10 Forgotten Classic GT Cars You've Never Seen

[@itisjustacomment]

Maserati 5000 gt and Lamborghini the 350 gt are so pretty to look at. If I owned one it would be terrifying to drive it these days with all the cars around.

[@lilrockfromga5092]

The Apollo looks like a older model Jaguar. The Maserati was nice, the Cunningham front looks like a Rolls-Royce, all the cars where vintage. Good video

[@1cmman]

180 mph in 1966. Incredible.

[@andrashelembai3185]

Espada, 3500 gt, 250 Lusso all extremely famous cars that nobody forgot about.

[@thelastpetrolbender2744]

they are all pretty rare and no one seems to mention about them, even many know their existence, its like we put them into some corner in the garage and never took it out to talk about

[@itisjustacomment]

@@thelastpetrolbender2744 not in Europe I have seen and heard about these cars many times.

[@danielschmuki6831]

As a Swiss guy I am a big fan of Peter Monteverdi's cars. He died far too young in 1998 and was the last real Swiss constructor of cars. Originally from Binningen, close to Basel. Unfortunately his museum in Binningen does not exist anymore, but there is a nice collection of his technical genius in the Swiss Museum of transport in Lucerne, the well-known "Verkehrshaus".

[@loumencken9644]

I'm not Swiss, but when I was a kid I dreamed of having a Monteverdi; the idea of combining European style with big honkin' American V-8 horsepower was really appealing. When the Hai was teased it got a lot of attention in US car magazines, since the idea of a mid-engine car with a 426 Hemi (rated at 425 hp, but actually producing 500 or so) was beyond awesome. Unfortunately, they only built maybe two of them.

[@danielschmuki6831]

@@loumencken9644 The Hai (which actually translates "shark" in German) was used in 2008 by the Swiss bank UBS in an advertisment, just a few month after the outbreak of the global financial crisis when UBS almost went bankruptcy. The ad showed the car from a sideview with the slogan "We will never give up". Last year I was working for a Swiss newspaper in Finance and I would have liked to write an article about exactly the model in the ad: What happended to it 10 years after? But nobody was interested in the subject.

[@loumencken9644]

@@danielschmuki6831 Well, I would have been interested! I did some quick internet research and found there were actually four Hai cars produced. The original prototype designated the 450SS, a second prototype with a few minor changes designated the 450GTS, and two cars built by Monteverdi in the 1990s from leftover parts. Wikipedia says the two parts cars ended up in a museum in Lucerne, Switzerland; maybe one of the parts cars was borrowed from the museum for the bank ad. An article on supercars.net says the 450SS was sold by Monteverdi in 1971 to a private buyer and has been sold and resold to various private owners since, but nothing in the article on what happened to the 450GTS. The supercars.net article also says that after Monteverdi showed the 450SS at the 1970 Geneva Auto Show, he got zero orders for it because of the high price- $27,000 USD! I ran that amount through a couple of CPI calculators, which said it's equivalent to around $180,000 in 2020 dollars, a relatively paltry sum in this day and age of $3 million Bugatti Chirons and Aston Martin Valkyries. BTW, Jay Leno owns a High Speed 375 and just posted a video about it a couple days ago on his KZbin channel, Jay Leno's Garage. I haven't seen it yet, but I'm sure it's worth a look for even a casual Monteverdi fan. Leno, like me, has an interest in European GT cars with American V-8s, but unlike me he has plenty of money to buy such cars; if memory serves, I think in addition to the Monteverdi he has a Jensen Interceptor, a Bizzarrini, and maybe an Iso Grifo and/or Rivolta.

[@jakekaywell5972]

My Yankee-Doodle-Dandied self greatly appreciates those. I personally thought it was a shame the Hai was never mass-produced in any great numbers. It really would have challenged the Italian stronghold quite well. As for my own choice to be added to this list, it would be the Studebaker Gran Turismo Hawk . It certainly qualifies I believe. One of the few times we in the United States actually tried our hand at European-style elegance. It is a great car but virtually unappreciated.

[@bangurhead4027]

The Lambo GT is the classiest of all on this list.🤘

[@davmatt74]

Thanks for the video.

[@palomino73]

That Corvette Rondine looks amazing ! Wiki tells me Pininfarina had their hands on, so good looks are guaranteed. Thanks for the vid; some cars I've never seen before - and they all are eye-catchers!

