The light on the horizon grows dim, and Judgment Day is at hand: Voting for the Jalopnik Forza Motorsport Downloadable Car Pack is almost over. One more vote takes place today. Here are Wednesday’s champions.
Yesterday was the third and penultimate day of voting for Jalopnik‘s community-voted car pack. It was not an easy day. The introduction of the Commenter Golden Ticket pleased some and offended many, and the voting ranks grew restless. Cars like the Volvo 242 Homologation and the Mitsubishi Starion were given a temporary reprieve from the heartless justice that is the online poll. A lot of weird juju came and went. And we started an IV drip of caffiene and 90-weight in order to keep from going temporarily mad. (Or is that to stay mad? Details, details.)
Nevertheless, we soldier on. Today is the final day of voting, and one more poll takes place at noon EST. This is the big one, and it’s set to be nothing less than a massive, heartless slaughter. Five Golden Ticket cars will be introduced with today’s vote, but there will be no more second chances. Tomorrow, we wrap things up, pick up the pieces, and tell you how it all shook out.
As our Forza time draws to a close, we have but one word of benediction. Carry this statement into battle, and when you find yourself growing weak with indecision, fall into its loving, supportive arms:
Thundercougarfalconbird, my friends. Thundercougarfalconbird.
Housekeeping: As we mentioned earlier, wallpapers will be offered for the art in this series of posts, so just hold your horses. All votes were counted by a tame, intelligent wildcat that lives in Sam’s closet and subsists on the blood of the innocent. Your mileage may vary. In the names of Rosche, Chapman, Goosen, and Gurney, I offer this blessing: Go forth and get funky.
Round Two, Group I
The feisty, love-it-or-hate-it BMW 2002 Turbo again takes a commanding, lag-filled lead. The Fiat Abarth TCR goes out in a blaze of grappa and hand gestures. The E28 M5 loses out to its younger brother, the fatter and faster E39, and two Astons claw their way to the bottom of the top of the charts. Still, take heart: The Lancia 037 Stradale lives, as does the Cossie-powered ’74 Ford Escort. All is not lost.
1. 1973 BMW 2002 Turbo, 5009
2. 1971 De Tomaso Pantera, 4702
3. 1982 Lancia 037 Stradale, 4600
4. 1974 Ford Escort RS1600, 4321
5. 1988 Pontiac Fiero GT, 4187
6. 1982 DeLorean DMC-12, 4168
7. 1999 BMW M5, 4081
8. 1960 Aston Martin DB4 Zagato, 3970
9. 1998 Aston Martin V8 Vantage V600, 3857
10. 1980 Lotus Esprit 2.2, 3759
The Also-Rans
1977 Mazda RX-3SP, 3571
1965 Fiat Abarth 1000 TCR (Commenter Golden Ticket), 3500
1969 Chevrolet Nova SS (Commenter Golden Ticket), 3500
1968 Alfa Romeo 33 Stradale, 3436
1995 Volvo T5-R, 3406
1987 BMW M5, 3306
1996 Audi RS2 Avant, 3233
1980 Mercedes-Benz 450 SLC AMG Group 2, 3088
1998 Alfa Romeo 155 GTA, 3051
1992 Jaguar XJR-15, 3032
1978 Ford Mustang King Cobra (Commenter Golden Ticket), 2855
1972 Mercedes-Benz 300 SEL 6.3 (Commenter Golden Ticket), 2838
1989 Toyota MR2 SC, 2726
1997 Honda Civic Type R, 2640
1970 Mercury Cougar Eliminator (Commenter Golden Ticket), 2587
Round Two, Group II
What’s this? Two SyTys in the final cut? Your eyes do not deceive you — it makes no sense, but it was expected. We bid a fond, Bumbeckian farewell to the Mitsubishi Starion, praying that it returns as a Golden Ticket gift. The Aston Martin V8 Vantage bulldogged its way to second, proving that, for some, Britannia will always rule. And the Mk1 Volkswagen Scirocco blows its desert-wind way to success. Breezy!
1. 1992 GMC Syclone, 4051
2. 1977 Aston Martin V8 Vantage, 3973
3. 1994 Porsche 928 GTS, 3942
4. 1970 Ferrari 365 GTB/4 Daytona, 3828
5. 1984 Peugeot 205 Turbo 16, 3593
6. 1969 Pontiac GTO Judge, 3564
7. 1993 GMC Typhoon (Commenter Golden Ticket), 3430
8. 1984 BMW M635CSi, 3394
9. 1996 Subaru Impreza WRX Type R STi, 3372
10. 1981 Volkswagen Scirocco S, 3358
The Also-Rans
1966 Jaguar XJ13, 3311
1988 Nissan GTS-R R31, 3209
1984 Mazda RX-7 GSL-SE, 3200
1988 Mitsubishi Starion ESI-R (Commenter Golden Ticket), 3171
1970 Alfa Romeo Montreal, 3152
1973 Ford Falcon GT XB, 3134
1959 BMW 507, 3095
1999 Lotus Elise Sport 190, 3028
1971 Ford Mustang Mach 1, 2954
1965 MG MGB GT (Commenter Golden Ticket), 2821
1972 Ford Gran Torino Sport (Commenter Golden Ticket), 2785
1965 Pontiac GTO, 2758
1987 Chevrolet Monte Carlo SS (Commenter Golden Ticket), 2649
1970 Chevrolet Camaro Z28, 2631
Round Two, Group III
Oh, you poor, poor fools — you’ve gone and killed the only Aston that Sam ever loved. You’ve saved the BMW Z3 M Coupe, the Saab 99, and the Mercedes-Benz 2.5-16, however, which means that you may still have souls. This is marginally encouraging.
1. 1970 Datsun 240Z, 5259
2. 1992 Ford Escort RS Cosworth, 5051
3. 1990 Toyota Celica GT-Four ST185, 4837
4. 1987 Ford Sierra Cosworth RS500, 4347
5. 1990 Mercedes-Benz 190E 2.5-16 Evo II, 4237
6. 1992 Nissan 240SX SE (Commenter Golden Ticket), 4204
7. 1955 Porsche 550A Spyder, 4153
8. 1986 Honda CRX Si, 4098
9. 1977 Saab 99 Turbo (Commenter Golden Ticket), 3985
10. 2002 BMW Z3 M Coupe, 3875
The Also-Rans
1959 Aston Martin DBR1, 3868
1960 Ferrari 250 GT SWB California Spyder, 3652
1970 Plymouth Hemi ‘Cuda, 3527
1989 Ford Taurus SHO, 3482
1986 Dodge Shelby Omni GLHS (Commenter Golden Ticket), 3453
1965 Ford Mustang Coupe (Fastback), 3443
1983 Volvo 242 Group A Homologation (Commenter Golden Ticket), 3300
1956 Lotus Eleven, 3247
1995 BMW 850CSi, 3160
1971 De Tomaso Mangusta, 3154
2000 BMW Z8, 3012
1971 AMC Javelin AMX (Commenter Golden Ticket), 2963
1977 Pontiac Firebird Trans Am, 2657
1969 Pontiac Firebird Trans Am, 2541
1997 Ford Probe GTS, 2503
@RobbyP: I said ON Jalopnik. I’m with you, there’s a lot of you out there that read it and don’t post, and I’m for you guys having full voting rights.
