oldest new looking car

[Rocco1]

For me it has to be the Daiblo

[coppice]

Always preferred the Diablo myself

[P-Jay]

skip_1 said:

I nominate the 2007 Mondeo.

It's amazing just how modern a car that went out of production 18 months can look!

[Britcar driver]

coppice said:

Always preferred the Diablo myself

It just looks perfect. They took everything good about the Countach and made it sleeker. Being a child of the '90s the Countach was my dream car. The Murcielago, was a bit of a step back to me. It started the more "tame" era at Lambo.

[Lefty]

TaylotS2K said:

This is just about the only car in the whole thread that looks like it could be a 2016 model.

[Hub]

You have to fin something big and blobby for it to still look modern, like the Infiniti.

The first Citroen C4 Picasso and Grand Picasso are 10+ years old now. Made of cheese, but don't look that old.

[Lefty]

That's quite a good shout actually!

[alec.e]

My nominations:
2nd Generation Megane:


Lexus LS 2006:


Lexus IS 2006:


WARNING POTENTIAL BIAS
The X350 Jag mentioned as looking ancient, I firmly believe that the colours, wheels, etc can dramatically change the visual age of the car. I think it is a timeless design, got the 1960s shape with 21st century additions such as LED taillights (one of the first).

This bodykit from Japan (Wald), combines old and new quite well, just a tad OTT maybe.

[Hugh Jarse]

r11co said:

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.

Epic rant

However in between some daft stuff I agree with a lot of stuff suggested by the cognescenti, especially:
1991 RX7
2000 Audi A2
1999 Honda insight
200? TVR Sagaris & Tuscan S 200?
2002 MGTF
2003 Infiniti
200? Audi TT gen 2

Ill add this from 1988, if only to beat the RX7 which i reckon is winning (might have been already suggested), but it is on the borderline of "Old cars that were ahead of their time and looked like cars from 10 years later, but look old now."



also honourable mention from 1989

Both dated by rubbing strips on their bodywork. We need rubbing strips. BRING BACK RUBBING STRIPS.

[DiscoColin]

Can we have a stipulation on this thread that candidates must have been out of production for at least a decade - there are far too many cars being suggested which were still in production far too recently to be valid for the original premise of the subject... ?

[r11co]

DiscoColin said:

Can we have a stipulation on this thread that candidates must have been out of production for at least a decade - there are far too many cars being suggested which were still in production far too recently to be valid for the original premise of the subject... ?

I think we have established that there are about 3 or 4 valid candidates and all of them came and went in the first 5-6 years of the millennium.

The thread has run its course.

[DoubleD]

Lefty said:

TaylotS2K said:

This is just about the only car in the whole thread that looks like it could be a 2016 model.

That does look fairly modern.

[M1C]

DiscoColin said:

Can we have a stipulation on this thread that candidates must have been out of production for at least a decade - there are far too many cars being suggested which were still in production far too recently to be valid for the original premise of the subject... ?

I'll go with that and self-declare the TVR Sagaris the winner! 😁

[EnglishTony]

Somebody start a poll.

Including the Alfa or I'm not playing.

[coopedup]

M1C said:

DiscoColin said:

Can we have a stipulation on this thread that candidates must have been out of production for at least a decade - there are far too many cars being suggested which were still in production far too recently to be valid for the original premise of the subject... ?

I'll go with that and self-declare the TVR Sagaris the winner! ??

we have a winner

[coopedup]

EnglishTony said:

Somebody start a poll.

Including the Alfa or I'm not playing.

Wots an alfa dude?

[coppice]

The winner has just occurred to me -it has to be the 1969 Mercedes C111.Or it would be, if only they had put it into production.

[JasperT]

coopedup said:

M1C said:

DiscoColin said:

Can we have a stipulation on this thread that candidates must have been out of production for at least a decade - there are far too many cars being suggested which were still in production far too recently to be valid for the original premise of the subject... ?

I'll go with that and self-declare the TVR Sagaris the winner! ??

we have a winner

Definitely the Sagaris! Looks like a dodge viper from ten years into the future to me!

[cptsideways]

Has this been mentioned yet, it was sharp when it came out, obviously too sharp as nobody ever bought any. Rarity at least means they are not a regular sight on the road and of course most owners dare not use them in case of borkage.

I'd quite like one in my garage



So far the Sagaris is winning this hands down, 2nd is the A2

[r11co]

coopedup said:

M1C said:

DiscoColin said:

Can we have a stipulation on this thread that candidates must have been out of production for at least a decade - there are far too many cars being suggested which were still in production far too recently to be valid for the original premise of the subject... ?

I'll go with that and self-declare the TVR Sagaris the winner! ??

we have a winner

bks. It doesn't look modern, it just looks different. A styling tangent, with cues dating back to 1960's and '70's sports cars like the Marcos and the E-Type. Pretty - yes. Modern - not in the slightest.

It's about time some people accepted that they don't understand the brief and are re-interpreting it so they can post pictures of cars they like the look of (as is always the case when these sorts of threads go off-track).

cptsideways said:

Has this been mentioned yet?



It was sharp when it came out, obviously too sharp as nobody ever bought any. Rarity at least means they are not a regular sight on the road and of course most owners dare not use them in case of borkage.

How does any of that fit with the brief? Avantime was another styling dead-end, so fails by default.

cptsideways said:

I'd quite like one in my garage.

Proves my point about the rose-tinted specs.

cptsideways said:

So far the Sagaris is winning this hands down, 2nd is the A2

I think you will find that the Infiniti FX has already walked off with the trophy, because it has been the only suggestion that 100% fits the brief.

gizlaroc said:

I think there must be lots of really old people posting in this thread.

With many of them demonstrating early onset dementia.

Rocco1 said:

For me it has to be the Daiblo

Every reason for this suggestion being a fail is in that picture (mainly the two successors).

Hugh Jarse said:

Ill add this from 1988, if only to beat the RX7 which i reckon is winning (might have been already suggested), but it is on the borderline of "Old cars that were ahead of their time and looked like cars from 10 years later, but look old now."

Not borderline. Absolutely square out the ballpark (with square being the operative word). 10 years is being generous, as by 1998 most cars had curves. There is nothing about that CRX that doesn't say '25 year old car'.

Edited by r11co on Sunday 24th April 13:03