oldest new looking car

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Tuvra

7,921 posts

227 months

Friday 22nd April 2016
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indigoblue73 said:
Tuvra said:
It seems to be made in the same mold as the Macan and dare I even say the 2016 Masser Levante. Staggering its 13 years old when you consider how dated its rivals from back then look - X5, RR, ML etc.
Really? Really? Am I the only one who can see this for what it is? T.U.R.D. on wheels.
Well unlike most people, I didn't post cars that "I think look good today", I actually read the thread title and posted a car that I think looks like a 2016 model. Regardless of how goor or how pretty/ugly it is, its pretty hard to deny that the 2003 FX doesn't look bang up to date:
2003 Infiniti FX

2015 Macan

2016 Levante

M1C

1,840 posts

113 months

Friday 22nd April 2016
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I would agree.

I think the FX out out of all the suggestions so far matches most to the idea of the thread.

sabir-moi9e

3 posts

106 months

Friday 22nd April 2016
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M1C said:
I would agree.

I think the FX out out of all the suggestions so far matches most to the idea of the thread.
Agreed, and the guy who posted the shiny red TT, if that had a 16 plate on it I would not think any different or that it looks old, that style still looks fresh.

sabir-moi9e

3 posts

106 months

Friday 22nd April 2016
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Also I think these, given it is cheating a bit as they are supercars, but I think they look very modern and if someone had NEVER seen a newer version/model of them and they stuck a a 16 plate on i don't think they would say thats an old car on fake plates....

12 YEARS OLD!!!!!





15 YEARS OLD!!!!!





Edited by sabir-moi9e on Friday 22 April 12:40

r11co

6,244 posts

232 months

Friday 22nd April 2016
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M1C said:
I think the FX out out of all the suggestions so far matches most to the idea of the thread.
yes

Runner-up is the A2, and I still think the Mk2 FIAT Punto gets the third spot on the podium because it would not look out of place in a market sector into which these two cars were launched in the last 2 years...


2015


2014


1999. Tell me I'm wrong!

Edited by r11co on Friday 22 April 13:30

P-Jay

10,626 posts

193 months

Friday 22nd April 2016
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Perhaps I've missed the evolution of this thread, but we've had:

Old cars that were ahead of their time and looked like cars from 10 years later, but look old now.
Old cars that look nice, but old.
Old cars that look old, but they still inexplicably still make, or did until recently.
Old cars that are old, look old, but their owners love them (with reason) but only they think they look current, because they don't.

Then... sort of old cars (shock horror they stopped making them 5 years ago, but everyone quotes the year they first arrived) but being German the current one looks like a more modern version of same thing so they look current, usually with slightly bigger headlamps and slightly less sharp creases on their flanks.

And about 4 cars which actually went out of production more than about 8 years ago, but still look current, mostly those Coupe/SUV hybrid blob things the Japanese used to make, and the Germans do now.

Or perhaps I'm a miserable cynic who when he sees a picture of a XJ200 from the 90s, sees a car from the 90s, even one with half of Halfords glued to it.

r11co

6,244 posts

232 months

Friday 22nd April 2016
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P-Jay said:
Perhaps I've missed the evolution of this thread, but we've had:

Old cars that were ahead of their time and looked like cars from 10 years later, but look old now.
Old cars that look nice, but old.
Old cars that look old, but they still inexplicably still make, or did until recently.
Old cars that are old, look old, but their owners love them (with reason) but only they think they look current, because they don't.

Then... sort of old cars (shock horror they stopped making them 5 years ago, but everyone quotes the year they first arrived) but being German the current one looks like a more modern version of same thing so they look current, usually with slightly bigger headlamps and slightly less sharp creases on their flanks.

And about 4 cars which actually went out of production more than about 8 years ago, but still look current, mostly those Coupe/SUV hybrid blob things the Japanese used to make, and the Germans do now.

Or perhaps I'm a miserable cynic who when he sees a picture of a XJ200 from the 90s, sees a car from the 90s, even one with half of Halfords glued to it.
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Abbott

2,491 posts

205 months

Friday 22nd April 2016
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Tuvra said:
indigoblue73 said:
Tuvra said:
It seems to be made in the same mold as the Macan and dare I even say the 2016 Masser Levante. Staggering its 13 years old when you consider how dated its rivals from back then look - X5, RR, ML etc.
Really? Really? Am I the only one who can see this for what it is? T.U.R.D. on wheels.
Well unlike most people, I didn't post cars that "I think look good today", I actually read the thread title and posted a car that I think looks like a 2016 model. Regardless of how goor or how pretty/ugly it is, its pretty hard to deny that the 2003 FX doesn't look bang up to date:
2003 Infiniti FX

2015 Macan

2016 Levante
Slightly off topic, If I asked my Mrs what she thought of the above she would think they are different views of the same car.

