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Only Calliope has picked a worthwhile dream car and I am saddened by the rest of you. (I don't count sharky's because I doubt it's street legal, so there!) So I will tell you about my dream car.

My dream car is the 1969 Camaro ZL1.

While I commend you on your taste (I'd probably take any first gen Camaro, but the ZL1 is definitely the bees knees), I fail to see how a Nissan GT-R or an F1 car don't qualify as worthwhile dream cars.

The ZL1, being a 69, qualifies as first gen, but I know what you mean.

And because I'm being a brat and MINE IS SEXIER. Also I don't know much about imports. Also 2) I don't really care about open-wheel racing, though I can respect the engineering F1.

Not even a good jab, what with the existence of Aston Martin.

Americans make 'em big; Europeans make 'em beautiful. Dem's da rules.

I hate to be Nick Cage, but my god, the Shelby Mustang GT500. Unf. A more realistic dream car goal of mine is the Reliant Scimitar GTE SE5. One day...

I often wonder if the 67 GT500 would be as much loved and known had it not been for the movie. The really interesting thing about that year is that Shelby American didn't really have a lot of involvement with those models, though they carried the Shelby name. The 67 is much more aesthetically pleasing to me than later years, though.

Only Calliope has picked a worthwhile dream car and I am saddened by the rest of you. (I don't count sharky's because I doubt it's street legal, so there!)

Face it lady, while it was technically street legal, that zl1 was a race car. It used the V8 developed for the Can-Am series and professional drag racing. Plus no where did the original poster say it had to be street legal, that was your random idea. Nevertheless!

Like most FIA sanctioned racing, Ford was required to make road going/street legal versions of their GT40. So I'll just make it this. It's a mark three road version GT40, with turn signals and all that garbage. I'd be happy with any of them.

BASELESS REASONS TO MAKE MY SELECTION SUPERIOR USURPED. WE AIN'T FRIENS NO MO.

I am not a car guy, so if I were to have a dream car, I would get one that would somehow go absurdly fast, but run on some technology that doesn't exist so I never have to get gas again. Yeah, I know. Sucky description, but I just don't get car culture.

That, my friend, is why you have an Avenger.

And that, my friend, is why I have good gas mileage instead of a car with a pretty looking body and that's it. Again, it suits my tastes. A car is a tool. Not a toy.

@Lion-O Based on your opinion you could just replace the proper noun "Avenger" with the regular noun "sedan." Nothing wrong with sedans for busy people who need to compromise space and gas mileage. Having driven an Avenger as a rental it's a decent way to get from here to there, and the trunk can hold a full size transmission and bellhousing for a 2003 Subaru Outback.