I am against people voting who don’t even know what the definition of Jalop is.
maximum-sienna
@acarr260: I think it’s easy to tell what happened when pretty much every commenter said Omni and Starion during their respective rounds and you look at the current results.
oddfish
@koolykool44: Yeah, as a non-gamer who would seriously consider buying the game because of a Jalop-pack. I would have appreciated it if the lists had been culled of cars that essentially exist in the game.
SlowMo (now with Rusty the Miata in the family)
@mhlaxp: I wish I could promote your comment. I voted with my heart and yet the 33 Stradale and T5-R fell by the wayside…
JawzX2: Hoon The Earth @ http://www.cafepress.com/jawzx2
@vdiddy210 – Professional Blog Commentator: It’s Jalopnik’s fault for starting with 120 cars, of which many were ho-hum.
son of a Sven
We’re going to need more than just 5 Golden Tickets to right this wrong.
PowerTryp Reply Master
@Captain Liverspots: hmmm, this is something that warrants more discussion.
I find the Syphoon fully dragon worthy. Pickup + V6 + massive turbo + cheesy body kit? Whats not to love?
I also think Lady Gaga to be super hot in that Italian girl with a big nose and big ass kind of way.
I’m also a bit mad, and I really want to buy another 70s Opel GT. Thus I think you and I must happily disagree on most things while we seek out and destroy all who have voted for the 240SX.
BlandonNimrat
@siva80: There is so much win in this, that I am pissing myself with laughter…
DoctorNine
1996 Audi RS2 Avant, 3233
/shakes fist
Quattro-luvr
@The Stig’s American Cousin: Actually I’d rather race an ’86 CRX or ’88 Monte Carol than a ’65 Mustang.
reefer
@Twonius: and that is officially the worst joke I’ve mad on the Internet
Twonius
Yeah! and we could get someone to tape the whole thing and realease it as “The Triumph of the Ray”
Twonius
@mhlaxp: State of the Forzalopnik Address, 2010
siva80
I’m highly disappointed.
No RS2, no 242, no Eleven, no 250 GT, no SHO, no Gran Torino, no Elise Sport, no Falcon, no Starion, no XJ13, no XJR-15.
F*ckin a, man. F*ckin a.
crespo
@oddfish: +1
BrtStlnd
All I wanted was my Nova but oh well at least the Typhoon and Syclone are still there. The Probe is goneYes! The Civic CRX Si come on you can make one in the game already! The ’69 GTO I made mine one in the game as well why not the ’65. No Volvo wagon that was another good one!
Jason454ss
@maximum-sienna: Yeah it should be up to commenters only.
PowerTryp Reply Master
@Detroit Diamond: I just got hired recently. The funny thing is, Ray owns the company. Crazy.
If you want, I can put in a good word for you.
leavethegun-takethecannoli
Fiero’s in the list. All’s right with the world.
twitchykun(level 50 Jalop-Knight)
@evilvocho: I think there are interlopers here from another Internets. They must be destroyed. Mount your 242. After I fix the wiring in my MG we shall go forth and find these 240SX lovers and eat them!
BlandonNimrat
no Omni? No BMW 507? wth???
Brian R. Kupfer
Come on, people. The first rule of Jalop Vote Club is that you don’t talk about Jalop Vote Club… or else this happens.
From the T10 blog comments:
“I see many old junkars that have no appeal to me whatsoever.”
“My bad, the Probes didnt make it through but 2 Ford Escorts did? Thats even worse.”
“Im sick of seeing crappy ricers on the circuit and i rarely see any ferrari’s or REAL RACERS on track anyways we want more old SCHOOL AMERICAN MUSCLE!!”
“Like there aren’t enough useless BMWs in the game.”
“vote with confidence, vote JDM!”
“GMC Typhoon and Cyclone for the low riderZ”
-_-;
t0ast
@Ben Wojdyla: I can only assume that the average age of the voters is way too young to know what the hell it is.
Kids! Feh! Get off my lawn!
SlowMo (now with Rusty the Miata in the family)
I hope these packs are free. I’m really not that excited about these cars. Yawn…
ApexRally
Really?
The 1999 M5 beet out the 1987 M5?
The M635Csi beet the 507? (this one I am ok with, E24s rock!)
The Z3M Coupe Beet the Z8?!
What were you people thinking.
KillerPM
Where art thou Omni GLHS, Starion, and Ford Falcon XB GT?
At least we have the SyTys and Cossies.
cashton3
@Engineerman: I’m with you. I trust our boys to do what’s right.
oddfish
@danio3834: This is no longer about what’s Jalopnik anymore. It’s about whatever niche auto forum can get the most people to come here for the first time and vote for another BMW.
siva80
@Vanderhuge: Seconded!
FjordGreenPorsche
@PowerTryp Reply Master: We could just abandon this mockery of Jalopcracy and run all of the possible entries against the “How Jalopnik is your car” scale. Highest scored cars go into the pack, easy as that.
acarr260
@Engineerman: I agree completely, it’s obvious that the voting PUBLIC can’t be trusted to represent Jalopnik.
twistedsymphony
@Engineerman: I agree, let the Jalopnik crew choose the cars.
If people are going to come in from outside and pick non-Jalops, then I think we’re all screwed.
Would Canadians let Americans decide their elections?
FjordGreenPorsche
@maximum-sienna: That wouldn’t be fair to those of us who have been reading this blog since the dawn of time, but have never posted. I am as enraged as the rest of you.
RobbyP
GroupI: Wow, really? How did the M5 beat out the Abarth? Too bad the RX3 couldn’t make it, but I’ll gladly take the 037 and RS1600 in its place.
GroupII: Two GMs, same platform but different bodies, and -another- Ferrari and Porsche? What a waste. The Starion is one of the most under represented cars out there, not many people know of them and it seems it’ll stay that way. Unfortunate.
GroupIII: Pitch the Datsun ‘n Nissan and replace with the Volvo and Omni.
RallySol
Wow, we really need to get that gold ticket up and going Jalop’s. We need to get that ’87 M5, ’84 RX-7, ’88 Starion, most certainly the ’87 Monte SS(Who wouldn’t love blowing the doors off a Ferrari in a mullet mobile monte), ’70 Camaro, ’59 Aston, ’89 SHO!!!!, and preferably both ’77 and ’69 Trans Am.
Turn 10, I have bought every single Forza. Please allow the Jalopnik Car pack to pack like 27 cars just so we can fit all the good ones in.
reefer
@Bonhomme7h: Brilliant!
So the popular vote car pack will suck, which means other good car packs need to come from this. The commenter golden ticket car pack and the Aussie rides car pack lead the list of car packs that need to result from this endeavor.
4 cam torino
@oddfish: Yes! The voting is definitely getting skewed away from the Jalopnik demographic. I wonder how many new users (people that never came here before this Forza thing started) are voting v/s the longer-time Jalops. I would guess that Wert has a decent idea as to those numbers or percentages.
acarr260
Regardless of what others believe I am still thoroughly disappointed that the 93-97 Probe GT will not be in Forza 3. I wish all of you the best in voting your favorites in today. Thank you Jalopnik!
pw_cc_runner
@Maymar: Ditto on the Alfas
xeensd
What fresh hell is this?
It is a sad day when I find myself having to reiterate points previously made, for I fear my words may have fallen on deaf ears.
The following cars are still alive:
ANOTHER Civic
ANOTHER Impreza
And more goddamn BWMs than you can shake a stick at.
There are already eight Civics in the game! 8! No one needs them all because they’re largely interchangeable- we don’t need a ninth!
