Welcome to the Australian Ford Forums forum.

You are currently viewing our boards as a guest which gives you limited access to view most discussions and inserts advertising. By joining our free community you will have access to post topics, communicate privately with other members, respond to polls, upload content and access many other special features without post based advertising banners. Registration is simple and absolutely free so please, join our community today!

If you have any problems with the registration process or your account login, please contact us.

Please Note: All new registrations go through a manual approval queue to keep spammers out. This is checked twice each day so there will be a delay before your registration is activated.

Go Back   Australian Ford Forums > General Topics > The Pub

The Pub For General Automotive Related Talk

Reply
 
Thread Tools Display Modes
Old 01-08-2011, 12:17 AM   #1
FalconForce
Regular Member
 
FalconForce's Avatar
 
Join Date: Apr 2011
Location: Melbourne, vic
Posts: 77
Default What other car companies do you also love?

What other car companies do you guys and girls love other than ford?

for me its got to be Aston Martin they make the best looking cars and the most beautiful sounding engines only problem is they aren't exactly kind to your back pocket

__________________
White XF S-pack (gone), VS Commodore (smashed it) LZ Focus (the baby)

What's scarier than the thunder? The Typhoon


Quote:
Originally Posted by vztrt
Doesn't matter anyway whatever they do its wrong according to people on here.
FalconForce is offline   Reply With Quote Multi-Quote with this Post
Old 01-08-2011, 12:20 AM   #2
vztrt
IWCMOGTVM Club Supporter
 
vztrt's Avatar
 
Join Date: Sep 2005
Location: Northern Suburbs Melbourne
Posts: 17,799
Valued Contributor: For members whose non technical contributions are worthy of recognition. - Issue reason: vztrt is one of the most consistent and respected contributors to AFF, I have found his contributions are most useful to discussion as well as answering members queries. 
Default Re: What other car companies do you also love?

Sucker for English car companies, I think its just the look of them. Also like BMW's.
__________________
Daniel
vztrt is offline   Reply With Quote Multi-Quote with this Post
Old 01-08-2011, 12:25 AM   #3
SSD-85
Donating Member
Donating Member1
 
Join Date: Aug 2006
Posts: 5,142
Default Re: What other car companies do you also love?

Europe: Maserati (Coupe & Granturismo)

Asian: Mitsubishi (Starion & GTO)

US: Chrysler LLC (Duster, Fury & anything Desoto)
SSD-85 is offline   Reply With Quote Multi-Quote with this Post
Old 01-08-2011, 12:27 AM   #4
GazzF6
Perth WA
Donating Member1
 
GazzF6's Avatar
 
Join Date: Mar 2010
Location: WA
Posts: 567
Default Re: What other car companies do you also love?

Ferrari - Speed and good looks
Nissan (GTR) - Cheapest Supercar on planet Earth
Mitsubishi (Evo/Ralliart) Best value AWD that's fast & handles great.
Lexus - (IS 250) Business Class with poke, for economy fare
KIA - All current models, Best value car you can buy! Game changer!

All Valiants.. (past life)
__________________
2008 FG F6 310 - Auto 384KW/850Nm(RW)
Monsta Torque WA : Prestige Exhaust : AutoFX Paint Protection : Gino's Panel & Paint : AC Automatics :

2016 Jaguar XE Black Pack R-Sport
GazzF6 is offline   Reply With Quote Multi-Quote with this Post
Old 01-08-2011, 12:30 AM   #5
Resurrection
I was correct - AGAIN
 
Resurrection's Avatar
 
Join Date: May 2010
Location: Third rock from the sun
Posts: 1,801
Default Re: What other car companies do you also love?

Europe - Anything German
Japan - Mazda (still have a soft spot for the Series III RX7)
American - Ford 1948 - 1973
Resurrection is offline   Reply With Quote Multi-Quote with this Post
Old 01-08-2011, 02:10 AM   #6
FalconForce
Regular Member
 
FalconForce's Avatar
 
Join Date: Apr 2011
Location: Melbourne, vic
Posts: 77
Default Re: What other car companies do you also love?

i would also love to say im loving the Toyota Aurion i have at the moment i am currently borrowing it off the old man while i look for a new car and it absolutely demolishes holdens
__________________
White XF S-pack (gone), VS Commodore (smashed it) LZ Focus (the baby)

What's scarier than the thunder? The Typhoon


Quote:
Originally Posted by vztrt
Doesn't matter anyway whatever they do its wrong according to people on here.
FalconForce is offline   Reply With Quote Multi-Quote with this Post
Old 01-08-2011, 03:26 AM   #7
MethodX
FF.Com.Au Hardcore
 
MethodX's Avatar
 
Join Date: Jan 2005
Posts: 3,198
Default Re: What other car companies do you also love?

