Which Classic Car Would You Love to See Reborn Today?

I aim to [i]hit two birds with one stone[/i] with this answer, a 1929 Bentley Blower. Not only that most younger generation haven’t seen or heard of it, but also most adults undergoing mid-life crisis probably haven’t seen it as well except from watching old movies. It’s also sort of a related response to your latest feature, [url=”http://www.petrolicious.com/this-oakland-racer-fits-just-perfectly”]The Oakland Racer[/url]. Imagine yourself setting in a 2-seater car surrounded by Bentley luxury — a car a vintage body style with modern comfort and power under the hood. If only Bentley parent company, Volkswagen, will make a handful of these like what… Read more »

I agree with Hayden on the 124 Abarth. I have a 124 Spider and would love for Fiat to produce a modern version that I could use as a daily driver. I think Ford has missed a big opportunity twice now. My father had a 1964 1/2 Mustang. In 1994 Ford had a newer body style on the Mustang and again this year they have a new car. Ford should have marketed them both as 1/2 ( 1994 1/2 & 2014 1/2 ) mpdels and sold them at a premium to the gung-ho collectors.

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I’d like to see a proper shooting-brake version (not the C30!) of the Volvo 1800ES or honestly any good smallish shooting-brake revival – Aston Martin, Citroen DS. Scimitar, etc. 2-door, RWD, no automatics, performance-oriented but definitely does not have to be a supercar. Disclaimer: I have a couple of ESes but I just love that form factor and can rationalize the day away about fun plus function. I think hot hatches have taken that niche but I like the lower (-appearing) profile of shooting brakes.

I love to see a new Citroën DS Convertible. God, what a beautiful convertibele. After the DS the only nice French convertible was the Peugeot 504. So PSA wake up!

The Saab Sonett. I always thought that the best thing GM could have done for Saab would have been to give them the Pontiac Solstice coupe and tell them to go wild. I even harbored dreams that a company with deep pockets would have bought the Saab name and the rights to the Solstice, dispensing with the sedans and wagons and other undifferentiated barges Saab was producing at the end.

Oh that’s easy BMW e30 m3

For giggles, I’d like to see VW riff on their iconic bus and bring it back, along with all its clever practical touches all over. The challenge would be to make it recognizable and keep it very simple and basic while packaging into it the mandatory safety equipments.

Don’t bother with bring backs, the new car will have no mechanical or historical design connection to the original, and certainly no spiritual connection, it’s just a name. Make new interesting cars, give them new names that are inline with the old. fiat 500, is the new car 500cc ? Mini, is it mini ? No.. give it a more appropriate name.
Unless its a continuous evolution of a design, 911, 3 series etc. it just doesn’t work.

The Lancia Stratos almost came back in a Limited run with a new Ferrari V8, but that was sadly dropped. If I were to see anything come back, I’d love to see some of the old British and Italian Roadsters come back. The Triumph Spitfire, the MGB, or any of those fun little cars would be a delight to see on the road with modern updates. I’d also love to see homologation come back to the WRC. It’s been over 10 years since we got a road ready rally car like the Lancia Delta Integrale of Ford Escort Cosworth. More’s… Read more »

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The Porsche 928, It was always better than the 911 and Steve Jobs drove one which verifies it. Let’s just be honest here, 911’s are for dorks. I mean obviously I love them but how predictable is that? Every 20 something year old car dweeb fetishistically obsesses about owning an early 80’s SC or a Carrera because they can almost afford one.. but not quite. The Toyota MR2, its like a mini Testarossa and how cool is that? Its way cool. Plus, now that Alfa is making the 4C Toyota has a modern day formula for a tiny mid engined… Read more »

Triumph TR6 or Fiat 124 or Alfa–something a bit bigger than Miata. Has to be relatively inexpensive–certainly well under $30 K. We have too many supercars already. BMW needs to work the same magic that it has done with the Mini with the TR6.

I have to say I’m a bit torn. On one hand, there are a lot of exceptional cars from days past that I’d like to see again, Alfas, Triumphs, some Japanese models etc. However, car design just isn’t what it used to be. I’m not saying there aren’t any pretty cars anymore, but with safety regulations etc. it’s just impossible to build cars as beautiful as they used to be. Using a name with heritage as a marketing plot just doesn’t cut it for me and there’s just been one too many “revived” cars that doesn’t really reflect the “essence”… Read more »

triumph spitfire/gt6!

nissan 240sx, toyota mr2, or a new porsche 944 would be a good ones too!

I’m really into Japanese sports cars so I would love to see the return of the RX-7, a smaller lighter Z car in the spirit of the 240Z, and of course the Supra. I think the 2000GT and Cosmo should be replicated down to the smallest detail. That would be cool.

BMW 2002….Early model “roundie” although I suppose it would conflict with their Mini market.

Anything mid-engined. A new Fiat X1/9 would be great, as long as Bertone designs the body.

The Ford Escort, but not just for the chinese market, as it is intended. A sporty coupe version might be successfull in Europe and US, I think.

The Citroën 2CV and the Renault 4L

The Volkswagen Kombi

And maybe a decent Cadillac convertible, relating to the Eldorado

none of them !
like movies, you just know the reboot will not have the charm and specialness of the original.
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I like the GTV6 idea^.
On a similar note, an obvious answer, but the Alfa Spider – I can’t wait for the new spider being developed with Mazda! It could be quite a car, I hope it doesn’t disappoint!

I too would love to see Triumph brought back, I think a revived GT6 could be a great competitor to the BRZ/FRS/GT86/WhateverElseItGetsBadgedAs, if it had a more powerful straight-6 engine and that classic long hood/short tail coupe proportions, all in a very lightweight body.

Honestly I hope they don’t. Scion FR-S, thank god, has nothing to do with Hachi Roku except in spirit, it’s very different proposition from VW New Beetle, BMW Mini, or Fiat 500. I can appreciate FR-S, but I can’t see a point on the latter for the most part. When anybody tries to monkey with the past, they always ruin it, we end up with products that’s just not that good. Like Mini, it’s safer, better made, faster, all that, any it still has less charm than the rubber cone suspension bits of the original Mini. I can’t see the… Read more »

Alfa GTV6.

2-door hatchback coupe with the V6TT used in the Maserati Ghibli on a RWD platform.

They could get economies of scale by selling a Maserati version as well, and depending on how far the platform could be stretched potentially the Ferrari California as well.

Please 🙂

BMW needs to do something with the Triumph Motor Company already and build a Z4 variant to sell at Mini Dealerships.

+1 to the full size Caddy but would also love to see a full size Lincoln (Continental)

MR2
A “true” 240Z. Smaller displacement inline six in a lightweight body… not a big displacement bruiser (370Z).
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Fiat 124 Sport Spider
A full sized Cadillac
Any design from a true coachbuilder.

Such a great question i don’t really know where to begin 😀 but i will try my best. First of all i like to see a reborn AMC AMX being the AMC fanatic i am. The AMX was a great looking car and the only other american two seater performance machine on the market. The AMX was a a great deal cheaper then the Corvette but still had good performance on hand. Not to mention the car was a sort of hybrid between muscle car and sports car ideas which i think could appeal to a wide range of buyers.… Read more »