Underappreciated Sports Cars Of The '60s

in this video you will see forgotten and underrated cars that deserve attention because they are amazing :)

[@angelusbellum8166]

The Datsun 240Z has never been underrated. It was one of the iconic cars

[@geographyinaction7814]

It doesn't say underrated.

[@reecebower9934]

You know nissans were extremely hard to sell in the states after the world wars because they made Japanese fighter planes. Americans didn't want to buy them. That's why they didn't call them nissans and went with Datsun, the naming was to trick people into thinking they weren't buying a nissan.

[@kanaric]

It's not underappreciated either lol@@geographyinaction7814

[@kanaric]

I highly doubt that Nissan wasn't Mitsubishi. None of the car companies aside Mitsubishi had their name on anything and Americans didn't know their name by the company anyways, the Zero was known as the Zero or Japanese Zero. Not Mitsubishi Zero. Datsun was a car company Nissan owned and the first they exported so that's why all were known as Datsun for a while.@@reecebower9934

[@64fairlane305]

2:30 No, the 240Z has never been overlooked, it`s a legend. 5:10 and so is the P1800.

[@CarNewsTV]

@64fairlane305 and which one in this video is your favourite? :)

[@lilrockfromga5092]

The 240 and the Volvo I remember quite well. The triumph sets so low that you think your on the floor but drove get.

[@CarNewsTV]

@lilrockfromga5092 240 is my favourite :) and your ?

[@samlancaster1277]

The TVR’s on track had huge V8’s and not weedy 1.8 4 cylinders !

[@weejim48]

My uncle bought a Lotus Europa when they were first out. If I remember correctly one of the girls on the Avengers tv program drove one in British racing Green. I was about 11 and asked him if I could have a drive of it. He just laughed at me. 🤣🤣🤣👍

[@geographyinaction7814]

Tara King!

[@CarNewsTV]

@weejim48 those are beautiful experiences :) and do you still have the car in your family? :)

[@donalddday7741]

friend had a yellow one it was like being in a go cart, high maintenance so he did not have it long

[@peterhiggins-qn3ev]

If money was no object, I’d have one of those TVRs in my garage

[@CarNewsTV]

@peterhiggins-qn3ev TVR is your favourite? :) my absolutely favourite car is Ford mustang Selby GT500KR - 2008 version :) Blue vista colour

[@patrickfreeman8257]

Enzo Ferrari: " how can we make a car where is almost impossible to work on the engine? I know, we'll put the engine in the middle of the car!"

[@CarNewsTV]

@patrickfreeman8257 :D but the driving characteristics and balance ! :)

[@samlancaster1277]

The red car in your screenshot is a Lotus 47 and not a Europa. Thank you.

[@donalddday7741]

always wanted a Tiger

[@CarNewsTV]

@donalddday7741 so tiger or dino is your favourite? :)

[@MarkTebbutt-bv2qb]

Dino perfect shape car

[@CarNewsTV]

@MarkTebbutt-bv2qb agree :) So dino is your favourite car from this video ?

[@MarkTebbutt-bv2qb]

@@CarNewsTV what ever the video may be my favourite shape remains

[@Spiritof_76]

Dino? Sunbeam Tiger? 240Z? Underappreciated? Not a chance.

[@CarNewsTV]

@Spiritof_76 maybe not nowadays, but what about in the past? :)

[@Spiritof_76]

@@CarNewsTV Those were cool cars all along. A good looking little Ferrari, a small convertible with a Mustang GT engine, and a sporty Japanese coupe with a straight 6? Always cool.

[@Rich77UK]

Those TVR on track are NOT using the 98bhp, 1800cc, four pot!

[@needfoolthings]

That Lotus is an ugly fricking car and it's beautiful for it.

[@vanhasydan4754]

Some cars are so quirky or ugly in appearance that it lends them a certain sort of beauty

[@needfoolthings]

@@vanhasydan4754 Much of the '80s springs to mind.

[@vanhasydan4754]

@@needfoolthings some 90s as well. The Honda Del Sol is one example.

[@icooper5236]

Europa and tiger underrated you try buying one and the 240 zed not zee are ridiculous money

[@geographyinaction7814]

It does not say underrated.