There are already six Imprezas! 6! Even as a car nerd I can barely tell them apart, and they too are largely interchangeable- we don’t need a seventh!
There are already twelve interchangeable, characterless bimmers- and we’ve voted forward four more? Who actually needs the Z3M when the Z4M is already in the game? The 2002 Turbo is noteworthy and deserving, but since that car was made, have we even seen BMW crack a smile, an inkling of a grin?
Whither the Jalop? Where is the joy?
The thought- the mere THOUGHT- of driving a Taurus around the ‘Ring had me grinning ear to ear. Many of you, my friends, grinned that same grin, thought of that same joy.
And that joy has now been sacrificed. Go home; happiness no longer lives here.
And for, what, I ask you? For what? Another Civic? Another Impreza? Some BMW fanboy a thousand miles away, sitting behind his screen and dreaming of one day being that jackass on his bluetooth headset who cuts you off?
This is not the Internet Fanboy Vote-Off car pack. This is the JALOPNIK car pack. We don’t vote so that we can win- we vote for what we love, and what we love is the joy of driving.
We have a chance for greatness. We have a chance to avoid the pitfalls of the past, to DLCs neglected for their decision to include every year cars which are good, but ultimately boring. Because, let’s be honest- you already have a lot of good cars in your Forza garage. You don’t need more. But you’ll never have too many cars that are fun, too many that make you laugh every time you drive them.
Not every fallen friend can get a reprieve. Some casualties are lost forever, crushed by the soul-crushing boredom.
But we are Jalops. Hope springs eternal, and swift action shall be our creedo. Second chances are now last chances for all.
Vote with your heart. Vote for what we all love. Vote for cars that will make those who have never experienced the joy that we have scratch their heads and wonder what went wrong during our childhoods. Let them experience our joy, and yes, let them experience it too.
There may still be hope for them yet. Eternal salvation, one DLC away. One vote away.
This is a powerful tool. Use it wisely.
mhlaxp
@siva80:
maybe it would’ve gotten more votes as the v8olvo.
LeMons is the essence of jalopnik
Twonius
Bring back the 6.3! Bring back The Bandit! SHO SHO for Coco! I enjoy going like hell, somemore!
DasBrink
@AddysDaddy: I dunno, the Fiero is pretty Jalop to me. Besides that my mullet and I are right behind you.
BlandonNimrat
Aw, the 1989 MR2 SC didn’t get through. Great car, can tweak to death an still handles like a dream.
CptCarnage
@ThreeLitre: GMC SUV with an oversized engine? Obviously you don’t understand the beauty of the AWD Turbo 4.3 V6 that is the Typhoon.
The Stig’s American Cousin
@TheSwagger: Paraphrasing: “What the hellz iza Magnoosto?? That Celica izz gonna be mad hella sweet, yo!”
BrtStlnd
Still all these BMW’s… geez
(I am partial to the 240sx… as the commenter gold edition but the Omni would be first choice… I have worked on SAAB’s to much…. they are a PCH unlike any other… so no love lost with them…)
xeensd
@Vanderhuge: Ditto that. March forth to save the GHLS! Arguably the most Jalop US automaker creation of the 80s.
What is wrong with you people? The car park already has something like 73.2 BMWs. Great cars, but not a crazy awesome hot hatch with a variable nozzle turbo and torque steers like a gorilla grabbing the steering wheel from you.
Ready bayonets, this may have to get nasty…
BlandonNimrat
Process check – Seems like a lot of this stuff falls in the cool cars category, but it is truly Jalop?
Glickenhaus P4
Let’s expand the contest to suggestions;
Here’s my 10;
1) Ford GTX1
2) Citroen SM
3) Delorean
4) Tyrell P34
5) Aston V8 (William Townes era)
6) Shadow DN2
7) Wienermobile
9) Original Batmobile
10) Thomassima 3
for bonus points – Maserati Biturbo
Devin LaDawri
@Franzouse: AND MACH 1!
pj134
@ReverendDexter:
“Hey, it’s just like the *REAL* automotive market!”
Yea, really. You would think from the responses that having our minority, Jalopistic tastes squashed my a mindless, beige, inferior majority was something new…
Tanshanomi
I would just like to point out that, as I write this, there are 109 comments posted here, and in them the word ‘Alfa’ is included at least 43 times. I think maybe 3-4 of them are mine (more now). I think that says something.
ThreeLitre
Aww, the SHO and the GLHS really ought to be in there.
They’re so Jalopnik, its not even funny.
danio3834
In fact, I think the final list should look something like this:
1. Saab 99
2. Volvo 242 Group A Homologation
3. Dodge Omni GLHS
4. 1956 Lotus 11
5. 1981 VW Scirocco S
6. 1974 Ford Escort RS1600
7. 1972 Mercedes Benz 300 SEL 6.3
8. 1977 Mazda RX-3SP
9. 1965 Fiat Abarth 1000 TCR
10. 1965 Porsche 356C Carrera 2
FjordGreenPorsche
SAVE THE OMNI GLHS!!
If only to make up for the fact that the El Camino SS wasn’t featured in the election…
Franzouse
@Engineerman: I’m down. Hell, I already live in a republic (America!), so it’s not like I’ve ever experienced true democracy.
SantaRita
@Engineerman: Here here.
But we can bring the 33 back. Vote Alfa!
ThreeLitre
@Lost in the age of Aerostar: The omni would have dusted a lot more than civics…
pj134
@YankBoffin: I’m TTopJohn, and I approve of the Syclone and the Typhoon appearing together in the same game.
TTopJohn
@P161911 probably shoudn’t have: oh you know this will turn into a quarterly car pack series by the Jalopniks… which is a good thing! Action, drama, violence… it’s all there except for the sex – I hope.
pskjjm
@AddysDaddy: I pushed for the 240 to be added back in, but I am with you on pretty much everything else. That Alfa MUST be put back in the running! How the 33 or the Montreal lost to a Pontiac Fiero and GMC SUV with an oversize engine is just beyond me…
ThreeLitre
@ThreeLitre: The problem is there were 3 simply beautiful Alfas in this round, and 0 of them will be moving on…
The BMW 507 too, if we’re going to be voting more Bimmers in, why not something as awesome as the 507?!?!?
CaptMatt15 is Alfa Crazy!
@BloggyMcBlogBlog: Absolutely, seeing that the 99 Turbo survived made me warm all over.
Franzouse
Churras
My hope is slowly being taken away. What was the coolest thing ever is slowly being commercialized and stripped of all soul.
Hey, it’s just like the *REAL* automotive market!
Glad that the Jalopnik staff kept one pick to themselves. While I appreciate the vote, I’m wishing they’d kept a few more.
ReverendDexter
@Alfisted: Both the E39 M5 and the M Coupe are in the JFG. And the 2002 is clearly Jalopworthy, especially when turbo’d.
The M635CSi can take a hike, though.
cyclopticgaze
Both Volvos out. I cried a little.
Justin Bregar
@draechon:
In the perfect world:
Group 1: Alfa/M5 swapped, perhaps Volvo/DMC swapped as well
Group 2: STi/Mach 1 swapped, one of the Sy/Ty twins swapped with the Montreal
Group 3: Too much to list. Start by swapping out all the winners with the also-rans.
CrowdSceneExtra
@Engineerman: Based on the golden ticket cars from yesterday, I’m all for this. If even half of the cars in the pack were the golden ticket cars it would be a glorious car pack.
