[Eshan Joshi]

livery /ˈlɪvəri/ is a uniform, insignia or symbol adorning; in a non-military context, a person, an object or a vehicle that denotes a relationship between the wearer of the livery and an individual or corporate body. The word itself derives from the French livrée, meaning dispensed, handed over

Anyways we have had some beautiful racing liveries in the history of motor sports. Here are some of them:

Gulf Racing

Many say this is the greatest livery of all time . Why? because it was on the best race cars ever, the Ford GT40 and the Porsche 917. I mean regular people also can recognizes this livery.





Red Bull Racing

Every person knows Redbull. They legit lie to people by saying that you get wings by drinking their fizzy drink. But they still have a good looking livery that everyone recognizes. Plus they are present and successful in F1, rallying and plane racing.



Castrol

If your reading this there is a high chance you might know Castrol. Well Castrol liveries are found on Rally cars, endurance cars and touring championship cars. The livery has a nice combination of green and red.



Martini Racing

Every one knows this one. If you see a Lancia, there is a high chance that it would have this livery. Same with a Porsche. This is just everywhere, touring ,rallying and endurance racing.



Marlboro

Again, this is a simple yet nice livery. Plus this was in Formula 1 and it is kinda famous.



State Express 555

Many people think that Blue and gold is the official colour of fast Subarus or STIs ( actually it is now). But no, it is actually the livery made with their sponsor State Express 555. Anyways after the sponsorship was over, Subaru just kept the livery, because it was perfect (actually it became their identity) and road versions were also sold in this scheme.



Repsol

When you see this on a honda bike ,you know it is serious. Repsol is the main sponsor of Honda in motoGP (The team is called Repsol Honda). You can also find this livery on touring campionship cars and rally cars (Including The Mitsu Pajero Evo).





KRT

KRT stands for Kawasaki Racing Team.This is a pretty good livery. Well these people had guts to paint their bikes in "Kawasaki green" when green was considered unlucky in bike racing. The rest is history. No wounder why some street Kawasaki bikes are offered with this livery.



Silk Cut

This livery is just amazing. The rich silky white with the rich purple just makes it special. The orange/gold line is also a good addition. What makes it more special? You find it on Jags.



M Power

This is there on any BMW M division factory race car. This is there on any crazy M fanboys BMW. This is a nice and simple livery that looks good. It is famous .



Spoon Sports

Tell a normal person you like spoons, he would think that you have some kind of weird obsession with silverware. Tell this to a Honda fanboy, he would buy you lunch. Spoon is the god of Honda race cars. They can turn a civic into a monster. Anyways when someone thinks about Spoon the first thing to come in their mind is the spoon racing livery (The combination of blue and yellow is good).



Pink Pig

It had to be here .... it just had to.



So that is it. These are some of the best racing liveries.

[moralfibre]

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[moralfibre]

Neat thread Eshan. My favorite has to be Martini Racing's Lancia Delta Integrale:



This along with Subaru's 555 and Tommi Makkinen's Mitsubishi EVOs with Marlboro liveries dominated the rallying scene.

[rahulcmoulee]

The ones that pop into my head are the 2013 Red Bull RB9, 2019 Renault RS19, 2017 Ferrari SF70H, 2006 Renault RS26 and the 1988 McLaren MP4/4.

[Rehaan]

Superb idea for a thread!

Gulf Oil, Subaru 555, Martini Racing -- Absolutely ICONIC!

Two more to add:

John Player Special


Rothmans

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[Red Liner]

This is not complete without the camel trophy livery

Credit to google images.

[GTO]

My all-time favourite are the late 90s McLarens. Classy black + silver + red (also Team-BHP's colours ):

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I think the black nose that Ferraris wear during any tragedy (e.g. 9/11) is very classy:

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From the current era of cars, it's definitely the silver arrows for me:

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[mayankk]

Originally Posted by GTO

My all-time favourite are the late 90s McLarens. Classy black + silver + red (also Team-BHP's colours ):
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You beat me to Mika's car!
Next on the list would be Kimi's Lotus, which made the platypus also somewhat palatable.

