The, ahem, official Top 5 British sports cars. Ever!
You guys never heard of the Aston Martin Ulster?
You guys never heard of the Aston Martin Ulster?
Indeed yes and a worthy contender it may be, however, I sacrificed historical accuracy in order to suggest that I consider much later incarnations of the marque to be sports cars whereas judging from comments re inclusion of the Mini others clearly may not. Of course what does, or does not constitute a sports car is a debate that probably deserves it's own thread.
Dinsdale Piranha wrote: Maybe the IT bods could arrange for a sarcasm font?
A sarcasm font? Call me old-fashioned but hasn't there always been such a thing? We used to call it "italics". Have you tried Microsofts new Sans Graves Font?
1. XK150
2. E-Type
3. XK8
4. SS100
5. XJ220
Hmmm, controversial! Can a four-seater tin-top really be called a sports car?
3.8 Mk2 
AC Aceca
Jaguar E-type
Jaguar XK120
Allard Palm Beach 57 model
MGB Roadster pull handle
Ashley 56 model
This thread could run & run couldn't it?
No Alfa Romeo's listed, & not a mention of the great British competition car that brought motorsport to the post-war masses !!!!! The DELLOW.
No Alfa Romeo's listed
Now isn't that odd?
I wonder why nobody has voted for an Alfa Romeo as one of the all time top British sports cars............
There are lots of sport-/super-cars from the UK that impressed me.
Here a small list (out of many):
1. Jaguar XJ220 (very fast and very nice shape)
2. Panther six (an odd cabrio)
3. Jaguar E-type series 1 FHC (a beauty)
4. 1992 McLaren F1 (a beast)
5. Lightning GT (the future - fast, silent, good shape and clean)
From my (very) limited experience with sports cars, my top 5 will go like this:
1) Triumph TR6
2) MGB Roadster (pre-1970)
3) Caterham 7
4) Mazda MX5 (scraping the barrel)
5) Lotus Elan 2+2 (dubious one this)
Although many of my choices, by my own admission, aren't technically great - they are fun cars.
1- Lola T70
2- Lotus Elan
3- Caterham 7
4- Jaguar D type
5- Noble M400