4 cam torino
@NoiseTankNick: You tell ‘em Nick! Vote Alfa!
ThreeLitre
Well, I see that most of the cars I wanted are gone now.
Good Jarb, Jalops. Now I’m back to nagging Che on the NeoGAF forums…
twinturbo2
I have a feeling that a lot of non-Jalops swayed the vote. How in all of the Jalopniverse did the Volve 242, GLH-S, SHO, Starion, and all the other odd-ball wonder mobiles get left off and a DeLorean and Fiero make the cut? I call shenanigans and hope the editors include some of these in their pack. Somewhere Coco is weeping over the loss of the SHO.
TheSwagger
I’m mad as hell, and I’m not gonna take it anymore!
Basically people have gotten confused with choosing a car pack for Forza in our own, particularly Jalop-esque idiom, and choosing their own dream garage. You can hear the defeatism in the editors’ comments next to each group of winners.
I’m proud of you all for saving:
1955 Porsche Spyder
Datsun 240z
2002 Turbo
037 Stradale
’81 Scirocco
Saab 99 Turbo
Aston Zagato
And how could you kill these?
The 6.3 Merc
Aston DBR1
Alfa Montreal
MGB GT
Fiat Abarth
Volvo 242
Who in god’s name would pick the 1999 M5 over the E28? The Syclone (ok maybe that one makes sense)? Who killed the Ferrari California Spyder? The friggin’ car from Back to The Future made it over the car from Ferris Bueller’s Day Off? Even if you know nothing about cars that one should be a no brainer.
I think it’s kind of like the people who are in the studio audience at Top Gear. Most of them look like cave dwellers, and when asked their opinion, are almost always slightly subnormal. Maybe they just like being in back of shot on television. Feeling like they get an input when in reality they’re just ill informed and bored.
Ahh, but that’s how democracy works, and no matter what car pack comes out, I’ll be proud of it. This is actually hilarious to see how this list develops, and the invective has been of a superlative quality.
Thanks also to the editors for the Golden Tickets. Nice to see some cars get a second chance and succeed.
Defender90
@pres: Go where? It was 500 votes short of making it in this round…
siva80
@Engineerman:
You need the common man’s car to remind you how awesome the interesting vehicles are.
Besides, the Fiero is many times lighter than the Delorean and many times more interesting than the M5. Take both of those out for the Abarth and the Alfa, and it would be a much, much better list.
Ok, I’m a bit biased, but the Fiero is an amazing bit of engineering, one that was wasted with boring engines. Maybe the Forza guys will allow a small block chevy swap?
cobrajoe
@exartist: Yes, another Alfa fan!
Your heart is in the right place my son. Yet I fear the DeLorean will be a strong favorite through to the end. Despite it’s piggish excesses, it hemorrhages cool – partly because it did include a flux capacitor in its most visible iteration, and hey, who doesn’t want to try time travel or go to a place where you don’t need roads.
Better, I think, to oust the Fiero GT and get the 33 back in the running.
ThreeLitre
@ThreeLitre: THANK YOU!!!! How come no alfas are up top there. Im really dissapointed in this poll as a whole now A gmc typhoon should not beat out the alfa montreal!!!!
Detroit Diamond
Go 240!
pres
@William Panik: They killed a 71 mach 1 too… now where can I get a cobrajet?!?
pj134
@Duncan345: That thing is too mental to not be there.
rebeldevil
BloggyMcBlogBlog
Also i wish people did a little research before voting. Half of the cars that made it thru where in Forza 2 but mysteriously dissappeared for forza 3…come on they will obviously get in so vote for ones that were never in the game, a la the volvos.
koolykool44
Regardless of anyone else’s opinion, I still am passionate about the 93-97 Ford Probe and I am thoroughly disappointed to see it did not make it through. Good luck to the rest of the vehicles each and every one of your are supporting.
pw_cc_runner
@Twonius: “Of course it really doesn’t make sense to have a car in Forza that costs less than an xBox “
THIS IS THE ENTIRE POINT OF JALOPNIK
siva80
@Syrax: It’s not the jalop voters fault, it’s the forzamotorsports.net voters fault. If they really wanted this to be a jalopnik car pack than they wouldn’t have publicized it at all anywhere except here.
pj134
We saved the 99 Turbo. This is a good thing.
But the SHO and GSL-SE died? Really, guys?
Powar
siva80
@siva80: The lack of turbobrick sickens me. The yellow banana bomber demands retribution!
SmarmAdonis
@Twonius: Sure you could, but do you really want to? Swedes unite!
Pibbs
@leavethegun-takethecannoli: What happened since when are you an USbiz secret agent!?
Detroit Diamond
@OrionZyGarian: Hey not as bad as the 1970 240z. Considering the 1969 240Z is already in the game.
koolykool44
@leavethegun-takethecannoli: Well said, sir.
Oh, and I love the new autosig. Very discreet and classy. Hardly even notice it. It’s the sleeper of autosigs; the Jalop of autosigs.
…………
ThreeLitre
That’s it, I’ve officially become a disenfranchised voter and will refuse to go on. This is not Jalopnik, this is some kind of outside forum fanboy mob rule.
TurboBrick [LIGIER]
Forza doesn’t need a another BMW M-anything, and the whole point of this site creating a car pack should have been to add the interesting, older, oddities that we all know and love. Will I buy the pack when it comes out? I will, if only because I’m relatively confident that the turbo ’02 will be in it, and I’ll love driving that.
Really, though, what could have, should have been a brilliant group of cars is trending toward the mundane and I’m afraid that it’ll be just another pack of cars – not Jalop-worthy.
People, people… the Alfa Montreal… We need it, we need the 6.3, we need cars that will represent this site, in all it’s glory. Truly, we’d have been better off to take on the top 10 Nice price cars, and have called it a day.
type35-please
Can we have the Commenter Golden Ticket Car Pack?
Bonhomme7h
Can we please correct the Syclone’s year to the correct one, 1991???
wheels001
@Ben Wojdyla: I concur, the nerve of some people.
Detroit Diamond
I submit that only Commenters be allowed to vote in the final poll if this has any chance of being a true J’nik car pack and not just a “who has the largest group of brand loyal fanboy friends” pack.
I’m still shocked that after all the rallying the Dodge Shelby Omni and Volvo 242 still didn’t make the cut… I demand these make it back for the Golden Ticket!
I also recommend the resurrection of the Mitsubishi Starion once again as well. if you have any hoon left in your soul these cars will be brought back from the dead.
If you want the Jalopnik car pack to leave it’s mark of Forza properly we need cars that are cheap, cars that are obscure, cars that surprise you, and cars that arouse the senses without any kind of fancy electronic trickery or bum-coddeling!
twistedsymphony
We need a revote, with only those who have been on Jalopnik at least 1 month able to vote. How the 6.3 or 242 didn’t make this list, I will never know.
This is Jalopnik, not Supercarnik.
maximum-sienna
1959 Aston Martin DBR1, 3868
1960 Ferrari 250 GT SWB California Spyder, 3652
1977 Mazda RX-3SP, 3571
1970 Plymouth Hemi ‘Cuda, 3527
1965 Fiat Abarth 1000 TCR (Commenter Golden Ticket), 3500
1969 Chevrolet Nova SS (Commenter Golden Ticket), 3500
Top five in terms of voting that didn’t make it. It’s not a bad list but hopefully they choose some other cars for the final five golden tickets.