[iliketurtles]

So happy to see some of my favorites already on here, including the late 90s West McLaren Mercedes (which was the reason I fell in love with McLaren's F1 team), the iconic Gulf and Martini liveries, McLaren's Marlboro days, and the gorgeous John Player Special.

There's one favorite of mine missing on this though; the Mazda 787B, which I have sadly never seen in person, but fell head over heels in love with thanks to hours whiled away on Gran Turismo.

As an aside, it sounded phenomenal too, and was so good it was deemed illegal by the authorities after just one season. If you can't beat 'em, ban 'em. The sound it makes is criminally good too.

Warning: eargasm incoming

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OjwwV20iZYE

Honorable mention goes to the Jaguar F1 car, a stunning looking thing. It's a good thing for the rest of the paddock that the car went nowhere near as fast as it looks. A shame, and a prime contender for making green great again. Why aren't there more great looking green cars around anyways?

[GipsyDanger]

Of course the legendary Gulf livery and the Martini livery needs no introduction....as if they cast a mark on those legendary cars destined to write history, from the likes of the great GT40 and 917. And of course, fighting the Group B war against the mighty 4WD Germans were the Lancias.

And speaking of Lancias, the Stratos cannot be left unmentioned. The legendary "rallying supercar" with a Dino V6 claimed 3 victories in WRC. That Alitalia livery is instantly recognisable.



The BMW M livery has already mentioned in the previous posts. But just look at that, on the "Batmobile" 3.0 CSL, just wow.



My personal favourite, has to be this understated Mercedes Sauber C9. After the astounding sucess it achieved across 1988, it clocked the highest top speed ever (248 mph) at LeMans a year later. The all-round silver finish makes this fire-breathing monster elegant, beautiful, and classy.

[Revmatch99]

Where do i even begin, so many great cars with cool liveries, here are some of my favourites.

One of the most striking looking Le Mans cars and the only Rotary powered car to win Le Mans the 787b



The Group A R32 GTR was a monster, winning every JTCC race it competed in 4 years in a row and dominated in the Australian touring car championship where it earned the nickname "Godzilla". The Calsonic Livery has become a staple in the Japanese motorsport scene and the HKS livery is a rolling piece of art.





Falken Livery is one of the most distinctive liveries and can be seen in many different categories from drifting to endurance racing



Talking about drifting, if you follow it you would've certainly seen videos of this pink and blue S13 throwing backwards entries at Meihan, Im talking about Naoki Nakamura's S13, he is one of the most respected drivers in the drifting scene and his S13 is as wild and flamboyant as a drift car should be.




Another drifter know for his style and show car level builds is Forrest Wang, easily the best looking car in Formula Drift and its been through different liveries and every livery has been stunning.






Early 2000s Ferrari F1
When i think of F1 i think of the F2004, one of the best F1 cars driven by the Greatest driver of all time.



Tobacco and Alcohol sponsorship liveries were some of the best looking, sadly we wont see more liveries like this Brabham BT45
Brabham BT45



Really loved the colourful Benetton liveries in the late 80s


1986 Toyota Celica IMSA GTO
Such a clean simple and good looking livery

[virajmore03]

I would like to add the Flying Lizard Motorsports livery design on the Porsche 911.

[Batfreak]

For me, it definitely has to be the Martini and the BMW M-Sports livery.

I am enclosing a few images of the Lancia Delta Integrale and the Alfa 155 in the Martini colours that I clicked at the National Automotive Museum in Turin, Italy. What is it that they say about never meeting your heroes, again?



Alfa Romeo 155 V6 TI.

Trivia: The Alfa 155 V6 TI gathered 38 wins under the command of 17 different drivers.



Lancia Delta Integrale - what a legend.

[philipmathen]

Force India's switch to the Black Scheme with the 'Cobra' nose definitely one of the more understated and classic ones in their 'colourful' history. Will be interesting what colours Aston Martin debuts with, if they survive the effects of the pandemic.

[Doge]