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Chris56
20-03-2013, 06:50 PM
Q-cars, AKA "Sleeper Cars", AKA "Wolves in Sheeps clothing". Production cars that look fairly ordinary, but when pushed go like s**t off a shovel!. Massive fan of them and here is one of my personal favourites, but what are yours?

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c8/Lancia_Thema_8%EF%BD%A532.jpg/800px-Lancia_Thema_8%EF%BD%A532.jpg
Lancia Thema 8-32, looks boring but has this under the bonnet:woot:

http://www.sub5zero.com/sites/default/files/uploads/2012/06/lancia_thema_8.32_8.jpg
spud31
21-03-2013, 03:55 PM
Volvo 850 T5r/r defo street sleeper
Steve.T
21-03-2013, 05:18 PM
Original BMW M5
team n.o.m.a.d
22-03-2013, 05:34 PM
first edition of audi rs4 estate (porsche engine)
Chris56
23-03-2013, 07:40 PM
I would have to agree with all 3 posts above, though good ones are becoming as rare as hens teeth now.
90irish
23-03-2013, 08:41 PM
My old car was great Q car til I modified it
Toyota Mark II, in tourer V spec, 2.5 twin turbo upset many a skyline and evo in it :)

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90irish
23-03-2013, 08:43 PM
My old car was great Q car til I modified it
Toyota Mark II, in tourer V spec, 2.5 twin turbo upset many a skyline and evo in it :)

http://i842.photobucket.com/albums/zz341/tadhg400/05EA54CA-4AF0-4E11-8AF6-EF72B5AFBC3D-501-00000029C6118A72_zpsefa18270.jpg

My white one looked nicer though ;)
traffman
23-03-2013, 11:00 PM
To be the ultimate sleeper (q car ) it has to be utterly normal from the outside.

The q car came from the term q boat in the second world war , they used to disguise warships as normal boats to fool the enemy.

Here endeth the lesson.

One car i admire is the Mazda 6 MPS , 240/260 bhp , 4wheel drive and dull as ditchwater to look at.

A friend of mine built a 1,2 Vauxhall Nova spin , fitted it with a 2.0 litre redtop , upped the brakes but kept the wheels standard.