What would you pick?

[steve_c]

1. Saab Sport 1966

2. Ford RS200

3. NSU Ro80

4. Citroen SM

5. Audi A2

All cars I've owned, the longnose 1966 Saab Sport (the only car I ever bought new) was quite simply the most exciting car of the lot.

 

[MacKWT]

1. Saab Sport 1966

2. Ford RS200

3. NSU Ro80

4. Citroen SM

5. Audi A2

All cars I've owned, the longnose 1966 Saab Sport (the only car I ever bought new) was quite simply the most exciting car of the lot.

Steve

what was the Ro80 like? I’ve always hankered after one

 

[Proghound]

I suspect the SM was less sexy to drive than it looked parked on the driveway. Still gorgeous though, and did everything radical that the DS/ID did, and I'd love one. I also have a thing for non-standard engine configurations (my non-A2 car is a 5-cylinder Volvo) so my curiosity would be piqued by the Saab and the Ro80. How far ahead of its time was the latter! The RS200 however just leaves me cold. I know it's a massive piece of rallying history and it would do amazing things through the twisties, but I just don't feel it.

 

[steve_c]

What was the Ro80 like? I’ve always hankered after one

I loved it. Took a while to get it sorted when I first bought it, but never had any serious issues after that. Kept it thirty years, put over 100k miles on it, the original engine still ran like the day it left the factory. The rotary engine was quite extraordinary, so smooth and quiet, and not as difficult to work on as people suspected.
Several other members here have owned Ro80s I believe.

I suspect the SM was less sexy to drive than it looked parked on the driveway. Still gorgeous though, and did everything radical that the DS/ID did, and I'd love one. I also have a thing for non-standard engine configurations (my non-A2 car is a 5-cylinder Volvo) so my curiosity would be piqued by the Saab and the Ro80. How far ahead of its time was the latter! The RS200 however just leaves me cold. I know it's a massive piece of rallying history and it would do amazing things through the twisties, but I just don't feel it.

I bought the SM too early in the car's life, before the fixes for the engine's weak spots got worked out. A wonderful car to drive, but the endless maintenance defeated me and I let it go after less than two years.
The Saab Sport was my daily driver for most of the forty-odd years I owned it, and I still regret letting it go when age and health told me to.
The RS200 was a fabulous driving experience - I used to take it over to the Isle of Man once a year - but soaring values made it difficult to justify the expense of keeping it. Straightforward to maintain too.