First car to buy if you hit the lottery??

[Inka114]

Oh my, limiting it to just one is tough, but then there can be only one first purchase...

So, I'd look for any one of the cars on this list, and pick up the first good example that came along, followed at reasonable intervals by the rest, spaced at intervals determined by my investment strategy. At some point I might need to expand my garage.

Alvis Speed 25 - the one in the Beaulieu National Motor Museum would do nicely

Lamborghini Miura

Ford GT40

M1 Procar

Mclaren F1

Hillman Imp

Lotus Elan

Lotus/Caterham Seven, preferably the one driven by Patrick McGoohan in The Prisoner.

Every different M3 (hey, we're talking wretched excess here, right?)

My dad's '72 tii, wherever it ended up

Porsche 356

VW Type 2 bus, slammed

Dodge with Cummins diesel

Sherman tank (I did mention wretched excess a few lines back)

GTZ Alfa

Lancia Delta Integrale

Lancia Monte Carlo, and a spare Integrale motor to "upgrade" it

Ex-Michele Mouton AUDI quattro coupe

SAAB 93, just for the smell of two-stroke oil

Holden Monaro

'70 Challenger with a 340 4-speed

E30 325 touring

850 Csi as a donor car for the Bavaria I'd like to build

Hmm, the list could go on. I also like the idea of the Bugatti Type 35 with patina and racing history, and a Unimog is an absolute necessity

I haven't even gotten into boats, airplanes and motorcycles yet. Good thing I never buy lottery tickets. this could get ugly...

After all that, I'd have to check and see if Otis would sell the Oscar Meyer Wiener-mobile...

[Samplemaven]

For me...gotta be an M5!

[Guest]

If excess is the name of the game then,

Audi Sport Quattro S1

more reasonable lotto win, also life goal.

Ultima GTR650

I've got a huge list but after racing a little single seater FSAE car I'd need the first car to be something faster and street legal.

[742002]

A pristine E-28 M5.

Tyrel

[Lars]

Easy, the first one I would buy would be a 135i. Then would come the log home with the underground garage that could fit the other 20 or so cars that came later.

Maybe I'll come up with a list sometime of my dream cars.