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dr-baker wrote:
jpm wrote:How about the 1997 Lola?

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But that livery is iconic in my opinion! :o

15 secs off the pace says otherwise :o
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roblomas52 wrote:
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jpm wrote:How about the 1997 Lola?

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But that livery is iconic in my opinion! :o

15 secs off the pace says otherwise :o

That's what makes it iconic. Do you know which forum you're on?
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Am I the only one who likes 1997 Lola's livery?
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Sunshine_Baby_[IT] wrote:Am I the only one who likes 1997 Lola's livery?

No. You are not alone. And I am NOT INVOKING Baker's Law with that!!!
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Sunshine_Baby_[IT] wrote:Am I the only one who likes 1997 Lola's livery?

No. You are not alone. And I am NOT INVOKING Baker's Law with that!!!


I'd happily throw papaya to next person invoking the Law. :twisted: Oh, and happy 7k posts, sir. :)
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FMecha wrote:
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Sunshine_Baby_[IT] wrote:Am I the only one who likes 1997 Lola's livery?

No. You are not alone. And I am NOT INVOKING Baker's Law with that!!!


I'd happily throw papaya to next person invoking the Law. :twisted: Oh, and happy 7k posts, sir. :)

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pasta_maldonado wrote:Is there a partay? :lol:


Yes.

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redbulljack14 wrote:In reality, i'm probably getting pissed later, which is always as fun as a party.


I hope you aren't talking literally :?
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redbulljack14 wrote:In reality, i'm probably getting pissed later, which is always as fun as a party.


I hope you aren't talking literally :?


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FMecha wrote:
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Sunshine_Baby_[IT] wrote:Am I the only one who likes 1997 Lola's livery?

No. You are not alone. And I am NOT INVOKING Baker's Law with that!!!


I'd happily throw papaya to next person invoking the Law. :twisted: Oh, and happy 7k posts, sir. :)

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A victim of unfortunate circumstances to some extent, the BMW Sauber Ferrari C29.
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Backmarker wrote:Image

A victim of unfortunate circumstances to some extent, the BMW Sauber Ferrari C29.


I think this livery still looks quite good compared to this year's. The most rejectful about the C29 was the name "BMW Sauber Ferrari".
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How about the Lotus 80?

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Lotus_80_2008_Silverstone_Classic.jpg

& the Lotus 81?

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Lotus81.jpg

For me any Lotus F1 cars without the JPS livery just seems wrong. However the Martini Livery is especially disappointing, considering the beautifully iconic Martini livery Lancia S4 Rally Cars (one of my fav all time cars!!! :D ) & the Lancia Group C Sports Cars.

Outside of F1; I'd like to nominate Jason Plato's 2012 MG car from the BTCC

http://www.motorward.com/2012/01/mg-returns-to-btcc-with-jason-plato/

That just looks like a complete mess to me.
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it's a chinese Jetta that a neon play-doh eating kindergartner threw up on
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ibsey wrote:For me any Lotus F1 cars without the JPS livery just seems wrong.


Including the original British Racing Green Lotuses?
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i think(and i might not be alone here) that the Bahar-works Renault-Tolemans with the Black and brown mustard(it's not gold lol) are wrong. only my opinion so don't flame me or anything
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pi314159 wrote:I think this livery still looks quite good compared to this year's. The most rejectful about the C29 was the name "BMW Sauber Ferrari".


I am not a fan. It's a largely white livery (which isn't good), with BMW trimmings painted dark grey (which is dull). They should have just gone for the black of Sauber's first car. It only got worse when they put the Burger King logos on it. I don't like this year's much either, but I think it's better (though the Chelsea sponsorship is ridiculous - makes it look like a Superleague Formula car).
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Phoenix wrote:
ibsey wrote:For me any Lotus F1 cars without the JPS livery just seems wrong.


Including the original British Racing Green Lotuses?


Whoops. Completely forgot about those. Of course they were equally as brilliant as the JPS liveries. Actually, a former house mate of mine had a Lotus Elise, complete with the original British Racing Green paint job & yellow strip down the middle. Even though it was worth much less, he still managed to pull more girls with that car, than another mate of ours who had a black Porsche 911 turbo!!! Probably because of the cool paint job, it had.
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ibsey wrote:
Phoenix wrote:
ibsey wrote:For me any Lotus F1 cars without the JPS livery just seems wrong.


Including the original British Racing Green Lotuses?


Whoops. Completely forgot about those. Of course they were equally as brilliant as the JPS liveries. Actually, a former house mate of mine had Lotus Elise, complete with the original British Racing Green paint job & yellow strip down the middle. Even though it was worth much less, he still managed to pull more girls with that car, than another mate of ours who had a black Porsche 911 turbo!!! Probably because of the cool paint job, it had.


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ibsey wrote:
Phoenix wrote:
ibsey wrote:For me any Lotus F1 cars without the JPS livery just seems wrong.


Including the original British Racing Green Lotuses?


Whoops. Completely forgot about those. Of course they were equally as brilliant as the JPS liveries. Actually, a former house mate of mine had a Lotus Elise, complete with the original British Racing Green paint job & yellow strip down the middle. Even though it was worth much less, he still managed to pull more girls with that car, than another mate of ours who had a black Porsche 911 turbo!!! Probably because of the cool paint job, it had.

This probably belongs in the unpopular opinions thread, but I still like the 1994 Lotus livery. :?
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ibsey wrote:How about the Lotus 80?