EnglishTony

2,552 posts

101 months

Friday 22nd April 2016
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2003 but got that currently fashionable scowl. Thank you Sig. Giugiaro

kambites

67,708 posts

223 months

Friday 22nd April 2016
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P-Jay said:
Perhaps I've missed the evolution of this thread, but we've had:

Old cars that were ahead of their time and looked like cars from 10 years later, but look old now.
Old cars that look nice, but old.
Old cars that look old, but they still inexplicably still make, or did until recently.
Old cars that are old, look old, but their owners love them (with reason) but only they think they look current, because they don't.

Then... sort of old cars (shock horror they stopped making them 5 years ago, but everyone quotes the year they first arrived) but being German the current one looks like a more modern version of same thing so they look current, usually with slightly bigger headlamps and slightly less sharp creases on their flanks.

And about 4 cars which actually went out of production more than about 8 years ago, but still look current, mostly those Coupe/SUV hybrid blob things the Japanese used to make, and the Germans do now.

Or perhaps I'm a miserable cynic who when he sees a picture of a XJ200 from the 90s, sees a car from the 90s, even one with half of Halfords glued to it.
No, that just about sums it up.

gizlaroc

17,251 posts

226 months

Friday 22nd April 2016
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Tuvra said:
Well unlike most people, I didn't post cars that "I think look good today", I actually read the thread title and posted a car that I think looks like a 2016 model. Regardless of how goor or how pretty/ugly it is, its pretty hard to deny that the 2003 FX doesn't look bang up to date:
2003 Infiniti FX

2015 Macan

2016 Levante
That is actually a very good call.

Northernchimp

1,282 posts

134 months

Friday 22nd April 2016
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Fiat Barchetta is 21 this year, looking good. I think the 90s Brava/Bravo still looks good too.

Aston Martin Vantage does not look 11 years old.

skip_1

3,475 posts

192 months

Friday 22nd April 2016
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I nominate the 2007 Mondeo.








DoubleD

22,154 posts

110 months

Friday 22nd April 2016
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Cars that are more common are going to age quicker than less common cars.

rich888

2,610 posts

201 months

Friday 22nd April 2016
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Abbott said:
Tuvra said:
indigoblue73 said:
Tuvra said:
It seems to be made in the same mold as the Macan and dare I even say the 2016 Masser Levante. Staggering its 13 years old when you consider how dated its rivals from back then look - X5, RR, ML etc.
Really? Really? Am I the only one who can see this for what it is? T.U.R.D. on wheels.
Well unlike most people, I didn't post cars that "I think look good today", I actually read the thread title and posted a car that I think looks like a 2016 model. Regardless of how goor or how pretty/ugly it is, its pretty hard to deny that the 2003 FX doesn't look bang up to date:
2003 Infiniti FX

2015 Macan

2016 Levante
Slightly off topic, If I asked my Mrs what she thought of the above she would think they are different views of the same car.
I totally agree with you, they are very very similar indeed, and if the hub caps were the same diameter then perhaps the 'Porsche' versions from eBay could be substituted... perhaps debadge the car then most folks wouldn't know the difference!

Miglia 888

1,002 posts

149 months

Friday 22nd April 2016
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1998

Toltec

7,166 posts

225 months

Friday 22nd April 2016
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r11co said:
yes

Runner-up is the A2, and I still think the Mk2 FIAT Punto gets the third spot on the podium because it would not look out of place in a market sector into which these two cars were launched in the last 2 years...


2015


2014


1999. Tell me I'm wrong!

Edited by r11co on Friday 22 April 13:30
Not nearly enough pedestrian safety bulge on the bonnet.

V8Wagon

1,707 posts

162 months

Saturday 23rd April 2016
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Agree with the Infiniti. Never noticed them before and am stunned as to how modern they look. Even from the front...


petrolsniffer

2,461 posts

176 months

Saturday 23rd April 2016
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Bmw mini 2001

I actually hated them when they came out they've actually grown on me and the two later literations are horrible blobby things!

sebhaque

6,416 posts

183 months

Saturday 23rd April 2016
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A little off the beaten path, but this is a Donkervoort D8 GT. Ten years old next year. Slap a 16 plate on it and nobody would second guess its age.



This isn't a car, but this bus design is now 15 years old. Quite impressive, especially with the Sagaris-esque lights.