American and some Euro ones.
German, Italian.
MethodX is offline   Reply With Quote Multi-Quote with this Post
Old 01-08-2011, 05:42 AM   #8
Ben73
FF.Com.Au Hardcore
 
Ben73's Avatar
 
Join Date: Jul 2010
Location: NSW
Posts: 4,335
Default Re: What other car companies do you also love?

Chrysler, jeep.
BMW 3 m3 m5 7 8 z4
Toyota landcrusier & soarer
Range rover
Jaguars
Maserati granturismo
Some old Caddy's and Chevys, suburban
Statesmans and senators
Ferarri. Particularly 550 maranello.

Ok I know the OP said companies but I went over the top.
Ben73 is offline   Reply With Quote Multi-Quote with this Post
Old 01-08-2011, 05:48 AM   #9
MAGPIE
FF.Com.Au Hardcore
 
MAGPIE's Avatar
 
Join Date: Dec 2004
Location: The Shakey Isles
Posts: 3,428
Default Re: What other car companies do you also love?

Subaru
Jag
Aston Martin
Mazda
Lotus
BMW
MAGPIE is offline   Reply With Quote Multi-Quote with this Post
Old 01-08-2011, 06:46 AM   #10
Glen 5150
FF.Com.Au Hardcore
 
Glen 5150's Avatar
 
Join Date: Jun 2010
Posts: 1,460
Default Re: What other car companies do you also love?

If money was no issue, always loved Porsche. In the "real world", although they constantly cop a bagging (often on this forum) for being bland and boring i've always loved Toyota. Tick every box for me, reputation, reliability and resale.
Glen 5150 is offline   Reply With Quote Multi-Quote with this Post
Old 01-08-2011, 07:58 AM   #11
max_torq
From the Futura
 
max_torq's Avatar
 
Join Date: Mar 2007
Location: Canberra, Australia
Posts: 572
Default Re: What other car companies do you also love?

Fiat,

they make great cars always with a bit of a sporting heritage, good external design, fun to drive. The 128SL-X1/9 cars of the seventies with the FWD driveline in the rear of a two seater: just brilliant.
__________________
1979 Ford Thunderbird Heritage Edition (See Here!)
max_torq is offline   Reply With Quote Multi-Quote with this Post
Old 01-08-2011, 08:00 AM   #12
SteveJH
No longer a Uni student..
 
Join Date: Jan 2010
Location: Coffs Harbour, NSW
Posts: 2,557
Default Re: What other car companies do you also love?

Jaguar & Aston Martin. Would love a 911 GT3 though.
SteveJH is offline   Reply With Quote Multi-Quote with this Post
Old 01-08-2011, 08:30 AM   #13
Falc'man
You dig, we stick!
 
Falc'man's Avatar
 
Join Date: Mar 2006
Posts: 7,461
Default Re: What other car companies do you also love?

Holden.
__________________
"....You don't put the car through engineering" - Rod Barrett.
Falc'man is offline   Reply With Quote Multi-Quote with this Post
Old 01-08-2011, 08:34 AM   #14
Stazza_Brendan
FF.Com.Au Hardcore
 
Stazza_Brendan's Avatar
 
Join Date: May 2010
Location: Mackay
Posts: 1,237
Default Re: What other car companies do you also love?

Old school Mitsubishi fan... have owned a few starions.
Mazda for their rotary. Got a 13b Turbo 323
__________________
Seduce BFII XR6T Ute
ZF - Optioned interior - Hardlid - Rapidsystems V4.5 kit - GTX3576R - Crow Cams Valve springs - 1000cc KPM injectors - 20" MC Racing Wheels - DashDaq/Cobalt Gauges - 4in dump/3.5in exhaust system - Shockworks Coilovers - 30mm Swaybar - Shockworks 4pot 355mm front brakes - GT R-spec rear brakes
CPV Tuned to 340rwkw
Stazza_Brendan is offline   Reply With Quote Multi-Quote with this Post
Old 01-08-2011, 08:39 AM   #15
duaned
FF.Com.Au Hardcore
 
duaned's Avatar
 
Join Date: Jan 2005
Location: Lake Macquarie, Newcastle NSW
Posts: 3,164
Default Re: What other car companies do you also love?

There's something about Audi's that I always like. If I could afford one, it would be my next ride.
duaned is offline   Reply With Quote Multi-Quote with this Post
Old 01-08-2011, 08:47 AM   #16
302 XC
FF.Com.Au Hardcore
 
Join Date: Sep 2009
Posts: 2,527
Default Re: What other car companies do you also love?

