Hooniverse Asks- What Top Car Looks the Most Awesome in its National Color?

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United Colors

An ad campaign for a certain line of clothing – the United Colors of Benetton – intended to bring us all together as one, regardless of race, creed, and/or color. It was a very nice thought, and when it comes to people, a noble aspiration. When it comes to automobiles however – and for one car-building nation’s bragging rights over all others – flying the national color is pretty much demanded.

BRG, French blue, Italian red, German silver and American white, they’re glorious representations of national pride. My favorite, for various reasons, happens to be that British Racing Green. It’s a funny thing though, about cars and colors, some cars look better in certain colors than do others. Those others, on the other hand, might just be found to be quite fetching in alternate hues.

When it comes to cars and trucks that take up the mantle in service of a nation’s honor, some look a whole lot better than others when painted their native land’s adopted color. And so the question for today is: what nation’s top car looks the best in that nation’s top color?  

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69 responses to “Hooniverse Asks- What Top Car Looks the Most Awesome in its National Color?”

  1. engineerd Avatar
    engineerd

    America is technically white with blue stripes or blue with white stripes. This looks great in either.
    <img src="http://www.seriouswheels.com/pics-def/Ford-GT-White-Blue-Front-Angle-1280×960.jpg&quot; width="500">
    This was too easy.

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    1. $kaycog Avatar
      $kaycog

      Yeah, way too easy. God bless America…………..and Superman.
      <img src="http://fc04.deviantart.net/fs71/i/2012/031/5/f/american_pride_ford_gt_2_by_dark_lord_of_sith-d4o9188.jpg"width="500"/&gt;

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    2. JayP2112 Avatar
      JayP2112

      Cannot go wrong with Fords in white.
      <img src="http://www.seriouswheels.com/pics-1960-1969/1965-Shelby-Cobra-427-blue-white-ma.jpg&quot; width="600">
      <img src="http://images.thecarconnection.com/lrg/healing-heroes-gt500s_100232567_l.jpg&quot; width="600">
      <img src="http://www.wallpapersshop.net/wallpapers/2012/11/Ford-Mustang-Shelby-Gt350-1965-White-800×1280.jpg&quot; width="600">
      <img src="http://remarkablecars.com/main/shelby/shelby-mustang-032-2.jpg%20width=&quot; 600'="">
      Whut?
      <img src="http://www.thetruthaboutcars.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/08/dodge_lancer_shelby_white_a_1988.jpg&quot; width="600">
      Also acceptable:
      <img src="http://wallpapers-diq.org/wallpapers/17/Shelby_Cobra_Daytona_Coupe_MKII_CSX9000_2009.jpg&quot; width="600">

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  2. Alff Avatar
    Alff

    Everyone knows the Eastern bloc didn't adopt color until the late '70s. Fortunately their race cars look awesome in black and white.
    <img src="http://www.autopuzzles.com/RRC7s.jpg"&gt;

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    1. faberferrum Avatar
      faberferrum

      Yes they do… but what ARE these?

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      1. Alff Avatar
        Alff

        GAZ SG-1 racing specials

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      2. Marto Avatar
        Marto

        Props from an early Dick Tracy film?

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  3. krazykarguy Avatar
    krazykarguy

    Ferrari.
    Red.
    /thread

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  4. Vavon Avatar
    Vavon

    Benetton…
    <img src="http://www.comanalysis.ch/Images/PUBLICATIONS/PUBLICATION53/Twingogd.jpg&quot; width=670>

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  5. Goodwin Avatar
    Goodwin

    <img src="http://www.autowp.ru/pictures/g/gaz/gl-1/gaz_gl-1_4.jpg&quot; width="600">
    Hows that for eastern block colour?

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  6. quattrovalvole Avatar
    quattrovalvole

    The D-type in BRG
    <img src="http://photo.netcarshow.com/Jaguar-D-Type_1954_photo_08.jpg"&gt;
    Also, the new XJ (again, in BRG)
    <img src="http://photos.ecarlist.com/1t/TV/SM/1u/L6/ZM/Jo/PJ/1T/AJ/hw_640.jpg&quot; />

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    1. Marto Avatar
      Marto

      Any green on a British car seems to be called BRG.
      From the almost black Lotus Carlton:
      <img src="http://www.pistonheads.com/pics/news/15736/lotus%20carlton-L.jpg"&gt;
      To this F1 Jag:
      <img src="http://www.autoracing1.com/images/2001/F1/JaguarR2_02.jpg"&gt;
      Side note: Apparently the Lockheed SR71 is not black, but rather an insanely dark shade of blue. Anyone else heard that?

