Retro cars 40 years from now...

robbie99

with the VW Beetle, the Mini, and now another retro car the Fiat 500...

What car of today will be making a comeback in 40 years time?

cantdecide

robbie99 wrote: »

with the VW Beetle, the Mini, and now another retro car the Fiat Cinquecento...

What car of today will be making a comeback in 40 years time?

E36. IMO the quintessential BMW

robbie99

cantdecide wrote: »

E36. IMO the quintessential BMW

Unlike E92 not everyone here has an encyclopedic knowledge of the E numbers. I think this is an old 3 series but which one?

Eoin

robbie99 wrote: »

Unlike E92 not everyone here has an encyclopedic knowledge of the E numbers. I think this is an old 3 series but which one?

Google images search here. The 90's one basically.

Edit - do you mean the Fiat 500? I think new one looks great incidentally.

superjosh9

Cars? In 40 years time I'll be flying!

But alas, if there are cars as we know them, and I'm sure there will be, I suspect they'll still be reinventing the Mini and Beetle - they will be looked upon as the originals, like classical music or something...?

peasant

It'll be the first car ever that will be replicated, the Benz Patent Motorwagen



Only that time round it'll be made out of hemp and recycled plastic bottles and it will drive just as slowly as the original, just on solar power.

Eoin

peasant wrote: »

Sweet - 48" rims. Normally only see those on an Escalade or Hummer.

Henry Ford III

Octavia 1.9 tdi

robbie99

eoin_s wrote: »

Edit - do you mean the Fiat 500? I think new one looks great incidentally.

Indeed I do. Thanks.

Eoin

I suppose the three cars you mentioned were supposed to be cheap and affordable cars for the masses, and even the new 500 starts at 14K.

So, maybe something like the Citroen C1?

maidhc

hard to call really:

I think two cars which could be successful "retro cars" now are the Escort 3 dr and the Capri. No one would have agreed 20 years ago.

Of "todays" cars:
Mk1 Punto
Volvo 740 (i know it is a few years old)
Mercedes 190
Mazda mx5 (oh wait...)
Ford Focus Mk1?
Citroen Berlingo (for retired builders in 40 years time)

Owen

eoin_s wrote: »

I suppose the three cars you mentioned were supposed to be cheap and affordable cars for the masses, and even the new 500 starts at 14K.

14k is 64 Euro's a week. I think that's pretty affordable. Relatively speaking, the price:earnings today for the 500 would probably be not a million miles away from the same ratio back in the 60's.

SEPT 23 1989

5 series E39 Saloon future classic

maidhc

SEPT 23 1989 wrote: »

5 series E39 Saloon future classic

that isn't the point.

It is which car might come back in another life.

Before this will happen i think the car must be distinctive in terms of design and more importantly, social impact.

Eoin

ned78 wrote: »

14k is 64 Euro's a week. I think that's pretty affordable. Relatively speaking, the price:earnings today for the 500 would probably be not a million miles away from the same ratio back in the 60's.

That doesn't sound like a bargain - certainly not a budget car anyway. That's 272 a month before running costs.

Owen

eoin_s wrote: »

That doesn't sound like a bargain - certainly not a budget car anyway. That's 272 a month before running costs.

Since when is any car a bargain? I'm saying relatively speaking, comparing the weekly price of the car, to an average weekly wage, it wouldn't be a million miles away from what someone in the 60's would earn per week compared to the price of their 500.

Of course, as I'm 30, I could be very very wrong about the average wage/price of a car in the 60's. But you can't disagree that 64 Euro a week isn't affordable. Some people spend that on lunches.

robbie99

Maybe it's not one of today's cars but I think the citroen 2cv should make a comeback as a retro car

Owen

Triumph TR6. The Triumph car brand is currently owned by BMW Group, so it's not beyond the realms of possibility. Wouldn't mind a remake of the Renault 5 Turbo either. Mad yoke. Mad in a kind of could kill you way.

L1011

robbie99 wrote: »

Maybe it's not one of today's cars but I think the citroen 2cv should make a comeback as a retro car

Isn't the C3 meant to be reminiscent of the 2CV?

robbie99

MYOB wrote: »

Isn't the C3 meant to be reminiscent of the 2CV?

The C3 looks like any other bland modern hatchback - certainly not retro.


this is the 2CV

maidhc

robbie99 wrote: »

The C3 looks like any other bland modern hatchback - certainly not retro.

The c3 pluriel is the car i think.

Eoin

ned78 wrote: »

Since when is any car a bargain? I'm saying relatively speaking, comparing the weekly price of the car, to an average weekly wage, it wouldn't be a million miles away from what someone in the 60's would earn per week compared to the price of their 500.

Of course, as I'm 30, I could be very very wrong about the average wage/price of a car in the 60's. But you can't disagree that 64 Euro a week isn't affordable. Some people spend that on lunches.

OK, the 500 is relatively affordable, but still nearly 50% more than the cheapest cars on the market.

Anyway, I wonder if there is going to be a lot more of a difference between cars now and cars in 2050, then the difference between cars now and cars from 40 years ago. You never know, the only nod to a retro car in 40 years time could be fake wheels to make it look like it "drives on the ground"!

S.I.R

i think the putno will be.... but hopefulyl their all dead by that stage.


also the e34 bmw willl be as will the isuzu trooper.

ART6

If the Greens have their way, and if oil is running out by then, a tank of petrol will cost several times the value of the car. So I think it's likely to be something simple, mass produced in millions like a Ford Escort with a steam engine fuelled by chicken s**t.:D

miju

a few of the 2000-2004 alfa model designs IMO (new designs are crap though )

G Luxel

nissan micra (91-02), but then again it was the basis for retro cars like these.