Bergkoenig
Does the car receiving the Golden Ticket need to have been eliminated in this round? Bring back the Buick GSX! The GNX is the only Buick in the game. It needs some company in the in game Buick dealer. The GSX would be a great addition to the game.
4 cam torino
Alright people. RS2 Avant. I’m kind of steamed so I can’t make full sentences. Perhaps people just need to be educated.
[hooniverse.com]
DOES IT MAKE SENSE NOW?
Thirsty Squirrel
This pack without a Nova is blasphemy
wyoeaglefan
Are you kidding me? How the hell can this be a Jalopnik pack with no Starion, no SHO, and no GLHS? These results make me a sad panda…
nitroram33 misses Murilee
@Maymar: can’t have enough syty’s actually.
pj134
Folks, it is our democratic duty to put at least ONE ridiculous vehicle in the game. Then we can laugh our asses off when it’s released with a Yugo on the cover. It’s only right.
Sean Incantalupo
@Buickboy92: I support this message. I want the german battleship! (the 6.3 always got my vote)
elargentino
The SHO and both volvos are out?
Great, what car video games need are MORE supercars.
koolykool44
@ThreeLitre: Here here to that…such a shame that Jalops haven’t come out in force for the real Italian oddities.
Lancia 037?…okay maybe it can pull slack for the Italy Strangeness, but how beautiful and delightfully half-engineered is every Alfa on that list?!
Vote Alfa!
FallingLotus
The lists are the wrong way round, right?
No Abarth?
Neither of the Volvos?
A lot of languishing Muscle?
Alas.
I’m glad there’s still some weird and wonderfuls in there, but i think we need a ‘Golden Switcheroo’ to bring back a lot of the jewels…
Audaxero
@P161911 probably shoudn’t have: Seconded.
William Panik
Group 1: Swap the Alfa Stradale for the M5.
Group 2: Mach 1 instead of the STi.
Group 3: There is so much wrong there, I won’t even bother.
Make those two changes, and I’d be okay with this list.
draechon
@cobrajoe: Everyman’s ferrari, pshh, why would I want to drive a common man’s car when there are genuinely interesting vehicles on this list I can never drive but would like too, even if only through simulation?
Engineerman
@Tanshanomi: I think my problem was that I voted with my heart instead of my brain.
skaycøg
@Christo: Great day in the mornin’! You get extra points for the use of “Coelacanth.” The next phrase-of-the-day is “full-size spare.”
Tanshanomi
I guess I can learn to live in a world without the 242 turbo.
Of course it really doesn’t make sense to have a car in Forza that costs less than an xBox
Twonius
If the 2002 M Coupe doesn’t make it, the Jalop will never return to the Mr. Wert ideal.
dozerslobber
Democracy sucks.
No Taurus SHO or MGB?
gakkengakken001
@Engineerman: For some reason, I felt like I was back in school, taking tests.
skaycøg
Seriously what the hell is wrong with you bunch of degenerates? This is the most pathetic day in the history of Jalopnik. Might as well make the car pack 15 different trim packages of Prius at this point.
siva80
Can I take a quick poll? How many people here would say, be damned with this democracy BS and let the Jalopnik crew go ahead and choose the cars? I for one would gladly lay these voting rights aside for the opportunity to have abarths and 11′s to drive on Forza. Please, save us Ray, your our only hope….
Engineerman
Democracy has failed us again. How can cars as epic and timeless as the 1970 Hemi Cuda, the Ferrari 250 GT, the 1965 Mustang Fastback, and true petrol/gear head vehicles like Alfa Romeo’s and Lotus’ be out voted by 1986 CRX’s and a DeLorean nobody actually will race and just want to make clones of the Back to the Future car with… It’s a sad sad day!
The Stig’s American Cousin
Something is wrong here, the Lotus 11 has been mistakenly placed in the “Also-ran” category. I trust it will be put back in the running shortly.
Ben Wojdyla
I made a profile to support this. It’s a travesty if this car does not get put in the game. This car? The Dodge Omni GLHS. I was a longtime Jaloplurker, and this crime against jalop’d cars requires I must stand and raise my voice.
I am a gamer geek. I am a car geek. Forza is one of my two bibles. The Dodge Omni GLHS has to be one of the single most jalopnik cars on this list. You take an American econobox that rode on tires that wouldn’t cut it on a Huffy bike some kid rejected from double dare and throw in a hamster wheel and a three-legged geriatric hampster to run it.
Now take that same car, put on some tires they got from dad’s mountain bike, and then drop a *real* engine into it…and you have one of the first American pocket rockets…that felt like every part was going to fly off every second you drove it. I can think of no better Jalopnik experience. So plaese…give the GLHS another chance…it’s what we stand for. It’s for America, Earth and the Solar System.
Vanderhuge
@Drew and not U: Oh, good! I feel better already.
skaycøg
@skaycøg: I’m pretty sure that makes you a winner in your fellow Jalops’ eyes.
Tanshanomi
@pj134: Yeah, Corvette-beating trucks is definately Jalop! I shouldn’t get too upset, I still have a Best Buy gift card from Xmas, so I might have to still pick up the game, but I really, REALLY wanted the Taurus SHO, and to have a Dodge Omni dusting Civics??? mmmmmmmm, that’s just tasty!
Lost in the age of Aerostar
@Lost in the age of Aerostar: I still think the final list should be the INVERSE of the voting results.
siva80
@TheBeanMachine: I think the votes really needed ordered. You rank your votes 10-1 and the number assigned is the number of votes counted for that car.
4 cam torino
@CaptMatt15 is Alfa Crazy!: I feel your pain. Meanwhie the BMW fanbois had a field day. Figlio di puttana.
Alfisted
Can we get a rating of how Jalop each of the remaining cars are before the final vote? It shouldn’t be too hard, using the last Jalop scale.
[jalopnik.com]
Pibbs
The RS2 needs to live on!!
Storz
@Maymar: Actually, no. We need to jettison the lighter, twist-a-flex Syclone and take only the stiffer, better handling Typhoon.
Tanshanomi
@evilvocho: As a fellow long time reader I feel your pain also. I don’t have a star but I would’ve liked that starred members could have a stronger voice.
This new list is even more ridiculous that the last one.
Well at least no Civic Type-R.
elargentino
I am blaming the non-Jalops for much of this voting. There is no need for both halves of the SyTy trucks. The baddest wagon left, the RS2, was left behind. My beloved GLHS was saved then scrapped. And the Alfa Montreal and nearly 500hp 155 are left off!! WTF?!?!
All the while people think this game needs more of the following: M5′s, 240′s, Lotus Esprit’s and a freaking Fiero!! Are you people serious!! This is a game about being able to ‘drive’ cars that are a fantasy to most of us and a Fiero makes it…
Un-Jalopnik indeed folks…
AddysDaddy
Well, that’s it then. Not buying this steaming turd of a car pack.
siva80
Ok that’s it, I’m not voting any more because the most Jalop vehicals arn’t making it into the most Jalop Forza Car Pack.
PowerTryp Reply Master
@Pibbs:
I voted for both because I feared neither would make it.
cobrajoe
Group 1 – Both BMWs and neither Alfa. Cazzata.
Alfisted
@skaycøg: You did not fail, the rest of the internet failed to choose correctly. I am in a similar losing ratio.
