Ageless cars?

Daaryl

What cars do you look at and think they just never grow old, cars that if you stuck a 151 plate on it you wouldnt question it.

So what cars have aged well over the time??

I'd have to go with

Nissan Laurel C35




Nissan Skyline R32 GTR




Nissan Siliva S15



Bmw E46 M3

Neilw

Honda S2000 still looks fresh, mk1 TT too.

Not a specific car, as such, but I find a lot of SUVs and Jeeps seem to not only hold their age, but look a lot better than their newer counterparts.



2004 Rav4 looks like a Jeep.





2014 Rav4 looks like a Corolla that had a little too much to eat over Christmas






Same with the Sorento


Jeep:





Fat car:






For one specific car that I think has aged well and still looks relevant on the roads, is the Mk1 Focus. Seems to be a pretty timeless design.





(all the above is just my own opinion of course).

mfceiling

Stick a 151 on this and 99% wouldn't know any difference.

Cee-Jay-Cee

Subaru Legacy BL5 was introduced in 2003 and still looks fresh and modern today.

BreadnBuddha

@KKV, you're way off the mark on the Sorrento. New one looks very nice, old one looks...old.

Focus isn't ageing well... You're right about the RAV 4 for sure.

EazyD

Mazda RX7 FD. Very few cars come so close to being timeless as this one.

ian87

E39 bmw

maceocc2

ian87 wrote: »

E39 bmw

And the E38....

maceocc2

mfceiling wrote: »

Stick a 151 on this and 99% wouldn't know any difference.

I've always liked the A2, you're dead right though. Hard to believe its around since the end of 1999.

armstrongracer

Defender.

Zcott

8th gen Civic, and not just because I have one.

padd b1975

Mazda MX5.


1989.




2014

Stoolbend

I was looking at a Z4 the other day. They've aged so much better than the Z3.

wildefalcon

armstrongracer wrote: »

Defender.

The essence of timeless!

Theboinkmaster

BMW e60 still looks fresh (exterior) imo

Mycroft H

The only one that's aged well here is the A2. Everything else posted here looks old at this stage. Particularly those skylines. Something straight out of 1992.

The defender is the exception. Its barely changed at all.

lau1247

mfceiling wrote: »

Stick a 151 on this and 99% wouldn't know any difference.

Add DRL to that then it is complete

dudara

For me, the BMW E46 is a classic. It never looks old or tired. Especially in the sportier models

rex-x

The skyline is really showing its age badly to me, as are the focus and the civic!

colm_mcm

If the a2 sold more, we'd all be used to it!

It doesn't look out of place today though. I think that's the key, if the design is good enough for others to keep following - even 10/15/20 years down the road, then it'll remain ageless.

biko

Ford Mustang
Dodge Charger

jimgoose

Triumph Stag.
Audi 100LS.
Ferrari 308 GTB Quattrovalvole.
Any pre-German Bentley. Because fcukan Bentley, bee-yotch.
Citroen DS.
Mercedes-Benz W220.

jimgoose

Oh and, any of the pre-Tata Jaguar XJs, or as my mother calls them "those Arfur Daly Jags".
I can understand why some consider the S-Type dated and/or dating, but I don't give a thundery scuttery one.

akura

2004 Citroen C4

lomb

Audi TT Mk 1
Peugeot 406 coupe
Audi A2 as posted
BMW z4
Any Ferrari
BMW 8 series
Everything else has aged badly imo at least.

Foxhole Norman

Stick a 151 plate on it, be grand.
















Not biased at all :pac:

Said it before and I'll say it again. 7th generation Accord.



Also :pac:

Dord

The BMWs being posted are funny. I'd have to agree that the A2 is the only one so far (IMO) that has aged the best.

I'd be interested if Audi made a new A2. Stick the XL1 tech under the hood and there's your VW group i3 killer.

Long Time Lurker

It came out in 1983. That's 32 years ago. You could launch it today and it would pass as new.

Slicemeister

Citroen XM
Alfa 33
Rover 800 Vitesse.

Rerelease any of these they'd have more flair than any common day germauto imho.

Dr Turk Turkelton

akura wrote: »

2004 Citroen C4

Honda got there first-in 1984!

Bitten & Hisses

B5 (1997 - 2000) Passat. Inside and outside, it's such a clean piece of design

TallGlass

Mitsubishi Colt could well have a 151 plate

TrailerBob

17 years ago, the mk4 came out. I still think it looks well today, maybe not as up to date as the A2, but ageing better than the mk5 imo. Pity most of them have been molested with coilovers, rs6's, tinting and "booo"

boombang

I really agree re the MK4.

I think that is one of the best designed cars ever.

MetzgerMeister

Mazda RX8 R3

delly

I don't know if you'd get away with selling it today, but I was always fascinated that the MR2 design dates back to 1989.



On a sidenote, is there any non super cars with popup lights on sale today? I remember my sister had a 323F when I was younger and I was fascinated by the lights.

wendell borton

Foxhole Norman

MetzgerMeister wrote: »

Mazda RX8 R3

Is this one a TN reg? Almost 100% sure I saw it Thursday.

MetzgerMeister

Foxhole Norman wrote: »

Is this one a TN reg? Almost 100% sure I saw it Thursday.

Yep, it lives somewhere in Cork. I nearly bought it before settling on the 335!

Foxhole Norman

MetzgerMeister wrote: »

Yep, it lives somewhere in Cork. I nearly bought it before settling on the 335!

Definitely saw it so, very unique colour, really eye catching!

MetzgerMeister

Foxhole Norman wrote: »

Definitely saw it so, very unique colour, really eye catching!

It's a car that just looks fvcking class from every angle inside and out!

Foxhole Norman

MetzgerMeister wrote: »

It's a car that just looks fvcking class from every angle inside and out!

Do all the facelifted ones look like that or is that a specific spec?

Stheno

MetzgerMeister wrote: »

It's a car that just looks fvcking class from every angle inside and out!

It does look pretty stunning alright

Copa Mundial

Supra MKIV, aging very well for a 30 year old design imo.

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MetzgerMeister

Foxhole Norman wrote: »

Do all the facelifted ones look like that or is that a specific spec?

The facelift design has some aspects of what you see there but not all. That's the R3. All R3's are facelift models but not all facelift models are R3. You could think of R3 as M-Sport.

Stheno wrote: »

It does look pretty stunning alright

It does indeed. Kinda sad I didn't buy but it sold before I could sell the MPS. I test drove it around Nenagh and the looks it got were unreal!

Beadyeye

Fiat Coupe, first rolled off the line in 1994, fastest Fwd car in the world for a time. Timeless design and cool cockpit.

Foxhole Norman

MetzgerMeister wrote: »

It does indeed. Kinda sad I didn't buy but it sold before I could sell the MPS. I test drove it around Nenagh and the looks it got were unreal!

I was trying out a camera in the car at the time, I wonder if it caught how much I was looking at it :pac:

RayM

For a car that was launched 26 years ago, I think the Opel Calibra (if there are any unmodified ones left) still looks very fresh.

Beadyeye

http://xfionline.net/images/alex_coupe_street.jpg