Let's play Name That Car

[BlackBart]

1910’s was a Vauxhall “Prince Henry.”
??

1920’s:
The Bentley Speed Six. The thing to be seen in, and the thing to win LeMans in.
6 1/2 liter (litre), completely smooth, 160hp, 90 mph!
It sold to “the increasingly intermingled worlds of royalty, show business, sport, and aristocracy.”
These cars would include the “Blue Train Bentley.”

[BlackBart]

1930’s :
The great Alfa Romeo 8C. An aluminum straight 8 twincam with blowers.
“The Alfa 8C had a superb racing pedigree, stunning bodies, and a Grand Prix winning engine.”

[volvolugnut]

My butt puckers seeing that open drive chain within reach of fingers. But then, you probably did not dare to take one hand off the steering wheel.
volvolugnut

[BlackBart]

The 1940’s:
The Jaguar XK120.
In 1948 it boasted 160hp in stunning looks and was a fraction of the cost of other sporting cars. “Top speed 120mph was effectively twice what most ordinary cars of the time could manage.”

Elizabeth Taylor

Clark Gable (not Cary Grant)

[BlackBart]

1950’s: This may surprise some.
Lancia Aurelia B20GT (sounds like a Volvo)
“Credited with being the first true GT, the B20 was a showcase for innovative engineering.”
The opposite of Ferrari’s cubic inches and brawn.
Rigid monocoque chassis, smooth revvy V6, rear transaxle, crisp light steering, Ghia design.

Runner up - Mercedes Benz 300SL Gullwing and the Bentley Continental coupe!

[BlackBart]

1960’s:
The Jaguar E-type (XKE)
“A true design icon of the 1960’s, the E-type is much greater than the sum of its parts.”
Racing technology, aircraft structural principles, the looks, the speed, the glamour.

[BlackBart]

The 1970’s:
Hands down, the Porsche Carrera RS 2.7.
Nothing like it then or since. Light, rigid, fast, responsive, reliable, raw, simple. It excelled at everything, with only 210hp. The basis of every outrageous hotrod 911 built since.
It was built because racing rules eliminated the 5 liter 917 from competition, they had spent every penny they had, so they switched to GT racing.

[matthew1]

Was that the same thing as the 911 America?

[BlackBart]

The 1980’s:

Ferrari’s F40.
I’ve seen one of these up close in person, so I’m biased and have to agree.

“A road car that could do 200mph in 1987 - the F40 was an instant legend.”

“Even by supercar standards, it was exceptionally hardcore. The F40 took things to the extreme.”

They built 1300, many of them racing versions.
Almost 500hp, screaming fast, completely analog, stunning handling, and then it could sit “idling in a London traffic jamb without a sign of temperament. No overheating, it didn’t foul its plugs.”
“The greatest car of the 1980’s. Not the best, but the greatest.”

Runners-up:
Ferrari 288GTO (its predecessor/prototype), Audi quatro coupe, Porsche 959.

[BlackBart]

Was that the same thing as the 911 America?

No, that was much later….90’s?? RS America? That may have been a 964 series.