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What car would you like to see re-introduced to the market?

  • 05-12-2020 01:11AM
    #1
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,466 ✭✭✭


    Hi all,

    Apologies if this is a re-hash of an old topic but, having looked at KGF Cars and the collection of near mint retro - nearly new cars they have in stock I couldn't help but wonder what model cars the good people of Motors would like re-introduced to the market?

    We got a taste of it when Seat reintroduced the B7 Audi A4 by way of the Seat Exeo but what would you like ?

    Me - I had a 2003 Passat B5 Sport like this one below - they had that fantastic 'thunk' where your ears would pop when closing the doors. I'd be quite happy to buy a brand new one if VW brought back that type of build quality again.

    460632167_eed9cf640f.jpg

    Or maybe the 6th gen Honda Accord -

    honda-accord-type-r-uk-spec-2_530x354.jpg

    Just add in multi link rear suspension and some more modern toys of course. :pac:


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  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 38,227 ✭✭✭✭Guy:Incognito


    Capri


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 10,249 ✭✭✭✭CoBo55


    Morris Minor.....


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,466 ✭✭✭FGR


    No mention of the Ssangyong Rodius?

    ODU3NmQ0YWExMDllNDU4N2YyMmNiZTU2MzgxNzQzMjXl94ioQvOE-7TKimuCr7bxaHR0cDovL3MzLWV1LXdlc3QtMS5hbWF6b25hd3MuY29tL2RvbmVkZWFsLmllLXBob3Rvcy9waG90b18xNjI5MzIxMzV8fHw2MDB4NjAwfHx8fHx8fHw=.jpeg


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,355 ✭✭✭dinorebel


    FGR wrote: »
    No mention of the Ssangyong Rodius?

    ODU3NmQ0YWExMDllNDU4N2YyMmNiZTU2MzgxNzQzMjXl94ioQvOE-7TKimuCr7bxaHR0cDovL3MzLWV1LXdlc3QtMS5hbWF6b25hd3MuY29tL2RvbmVkZWFsLmllLXBob3Rvcy9waG90b18xNjI5MzIxMzV8fHw2MDB4NjAwfHx8fHx8fHw=.jpeg
    Worse to drive than it is to spell.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 8,816 ✭✭✭saabsaab


    Saab 900, first version.


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  • Posts: 2,732 ✭✭✭ [Deleted User]


    saabsaab wrote: »
    Saab 900, first version.

    ****, yeah. Saab


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 86,577 ✭✭✭✭Atlantic Dawn
    GDY151


    DeLorean, re-engined.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,466 ✭✭✭FGR


    I'll also make a special mention for the MK4, 5, 6 or 7 Golf - the MK8 Golf's interior just doesn't do anything for me as I'd like buttons and dials as opposed to using a screen when the car is moving.


  • Moderators, Music Moderators Posts: 10,939 Mod ✭✭✭✭humberklog


    Audi A2 in Full EV in that same aluminium body.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,597 ✭✭✭tdf7187




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  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 12,234 ✭✭✭✭Cee-Jay-Cee


    Honda CRX (EE8)


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 86,577 ✭✭✭✭Atlantic Dawn
    GDY151


    Honda CRX (EE8)


    It looks such a natural shape to hybridise and modernise. With Honda and the design on the new E I get the impression they have lots of greatness to come.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,889 ✭✭✭NickNickleby


    Ford Cortina Mk3


    (2 door Red with black go faster stripes and reg no SNI 71 so if anyone knows where it is let me know :pac::pac: )

    Actually, I loved the 2.0 GXL in yellow with the black vinyl roof and chrome trim, couldn't afford one though.


  • Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 253 ✭✭Xtrail14


    Skyline


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,251 ✭✭✭darragh o meara


    DeLorean, re-engined.

    A Delorean EV would be quite cool. I’ve been eyeing the one they converted in Queens university Belfast, a very nice conversion indeed.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 8,816 ✭✭✭saabsaab


    A Delorean EV would be quite cool. I’ve been eyeing the one they converted in Queens university Belfast, a very nice conversion indeed.


    Very much back to the future.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 380 ✭✭Iodine1


    Not a sporty car but a lovely small car: Renault 5.


  • Moderators, Science, Health & Environment Moderators, Society & Culture Moderators Posts: 60,312 Mod ✭✭✭✭Wibbs


    Iodine1 wrote: »
    Not a sporty car but a lovely small car: Renault 5.
    Renault says Hold my beer..

    1985-Renault-R5-Turbo-2-Type-8221-1024x684.jpg

    :D Absolutely crackers car. In the unlikely event you ever get the chance to pedal one, take it with both hands, but have funeral expenses on your insurance first if it's a damp day and you've a heavy right foot.

    But yeah the R5 had fantastic packaging design right out of the box.

    Many worry about Artificial Intelligence. I worry far more about Organic Idiocy.



  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 17,789 ✭✭✭✭peasant


    continuing with Renault

    the electric R4 (or something similar ..simple, basic, effective)

    renault-4-obendorfer-22.jpg


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2, Paid Member Posts: 854 ✭✭✭steinbock123


    Last of the MK.1 Mini Cooper 1275 S.
    I sold mine for 400 pounds, same as I paid for it, back in the 70’s.
    Wish I’d kept it, can’t afford one now!


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  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 8,816 ✭✭✭saabsaab


    peasant wrote: »
    continuing with Renault

    the electric R4 (or something similar ..simple, basic, effective)

    renault-4-obendorfer-22.jpg


    I thnik you are really onto something there, there is a gap in the EV market.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 27,155 ✭✭✭✭Dempo1


    Volvo 480, amazing car, best I ever had

    Is maith an scáthán súil charad.




  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 262 ✭✭E36Ross


    Capri

    More or less have with the Mustang being made in RHD.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 25,128 ✭✭✭✭Wishbone Ash


    Ford Granada


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 5,531 ✭✭✭Leonard Hofstadter


    I'd love to see the return of the BMW E39 5 series and E38 7 series. They were fabulous cars back in the day and they had things modern BMWs don't have, like hydraulic power steering for superior feedback, six engines as a bare minimum (naturally aspirated of course for a much nicer exhaust note in the case of the petrol varieties) and were unashamedly rear wheel drive with classic 50:50 weight distribution, not front wheel drive or all wheel drive like so many modern BMWs.

    They still look classy and sporty today - back in the good old days BMW understood the concept of style. The only thing they need is 21st century infotainment, safety and technology features. A plug in version would be nice to ensure they're some way emissions relevant to the 21st century, too.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2, Paid Member Posts: 17,922 ✭✭✭✭elperello


    Carina 88-92


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,009 ✭✭✭noelf


    I'm picking up a completely restored 1984 Citroën 2CV next
    Week ;)


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 9,788 ✭✭✭PsychoPete


    92-97 Corolla Xli


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2, Paid Member Posts: 219 ✭✭smokie72


    Toyota MR2 T Bar Mark 2 Revision (3-5)


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  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2, Paid Member Posts: 17,922 ✭✭✭✭elperello


    noelf wrote: »
    I'm picking up a completely restored 1984 Citroën 2CV next
    Week ;)

    Lovely.

    That's quite a Christmas box. :)


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