10 of the most iconic characters of all time
Posted on 05-04-2015 23:04 by Dizono – 83 Comments”
Clothes make the man, spoilers make the car. What would be a Lancer Evolution or a Porsche 911 Turbo without their spoilers? We have ten cars in a row who put their spoiler(s) is only a shadow of the icons it now.
Plymouth Road Runner Superbird
Actually, the rear wing of the Plymouth Superbird is not so large, it is mainly the height of the car its iconic status. When sister company Dodge in 1969, the Nascar world upside down with the Charger Daytona, was Plymouth, of course, not to be left behind. For the 1970-season, provided they are the Road Runner of a giant plastic opzetneus and a huge spoiler. Although there has long been a legend went round on a special mathematical formula that the engineers at Plymouth would have used it to the height of the spoiler to determine, appears to be the real reason rather dull: the spoiler is so high, so that the rear door still open.
Porsche 935/78 Moby Dick
What, in 1976, begins as a raceversie of the Porsche 911 Turbo, achieved in 1978, his ultimate form as the Porsche 935/78, better known as “Moby Dick”. Thanks to the exuberant spoilerwerk is the 935/78 almost one and a half times as wide and long as a normal 911. You should also look for a piece of 911 to recognize in the lines of this epic racer. That is not surprising, because the entire bottom plate was from a 911 cut to size then 10 inches closer to the asphalt to be placed. In addition, the air-cooled engine for a water-cooled one. Actually, you look here so simply go to the distant ancestor of the 996…
BMW 3.0 CSL
This legendary 3.0 CSL was the homolegatiomodel of the BMW E9, which, among other things, the Dutchman Toine Hezemans so many successes recorded in the toerwagenracerij. Thanks to thinner steel, no sound insulation or other forms of luxury, this BMW the L of light from its type name with honor. It is, however, striking spoilerpakket to which this BMW’s legendary image and his nickname ‘Batmobile’ owes. These spoilers were not approved for the public (German) away, so customers found a neatly packed spoilersetje in the trunk.
Chaparral 2F
Very much well-known to the American Chaparral Cars in Europe, yet there are many white cars with their massive spoiler somewhere have seen. It Is not on the interwebs, or in one of the adventures of Michel Vaillant. The 2F, dating from 1967, the year that the spoiler in the racing became common. In those early days are the spoilers from the car to operate: flat on the straights and great style up in the turns.
Audi Sport Quattro S1
Let’s first a misunderstanding: the Sport Quattro is no extra thick Ur-Quattro. Take a good look at the doors and the stijlere corner of the windshield and the Sport Quattro betrayal of his true origin: the Audi 80 of the second generation. Although the in the legendary Group B used the Sport Quattro’s are not already sick spoilers, is the S1 that Walter Röhrl in 1987 in record time Pikes Peak managed to conquer one of the most intense bespoilerde cars ever.
Ford Sierra RS Cosworth
Although the fastest Ford Sierra, the XR4i, a V6 under the hood, the Sierra RS Cosworth 1986 a blown tweeliter four-cylinder under the hood. Just as the also with vierpitters-equipped BMW M3 (E30) and the Mercedes 190 2.5-16 Evolution I and II is the Cossie referred to as homologatiemodel for the toerwagenracerij. Crazy enough, Ford doesn’t have the special driedeurskoets that the XR4i of his lesser brethren apart, but the bread-and-butter-body, which is also the simplest Sierra 1.3 GL is equipped. Fortunately there is the huge double spoiler that there the attention of distraction.
Ferrari F40
The mother of all supercars, and together with the beetle, perhaps the most iconic car ever. This is partly due to his secretly rather ungainly rear spoiler, which, together with the new nose, very nice, can hide the fact that the Ferrari F40 actually is a upgraded 288 GTO. By today’s standards, the performance of the F40 not so special-a Ferrari California T is quicker – but that does not matter. A F40 is just awesome. Pretty fucking brilliant totally awesome.
Porsche 911 Turbo (930)
Porsche is well represented in the list of über-spoilers, but that they have also earned. It was even to doubt that this 930 Turbo with its taartschep the list went to get or maybe the 2.7 Carrera RS, with its subtle but oh so nice ducktail. And I am not even talking about the beautiful curved spoiler of the first 911 (996) GT3, or the 911 (993) GT2 had… Well, the first 911 Turbo. The ongespoten black edges of this tricky picnic table fit perfectly with the matte black steenslagbeschermers on the extra-wide Turbo-hips. Precisely for that reason, see an ordinary 911 of that era with a Turbo-spoiler a bit sad, even though the spoiler was just on the option list of less-favoured 911 messages.
Audi TT
Actually had the Audi TT is a nice tight and smooth ass, but that ran a little different… At first I found the TT with such a nice butt from the factory, but a series of accidents at high speeds, made a massive recall is necessary. To the rechtuitstabiliteit at higher speeds to increase, got all the TT’s ESP and a small achterspoilertje. Who is this eendenstaartje not wished to have, had to sign a statement so that your Audi could not sue if you get your TT yet the destruction in reed. Very occasionally you will see a TT drive without the small spoilertje that so much commotion is caused. If any car from the list is a TT without a spoiler actually nicer than with. Sorry Wouter.
Lancer Evo VI
All nine iconic spoilers, just one more to go and both the Impreza as the Lancer Evolution are not yet over come. Choices… in the end the Lancer Evolution with the loot off, and in its sixth form. Personally, I find the Evolution V the most beautiful, with its bright lights in pizza format, but the Evo VI has a slightly epic spoiler on the boot lid. Above the Tommi Mäkinen Edition, including the ever-difficult-looking Finnish gravelkoning himself.