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      1. CABEZAGRANDE Avatar
        CABEZAGRANDE

        Every British automaker since the dawn of the automobile has come out with a different shade of green to call BRG. Hell, Jaguar alone has had like 30 different shades that they've called BRG over the years. So if it's a moderately dark green and on a vaugely British car, it generally gets called BRG 🙂

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  7. OA5599 Avatar
    OA5599

    <img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/f535bd962561962bd8f9471e411a89e3/tumblr_migbefXR9P1qdgjmxo1_500.jpg"&gt;

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    1. Marto Avatar
      Marto

      What's the hardtop there! It's gorgeous.

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      1. OA5599 Avatar
        OA5599

        Briggs Cunningham, through his company named for himself, made cars in very limited production quantities, but the C-4RK coupe was a one-off.
        http://megadeluxe.com/photography/cunningham-c-4r…

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    2. longrooffan Avatar
      longrooffan

      Gotta love Briggs Cunningham….another rich guy who wasn't satisfied with the status quo.

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  8. pdb Avatar
    pdb

    <img src="http://i.imgur.com/sfjRfihl.jpg"&gt;
    I'm sorry, I can't hear you over ALL TEN CYLINDERS OF FREEDOM

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    1. pj134 Avatar
      pj134

      PREACH!

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    2. Alff Avatar
      Alff

      I couldn't hear the 10 cylinders of freedom over the twelve cylinders of the corporate parent.
      <img src="http://magazine.ferrari.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/06/250-GTO.jpg"&gt;

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    3. joshwebster84 Avatar
      joshwebster84

      This is the car that came immediately to mind.

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  9. Vavon Avatar
    Vavon

    Bleu de France = French Racing Blue = Alpine A110!
    <img src="http://images.forum-auto.com/mesimages/83513/ALPINEA1101440.jpg"&gt;

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    1. M44Power Avatar
      M44Power

      I even find the A310 to be beautiful (probably because there was both an A110 and A310 in a book I had as a child).
      <img src="http://i1184.photobucket.com/albums/z336/photog02/ac8d18ed-1173-40ab-b623-69ab9a9875e0.jpg&quot; border="0" alt=" photo ac8d18ed-1173-40ab-b623-69ab9a9875e0.jpg"/>

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      1. danleym Avatar
        danleym

        I don't know where this corner is. But it consistently makes for some of the best car pictures. I've seen quite a few.

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  10. MindHacker Avatar
    MindHacker

    <img src="http://www.motorera.com/dictionary/pics/g/gullwing.jpg&quot; width="600">

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  11. pj134 Avatar
    pj134

    Perfection achieved:
    <img src="http://i238.photobucket.com/albums/ff276/dblrplt/2009ACR.jpg&quot; width=500>
    Growing on me:
    <img src="http://www.blogcdn.com/www.autoblog.com/media/2012/09/2012-srt-viper-18-opt.jpg&quot; width=500>

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    1. kvnkiley Avatar
      kvnkiley

      From the front I would agree the newer car looks retrograde. Im not a huge Viper fan, but the curves on the new one are phenomonal IMHO. From the side profile its stunning.

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  12. Moe Avatar
    Moe

    Germany's official color is white. The story I read ages ago was that Mercedes had a race car that was painted white but it came in just over the weight limit for its class. They used to paint them with lead based paint back then which was very heavy. The engineers scraped all the paint off putting them just barely into the weight class they wanted. From then on they went bare metal/silver as their racing color.

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  13. RichardKopf Avatar
    RichardKopf

    <img src="http://i79.photobucket.com/albums/j129/hoopd87/2458_zps856a0945.jpg&quot; width=500>

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    1. Marto Avatar
      Marto

      Wasn't there a special edition SLR called the "722 Stirling Moss" or something?

      Reply
  14. BЯдΖǐL-ЯЄРΘЯΤЄЯ Avatar
    BЯдΖǐL-ЯЄРΘЯΤЄЯ

    An orange Spyker from The Netherlands should fill the bill.
    <img src="http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/9/95/Spyker_aileron_goodwood_festival_of_speed_2010.jpg&quot; width="600">
    And let's not forget the combining interior
    <img src="http://www.autoblog.nl/gallery/Spyker/D12_Peking-to-Paris_2007/Spyker_D12_Peking-to-Paris_SSUV_10.JPG&quot; width="600">

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    1. M44Power Avatar
      M44Power

      Spyker has to be the best exotic currently made, and I am basing that entirely on the interior.