[@Spiritof_76]

Zed my ass. The car is just a little younger than me and the whole series was pronounced "Zee" cars in the US.

[@t.versteeg3723]

A Volvo P1800S holds the record for greatest number of miles on the speedometer, with 3.2 million miles!

[@CarNewsTV]

@t.versteeg3723 that's an incredible record :-O and which car from this video is your favourite ?

[@needfoolthings]

I thought the 240Z had absolute cult status??

[@64fairlane305]

it has, this guy has no idea

[@mpetersen6]

It had damn near instant cult status when introduced. Great engine, beautiful styling with ery goodhandlin and brakes ror the era. Unfortunately they suffered the same a every other car from the era. They were rust buckets. Bad undercoating and places where road crap could accumulate. Rear quarter panels were especially vulnerable. PS. I remember AMC started Ziebarting their cars in the factory after paint an before interior installtion. The State of Illinois sued them because "it wasn't done the same way as the Ziebart shops did it. Yah, they didn't have to tear the interior apart or drill holes all over the place.

[@dandare1001]

The TR250 wasn't the best of that body shape. The TR5 (for Europe) was the same but with independnet rear suspension instead of the live axle. It handled better. And the 'TR4A had the 4-cylinder engine which had a little less horsepower, but the best handling.

[@garymaxwell2528]

Europa, I've had 2 when they were affordable (well under 10K). Never had as much fun without breaking the law, we'll most laws.

[@marktheaardvark7208]

The taillights on the TVR look just like the eyes of the aliens from the War of the Worlds movie

[@chrismichael3420]

206 was a Dino,not a ferrari Only sold in Italy as a tax dodge The last few 246 and 308 cars were named Ferrari because people had more money than sensr

[@marcusnoble132]

I'm not sure about the 240Z being overlooked..

[@redchthonic]

Porsche wasn't a Porsche and didnt get anywhere near that speed.

[@chucku00]

It did, tho, with the 914-6 that was way easier to control and drive on twisty roads than a standard 911. And basic carburettor mods allowed the 914-6 to deliver the same power (from 110 to 130HP).

[@redchthonic]

Wasn't the motor based on a volks van engine. I have read that originally it was thought to being released as a Volkswagen.

[@chucku00]

@@redchthonic Both early versions of the 914 had the VW and Porsche labels on the back, you can easily check it out. The 914-4 used a VW aircooled flat 4 1.7/1.8/2L engine (80/85/100HP in Europe). The 914-6 used a powered-down Porsche 911 aircooled flat 6 2L engine (110HP, actually this version was also used with the first 911T). Some European Porsche import companies (like Sonauto in France) also proposed optional kits that pushed the engine power up to 150HP on a road-legal 914-6, so it can even decently compete with the first 911S (160HP).

[@roscius6204]

@@chucku00 Effectively the Combi motor.

[@donalddday7741]

all the Z,s were cool cousin had a 240

[@donalddday7741]

Dino is my favorite

[@riceski]

BMW 2002 Tii should be in there - losers left it out.

[@CarNewsTV]

@riceski Agree with you . BMW 2002 is definitely perfect and underrated car . and which car in this video is your favourite? :)

[@junglejym1248]

240 so pretty

[@CarNewsTV]

@junglejym1248 so 240 is your favourite car in this video ? :)

[@1099Kramo]

I used to do autocross in the Lotus Europa. Great times.

[@CarNewsTV]

@1099Kramo How did you feel about him in this discipline? :)

[@1099Kramo]

@@CarNewsTV It was a fun car. Not street legal and very low to the ground.

[@MarkTebbutt-bv2qb]

Beautiful little car

[@mile1920]

i had a red triumph exactly like the hardtop one in the 1st image,awsome fun car

[@CarNewsTV]

@mile1920 wow :) wouldn't you want to buy it again out of nostalgia?

[@BionicRusty]

The Dino has never been called a two hundred and six before………ever. 😂

[@alanthomson1227]

Just look at proves of 246 GTS Dinos , £300000. Ini u

[@manofweed1]

Overlooked maybe, but I'd gratefully accept any one of these, if someone could see fit to donate one to a penniless petrolhead ?!