We need your help in the UK! AUTOCAR (available in the States I'm sure) is the UK's largest circulation motoring mag.
Interested in voting the AC Cobra 289 Autocar’s Most Beautiful Road Car in World? And maybe winning 2 tickets to the British GP in the process?
Then contact me for an entry form. You have 6 weeks to vote.
Background
Autocar 27th November issue launched a competition to find the readers’ 100 most beautiful road cars of all time. In this issue, the experts had their vote, and the AC Cobra 289 came 7th out of 100. The entry form asks that you pick your top ten choices, and whoever’s list comes closest to the overall top 10 will win 2 VIP tickets to the 2003 British GP. Results will be published at the end of January, so don’t worry about Xmas posting – you’ve got about 4 weeks from today (18th Dec).
How do I enter?
If you don’t have the entry form out of that Autocar issue, contact me by post with a Stamped Addressed Envelope back to yourself and I’ll send you a photocopy entry form by return (perfectly eligible). The rest is up to you. My contact details:
Colin Newbold
5 Dunorlan Farm Cottages
Halls Hole Road
Tunbridge Wells
Kent
TN2 4RE
UK
Autocar’s Top 100.
You can probably access the experts’ top 100 from the Autocar website (try
www.haynet.com) but I painstakingly typed them out for you! Here’s the way the Autocar experts voted:
1. Jaguar E-type Series 1
2. Lamborghini Miura
3. Ferrari 250 GT SWB
4. Ferrari 288 GTO
5. Porsche 911
6. Alfa 8C 2900 (1935)
7. AC Cobra 289
8. Lamborghini Murcielago
9. Aston Martin DB4 GT Zagato (1962)
10. Aston Vanquish
11. Mercedes 300SL Gullwing
12. Ferrari 275 GTB
13. Bugatti Type 57 Atlantic
14. Ferrari 250 GTO
15. Citroen DS
16. Ford GT40
17. Ferrari Dino 246 GT
18. Ferrari 456 GT
19. Aston Martin DB7
20. Ferrari TR250 (1957)
21. BMW 507
22. Cord 812
23. Jaguar XK120
24. McLaren F1
25. Lotus Elite
26. BMW 3.0 CSL
27. Ferrari Daytona
28. Lamborghini Countach
29. Lancia Stratos
30. Datsun 240Z
31. Jaguar C-type
32. AC Ace
33. Bugatti Type 35
34. Ferrari 360 M
35. Alfa Romeo Giulietta Sprint
36. Aston Martin DB4
37. Buick Riviera
38. Chevrolet Corvette Stingray
39. Ferrari F40
40. Citroen SM
41. Ferrari 250 California SWB
42. Jaguar XJ13
43. Lincoln Continental
44. Dodge Charger 440 R/T
45. Alfa Romeo T33 (1967)
46. Audi TT
47. Aston Martin DB5
48. Porsche 356 Speedster
49. Dodge Viper GTS
50. Lotus Elan
51. Alfa Romeo 1750 Zagato
52. Maserati Khamsin
53. Mercedes 280 SL
54. Oldsmobile Tornado
55. Pontiac GTO Judge 1969
56. Aston Martin DB6
57. Auburn Speedster
58. Austin Healey 100M
59. Bugatti 57s Corsica
60. Chrysler Imperial Roadster (1929)
61. Ford Capri 3000 GT
62. Jaguar XJ220
63. Range Rover
64. Lotus Esprit
65. Mercedes 300 SLR Coupe
66. Alfa Romeo 2500 SS (1939)
67. Maserati A6 GTS (1954)
68. Austin Healey 100/6
69. Bentley Speed Six
70. Citroen CX
71. Duesenberg Boat-tail Roadster (1932)
72. Ferrari F50
73. Ferrari 308 GTB
74. Lamborghini Diablo
75. Nissan Skyline GTR R33
76. Porsche 928
77. Aston Martin DB3S
78. Alfa Romeo Canguro (1964)
79. Aston Martin DB4 Volante
80. Bentley 4and a quarter-litre Sedanca (1938)
81. Bentley R-type Continental Coupe (1952-55)
82. Bentley S-type Continental
83. Bugatti Type 55 Roadster
84. Cadillac 60 Special (1956)
85. Ferrari Enzo
86. Ferrari 250LM
87. Fiat Barchetta
88. Jaguar XK8/XKR
89. Jaguar XKSS
90. Maserati Ghibli
91. Porsche 917 (road car)
92. Porsche 904 GTS
93. TVR Griffith
94. Alfa Romeo Alfasud
95. Alfa Romeo GT Junior
96. Alfa Romeo Sprint Speciale (1961)
97. 1955 Ford Thunderbird
98. Bentley 4 and a half-litre Blower
99. Maserati 3500 GT
100. De Tomaso Pantera GTS
A huge number of Italian cars in this list, not surprisingly, plus quite a few from Jaguar and Aston. Sorry to all you big boys out there, but no mention at all of the Cobra 427! Tactical voting would probably follow closely the Autocar experts (apparently hundreds from the car industry were involved) but it’s your choice!
So here’s your chance to show the world your allegiance to the 289. Vote NOW!
I’m awaiting your envelope!
Regards
Colin Newbold