to keep pushing, braking later, and turning harder. It may be the most underrated car on this list.” Its successor, the new Acura NSX, reaches customers this year and is likely to inspire renewed interest in the original. Fortunately, Acura made 9,000 first-generation NSX cars so finding one online is easy.
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I really prefer my mazdarati or even my ’78 Gremlin but these would be cool to be seen in even with hair growing out my ears.
The Acura NSX is probably the more historically and technologically significant vehicle of the two. The Roller while extremely nice, was also an extremely expensive and essentially unattainable vehicle (well except for 28 super rich customers). Making nice things when money is no issue is expected. Making mold breaking cars that push the limits of what’s possible, and on reasonable budget, wow. That said, I never really liked the NSX, it looks funny and V6’s suck. Roller FTW.