{"id":196,"date":"2011-09-30T22:06:12","date_gmt":"2011-10-01T05:06:12","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.skierpage.com\/blog\/?p=196"},"modified":"2011-09-30T22:06:12","modified_gmt":"2011-10-01T05:06:12","slug":"cars-1990s-slant-nose-beauties","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.skierpage.com\/blog\/2011\/09\/cars-1990s-slant-nose-beauties\/","title":{"rendered":"cars: 1990s slant-nose beauties"},"content":{"rendered":"

I’ve seen a few Ferrari 458s on the road. It’s a strange, intense-looking car in person. In a debate on its beauty<\/a> someone brought up the Ferrari F355<\/a>.
\n\"Ferrari<\/a><\/p>\n

For sure the F355 is a beautiful car. It’s such a smooth clean joy to behold. No grille, and no headlamps! (Nowadays, any car that’s not a sports car has a stupid non-functional shiny grille between the headlights, and every<\/strong> car has vast elongated headlights.) I love the F355 so much I bought three \u2014 Hot Wheels 1:64, Hot Wheels 1:18, and the Barbie radio control model that can only drive straight or reverse in a circle. (Whenever I meet Ferrari owners I ask if their F355 has the same steering problem, and if its mirrors fall off like mine.)<\/p>\n

However, from that front angle, and only from that angle, the Lotus Elan<\/a> (the ’90s M100 version) looks even nicer.
\n\"Lotus<\/a>
\n(dave_7’s Flickr photo)<\/p>\n

The Elan was petite and thus light, and some say it’s the finest-handling front-wheel drive car ever made. But it was expensive, especially compared to the nostalgic retro Mazda Miata that launched at the same time.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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