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D4S · 12-06-2013, 07:14 PM

I love Top Gear and get the list being the way it is, they're all about the entire car along with their impacts. The 86 would probably be ranked high if there were a list for the best handling cars of the past 20 years. I still can't get over the Focus ST.

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Jaylyons1 · 12-06-2013, 07:26 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by mkivalex

And not 1 JDM 90's sports Icon?

No Supra?
No Mr2?
No Rx7?
No NSX?
No Skyline
No Silvia?

Not saying they should all be on their, but jesus, a ford focus and none of these icons?

Those aren't on there for good reason. The Supra/Skyline could possible have potential for a spot along with the NSX. The Silvia, MR2 and RX7 have no place though. Good cars, but not great. That on top of the fact that some of these didn't make it to England.

If you watch the show, they talk up the Focus a lot. It is a great people carrier. Ford also has a better rep in the UK than it does here and they get much better models/trims.

SUB-FT86 · 12-06-2013, 08:39 PM

List is epic trash!

SciOnDrifTtSlIdeR · 12-07-2013, 02:49 PM

Lol some of the rankings are questionable at best

BlueDubbinTDI · 12-07-2013, 11:16 PM

GTI is a great car and all but number 2... really?

Demandred7 · 12-08-2013, 11:14 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by D4S

I love Top Gear and get the list being the way it is, they're all about the entire car along with their impacts. The 86 would probably be ranked high if there were a list for the best handling cars of the past 20 years. I still can't get over the Focus ST.

<----------- (Top Gear Magazine)

Focus ST, how in the world did the baby shoe Fiesta ST make it?! That deserves a

iceman666 · 12-09-2013, 12:13 AM

A couple of thoughts. . .

1. Inexcusable to omit the McLaren F1, Acura NSX, and at least one of the following: MR2, Supra, RX-7.

2. Glad I currently own 2 cars on the list.

3. Hopefully, I'll be adding a third from that list to my garage in a couple of years (GT-R).

FR-S Neck · 12-09-2013, 12:31 PM

You can tell a bunch of Brits picked these cars.... waaaaaay too much crap from that island in this list.

mrybczyn · 12-09-2013, 01:55 PM

Hahaha, some of these picks are hilarious.

8 billion people must have answered their survey... All of them "social marketing" experts for hire.

Tyrant · 12-09-2013, 02:08 PM

Looks like we made the right choice with our car, guys. I know I did

Trettiosjuan · 12-09-2013, 04:23 PM

Don't know about you stateside, but across the pond the Focus and Fiesta ST are very highly regarded motors. You should be proud, making a good entertaining usuable car for little money is in many ways a much bigger challenge than making a supercar for a million dollar a piece...

(my previous car was a 2013 Focus and I still think it was very good)

Khánh · 12-10-2013, 02:10 AM

why is this front page? hahaa 98 Ford Focus is at #7.. thats 30 places higher up!!

Bad Habits · 12-16-2013, 01:17 PM

I don't drink the ford koolaid, owned a mustang gt in 2006 and it was nothing but a piece of shit but you have to realize how well liked ford is in the uk, for some reason they have a hard on for ford there. For an island country ford has a marketing budget that is close to what it uses for the US. Ford always tops the lists especially in compacts like the fiesta and focus over the vw golf, mini cooper, bmw 1 series etc.

Hell the ford mondeo http://www.ford.co.uk/Cars/Mondeo
has been a top family car pick in the uk for a decade or more. Back in 2000 when it looked like this

it was still a top selling car. I personally think it is one of the most boring cars on earth but hey different strokes.

Clarkson was on and on for a year and a half before he got his ford GT about how it was going to be the greatest car ever and ford this and ford that. Got it, drove it for a few months, it spent more time at the dealership than on the road and in the end ford refunded his 120k and hauled the car away. And this from the guy that made fun of hammond for buying a car with a wooden frame lol.

And hey what's wrong with the dacia sandero lol.

RRnold · 12-16-2013, 01:25 PM

The GTI was #2!

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Bad Habits Senior Member Join Date: Sep 2013 Drives: br zed Location: Nc Posts: 234 Thanks: 199 Thanked 117 Times in 64 Posts Mentioned: 0 Post(s) Tagged: 0 Thread(s)	I don't drink the ford koolaid, owned a mustang gt in 2006 and it was nothing but a piece of shit but you have to realize how well liked ford is in the uk, for some reason they have a hard on for ford there. For an island country ford has a marketing budget that is close to what it uses for the US. Ford always tops the lists especially in compacts like the fiesta and focus over the vw golf, mini cooper, bmw 1 series etc. Hell the ford mondeo http://www.ford.co.uk/Cars/Mondeo has been a top family car pick in the uk for a decade or more. Back in 2000 when it looked like this it was still a top selling car. I personally think it is one of the most boring cars on earth but hey different strokes. Clarkson was on and on for a year and a half before he got his ford GT about how it was going to be the greatest car ever and ford this and ford that. Got it, drove it for a few months, it spent more time at the dealership than on the road and in the end ford refunded his 120k and hauled the car away. And this from the guy that made fun of hammond for buying a car with a wooden frame lol. And hey what's wrong with the dacia sandero lol.

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