[@Rog5446]

Thank you for this, as there were indeed a couple of cars I had not known before now. My first encounter with a Lambo 350GT was in a field at the back of a church in south Oxfordshire. It was a gathering of all makes organised by the Jag Enthusiasts club. I parked my Bristol up and the next car to drive into the field and park next to me was a 350GT with what must be the most expensive registration mark for a Lambo of 'LAM 1' Also in that field was a Jag C type owned by Nick Mason of Pink Floyd. My only encounter with a Monteverdi was in a filling station, and when it left, I followed it down the M40 for about 15 miles. With regard to the Lambo Espada, I was walking past a roundabout late one night, only a stones throw from my house, and an Espada was heading straight for the roundabout at I would judge to be about 45MPH and I thought he had not noticed the roundabout in front of him and expected to see the Espada go crashing across the roundabout. But fair play to the driver, as he obviously knew his car, as he (or she?) did not brake or take their foot off the gas and just flew the car around the roundabout.

[@charleschauffe4350]

The Lambo 350GT is on my Top 5 dream list...never forgot the 1st time I saw one in person. I remember back in the 80's when I could have had a Maserati 3500GT for under $10k & a couple of Espada's for under 20k! Had no idea back then that car boom was on it's way, seemed to occur after Enzo's death...

[@jimshoemaker1258]

wow u were right i didn't know half of them. great video.

[@CarNewsTV]

Jim Shoemaker + Thank you Jim ! :)

[@salimmohammed7761]

I love your channel

[@catjudo1]

The Espada may well be my favorite Lamborghini. It's got all the goodies of a GT car, such as the exotic engine in front and a sorted chassis, but I've always thought the styling was weird yet very appealing. I consider it one of designer Marcello Gandini's most intriguing creations.

[@lawrencedoliveiro9104]

Very distinctive, long body.

[@TheAllMightyGodofCod]

That DeTomaso Longchamps looks like a riced up 504

[@thebionicbassplayer]

I've seen most of these before....on Car News TV!

[@rays9719]

I had a Monteverdi 375, I made a killing off of it.

[@jpatt1000]

The Isuzu and Corvette Rondine are the only two on this list I'd never heard of. The Isuzu has a real nice shape to it and it sounded like it had a bit of grunt as well. Was the Corvette a one off styling exercise by Pininfarina or did they actually build a few of them. The back end of the Rondine is a wilder version of what actually came out on the FIAT 124 Spider also styled by Pininfarina. The Espada and 250 GT Lusso are the only two on this list I've actually seen in real life though. You should have entered the Monteverdi Hai on the list too. Wild looking!

[@abelguerra2587]

Massarati very nice...

[@ScooterTramp310]

If I've never seen them how can I forget them?

[@dianegonzalez4748]

Great collection of lovable oddballs 👍🖤🖤🖤🖤🖤🖤

[@Bamsebrakar2011]

Not sure what this title means. Admittedly, the Apollo 3500, the Corvette Rondine, and the pretty Isuzu coupe were unknown, but really! The Lambo 350GT & Espada, the Maserati 5000GT (or was it indeed a 3500GT), the Monteverdi 375/L (a 375/S on the other hand would be far less common), not to mention the Ferrari 500 Superfast and 250 GT Lusso. Some of these cars I have even ridden or at least sat in. The Cunningham C3 is a rare beast, just like the Ferrari Superfast.

[@danieldravot341]

When I went to Watkins Glen in 1974 for the USGP, I had to park off the circuit if I wanted to have any chance of getting on my flight out. On the way back to the infield I saw a car badged as a Ferrari 375L. Back then I was pretty much up to speed on offerings from Europe, so I knew it was a Monteverdi. I’ve always figured it was badged as it was to cut down on incessantly answering the question, “What’s a Monteverdi?”.

[@jakekaywell5972]

The Studebaker Gran Turismo Hawk certainly qualifies I believe. One of the few times we in the United States actually tried our hand at European-style elegance. It is a great car but virtually unappreciated.

[@markp44288]

If that Apollo looks familiar, maybe you watched The Love Bug (1968), it's the Thorndike Special!

[@BaddaBigBoom]

The Espada is my all time favourite Lamborghini including all the latest ones.

[@Nightshade_787B]

Every classic car ever is forgotten when you think about it. Everyone's more interested in Bugatti, Lamborghini, GTRs.

[@LonidaLeon]

"...you never seen.." ..."in the U.S.A."

