what car do you like to see become a kit ?
Discussion
Caterham 21
But only if they scrap the daft idea of basing it on a Seven chassis and give it a backbone chassis instead then it might actually have decent doors and side windows that open.
What a shame that this car is shelved.
OSCA 2500 GT
Another potential great. Subaru power and curvy styling but sadly shelved.
TVR cerbera / Griffith / Tuscan
Lovely cars ideally suited to the kit treatment (they're very nearly kits anyway!), one out of copyright, but no one making them.
Shame. shame. shame.
Lotus Elan / Elan+2 / Elite
The original late 50's and 60's versions.
Lovely. Easy to turn into a kit. Shelved.
We do seem to make a habit of abandoning nice cars....
But only if they scrap the daft idea of basing it on a Seven chassis and give it a backbone chassis instead then it might actually have decent doors and side windows that open.
What a shame that this car is shelved.
OSCA 2500 GT
Another potential great. Subaru power and curvy styling but sadly shelved.
TVR cerbera / Griffith / Tuscan
Lovely cars ideally suited to the kit treatment (they're very nearly kits anyway!), one out of copyright, but no one making them.
Shame. shame. shame.
Lotus Elan / Elan+2 / Elite
The original late 50's and 60's versions.
Lovely. Easy to turn into a kit. Shelved.
We do seem to make a habit of abandoning nice cars....
Edited by cymtriks on Saturday 12th July 20:31
To be fair, both the Elite and the Elan have been produced in kit form (after Lotus stopped producing them as kits, itself, of course). They simply didn't sell well enough for them to prove financially viable.
Personally, I only favour kit replicas if they can be close enough to the original to use similar technology and give similar performance. Copies of old Lotus' are easy - they can be almost identical - and some of the Jag replicas are quite nice, but as much as I love cars like the Miura and Ferrari Dino, I couldn;t bring myself to see a replica as anything other than a nasty, plastic pastiche.
Personally, I only favour kit replicas if they can be close enough to the original to use similar technology and give similar performance. Copies of old Lotus' are easy - they can be almost identical - and some of the Jag replicas are quite nice, but as much as I love cars like the Miura and Ferrari Dino, I couldn;t bring myself to see a replica as anything other than a nasty, plastic pastiche.
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