Classics dwarfed by moderns

[craig_m67]

Not my pic and looks a bit like it was taken to emphasise the difference, but yeah.. the 8C looks like a (very pretty) barge.

[quiraing]

mattpurdon said:

This one made me laugh yesterday (also sent the want-o-meter off the chart; rust, primer, scrap on the rear seats and straight through pipes)

Daimler 250 in modern traffic.

Made me laugh this morning. Cool Daimler V8 burbling through the streets. It's like a scene from Withnail And I.

[cptsideways]

Spotted this tango cheese wedge yesterday against our little new super mini

[dxg]

Dr Jekyll said:

nta16 said:

nope didn't miss it at all, BMW took the MINI from helping Rover and the idea of boutique selling and styling (as did FIAT for the modern 500) from smart (small 's')

even the smart has got bigger from original

RichB - I think of them as MINI MAXIs although I suspect the Maxi would be smaller than some of the range

I think of it as a reinvented Morris Minor disguised as a reinvented Mini. Not a criticism by the way.

[dxg]

Mazda seems to have the right idea:

[OllieC]

well done Mazda !

[Kawasicki]

dxg said:

Mazda seems to have the right idea:

but, but, but...the new MX5 must be less safe than the original...it's smaller, after all. Isn't that how the myth goes?

[LewG]

Apologies for the poor photo but you get the idea!

[david.h]

This photo is a bit old, but there is nothing new under the sun!
Taken at RMA Sandhurst outside Junior term Huts behind New College in 1958 I think.
The back of my A7 was level with the back bumper of the Impala, The A7 cost £25 (we wuz robbed)and the Chevvy was owned by a Kuwaiti Prince (or something).

[a8hex]

LewG said:

Apologies for the poor photo but you get the idea!

Reminds me of a time years ago when a friends 3 year freaked out at a his brothers party (didn't like clowns) so I offered to take him back to our place till the party was over. His dad was somewhat taken aback when the little one refereed to my X300 as a little car, I guess it was half the height of their Mum's taxi.

[furtive]

How about a modern dwarfed by a classic?

MX5 vs. Cadillac by furtive, on Flickr

122_2216.JPG by furtive, on Flickr

[Shaw Tarse]

Credit for photo goes to dockertrigger http://www.pistonheads.com/gassing/topic.asp?h=0&a...

[Shaw Tarse]

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david.h said:

This photo is a bit old, but there is nothing new under the sun!
Taken at RMA Sandhurst outside Junior term Huts behind New College in 1958 I think.
The back of my A7 was level with the back bumper of the Impala, The A7 cost £25 (we wuz robbed)and the Chevvy was owned by a Kuwaiti Prince (or something).

Great photo.

[coppice]

dbdb said:

Wow, it's good to see a Wizzkid on the thread. They're lovely cars, but so rare now. They were always tiny though!

Lovely ? I bought one new in 1980 and it was utterly dire. Let me see- engine cutout on brisk cornering , seats with no support whatsoever, woefully unreliable, wheezy little engine , a nightmare in sidewinds and with all the build quality of a baked bean tin. Swapped it for a used Alfasud and my world changed for the better overnight. Why did I buy the Whizzkid? Glowing road test in a a magazine - Motor I think- and I thought girls would like it more than my 2CV - they did. Bit cramped inside was the SC100.....

[MGJ2]

david.h said:

This photo is a bit old, but there is nothing new under the sun!
Taken at RMA Sandhurst outside Junior term Huts behind New College in 1958 I think.
The back of my A7 was level with the back bumper of the Impala, The A7 cost £25 (we wuz robbed)and the Chevvy was owned by a Kuwaiti Prince (or something).

Today on postwarcar.com: http://www.prewarcar.com/postwarclassic/magazine/p...

[Hugo a Gogo]

MGJ2 said:

david.h said:

This photo is a bit old, but there is nothing new under the sun!
Taken at RMA Sandhurst outside Junior term Huts behind New College in 1958 I think.
The back of my A7 was level with the back bumper of the Impala, The A7 cost £25 (we wuz robbed)and the Chevvy was owned by a Kuwaiti Prince (or something).

Today on postwarcar.com: http://www.prewarcar.com/postwarclassic/magazine/p...

it's a '59 Chevrolet, which would have been released in the autumn (fall!?) of '58 in the US

[Electric Turnip]

[_Leg_]

Ditto. My '67 595 Abarth with a friends, err, thing.

[GTRene]

great pictures, the old cars look almost like such toy car for the kids
I like the old cars, so cute.