QOTD: What Was Your Youthful Exotic Object of Lust?

by Tim Healey

Published: June 20th, 2025

qotd what was your youthful exotic object of lust

When you were a kid, what did you lust after?

Just to be clear, that question refers to cars. Exotic cars. I do not need to hear about that actress/actor from a certain movie or a TV show. Besides, as a child of the '80s and '90s, I can guess.

No, I want to hear about the cars you lusted after. The Lotus featured in today's UCOTD was one of them, and as mentioned in that post I also had a thing for the Lamborghini Countach, Ferrari F40, and Porsche 959. A video game played a part in that -- the latter two were featured in The Duel: Test Drive II.

I would later drool over the McLaren F1 and the Dodge Viper/Viper GTS. And so many other cars.

What about you? What car did you read about over and over in the buff books when you were a kid? Which one was on your bedroom wall? Did you tag along to the dealer when your parents needed an oil change so you could catch a glimpse -- and maybe sit in -- a certain halo car? Did you beg to go to your local auto show each year to see the object of your affection?

You know what to do. Sound off below.

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Tim Healey

Tim Healey grew up around the auto-parts business and has always had a love for cars — his parents joke his first word was “‘Vette”. Despite this, he wanted to pursue a career in sports writing but he ended up falling semi-accidentally into the automotive-journalism industry, first at Consumer Guide Automotive and later at Web2Carz.com. He also worked as an industry analyst at Mintel Group and freelanced for About.com, CarFax, Vehix.com, High Gear Media, Torque News, FutureCar.com, Cars.com, among others, and of course Vertical Scope sites such as AutoGuide.com, Off-Road.com, and HybridCars.com. He’s an urbanite and as such, doesn’t need a daily driver, but if he had one, it would be compact, sporty, and have a manual transmission.

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Mike Beranek on Jun 23, 2025

BMW M1. There was nothing else like it.

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- Bd2 on Jun 23, 2025
  
  Copy of the Hyundai 1979 Pony Coupe.
  
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Pig_Iron on Jun 23, 2025

Gen-1 "Classic" Bronco. It's the only vehicle that ever "spoke" to me.

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