Modern Classic Cars

[JCB123]

Bored and thinking...

What car do you reckon from today (i.e. around and up to 5 years old) with the exclusion of the Pagani Zonda and other hypercars, do you think will become a classic in 20-30 years?

Throw 'em in the pot guys....

[miniman]

Clio 172/182/Cup
Alfa Brera
Jag XKR
Citroen C6

[crofty1984]

I don't like to be predictable but.....

MX5

[Berlin Mike]

New Mini (Mark I)
Fiat Coupe (Type 175)
Toyota Celica (6th Gengeration)

[JCB123]

Can I suggest the Ariel Atom?

[benny.c]

Gen 2 Viper. Last of the big engine, big HP cars without nannying driver aids. Plus they are pretty rare anyway.

[AstonZagato]

I wonder about this. I love my DB9 but I don't think it will last. A DB5 can be mended with a hammer, molegrips and a screwdriver. What happens when the 9's engine management computer goes phut in 50 years time? A man in overalls with a bad swarfega habit isn't going to be much use. Parts no longer available, you'll need to find a computer engineer willing to try to reverse engineer a £20mm development programme with a laptop and some eprom chips. And the glue that holds it together will probably fail too...

[evenflow]

Z3M Coupe

[benny.c]

AstonZagato said:

I wonder about this. I love my DB9 but I don't think it will last. A DB5 can be mended with a hammer, molegrips and a screwdriver. What happens when the 9's engine management computer goes phut in 50 years time? A man in overalls with a bad swarfega habit isn't going to be much use. Parts no longer available, you'll need to find a computer engineer willing to try to reverse engineer a £20mm development programme with a laptop and some eprom chips. And the glue that holds it together will probably fail too...

That's the problem with a lot of the cars being suggested here. Once you go past the 90's the cars gradually become more dependent on electronics and as such, stand a greater chance of not being usable in 20 years time.

[ratbane]

Remapped 335D

[FWDRacer]

Ford Racing Puma

[Mc Lovin]

golf mk5 gti

[fathomfive]

FWDRacer said:

Ford Racing Puma

I was thinking standard 1.7 Puma

[minimoog]

ratbane said:

Remapped 335D

Give it a fkin rest eh? That quip's as funny as herpes now.

[_Deano]

May i suggest the TVR Cerbera or Chimera
That's if there are any left in 20 years time

[muckymotor]

V6 Clio

[ratbane]

Perhaps you'de know?

[Digga]

miniman said:

Clio 172/182/Cup
Alfa Brera
Jag XKR
Citroen C6

This list reminded me that I keep finding myself drawn to the C6. Does anyone else, other than miniman here think this is a vehicle that stands apart from the crowd in the right way?

My list would have to include it in my list along with:

BMW M5 - for that V10 engine which is awesome.
Audi RS4 - for similar reasons that the original Quattro still attracts interest.
Fiat 500
Land Rover Defender TD4

[Yertis]

benny.c said:

AstonZagato said:

I wonder about this. I love my DB9 but I don't think it will last. A DB5 can be mended with a hammer, molegrips and a screwdriver. What happens when the 9's engine management computer goes phut in 50 years time? A man in overalls with a bad swarfega habit isn't going to be much use. Parts no longer available, you'll need to find a computer engineer willing to try to reverse engineer a £20mm development programme with a laptop and some eprom chips. And the glue that holds it together will probably fail too...

That's the problem with a lot of the cars being suggested here. Once you go past the 90's the cars gradually become more dependent on electronics and as such, stand a greater chance of not being usable in 20 years time.

I wouldn't worry too, much about that actually. Firstly, the computer probably won't go wrong anyway - it'll be the little sensore and peripheral whatnots that pack up first (that can be a problem for sure) but what you'll do in that situation is just whip out the original stuff and drop in an off-the-shelf engine management system. This is what folk (like me) are being compelled to do with our first generation ECU managed engines (in my case in a Quattro).

All that said, it's still a lot easier to keep my "unreliable" Lucas PI going on the TR6, than the set up on the Quattro.

[paulmurr]

S1 Elise