Only Fords and Nissans here

Nothin else
302 XC is offline   Reply With Quote Multi-Quote with this Post
Old 01-08-2011, 08:51 AM   #17
DJM83
Barra Turbo > V8
Donating Member3
 
DJM83's Avatar
 
Join Date: Jan 2005
Posts: 26,016
Default Re: What other car companies do you also love?

Audi
Volvo
Aston Martin
__________________
-2011 XR6 Turbo Ute - Lux Pack - M6
-2022 Hyundai Tucson Highlander Diesel N Line
DJM83 is offline   Reply With Quote Multi-Quote with this Post
Old 01-08-2011, 08:55 AM   #18
DJR-351
I am Groot
Donating Member3
 
DJR-351's Avatar
 
Join Date: Dec 2007
Location: Burnett Heads, Qld
Posts: 6,840
Default Re: What other car companies do you also love?

Well i have always had a Landcruiser since 81' (even when i haven’t had a Ford) so i guess.....
__________________
..
McLaren F1
Dick Johnson Racing

"Those were the days when the cars were cars, they weren't built out of an Ikea pack like they are now and clothed in plastic; they were real cars." John Bowe
DJR-351 is offline   Reply With Quote Multi-Quote with this Post
Old 01-08-2011, 08:57 AM   #19
Wretched
Render unto Caesar
 
Wretched's Avatar
 
Join Date: Feb 2008
Location: ::1
Posts: 4,228
Default Re: What other car companies do you also love?

I don't love car companies but do like some which have cars I do appreciate.

Porsche
Mercedes Benz/AMG
BMW
Volvo
Mazda
Lamborghini
Ferrari
McLaren
Jaguar
Land Rover
VW
__________________
"Aliens might be surprised to learn that in a cosmos with limitless starlight, humans kill for energy sources buried in sand." - Neil deGrasse Tyson
Wretched is offline   Reply With Quote Multi-Quote with this Post
Old 01-08-2011, 09:05 AM   #20
Polyal
The 'Stihl' Man
Donating Member2
 
Polyal's Avatar
 
Join Date: Jan 2005
Location: TAS
Posts: 27,586
Default Re: What other car companies do you also love?

Im too much of a car-wh0re..all manufacturers have atleast a car I would own.

The realistic pinnacle for me is Porsche though.
Polyal is offline   Reply With Quote Multi-Quote with this Post
Old 01-08-2011, 09:23 AM   #21
2011G6E
FF.Com.Au Hardcore
 
2011G6E's Avatar
 
Join Date: Feb 2011
Location: On The Footplate.
Posts: 5,086
Default Re: What other car companies do you also love?

Is "All of them" a suitable answer?

I've owned and/or driven cars from everywhere, and found enjoyment of one sort or another in all of them. From the bellow of my mates Australian XY GT, to the turbine-like whine of a rotary powered RX2 bouncing off the limiter, to the asthmatic 30hp huff of a little 803cc BMC A-series in my first car, a 1953 Austin A30, to the clatter of the flat four in an old girlfriends VW Beetle, from the rasping roar of the heavily worked 265 hemi in my beloved and still sadly missed '72 VH Charger, to the wonderful 4.0 six in our current G6E, and a hundred other cars and makes inbetween...I love them all.

As my feelings towards motorbikes...if it has an engine and wheels, I'll give it a go!
2011G6E is offline   Reply With Quote Multi-Quote with this Post
Old 01-08-2011, 09:45 AM   #22
Yellow_Festiva
Where to next??
 
Yellow_Festiva's Avatar
 
Join Date: Oct 2006
Location: Sydney
Posts: 8,893
Default Re: What other car companies do you also love?

Kia / Hyundai for the Asian makes, Fiat and Lotus for the European makes and Ford from the Amreicans.
Yellow_Festiva is offline   Reply With Quote Multi-Quote with this Post
Old 01-08-2011, 10:02 AM   #23
GreenR
FF.Com.Au Hardcore
 
GreenR's Avatar
 
Join Date: Aug 2010
Location: Melbourne
Posts: 1,580
Default Re: What other car companies do you also love?

Nissan. Skyline, Silvia, GTR etc
GreenR is offline   Reply With Quote Multi-Quote with this Post
Old 01-08-2011, 10:09 AM   #24
boss54
Regular Member
 
boss54's Avatar
 
Join Date: Oct 2010
Posts: 116
Default Re: What other car companies do you also love?

Nissan jeep Toyota. Any that makes good 4x4s
boss54 is offline   Reply With Quote Multi-Quote with this Post
Old 01-08-2011, 10:19 AM   #25
Rodge
Banned
 
Rodge's Avatar
 
Join Date: Feb 2010
Posts: 5,801
Default Re: What other car companies do you also love?