Engineerman
I sense a lot of ire in the posts below. Almost all of the cars selected are foreign, and those have a decidedly Euro bent.
Is this because the Jalop commentariat are partial to Euro cars, or that they are Forza-philes who noticed a dearth of old Euro cars to hoon in the existing game and want to balance out the types of entries?
BTW- no GLHS, SHO, Volvo 242 or 77 Bandit- WTF?!
ChiefPontiaxe
@Duncan345: I will continue voting for it in full force.
ThreeLitre
@Grimm1127: Yes. My heart hurts. :’(
*fingers crossed* for this quirky RWD coupe that’s never been in a game EVER. GT4 had it, but only as an AWD rally version.
randomnine
@CrowdSceneExtra: That’s it….
I am heading over to Autoblog.com!
Who’s with me?!?!?
Anyone?
Beuler?
Beuler?
OK… bad suggestion.
I am over it.
Sorry Ray…………………………………..
Devin LaDawri
@Captain Liverspots:
What’s not to like? Turbo V6 power, AWD, unsuspecting body…
I dare not try to understand Lady Gaga, I don’t even understand normal women.
cobrajoe
@Syrax: The Montreal hurts a lot.
Come on Jalops. Don’t you just want to ogle it in hi-def at least, and swap some paint in a super rare exotic Alfa without leaving your couch?
Ditto the 507, though I can’t be too sore – BMWs have done quite well, and really the best ones have made the cut (though I still think the original M5 would have been a cooler addition than the e39).
ThreeLitre
So the CRX beat out the Aston DBR1. I hate democracy.
sinseriously
@ThreeLitre: Yeah, no Alfas? And no Aston DBR1? or Jag XJ13? All of those cars are sex on wheels and somehow didn’t make the list. I’m stunned and disappointed.
SlowMo (now with Rusty the Miata in the family)
Peugeot 205 turbo 16 Yeah !
The greatest group B car of all.
ghelary
Screw the voting. Down with Jalopkracy, up with Wertatorship!
oddfish
Hey, I know this will sound lame, but let’s remember a few things here.
1) We did get to vote for cars that we wanted to have included…. I don’t know if that’s ever happened before, so thanks to Jalopnik and Forza, etc, for that opportunity.
2) Don’t get mad at the Jalop’s… it’s not just us who are voting here.
3) We didn’t get a lot of vehicles that we wanted included for Forza 3, so we’ll just have to wait and have a more Jalop add on pack included for Forza 4, right? maybe?
Lost in the age of Aerostar
@Duncan345: One of the few pics I was genuinely happy to see make it. I am still depressed about the Abarth and 68 stradale though…
Engineerman
@Lost in the age of Aerostar: There’s still a chance of the SyTy making it, and corvette beating trucks is plenty jalop, no?
pj134
@Slave2anMG: “..In other news, hundreds of cranky old farts like DoctorNine, were observed to make rude hand gestures, grumble, and turn away mumbling vague obscenities. Local schoolboys, triumphant in the overwhelming power of their masses, carried on in giddy anticipation of the next round of voting. Emotional outbursts reverberated amongst the assembled crowd, with the air of excitement continuing well past lunch hour. It was a memorable moment for all…”
DoctorNine
@Devin LaDawri: Group 3 is definately the biggest disappointment. We lost some great cars only to vote in cars that are nearly duplicates of what’s in game! Do we really need a 1992 240 when there’s already a 1992 Silvia? Is there enough of a difference between a 1991 CR-X SiR and a 1986 CR-X Si to warrant removing a Lotus 11 from consideration? And don’t get me wrong, I’m a fan of the Ford Cosworths, but did we really need to vote in both of them?
With maybe 3 exceptions, I’d much rather have the group 3 also-rans in consideration than the cars that won.
CrowdSceneExtra
I kinda wish someone wouldve taken initiative and gave me just ONE of the twin turbo GM trucks to choose from. I feel like the other was a waste of a vote.
I am slightly disappointed at the results, but for the most part I can agree with and understand them.
Except the 240SX. Really? Another one? You REALLY want to drive ANOTHER 240SX…a base model one? For shame.
OrionZyGarian
the Police Interceptor didn’t make it?? On Jalopnik?? REALLY???!!!
FiverDriver
If we had a corporate heart its cockles would be warmed by the inclusion of the Saab 99 Turbo.
The Dead Inside Grp. Co. Ltd.
@Captain Liverspots: In the game, one of the races that you must do to complete the game is an SUV race. I think it would be great to go beat up on the Range Rovers, Cayannes, X5s, and Touregs with a Typhoon. Otherwise, it is an 80′s American thing.
P161911 probably shoudn’t have
@Engineerman: Don’t take your hate out on the Fiero, it was the everyman’s Ferrari.
Take your hate out on the Delorean or the M5 instead.
cobrajoe
@Lost in the age of Aerostar: This isn’t fair. This just isn’t fair! I used to love Jalopnik and I currently love Foreza 3, but I will not download this car pack! Ever! I don’t know who wrecked this poll but everyone on this board seemed to want the Omni, SHO and Alpha Montreal. How did they lose? The AMX missing is a crime. There are civics and wrx’s in the game already people. I don’t even know who I’m mad at. I trust you all but someone here is a crumpacker.
davidzan
YEA!
1970 Datsun 240Z, 5259
1992 Ford Escort RS Cosworth, 5051
1973 BMW 2002 Turbo, 5009
1987 Ford Sierra Cosworth RS500, 4347
1988 Pontiac Fiero GT, 4187
1977 Saab 99 Turbo (CGT), 3985
2002 BMW Z3 M Coupe, 3875
1980 Lotus Esprit 2.2, 3759
1993 GMC Typhoon (CGT), 3430
1984 BMW M635CSi, 3394
1981 Volkswagen Scirocco S, 3358
BOO! HISS!
1977 Mazda RX-3SP, 3571
1965 Fiat Abarth 1000 TCR (CGT), 3500
1983 Volvo 242 Group A Homologation (CGT), 3300
1984 Mazda RX-7 GSL-SE, 3200
1988 Mitsubishi Starion ESI-R (CGT), 3171
1971 AMC Javelin AMX (CGT), 2963
1978 Ford Mustang King Cobra (CGT), 2855
1965 MG MGB GT (CGT), 2821
1997 Ford Probe GTS, 2503
[ UTTER SILENCE & SLACK-JAWED DISBELIEF ]
1989 Ford Taurus SHO, 3482
1986 Dodge Shelby Omni GLHS (CGT), 3453
1995 Volvo T5-R, 3406
1959 BMW 507, 3095
1972 Mercedes-Benz 300 SEL 6.3 (CGT), 2838
Tanshanomi
This is just plain bullshit, seriously. Don’t you guys care about racing REAL racing icons in the game!
Seriously I’m very pissed! The coolest and most awesome cars have just been totally left out!
What about these cars:
1965 Fiat Abarth 1000 TCR
1995 Volvo T5-R
1987 BMW M5
1996 Audi RS2 Avant (about this one I’m seriously pissed, give this one a chance! PLEASE!)
1980 Mercedes-Benz 450 SLC AMG Group 2
1998 Alfa Romeo 155 GTA
1997 Honda Civic Type R
1966 Jaguar XJ13
1988 Nissan GTS-R R31
1988 Mitsubishi Starion ESI-R
1973 Ford Falcon GT XB
1983 Volvo 242 Group A Homologation
Don’t you guys remember anymore why touring car racing is the best sport in the world? It’s because of those cars!
