Old cars that they still make...

Old cars that they still make...

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wildcat45

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8,056 posts

188 months

Friday 27th November 2015
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Inspired by the Cars You Never Knew Existed thread , and the fact that I found out there that the Vauxhall Astra MKII is still made







It got me thinking what cars you thought were dead are still made?

I suppose the obvious one is the Hindustan Ambassador which was a 1950s Morris. Is that sill in production?

For now I guess the Defender fits into this category.

There are probably ancient Rovers being made in China.....but I guess as the developing world gets more sophisticated locally built current models of Audis Jaguars or whatever will become the norm.

So what's still alive that most of us thought was dead?


Cylinder 8

33 posts

102 months

Friday 27th November 2015
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I believe the Lada Riva is still being made in Egypt.

SpudLink

5,671 posts

191 months

Friday 27th November 2015
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Does the Caterham Seven fall into this category? It's not the same car that Chapman designed in the 50's, but it's certainly evolved from that.

wildcat45

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Friday 27th November 2015
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SpudLink said:
Does the Caterham Seven fall into this category? It's not the same car that Chapman designed in the 50's, but it's certainly evolved from that.
I'd have thought so. I doubt any of the cars I am thinking about would be totally original. They're bound to have modern engines and stuff.

BoRED S2upid

19,643 posts

239 months

Friday 27th November 2015
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Still make a very original looking Beetle somewhere ... Africa?

wildcat45

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Friday 27th November 2015
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BoRED S2upid said:
Still make a very original looking Beetle somewhere ... Africa?
I thought they'd stopped building them in Brazil last year.

MrNoisy

530 posts

140 months

Friday 27th November 2015
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wildcat45 said:
BoRED S2upid said:
Still make a very original looking Beetle somewhere ... Africa?
I thought they'd stopped building them in Brazil last year.
Mexico iirc?

aeropilot

34,302 posts

226 months

Friday 27th November 2015
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wildcat45 said:
BoRED S2upid said:
Still make a very original looking Beetle somewhere ... Africa?
I thought they'd stopped building them in Brazil last year.
As said it was Mexico....but production finally ended back in 2003, not last year.

ajprice

27,321 posts

195 months

Friday 27th November 2015
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China is a goldmine for this stuff.

Until 2013, they made the made the VW Jetta in China.


Not sure if this is still made, but the Peugeout 206 went to China as a Citroen C2.


A whole load of 90s Citroens and Peugeots are or were recently sold there with updated front and rear ends.

volvos60s60

564 posts

213 months

Friday 27th November 2015
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Morgan 4/4. Been going since the '30s. End of thread




Edited by volvos60s60 on Friday 27th November 22:13


Edited by volvos60s60 on Friday 27th November 22:14

alecescolme

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123 months

Friday 27th November 2015
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G Wagen

SystemParanoia

14,343 posts

197 months

Friday 27th November 2015
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volvos60s60 said:
Morgan 4/4. Been going since the '30s. End of thread
arnt these a little older ?





wildcat45

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Friday 27th November 2015
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aeropilot said:
As said it was Mexico....but production finally ended back in 2003, not last year.
Yes Mexico sorry. Getting my Latin Smercan nations mixed up.

Was it the VW van that was built until recently?

HTP99

22,443 posts

139 months

Friday 27th November 2015
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The Clio Mio; basically a Clio II, still being made for the South American market:


996TT02

3,308 posts

139 months

aeropilot

34,302 posts

226 months

Friday 27th November 2015
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wildcat45 said:
aeropilot said:
As said it was Mexico....but production finally ended back in 2003, not last year.
Yes Mexico sorry. Getting my Latin Smercan nations mixed up.

Was it the VW van that was built until recently?
Yes.

Ended two years ago.

ModernAndy

2,094 posts

134 months

Friday 27th November 2015
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996TT02 said:
They sold an even older looking version of the land cruiser until a few years ago in Abu Dhabi (maybe they still make it).

Digitalize

2,850 posts

134 months

Friday 27th November 2015
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I think the CitiGolf has only recently stopped being made, Mk2 Golf body but loads of weird things inside, much newer dashes shoehorned in etc.

lee_erm

1,091 posts

192 months

Friday 27th November 2015
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These are still made in Gemany, they're based on the original Volkswagen Beetle.


carinaman

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171 months

Friday 27th November 2015
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Is that still in production?