I think most of us enthusiasts have a good appreciation of any marque that makes a genuinely good vehicle.
Apart from FPV my favourite marque's would be:
Mercedes-benz
Jaguar
Rodge is offline   Reply With Quote Multi-Quote with this Post
Old 01-08-2011, 10:33 AM   #26
ebxr8240
Performance moderator
 
ebxr8240's Avatar
 
Join Date: Feb 2005
Location: St Clair..N.S.W
Posts: 14,875
Technical Contributor: For members who share their technical expertise. - Issue reason: Always willing to help out with technical advice. 
Default Re: What other car companies do you also love?

Subaru, Mazda,the older Nissan's... Toyota in large 4wd vehicle..
Any performance vehicle such as Mitsu Evo. I'm not put off by reputation
of the mainstream vehicle's..
Driven a few ex works[Ford, Mazda,Nissan] rally cars..Would make excellent weekenders!!!
__________________
Real cars are not driven by front wheels,real cars lift them!!...
BABYS ARE BOTTLE FED, REAL MEN GET BLOWN.
Don't be afraid to try something new. Remember, amateurs built the Ark...Professionals built the Titanic!
Dart 330ci block turbo black pearl EBXR8 482 rwkw..
Daily driver GTE FG..
Projects http://www.fordforums.com.au/showthread.php?t=107711
http://www.fordforums.com.au/showthr...8+turbo&page=4
ebxr8240 is offline   Reply With Quote Multi-Quote with this Post
Old 01-08-2011, 10:38 AM   #27
FreddyDUZ747
Banned
 
FreddyDUZ747's Avatar
 
Join Date: Apr 2009
Location: SA
Posts: 5,213
Default Re: What other car companies do you also love?

Masserati,Audi,TVR,CSV,Nissan off the top of my head.
FreddyDUZ747 is offline   Reply With Quote Multi-Quote with this Post
Old 01-08-2011, 10:46 AM   #28
ebxr8240
Performance moderator
 
ebxr8240's Avatar
 
Join Date: Feb 2005
Location: St Clair..N.S.W
Posts: 14,875
Technical Contributor: For members who share their technical expertise. - Issue reason: Always willing to help out with technical advice. 
Default Re: What other car companies do you also love?

Umm I've tried to drive the Euro sports cars..
Trust me they look much nicer than they are to drive!!
Unless your built like American hero in his early years.. Lol...
Porsche would be the exception..
__________________
Real cars are not driven by front wheels,real cars lift them!!...
BABYS ARE BOTTLE FED, REAL MEN GET BLOWN.
Don't be afraid to try something new. Remember, amateurs built the Ark...Professionals built the Titanic!
Dart 330ci block turbo black pearl EBXR8 482 rwkw..
Daily driver GTE FG..
Projects http://www.fordforums.com.au/showthread.php?t=107711
http://www.fordforums.com.au/showthr...8+turbo&page=4
ebxr8240 is offline   Reply With Quote Multi-Quote with this Post
Old 01-08-2011, 11:02 AM   #29
Ford_The_Win
FF.Com.Au Hardcore
 
Join Date: May 2010
Posts: 1,730
Default Re: What other car companies do you also love?

Jaguar, Maserati, Subaru, Land Rover, and Mitsubishi - had them in the family for decades and never missed a beat.
__________________
2011 FG XR6 Sedan
Ford_The_Win is offline   Reply With Quote Multi-Quote with this Post
Old 01-08-2011, 11:51 AM   #30
Gobes32
FF.Com.Au Hardcore
 
Gobes32's Avatar
 
Join Date: Mar 2006
Posts: 2,021
Default Re: What other car companies do you also love?

Holden anything prior to 1979. Don't care much for Commodore onwards. In fact my dream car is a 1968 HK GTS.
__________________
Quote:
Originally Posted by jpd80
A G8E would be good if Ford marketed squarely at Calais V8 owners. They need to bring back the walking fingers like in the initial FG ads, but this time have the fingers crushing Calais' as they walk along, with some relaxing background Led Zeppelin music and Marcos Ambrose in stubbies and singlet driving it.
Gobes32 is offline   Reply With Quote Multi-Quote with this Post
Reply

Thread Tools
Display Modes

Forum Jump


All times are GMT +11. The time now is 06:03 AM.


Powered by vBulletin® Version 3.8.5
Copyright ©2000 - 2024, Jelsoft Enterprises Ltd.
Other than what is legally copyrighted by the respective owners, this site is copyright www.fordforums.com.au
Positive SSL