Just look at the video and you’ll remember! That’s exaclty what I’ve always wanted Forza to be but just with your self-made and self-painted touring cars!
pbale_fin
240sx… the world has com to an end…
Graydon Twiss
@skaycøg: You haven’t failed. The internet has failed.
Drew and not U
No MGB GT. No Starion. No 242. No Alfa 155. No Omni. No SHO. No Mangusta.
Let me say that again: NO 242. IN A JALOPNIK FORZA LIST.
Murilee prepared and raced one.
Other jalopy cars (Scirocco, Esprit, Saab 99) barely made it.
I don’t have a star, but I’ve been reading and trying to cooperate with this site for something like 2 years now. I hate to say this, but this democratic process should have been selective to long time members.
It’s just a matter of reading the comments, and seeing how long time jalops are mad, even enraged, at the outcome of this poll.
Maybe it’s too late, but…
JALOPNIK, DON’T GO CHANGING!!
evilvocho
@Duncan345: Yes, but it’s the bottom of the list – - behind a SAAB 99! That doesn’t bode well…
exartist
A nice solid SCREW YOU to the 5,910 and one half of you who did not vote for the Omni. The 3452 other who did vote it are my friends for life. I also now hope the Tsunami and Cyclops votes cancel eachother out and neither of them make the final cut. And how did all the wrong Aston Martins win but the one interesting one gets left out?
rigidjunkie
@Syrax: I feel like my world has been turned upside down.
Drew and not U
@BrtStlnd: Would it be completely crazy to suggest some kind of tourney setup for the final cut? like for the final two spots pick Xcar vs. Ycar. Just a thought.
BrtStlnd
@P161911 probably shoudn’t have: If this sells really really well, maybe there will be a sequel!
Drew and not U
@TheSwagger: Lets not kick Conana while he’s down. Bring his car to the game!
4 cam torino
I’m only slightly placated by these results.
I’m glad the Lancia made it, but I’m very upset the Fiat, the Benz, and damn it, the fucking Gran Torino didn’t make it! The Volvo didn’t make it either?!
What the hell happened?
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leavethegun-takethecannoli
Happy that the Saab 99 made it, sad that the MGB GT did not.
Shocked that the Saab outvoted the Z3M coupe! Definitely some weird results.
zachiatrist
@CaptMatt15 is Alfa Crazy!: LOL, yeah this car pack was probably the only thing that would steer me towards an XBox 360 – the way it’s going I’ll be sticking with my original plan of buying a PS3 if/when GT5 ever comes out.
TTopJohn
Please bring back any single Ford muscle car! They all died! Without the each other’s competition maybe one could thrive on its own. I would prefer the Falcon but stand by yesterday’s comment that we should just forget about the Aussie cars at this time and that a future car pack should be nothing but Aussie cars! The 65 Mustang got the most votes, please bring it back as a golden ticket. As the only Ford muscle car it could garner support it did not previously get and make it in.
4 cam torino
@vdiddy210 – Professional Blog Commentator: Mass koolaid-inspired jalopnik suicide?
Coreboy
@Adam Spano: Perhaps.
However; it is harder to be topical with the CRX or 240….
Devin LaDawri
@Duncan345: It’s just GOT to make it in.
Drew and not U
I am officially underwhelmed with how this is turning out. Who votes a fiero in over an abarth or 68′ Alfa Stradale? As promised my opinion of the people inhabiting the internet has just dropped from generally ambivalent leaning disliked, to utter disgust and disdain.
I fear we have been sabotaged…
Engineerman
Group 1 is by far the most shameful. An M5, a DMC-12, and TWO Astons, but the Alfa 33 Stradale gets left out?!? Not to mention the RS2, Benz 6.3, and Fiat Abarth TCR. Shame, shame.
KTown Hoonboy
no xj13, no aston, no mach 1, no amx, no omni, no sho, no t5r, no 242, no dbr1, no mgbgt… Thats a jalop car pack right there… you see what happens when you let anybody vote? DEMOCRACY HAS FAILED US! Forza has enough porsches and ferrarises. It needs some flare DAMMIT. as long as the SyTy makes it, I’ll be semi ok.
pj134
How the hell did a DeLorean beat out the Benz 6.3 AND the Alfa 33 Stradale? Even with a flux capacitor those things were pigs.
exartist
I give up. The 10 car voting system is the problem.
Everyone picks their favorite quirky jalop worthy car then with the left over votes picks the fucking “popular cars”. Votes add up and the popular cars just end up getting all the left over votes.
TheBeanMachine
Escort lifting up it’s front wheel to say hello to you.
Go on Escort I’m with you!
BЯдΖǐL-ЯЄРΘЯΤЄЯ
In the name of Bo “Bandit” Darville I demand that the 1977 Pontiac Firebird Trans Am be reinstated. Y’all can dump the Delorean to make room. No one really wants to drive a Delorean anyway, they just want to look at it. The T/A on the other hand, you simply can’t wait to hang the tail out, preferably on a surface that will produce twin roostertails of red Georgia clay.
TTopJohn
@Kuang: I agree. Group III has popular names… and the lurkers are just voting for what they know.
This looks grim for a true Forzalopnik list.
Coreboy
The lack of Volvos and Alfas is shameful.
archdukeferdinand
the SHO lost?! wtf?!
deathbyPSI
@RFT: TRAVESTY!
DoctorNine
Oh man. What’s with the gigantic 240Z voting bloc? Is there a huge group of Forza players out there who are like, “hey, I want to download new cars for this game, but they’d better not be any different to what I’ve already got!”
Me, I’m just disappointed the golden ticket for the 300SEL 6.3 didn’t make any odds. That car needed to be in there, and it needed to be in there with, “styling upgrade, front: flags of small African nation” available on the tuning menu.
rimaniturces
@YankBoffin: Dude the RS1600 and Cosworth only share a name. They have about as much in common as an iPhone and Coelacanth.
But who cares I won’t be buying this car pack.
Thanks for the effort to arrange everything, Jalopnik! At least somebody had a bit of initiative, even if it didn’t end with anything that suits my tastes.
Christo
What is this, the Motor Trend car pack? We picked the wrong M5, we picked two SyTys (we really only need the lighter Syclone), we have no Alfas, we voted out the damn Starion! Our collective readership must defend itself against the hoons of yesterday.
Dear fellow readers – if a car has been given a golden ticket, it’s because it’s too awesome to be voted out. Now where’s Scandanavian Flick and his bag of Swedish Fish – the beatings must commence.
Maymar
This voting series is full of so much fail…
dahruu
@Pibbs: Seriously! There are some Jalops out there that have a lot of explaining to do… I get lauded for my fondness of Non-Quirky cars and yet I voted for them, in the spirit of what makes Jalopnik..Jalopnik.
Dear Jalopnik user base. You make me sick.
vdiddy210 – Professional Blog Commentator
A 240SX makes it, but the 242 fails? You uncivilized, drifting, plastic-loving fools!
Michael Jozwiak
I’m a little worried. Group II is looking a bit weak, and there’s some great cars in there.
Step it up Jalopers!
Coreboy
@YankBoffin:
“No Abarth, no buy”
(To be sung to the tune of “No woman, no cry” by Maximum Bob Marley.)