[@ianmontgomery7213]

i live in Australia and there were only three I haven't seen here - Apollo, Corvette Rondine and Cunningham.

[@daeshbagcentral5298]

Yuss.Espada for me please. I used to have a Morris Marina twin carb GT,very similar especially in that B.L beige colour that looked like it'd been scraped out of a baby's nappy.

[@billcichoke2534]

OMG...those cars are SO NICE! Had forgotten one if the Ferraris, but saw the Superfast in action one track day at Portland Int'l Raceway 22 years ago. Oh, what a chubby-inducing car that was...

[@ericmccoy5038]

if Ive never seen them...can i have forgotten them?

[@wadeguidry6675]

I think I like GT cars now that I've seen this video. Not a bad looking car in the bunch.

[@j.thomas7128]

Love the production cars, but why include non-production concept?

[@talha6852]

I saw black espada and its really amazing

[@comrade-weltschmerz4627]

Longchamp bois

[@jesusrocknroller6805]

6:12 - 6:30 sorry, this is not a Ferrari Superfast, it's a Ferrari 330 GTC. But also beautiful ...

[@muzioscivola7771]

Partly right. It is a 365 GTC. It doesn't have the side air outlets on the fenders as the 330 GTC. The black one seen from behind just after the 365 is a Superfast

[@jesusrocknroller6805]

@@muzioscivola7771 Oh! So this type of Ferrari was also available with a 365 engine? I didn't know that - thanks!

[@kl0wnkiller912]

I was wondering of the Monteverde would be in there or not... Chrysler Hemi power. I always liked the Cunningham C4RK roadster.

[@tankkiller_2666]

Where is Maserati ghibli 1 ?

[@99kirishima]

117クーペのリア周りの処理かっけー

[@Mocking69]

すんげーな！！

[@davidjackson2524]

The Isuzu Coupe! Never heard of it! I've heard of some of the others here

[@Nono-dk5hl]

250 gt was the second super car that i knewed

[@jeroldpickard947]

No AUDI GT ! A girl driving one smoked everybody back in 83

[@BobZed]

Do concept cars qualify as classics? Probably not.

[@davidjackson2524]

Apollo V8! Never heard of it. Where was made?

[@mortensen1961]

Oakland, California.

[@m3chris1]

Apollo cool looker

[@c5d53g2e]

The Cunningham was a '53, not a '52.

[@NocnaGlizda]

Isuzu has created a good looking car? I'm shocked.

[@georgetraylor7835]

The Espada name along with Ferrari sells the ride, but the design is not for me, I have the pleasure of seeing one of these for years here displayed downtown, still does nothing for me. All the rest you spot on.

[@ianmontgomery7213]

I have always liked it but I did prefer the show car it was roughly based on -the Marzal.

[@lawrencedoliveiro9104]

Ah, the Americans love those big engines with not very much power. Just one step away from being tractors, really.

[@dallasrieck7753]

you don' t know what people have seen, correct your clickbait

[@raghavjsankar6917]

The Tomaso looks like a GTA version of a Mercedes

[@elbaislandelbaisland8877]

Italian style its other Planet !

[@itisjustacomment]

Shame about the engineering

[@muzioscivola7771]

@@itisjustacomment are you talking of Ferrari, Maserati and Lamborghini engineering? Well dude, it seems you know diddly squat about automotive engineering

[@itisjustacomment]

@@muzioscivola7771 The older cars had a shocking record of break downs. Look at the figures against the German cars Porsche in particular. As with Ferrari the old cars engines are hand-built with a great deal of human error plus Ferrari didn't care too much about the reliability and customer cars back then az they only cared about racing as said Enzo many times. He just sold cars to pay to go racing. And Maserati has never been great at build quality even today. I think you're talking about racing engineer as I'm talking about the reliability of customer cars which are two vastly different things Just google Ferrari v Porsche on reliability as that is the car they are mostly compared to pre '95 you will see Porsche comes out on top every time. So sorry, I stand by my statement. Mr diddly squat says bye and happy new year dude :)

[@eronacalloway9159]

Americans would never know of them if they were NEVER imported to the States. They are Really Nice Cars though

[@TecDLogic]

What’s your insta

[@libertyfreedom5726]

Most of these cars are ugly as sin and just plain weird, which is probably why they're forgotten, but the Ferrari GT Lusso was an awesome looking machine.

[@wmbeam211]

NONE OF THE ABOVE

[@southamericanrocker]

Junk