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Lotus_80_2008_Silverstone_Classic.jpg

& the Lotus 81?

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Lotus81.jpg

For me any Lotus F1 cars without the JPS livery just seems wrong. However the Martini Livery is especially disappointing, considering the beautifully iconic Martini livery Lancia S4 Rally Cars (one of my fav all time cars!!! :D ) & the Lancia Group C Sports Cars.

Outside of F1; I'd like to nominate Jason Plato's 2012 MG car from the BTCC

http://www.motorward.com/2012/01/mg-returns-to-btcc-with-jason-plato/



That just looks like a complete mess to me.



Those chrome wings on that 81 are the most horrid things I've ever seen. And I'm an American, we chrome everything.
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Eeerm... I like the Essex livery. I actually think it's magnificent.
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I do like the Camel Lotuses. :)
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ibsey wrote:For me any Lotus F1 cars without the JPS livery just seems wrong. However the Martini Livery is especially disappointing, considering the beautifully iconic Martini livery Lancia S4 Rally Cars (one of my fav all time cars!!! :D ) & the Lancia Group C Sports Cars.


I actually prefer the 1979-spec Lotus 79 in its Martini livery over the JPS version. :?

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midgrid wrote:
ibsey wrote:For me any Lotus F1 cars without the JPS livery just seems wrong. However the Martini Livery is especially disappointing, considering the beautifully iconic Martini livery Lancia S4 Rally Cars (one of my fav all time cars!!! :D ) & the Lancia Group C Sports Cars.


I actually prefer the 1979-spec Lotus 79 in its Martini livery over the JPS version. :?

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Oh god, really!? That livery should've been considered a crime against humanity.

Martini stripes + dark green = DO NOT WANT.
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This:

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Properly executed Martini livery + mind-blowing chassis design = WIN.
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Phoenix wrote:This:

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Properly executed Martini livery + mind-blowing chassis design = WIN.

Red and Martini is great, but white and Martini is just as good:
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pasta_maldonado wrote:
Phoenix wrote:This:

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Properly executed Martini livery + mind-blowing chassis design = WIN.

Red and Martini is great, but white and Martini is just as good:
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Definitely prefer the white:

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Lancia Delta?. Pffft. :lol:

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The '97 Tyrrell, just......bland.


Bland yet my 4th cousin was actually chief mechanic there at the time :lol:
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I actually enjoy the Green Martini Lotus... but the Essex one... well... matches with 93-43 liveries in 'not so good' pile
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The larrouse liveries around 88-90 were bad.....
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The last Lotus liveries from 1992-1994 just ruined it's tradition of iconic colours... instead you had a car that was packed with lots of little sponsors... it meant the colours clashed badly! :( Shame because I really liked the shape of those cars, I would have liked to of seen the 1992 lotus with a colour scheme similar to their 1991 car, I think it would have looked a lot neater! :)

The same with Tyrrell, the majority of their cars in the 90's were one colour with a white stripe and lots of small sponsors... by 1997 you have a plain white car with nothing but nothing but sponsors (and a naked woman for GB... not that I'm complaining! :P ) If it wasn't for the Mild-Seven Sponsorship, I reckon the cars of 1994-1996 would have been just white! It saved their cars from having a complete reject theme in my opinion.

As for the C29... at least those colours have curves to give it a bit of a design, Sauber's livery for this year looks like they got a colour blind person who had an obsession with straight lines to create the livery! I do like the colours, but just having a "slab of grey here" and "another slab of grey there" makes it look very dated... not even a metalic finish or anything! :o If they continue to have Telemax sponsorship next year, I hope they start adding some of their blue into the scheme - I reckon that mixed in with the grey would look better! 8-)


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JJMonty wrote:The last Lotus liveries from 1992-1994 just ruined it's tradition of iconic colours... instead you had a car that was packed with lots of little sponsors... it meant the colours clashed badly! :( Shame because I really liked the shape of those cars, I would have liked to of seen the 1992 lotus with a colour scheme similar to their 1991 car, I think it would have looked a lot neater! :)

The same with Tyrrell, the majority of their cars in the 90's were one colour with a white stripe and lots of small sponsors... by 1997 you have a plain white car with nothing but nothing but sponsors (and a naked woman for GB... not that I'm complaining! :P ) If it wasn't for the Mild-Seven Sponsorship, I reckon the cars of 1994-1996 would have been just white! It saved their cars from having a complete reject theme in my opinion.

As for the C29... at least those colours have curves to give it a bit of a design, Sauber's livery for this year looks like they got a colour blind person who had an obsession with straight lines to create the livery! I do like the colours, but just having a "slab of grey here" and "another slab of grey there" makes it look very dated... not even a metalic finish or anything! :o If they continue to have Telemax sponsorship next year, I hope they start adding some of their blue into the scheme - I reckon that mixed in with the grey would look better! 8-)

The Lotus liveries of 1992 and 1993 looked great without all the clutter of the logos! The Mild Seven Tyrrell and the 1998 version were alos great looking in my opinion. I do agree about the Sauber though, all of their cars for the last 3 years have looked like they couldn't be bothered designing a livery - this year even more so.
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What's wrong with 1992's Lotus livery? It was green and yellow and wasn't that cluttered:

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The 1991 livery, now THAT was disgraceful. And with an ugly chassis design to boot:

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I know the team had just been taken over by Peter Collins & co. and had no money after losing the Camel sponsorship deal, but still the livery is a mess.
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The 1991 Lotus looked much better in un cluttered form:

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