Resurrect a car from the past

[anonymous-user]

A week doesn’t seem to go by without a car manufacturer from the past reappears with a concept car or retro interpretation of a car from bygone days.

If you could bring back any car from a dead manufacturer what would it be and why?

I’d bring back the OSCA MT4. I think a light rear wheel drive barchetta with the Fiat 1.4 Multijet engine would be a perfect modern day sports car.

[Volvo360]

Alfasud.

And I mean the original design, but built with galvanised steel.................

[anonymous-user]

Volvo360 said:

Alfasud.

And I mean the original design, but built with galvanised steel.................

Alfa is still alive I think? The Mito seams to be a modern Alfasud

[Volvo360]

Oops. Didn't see the "dead" manufacturer requirement.

[CraigVmax]

Being welsh i'd have to say a Gilbern with modern underpinnings and some sort of V8 engine, LS maybe. Chip Foose could prob do a good job of one!

Edited by CraigVmax on Tuesday 22 November 12:59

[CraigVmax]

other thoughts..

A Daimler XKR, debadged with a supercharged V12 (if it would fit) or a Daimler Xf in Coupe form

Lagonda, like an in house AM Zagato car.

[anonymous-user]

TVR Griffith

[Gizmo!]

Jensen.

Viper V10.

Ohhhh, yes.

[TIGA84]

Gizmo! said:

Jensen.

Viper V10.

Ohhhh, yes.

Certainly.

http://www.valleygasspeedshop.com/whats_in/Album15...

[Codswallop]

Quite fancy a modern day Reliant Scimitar



Lynx Eventer would be nice too



Any shooting break car would do for me though. I just really like the concept...

[plasticpig]

CraigVmax said:

other thoughts..

A Daimler XKR, debadged with a supercharged V12 (if it would fit) or a Daimler Xf in Coupe form

Lagonda, like an in house AM Zagato car.

Not sure Daimler is a dead brand. Jaguar was flogging badged XJ's as Daimler in the US quite recently.

[markCSC]

Iso Grifo

Italian style + USA grunt!!

[bristolracer]

MonkeyMatt said:

Alfa is still alive I think? The Mito seams to be a modern Alfasud

Thats like saying chalk is cheese

Alfa sud =flat 4 boxer engine, hugely entertaining to drive, dashboard like a Miura
Mito= rebadged fiat errr thats it

[anonymous-user]

markCSC said:

Iso Grifo

Italian style + USA grunt!!

Now that I like a lot

[s31tof]

I understand that Lancia is still producing cars,
However, I would love it for them to resurrect the Lancia Delta Evoluzione (and in RHD)

I'd take one over anything else currently on the hot hatch market.

[williamp]

Make the original, original Cobra. As a works Aston driver, Shelby wanted to use his office: the Aston DB3S and put an American V8 engine in it.



However the DB3S is a pure racing car,very expensive to make and Aston were havign problems with the then new DB4, so he was turned down and approached AC instead.

[Fire99]

TVR ....(Griff, Chimaera, Cerbera, 'S', Speed 12, Sagaris, Tuscan, T350...)

Austin Healey 3000

Triumph TR6

1967 Alfa Romeo GTV

Rover 75 - (bit of a contentious one this) but in V8 form it had potential :-)

[SWoll]

s31tof said:

I understand that Lancia is still producing cars,
However, I would love it for them to resurrect the Lancia Delta Evoluzione (and in RHD)

I'd take one over anything else currently on the hot hatch market.

Was thinking the same thing, resurrect the Integrale. Forget about hot hatches, with a good enough spec and performance could go toe to toe with the M3/C63/RS5 etc.

Does the fact that Lancia are "dead to me" count?

[s31tof]

SWoll said:

Was thinking the same thing, resurrect the Integrale. Forget about hot hatches, with a good enough spec and performance could go toe to toe with the M3/C63/RS5 etc.

Does the fact that Lancia are "dead to me" count?

Nope- in my eyes Lancia are dead also!
Is there actually a Lancia Dealership in the UK?

[TRUENOSAM]

Going out on a limb here but.... Rover 220 coupe?