Best handling Classic car

[W.R.]

What about the Porsche 909 Bergspider? It weighed about bugger all.

[henk4]

where do Classics start? Pre war too?
In which case I am tempted to say Alfa Romeo 8C2300.
For "modern" race cars the handling of a Chevron B16-19 left not much to be desired.
Fleet's suggestion for a road car is of course a joke, a BMW 2002 TI might be getting close to the ideal set up in the handling department.

[Street_Dreamer]

From what I hear the late 60s early 70s Alfa GTs have to be in there

[NicFromLA]

Etype was not a great handling car. The front end was too heavy. Factory Porsche drivers preferred the 908 to the 917 and the 906-910 over both of them. The 250 GTO was good but there were better models.

E-Type is actually a pretty good handling car due to the light weight body and position of the engine, however it's best handling comes at higher speeds. Ferrari California SWB is great handling too.

[Ferrer]

Perhaps Mark II for a better handling Jag?

[jaromull]

Best handling? A tie between a '69 and '76 Cadillac!

U.S. cars, including those beloved Trans-Am Firebirds and Corvettes till 1980 varieties were a handling nightmare if compared with the European cars of the same vintage... Even those over-powered MOPAR cars hardly compared to European competition, with the sole exception of their brutal power.

[henk4]

U.S. cars, including those beloved Trans-Am Firebirds and Corvettes till 1980 varieties were a handling nightmare if compared with the European cars of the same vintage... Even those over-powered MOPAR cars hardly compared to European competition, with the sole exception of their brutal power.

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[Fleet 500]

U.S. cars, including those beloved Trans-Am Firebirds and Corvettes till 1980 varieties were a handling nightmare if compared with the European cars of the same vintage... Even those over-powered MOPAR cars hardly compared to European competition, with the sole exception of their brutal power.

Some of the pre-'80s American cars (Corvettes, '60s Plymouth Barracudas, Olds 4-4-2) handled quite well... especially compared with some of the European cars of the time.

[Matra et Alpine]

please ... please ..... PLEASE Fleet, we've done that argument to death
Let it go

[henk4]

please ... please ..... PLEASE Fleet, we've done that argument to death
Let it go

The cars Fleet earlier mentioned are not the ones he is now suggesting.......but let's prepare ourselves for contemporary US magazines etc, etc, etc.....

[willysjeep]

Over the years smaller cars have been proven to handle better that bigger and heavy cars. I can only think of all the 'underpowered' cars in the 60 and 70's on the track. In good conditions the muscle cars elimanated everything, but add a bit of rain...

In South Africa we had the longer and hilly tracks. This were musclecar territory. But on the shorter and flatter tracks it's the fourbangers that do the racing....only due to better handling.

I can only imagine myself a 69 Caddy balls to the wall down the main straight at Killarney only to see Malmesbury corner popping up under the Goodyear bridge.....................................

[Kitdy]

Some of the pre-'80s American cars (Corvettes, '60s Plymouth Barracudas, Olds 4-4-2) handled quite well... especially compared with some of the European cars of the time.

Maybe the best American car handlers could compare with the worst/midpack European ones but I really don't think it'd be close if you took the best against best.

Fleet, American cars were/are not the best at everything.

[Fleet 500]

Maybe the best American car handlers could compare with the worst/midpack European ones but I really don't think it'd be close if you took the best against best.

As an example, a '70 Corvette handled better than a '70 Porsche (forgot the model, 911 or something like that). Maybe that Porsche was a worst/midpack car?

Fleet, American cars were/are not the best at everything

In the years I've been posting on this forum, show me one post in which I seriously made such a claim.

[Fleet 500]

U.S. cars, including those beloved Trans-Am Firebirds and Corvettes till 1980 varieties were a handling nightmare if compared with the European cars of the same vintage... Even those over-powered MOPAR cars hardly compared to European competition, with the sole exception of their brutal power.

BTW... "overpowered" Mopars? To muscle car fans like me, they are not "overpowered," but "correctlypowered."

[Fleet 500]

please ... please ..... PLEASE Fleet, we've done that argument to death
Let it go

Apparently, jaromull is unaware of the handling characteristics of '60s/'70s American cars. So in response to his overly-general claim, I saw fit to correct it.