DoctorNine
@Lost in the age of Aerostar:
William Panik
No Montreal, no Mangusta, no Z8, no SHO, no Hemi ‘Cuda, no RS2, no 850 R, no 507, no DBR1 (for very little), no 6.3, no screaming chicken…
My faith in Jalops is now lost.
Syrax
It lives!
Keep the beast alive. Vote for the M Coupe or face eternal damnation!
Duncan345
NOOOOOOOOOO!! Oh the humanity! They’ve killed the ’65 Mustang and–what?? The ’70 Hemi ‘Cuda??
Please car gods..hear our prayers! return these dear cars to our voting public!
P.S. And the 242, and the Javelin, and the Ferrari 250, and the Gran Torino, and….
William Panik
@Devin LaDawri: The Saab 99 Turbo is an awesome car. You should be complaining about the CRX or the 240 SX (a completely redundant car, there’s a silvia in game)
Adam Spano
I can only hope that some of the losers will be coming out in a later car pack.
P161911 probably shoudn’t have
The appeal of the Syclone and Typhoon is only slightly less mystifying to me than the appeal of Lady Gaga and Two and A Half Men.
Captain Liverspots
As much as I want to make a case for something for a golden ticket, I’m disillusioned at the horid performance of all of yesterday’s golden ticket cars I wanted to come back, only to see them go down in a huge blaze.
4 cam torino
@Jeremy Gunter: Ouch I had hoped the Probe would go further.
Umm, ahhh. Um. Never mind.
Iron-Balls Minardi
This is the worst score I’ve had…8 out of 30. I feel like such a failure.
skaycøg
Like I needed another reason to be a misanthrope.
jpech
Seriously disappointed with you, Jalopnik…
Also… you better vote more for that fucking 99 turbo…. and if we lose the 550 spyder, you’re all condemned to hell. Seriously. Hell… Do not pass go, do not collect 200 jalop-points (you dont deserve them anyway), go directly to hell.
Adam Spano
Why can’t we have nice things? I would have modded the crap out of this in game and beat expensive Italian and German iron all day. WHHHHHYYYYYYY!!!!!!!???!!!!!?!!
TheSwagger
@CaptMatt15 is Alfa Crazy!:
CaptMatt15 is Alfa Crazy!
Well, son of a bitch. Group III still came out very disappointing. No GLHS. No 242. No SHO. No Eleven.
Let’s be reasonable here: there’s no reason to have the Syclone and Typhoon, and there’s no need for two similarly wicked Escorts. Get rid of the similar doubles and that frees up a couple spots for some more interesting cars.
YankBoffin
Did we really need both the Syclone and the Typhoon? I think one of the two is sufficient.
Pibbs
Wait, hold the f’in phone! People. PEOPLE.
What in the name of all that is holy and good and beautiful were you thinking?!
I will say, with very few exceptions, that the list of cars that made the cut are good. Great even. The game will be better for having them included.
But really, I have to voice a few complaints and hope they make a positive impact (IMHO) on today’s Golden Ticket nominees. Where is the love for Alfas!?!? You know what, forget that they are even Alfas. How did this happen!??:
A Fiero GT makes it over the Alfa Romeo 33 Stradale?!
A GMC Typhoon makes it over the Alfa Romeo Montreal?!?!?
We know the Golden Ticket thing works people. One of my own picks, the 240SX SE, made the cut – coming back from the dead to come in a solid 6th in round three yesterday. Justice can be served people.
Make some room in your hearts for two of the most beautiful cars on this list. Vote Alfa.
ThreeLitre
I need the name and address of everybody who did not vote for the Alfa Romeo 33 Stradale so that I can give them a swift kick in the dick.
NoiseTankNick
There are actually 5 Alfa/Rotaries…. I missed the 155 Touring Car. Come on people, 11,900 RPM!
CaptMatt15 is Alfa Crazy!
No GLHS, no 242, no SHO, no RS2 Avant? There is no Jalop-God.
Although, the Probe did get the least amount of votes. So some of you jackasses got it right….
I can be stig?
@Lost in the age of Aerostar: Yeah, I was considering picking up a 360 if this Jalop-pack came with some epic rides we all love here, but the way this is panning out….
CaptMatt15 is Alfa Crazy!
TURBOOOOOOOOOO!
Tanshanomi
@vdiddy210 – Professional Blog Commentator: No kidding. Good thing there weren’t any Camrys on the list, they might have voted for those too.
Pibbs
How anyone could look themselves in the mirror after failing to vote for the Abarth is something I’ll never understand…
RFT
The Also-Rans
1983 Volvo 242 Group A Homologation
1989 Ford Taurus SHO, 3482
1986 Dodge Shelby Omni GLHS
1965 MG MGB GT
1988 Mitsubishi Starion ESI-R
1973 Ford Falcon GT XB, 3134
1972 Mercedes-Benz 300 SEL 6.3
NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO
Churras
Poor Starion.
Grimm1127
@brachial_plexus: and more modern boy racer cars that lack jalop-ness that the older Italian and British iron possess. I am saddened.
Slave2anMG
First and foremost, thank you all for the Saab Love. We made it to the final round, but we’re going to need much more support than the 3985 votes. That being said, we’re going to need to get some Golden Ticket love for our favorite little crapbox, the Omni, the SHO, the Volvo 242, Monte Carlo SS, and one I just didn’t think I’d need to ask about, the 71 Mustang Mach1. I mean come on, a Scirocco over the Mach 1. Psshhhaw!
Pibbs
we couldn’t get 8 more votes for the ’59 Aston because we need another bimmer?
And for the love can we PLEASE stop voting for the CRX? we all know there’s already a ’91 SiR.
BrtStlnd
A Saab beats the DBR1, the 250GT, aaaaaaaaaaaaand a Lotus 11?
What is this?
The near-death sympathy vote?
Devin LaDawri
NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO
All my precious Alfas and Rotarys have been knocked out! Golden Ticket PLEASE rescue one of them! There are 4 to choose from, I think you should rescue either the RX-3, or the Alfa 33, but I will be happy if any Alfa or Rotary makes the final voting!
CaptMatt15 is Alfa Crazy!
Group three must be one of the most painful examples of fanboy vote stacking in the entire competition so far. The 240s are different enough to what’s already there to be worth considering, and the inclusion of the civic is still beyond belief.
When these black hearted individuals get home, they’ll hear a gruff swedish rumble as the door slams behind them, and in the half light ahead a sleek low silhouette will whisper ‘simplify and add a world of pain’.
Kuang
The Alfa 33 Stradale didn’t make it?
There is no god!
cobrajoe
WHERE IS MY 6.3!!!!! JALOPS YOU MUST VOTE FOR IT. YOU MUST!!!!! or I’ll find you.
Buickboy92
I don’t really know what’s going on anymore…But A world where Jalops don’t chose A Volvo Racer, a Shelby Omni and a Conan SHO is a world I really don’t want to live in…
vdiddy210 – Professional Blog Commentator
Ouch I had hoped the Probe would go further. The idea of having a Lemons car is what kept me voting for it.
Jeremy Gunter
These become less and less jalop with each vote.
brachial_plexus
w.t.f. How can the Starion, RS2, and GLHS still be losing out to the 99 M5? Democracy is failing. I vote the Jalop staffers just do the picking, since apparently we can’t handle it.
Hey, if they charge double can we get 20 cars?
Drew and not U
Dammit, no Taurus SHO and no Omni GLHS.
Guess I won’t now ever know what it’d be like to play Forza.
Lost in the age of Aerostar