Modern cars you don't see anymore (90's onwards)

[jdwoodbury]

I was looking back at some old photos and came across this of my old 1992 Metro GTi 16v MPI. Not a ground breaking car by any standard but my 1st taste of performance, considering it was a Metro I found it pretty robust doing over 40k in 3yrs...and I was not easy on the mechanicals.

Thing is here are only 63 left registered on the road (according to how many left), its a real shame and I would buy one to keep....if I had the space and any were actually for sale!




It got me thinking what sort of cars of the last 20yrs are going to to he scrap heap in the sky never to be seen on the road, will the humble Metro make classic status, or is it likely to die a death with no-one there at the funeral? How many other cars that you have have loved will suffer the same fate?

[jdwoodbury]

I had a series 2 Escort RS Turbo some time ago, I don't remember it fondly as it was always going wrong. I actually think it will be the series 1 XR2i and RS which will be the real classics in years to come. I can't remember the last time I actually saw any of these cars on the road though.

[jdwoodbury]

RealSquirrels said:

mclaren f1

I don't think these have ever been ubiquitous, can't imagine many have been scrapped.

[jdwoodbury]

Quite shocking to see this list.....cars my kids will never know anything about. Shows how much of a disposable society we live in!

[jdwoodbury]

Tickle said:

A strong coffee has made some more come to me:

MG Metro and even rarer MG Metro Turbo
Renault Alpine
Mitsubishi 3000 GT's

I took the engine out of an MG Metro Turbo once and put it in a 1978 Mini Mayfair....I think they all died due to rust. Needless to say my Mini did not last either.

[jdwoodbury]

[quote=TonyRPH]While we're on Mazdas...

MX3



My step-mother had 2 of these, a 1992 and a 1995 both in red. I have to say that sweet revving V6 and slick gearbox made it a nice drive....so much so I looked out for one 2yrs ago as a runabout, needless to say i could not find any that had been looked after and my memories remained just that.