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    2. Vairship Avatar
      Vairship

      Since it is unclear whether or not Spyker is still in business, here's an orange Donkervoort:
      <img src="http://top.chronos.free.fr/img/DonkervoortD8270RS.JPG&quot; width="600">
      Source: <a href="http://top.chronos.free.fr/classementTopChronos.php” target=”_blank”>http://top.chronos.free.fr/classementTopChronos.php

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  15. Number_Six Avatar
    Number_Six

    Hakosuka Skyline
    <img src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_n3TI-yprEQ4/TMJXJdoMlfI/AAAAAAAAABE/Lmawnklbxa4/s1600/03gc10.jpg&quot; width="500" />

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  16. BЯдΖǐL-ЯЄРΘЯΤЄЯ Avatar
    BЯдΖǐL-ЯЄРΘЯΤЄЯ

    The Opala looks great in both Brazilian green and yellow
    <img src="http://www.carrosdecolecionadores.com.br/album/main.php?g2_view=core.DownloadItem&g2_itemId=44939&g2_serialNumber=1&quot; width="600">
    <img src="http://sphotos-b.xx.fbcdn.net/hphotos-snc7/p480x480/424782_10151355823330701_65180394_n.jpg&quot; width="600">

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  17. P161911 Avatar
    P161911

    Here's the full official list: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_internationa…

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    1. Lotte Avatar
      Lotte

      Canada has an official racing colour?
      <img src="http://www.challengercollection.com/images/FrontPage05.jpg&quot; width=400>
      Canada has an official racing colour!

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      1. P161911 Avatar
        P161911

        Don't get too excited, Luxembourg and Uruguay do too.
        Besides the traditional colors are white and green stripes for Canada. You guys didn't get the red maple leaves until 1958 and the current red and white flag until 1965.

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    2. fede6882 Avatar
      fede6882

      wow, i honestly didn't knew we (uruguay) had one, thanks for the info!
      now i'll have to try to find out if it was ever used on something other than the generic wikipedia car:
      <img src="http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/e/ed/Auto_racing_color_U.png"&gt;
      anyway, the answer to the question is 250 gto (or maybe maserati 250 f, with the yellow nose).

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  18. Preludacris Avatar
    Preludacris

    <img src="http://img406.imageshack.us/img406/5337/oppu0.jpg&quot; width="600">

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    1. kvnkiley Avatar
      kvnkiley

      That EK on the left! Im in love.

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      1. Preludacris Avatar
        Preludacris

        I like that you picked out a humble Civic on a page full of supercars and exotics.

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  19. desolit Avatar
    desolit

    Although all look very beautiful, EVERY german looks good in their Aluminum Silver
    <img src="http://www.boldride.com/image <a href="http:///http://a.images.boldride.com/audi/1939/audi-auto-union-type-d.2000×1414.Oct-10-2012_23.59.30.705703.jpg?width=1024&height=770"&gt;” target=”_blank”>/http://a.images.boldride.com/audi/1939/audi-auto-union-type-d.2000×1414.Oct-10-2012_23.59.30.705703.jpg?width=1024&height=770">

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    1. Vairship Avatar
      Vairship

      Courtesy embed:
      <img src="http://a.images.boldride.com/audi/1939/audi-auto-union-type-d.2000×1414.Oct-10-2012_23.59.30.705703.jpg&quot; width="600">

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  20. wisc47 Avatar
    wisc47

    I really have to hand it to ze Germans on this one.
    <img src="http://blog.christsai.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/09/BMW-507-10-1-600×450.jpg"&gt;

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    1. M44Power Avatar
      M44Power

      <img src="http://i1184.photobucket.com/albums/z336/photog02/bmw_328_cabrio.jpg&quot; border="0" alt=" photo bmw_328_cabrio.jpg"/>

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  21. desolit Avatar
    desolit

    oops ____
    <img src="http://www.boldride.com/image <a href="http:///http://a.images.boldride.com/audi/1939/audi-auto-union-type-d.2000×1414.Oct-10-2012_23.59.30.705703.jpg&gt;” target=”_blank”>/http://a.images.boldride.com/audi/1939/audi-auto-union-type-d.2000×1414.Oct-10-2012_23.59.30.705703.jpg>

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  22. desolit Avatar
    desolit

    Grrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr. they wont imbed. just follow the link, will ya
    https://www.google.com/search?q=auto+union+type+d…

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  23. CABEZAGRANDE Avatar
    CABEZAGRANDE

    <img src="http://farm4.staticflickr.com/3012/3025529840_d96edaf497_z.jpg?zz=1&quot; width="600">
    XJ220 in BRG with gold wheels 🙂
    Although, as you said there isn't a British car made that isn't made better by BRG.

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    1. CABEZAGRANDE Avatar
      CABEZAGRANDE

      TVR Sagaris
      <img src="http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2518/3850609672_a8497ccf64.jpg&quot; width="600">

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    2. CABEZAGRANDE Avatar
      CABEZAGRANDE

      Jag C-Type
      <img src="http://www.sportscardigest.com/wp-content/uploads/1952-jaguar-c-type_07-w720-h720.jpg&quot; width="600">

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    3. CABEZAGRANDE Avatar
      CABEZAGRANDE

      E-Type Low Drag Coupe
      <img src="http://www.autoviva.com/img/photos/926/jaguar_e_type_lightweight_low_drag_coupe_large_24926.jpg&quot; width="600">

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    4. pj134 Avatar
      pj134

      <img src="http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v482/Peloton25/McLaren%20F1%20L/1997_mclaren_f1-pic-50875_m.jpg&quot; width=500>
      Don't think I need to name it.

