What is the rarest / most exclusive production car you have ever driven / ridden in?

[GTaudiophile]

I will go first

The Audi RS2 back in 1995/1996. Only 2891 copies were built.

What's with all the necro-posting lately?

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[hans007]

my coworker has a 2005 VW r32 mark IV. I guess if you consider that its a north american model, and they only made it for 1 year, and probably 1/5th of them have already been totalled by people theres probably only 4000 left.

So its pretty rare.

 

[halik]

Bentley Brooklands, Audi r8, aston v8 vantage (didn't drive it, played around with it though)

 

[coxmaster]

1957 Studebaker Golden Hawk
Absolutely no idea how many were made, but ive never seen more than 1 (my grandpa's). That was a fun car with the 4.7L Supercharged V8

 

[ebaycj]

2009 ZR1 Corvette. Pretty rare as far as I know. Also pretty ridiculously sweet.

 

[vshah]

drove an nsx once. i think about 9k were produced

 

[Iron Woode]

1971 Dodge Challenger R/T 440 six-pack 4 speed with super trac-pak.

yeah, its pretty damn rare.

 

[angry hampster]

Ridden in a Supercharged 1999 Dodge Viper. That was a terrifying ride home.




In 1983, there were only ~1600 of my motorcycle built. It's likely that less than half are still around today. Mine is in great shape and daily-drivable.

 

[Bryf50]

SVT Cobra R

Uncle has one. Only 300 were made i believe.

 

[halik]

SVT Cobra R

Uncle has one. Only 300 were made i believe.

Wow that is awesome, two thumbs up!

 

[JulesMaximus]

I've ridden in a Corvette split window coupe and I've driven a Lotus Elise.

 

[Hyperlite]

my 21 years of age have nothing interesting to contribute to this thread. E39 540i 6MT sport? :/ i sat in an R8 once.

 

[CurseTheSky]

Nothing, unfortunately.

I did SEE a COPO Camaro (or at least what claimed to be one) at a car show a few years back. It didn't have as huge of an audience as I'd expect, so either it was a blatant fake or people just didn't know what it was / why it was special.

 

[exdeath]

Rare as in original production numbers or as in see them on the road today?

1970 Challenger, 1968 Corvette, 1969 Charger, 1964 Fury, 1958 Delray, 1930 Model A, to name a few.

 

[RichieZ]

um carrera GT?

 

[Dr. Detroit]

Ford Thunderbolt - Rode in the passenger seat in a roughly 12-second 1/4 mile pass on the street.

Roughly 120 were made.

Thunderbolt

As the muscle car market took shape, Ford introduced a Fairlane for drag strip racing for 1964, heavily modified to incorporate a 427 CID (7.0 L) V8 with two four-barrel carburetors on a high-riser manifold, ram-air through the openings left by deleting the inboard headlights, equal-length headers, trunk-mounted battery, fiberglass hood, doors, fenders and front bumper, acrylic glass windows, and other lightweight options including deleted rear door window winders, carpeting, radio, sealant, sun visors, armrests, jack, lug wrench, heater, soundproofing, and passenger side windshield wiper. This special model, of which 111 to 127 total were made depending on who you ask, delivered 500 hp (373 kW) at 7,000 rpm and was known as the Thunderbolt.

Racing in NHRA Super Stock class on 7-inch (180 mm) tires, the Thunderbolt was based on the mid-level Fairlane 500 two door pillared sedan, and set elapsed time and top speed records in 1964 at 11.6 seconds and 124 mph (200 km/h), took the Super Stock title, and won the Manufacturer's Cup; it is very possibly the fastest drag racing production car ever produced. The car as delivered was in fact slightly too light to meet the NHRA 3200 lb (1451 kg) minimum weight unless it was raced with a full tank of gasoline, which would bring it to 3203 lb (1453 kg). NHRA rules then required a metal front bumper, so the cars began to be supplied with an aluminum bumper and previous purchasers were supplied with one.

Finally the NHRA changed the rules to require 500 models of a car to be manufactured for Super Stock competition, and Ford, which had been losing $1500 to $2000 on each Thunderbolt sold at the sticker price of $3900, gave up. The first 11 Thunderbolts were painted maroon, which was known as Vintage Burgundy in Ford literature, the rest were white; 99 had manual transmissions. Many still race, still delivering quarter mile elapsed times in the very impressive 11 second range and occasionally lower. About 50 similar Mercury Comet Cyclones were also produced by Ford in 1964, destined to be modified to represent Ford in A/FX competition, which they dominated as well.

I've owned some pretty rare cars:

Jeep CJ-8 - Only 27,792 ever produced
Nissan 240SX Convertible - Only 8,320 ever produced
Ford Contour SVT - Only 11,445 ever produced

 

[quakefiend420]

88 Nissan 300ZX SS

1002 produced

i shoulda bought that car....

EDIT: not an actual pic of the car i was looking at(most likely)

 

[Iron Woode]

Thunderbolt

As the muscle car market took shape, Ford introduced a Fairlane for drag strip racing for 1964, heavily modified to incorporate a 427 CID (7.0 L) V8 with two four-barrel carburetors on a high-riser manifold, ram-air through the openings left by deleting the inboard headlights, equal-length headers, trunk-mounted battery, fiberglass hood, doors, fenders and front bumper, acrylic glass windows, and other lightweight options including deleted rear door window winders, carpeting, radio, sealant, sun visors, armrests, jack, lug wrench, heater, soundproofing, and passenger side windshield wiper. This special model, of which 111 to 127 total were made depending on who you ask, delivered 500 hp (373 kW) at 7,000 rpm and was known as the Thunderbolt.

Racing in NHRA Super Stock class on 7-inch (180 mm) tires, the Thunderbolt was based on the mid-level Fairlane 500 two door pillared sedan, and set elapsed time and top speed records in 1964 at 11.6 seconds and 124 mph (200 km/h), took the Super Stock title, and won the Manufacturer's Cup; it is very possibly the fastest drag racing production car ever produced. The car as delivered was in fact slightly too light to meet the NHRA 3200 lb (1451 kg) minimum weight unless it was raced with a full tank of gasoline, which would bring it to 3203 lb (1453 kg). NHRA rules then required a metal front bumper, so the cars began to be supplied with an aluminum bumper and previous purchasers were supplied with one.

only until 1968 when Chrysler unleashed the 600 HP Super Stock Hemi Dart and Barracuda.

 

[caspur]

I've worked parking cars in NYC. Low paying, boring work, but man, if you like cars, you do get to drive some nice ones.

Plus the Puerto Ricans and Dominicans can drive quarter million dollar exotics in the dark, backwards at full throttle without getting scared. Needless to say, I was impressed.

Most interesting moment, nearly backing into Nicholas Cage after the premier of WTC. Yes, that was me. Stupid paparazzi wouldn't get out of the way.

 

[grrl]

A late 80s Bentley. I don't remember the model.

 

[DivideBYZero]

Lamborghini 25th Anniversary

 

[phreaqe]

a Mercedes Gullwing. don't know what year, but when i was younger(about middle school age) a friends Grandfather got one and was restoring it. We helped him with the simple stuff, and when it was finally drivable he gave us a few rides in it.

 

[ViviTheMage]

I have driven : MK5 R32, porsche 911 twin turbo, and one of those VW GLI farenheits..1200 were made if I recall.

 

[JDub02]

i got nothing. i've driven old hot rods, but that's about it. nothing worth more than ~$40k.

i don't need anything fancy. i'm quite happy with a truck.

 

[Demon-Xanth]

Not sure if you'd call it the rarest, but a caged Chevelle. On the street.