True to the original?

[Attym3]

These two are both the same car! Apart from being a hatchback with four wheels they are like chalk and cheese, the MK1 is angular and boxy, the newest one is all swishes and curves.





What else is/isn't very true to the original?

[s m]

Get a Mk1 Golf and put it next to the latest one and you'll see the latest one is much more rounded as well???

[AndyT77]

Car makers updating models to meet changing customer demand/perception shocker.

[Sticks.]

Probably everything if you take into account what they now weigh compared to what they did. Bet tyre sizes are a bit different too

[ruff'n'smov]

Aren't you just stating the obvious.

Find one that is the same from 1977 as it is today...FFS not even the Transit is same.(exclusion of the landy)

[Dracoro]

s m said:

Get a Mk1 Golf and put it next to the latest one and you'll see the latest one is much more rounded as well???

There are, however, design cues that run throughout the generations of the Golf (mainly the C pillar) so you will always recognise a Golf even it if had no badges.

The Fiesta above bears no relationship or design cues from original to current. The "brand" isn't as strong which means they don't have to stick to certain design cues, this can work both ways. Put to an extreme, they can totally ditch the name/brand (Escort/Cortina/Sierra anyone!). With the Golf, the brand it stronger so they'd never ditch the Golf brand. It does give Ford some more "freedom", in that they can be more "radical" (to a degree). In other words, evolution or revolution......

Edited by Dracoro on Sunday 4th December 20:49

[maniac0796]

The worst bit is, I prefer the look of the top one. I'd probably also enjoy driving it more.

[marcosgt]

How many other 'brands' (make and model combined) are there still going from 1977?

Mercedes E/S Klasse? BMW N-Series (3,5,6,7)? Range Rover?

I'm sure there must be a few others, but (Range Rover aside) few have bothered to strictly stick to a design cue, preferring to occupy a niche in the market (Big saloon, Dependable mid-sized hatch, affordable small hatch).

Only car I can think of that's really stuck to its guns is the Morgan 4/4

maniac0796 said:

The worst bit is, I prefer the look of the top one. I'd probably also enjoy driving it more.

My girlfriend had a 1.3 Ghia - It was truly horrible, needed a new engine at 40,000 miles!


M.

[davepoth]

Lada Riva springs to mind. I think it may have had new wheel trims (from Halfords) at some point.

[daemon]

Attym3 said:

These two are both the same car! Apart from being a hatchback with four wheels they are like chalk and cheese, the MK1 is angular and boxy, the newest one is all swishes and curves.





What else is/isn't very true to the original?

Have Ford or anyone else said that the new Fiesta was aiming in any way to be true to the original?