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      1. wunno sev Avatar
        wunno sev

        pretty sure that's a lambo, dude

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    5. M44Power Avatar
      M44Power

      I think the Princess is the exception to that rule.
      <img src="http://i1184.photobucket.com/albums/z336/photog02/5609210777_c3fa84a8b6.jpg&quot; border="0" alt=" photo 5609210777_c3fa84a8b6.jpg"/>

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      1. CABEZAGRANDE Avatar
        CABEZAGRANDE

        I disagree, I think the BRG makes it much more palatable 😀

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  24. muthalovin Avatar
    muthalovin

    White and red.
    <img src="http://cdn.speedhunters.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/06/MugenNSXRR-002_1lTA_0.jpg&quot; width=550>

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  25. dukeisduke Avatar
    dukeisduke

    White with blue stripes:
    <img src="http://www.firebirdfever.com/images/1969-trans-am-4-speed-pontiac-blue-interior-028.jpg"&gt;
    And blue with white stripes:
    <img src="http://www.firebirdfever.com/images/69fbb.jpg"&gt;

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  26. nobodyfromoppo Avatar
    nobodyfromoppo

    <img src="http://www.motorsportretro.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/07/jimclark_lotus_brandshatch_1967.jpg&quot; width="600">
    Lotus 49 in BRG.

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  27. JayP2112 Avatar
    JayP2112

    German silver?
    I thought their national color was polished aluminum.
    <img src="http://www.seriouswheels.com/pics-1990-1999/1991-Audi-Avus-FA-Studio-1024×768.jpg&quot; width="600">

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  28. onrails Avatar
    onrails

    Mr. Gurney humbly requests that the rest of you pretenders please stop squabbling and clear the top step of the podium:
    <img src="http://www.tamsoldracecarsite.net/IMG_0816RM.jpg"&gt;

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  29. danleym Avatar
    danleym

    Alright, we're talking about national colors, and these haven't shown up yet?
    White and blue my ass, they're all missing a color.
    <img src="http://www.beaversprings.com/photos/2005/0710126.jpg&quot; width=500>
    <img src="http://www.oldcarsweekly.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/06/SC-Rambler2.jpg&quot; width=500>
    <img src="http://image.popularhotrodding.com/f/features/1301phr_top_41_hottest_muscle_cars_in_your_garages/42352463+pinline_block/1301phr-15-top-41-hottest-muscle-cars-in-your-garages-1970-AMC-rebel-machine.JPG.jpg&quot; width=500>

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    1. dculberson Avatar
      dculberson

      EVERYONE but us is wrong!! And you're only slightly right since you got the wrong car:
      <img src="http://www.ronman.org/pics/lemons/dallas12/IMG_0313.jpg&quot; WIDTH=600>
      Credits for the photo go to Ronman. Credits for the world's best racing machine go to NSF Racing.

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  30. mdharrell Avatar
    mdharrell

    Shouldn't that EB110 be red, then?
    <img src="http://farm5.staticflickr.com/4075/4863705378_69f942b20c.jpg&quot; width="500">

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    1. desolit Avatar
      desolit

      no because Bugatti (the man) is italian but Bugatti (the brand) is officially french.

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      1. mdharrell Avatar
        mdharrell

        Ettore Bugatti was Italian, then towards the end of his life, French. His company was German before WWI and French afterwards, as a result of the land his factory occupied being in the area ceded to France by Germany.
        The company that produced the EB110, however, was founded by an Italian, Romano Artioli, under Italian law and with its factory in Italy. A car can't get much more Italian than that.
        The current VW brand is produced in France, but that's not this car.

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  31. Slow_Joe_Crow Avatar
    Slow_Joe_Crow

    Batmobiles look best with Motorsport stripes over the White.
    <img src="http://forums.pelicanparts.com/uploads18/csl1286055454.jpg"&gt;

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  32. Tomsk Avatar
    Tomsk

    Aussie Jack Brabham's F1 cars looked pretty sweet in green and gold…even when a Kiwi was driving.
    <img src="https://lh5.googleusercontent.com/–SMru3ZhgE4/T7PGG_c77qI/AAAAAAAAVOw/Ta1K5_Gb1Wg/w1000-h641/Denny+Hulme+%2540+Monaco%252C+1967…..%2528Brabham.%2529.jpg" width="500" />

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    1. desolit Avatar
      desolit

      So what is the official racing color of Ameristralia?

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