"If only they'd made it with....."

[RobDickinson]

3rd gen MX5 with a Renesis...

[GreatPretender]

m444ttb said:

BMW M3 estates. I'd be all over one of those yet they leave it to Mercedes and Audi. Although I'd also pondered what a drop top M6 V10 would be like.

And yet at the time, BMW's rational for denying us such was that it perverted the ethos of the M3 (i.e. #becauseracecar).

Oh how we laugh now.

[B2UFO]

RWD Abarth 500 >2009 (Wish mine was RWD)

[Baryonyx]

B2UFO said:

RWD Abarth 500 >2009 (Wish mine was RWD)

I assume, if they did make one, it'd have understeer designed into the handling characteristics like the new Renault Twingo does (although I wouldn't expect Fiat to move the engine). That short wheelbase would be a liability for many drivers otherwise.

[Pints]

daveofedinburgh said:

As much as I loved my 7th Gen Celica (2ZZ, 190hp model), I can't help but feel Toyota missed a trick with it.

A proper successor to the GT4 with a turbo and 4WD could have made it a proper Jap great. It certainly had the looks to my eye at least.

I guess it was never realistic due to the Gen7 having no rally swag (ugh, sorry). Even a hotter FWD Gen7 may have been a non-starter, as I don't recall Toyota having a suitable 2.0 FI lump knocking about at the time...

Those always looked like they should have been RWD.

[Bibbs]

daveofedinburgh said:

As much as I loved my 7th Gen Celica (2ZZ, 190hp model), I can't help but feel Toyota missed a trick with it.

A proper successor to the GT4 with a turbo and 4WD could have made it a proper Jap great. It certainly had the looks to my eye at least.

I guess it was never realistic due to the Gen7 having no rally swag (ugh, sorry). Even a hotter FWD Gen7 may have been a non-starter, as I don't recall Toyota having a suitable 2.0 FI lump knocking about at the time...

The GT4 moved to the Caldina after the ST205 (called the ST225).

Which is a shame as they looked awful, dropping the coupe shape.

[deltashad]

Looks like a fat Honda civic.

[Mound Dawg]

GreatPretender said:

m444ttb said:

BMW M3 estates. I'd be all over one of those yet they leave it to Mercedes and Audi. Although I'd also pondered what a drop top M6 V10 would be like.

And yet at the time, BMW's rational for denying us such was that it perverted the ethos of the M3 (i.e. #becauseracecar).

Oh how we laugh now.

Didn't stop them making convertibles in the past did it?

[Shaoxter]

m444ttb said:

Although I'd also pondered what a drop top M6 V10 would be like.

Ummm...

[rodericb]

chucklebutty said:

...any car with OEM Davanti tyres.


Am I doing this right?

Ha ha, very topical!

Manual smart Roadster, or at least a kit to stick a clutch pedal and gear lever for DIY'ers.

[Funkstar De Luxe]

Already mentioned, but any modern Maserati needs a bloody manual option. I'd be on my second or third Maserati by now had any of them in the last 10 years had a fking manual. Grinds my gears!

[GroundEffect]

A new Z4 M with the S65 V8 from E92 M3. Would have been outrageous.

[cerb4.5lee]

GroundEffect said:

A new Z4 M with the S65 V8 from E92 M3. Would have been outrageous.

I said that earlier in the thread and I think it would be a nice little recipe for sure.

[Major Fallout]

60's British sports cars out of metal instead of rust.

MGB with the MGA twin cam

[Zod]

m444ttb said:

BMW M3 estates. I'd be all over one of those yet they leave it to Mercedes and Audi. Although I'd also pondered what a drop top M6 V10 would be like.

I think it would be like this:

[thebigmacmoomin]

Subaru Impreza WR1

If only they'd made it with..... a nice interior.

Love the colour, the wheels & the performance figures (though I have never driven one), I just hate the interior. I want something nicer too look at.

[vikingaero]

A Mazda RX8 with a V6 engine. With the suicide doors it would have made a decent alternative to my Clubman.

[InductionRoar]

cerb4.5lee said:

I would have liked to have seen the S65 V8 from the E92 M3 put into a Z4.

...and a manual gearbox.

[cerb4.5lee]

InductionRoar said:

cerb4.5lee said:

I would have liked to have seen the S65 V8 from the E92 M3 put into a Z4.

...and a manual gearbox.

Indeed and my E92 M3 was a manual even though I do think the V8 suits the DCT better.

I would have really liked that V8 in my Z4M for sure.

[Daniel1]

Baryonyx said:

B2UFO said:

RWD Abarth 500 >2009 (Wish mine was RWD)

I assume, if they did make one, it'd have understeer designed into the handling characteristics like the new Renault Twingo does (although I wouldn't expect Fiat to move the engine). That short wheelbase would be a liability for many drivers otherwise.

I'd settle for just better steering and a better driving position