Great looking cars that never made it

[Ayahuasca]

Anyone remember the Alfa Romeo Carabo?

Seeing the Isdera thread reminded me of this - always my favourite matchbox car as a kid.

[Steffan]

I suppose the Delorean is the best known damp squib. Gone by the time the film "Back to the Future" came out featuring the car. The Delorean was an unmitigated disaster from start to finish, the car was a real lemon in every way possible. Yet people collect them as curios. Not me.

[anonymous-user]

Steffan said:

. Yet people collect them as curios. Not me.

People who are 40 and still live with their mum collect them so they can sit in it and say "When this baby reaches 88mph you're gonna see some serious st" or "Roads? Where we're going we don't need roads" before pulling down their mirror sunglasses.

[ILoveMondeo]

Steffan said:

I suppose the Delorean is the best known damp squib. Gone by the time the film "Back to the Future" came out featuring the car. The Delorean was an unmitigated disaster from start to finish, the car was a real lemon in every way possible. Yet people collect them as curios. Not me.

I always wondered if it would be possible to get a good condition Delorean and spend some money on an engine swap for something that has more grunt and fix the handling ... I had a Google around and couldn't really find any examples of others who had done the same.

They really are pretty cool looking cars, and I'd love to sit in it quoting back to the future whilst my mum makes my tea.

[ClassicMotorNut]

The Lamborghini Marzal. I really wish that that had become a reality.

[samdale]

[Steffan]

ILoveMondeo said:

Steffan said:

I suppose the Delorean is the best known damp squib. Gone by the time the film "Back to the Future" came out featuring the car. The Delorean was an unmitigated disaster from start to finish, the car was a real lemon in every way possible. Yet people collect them as curios. Not me.

I always wondered if it would be possible to get a good condition Delorean and spend some money on an engine swap for something that has more grunt and fix the handling ... I had a Google around and couldn't really find any examples of others who had done the same.

They really are pretty cool looking cars, and I'd love to sit in it quoting back to the future whilst my mum makes my tea.

The dynamics of the design and weight of the car (very rear heavy) make good handling a challenge. Good way to waste OP money as John Delorean discovered. He was a dishonest con artist and a totally incompetent car designer and maker who employed equally dishonest underlings. This car was always going to fail and it did spectacularly.

[Justayellowbadge]

ILoveMondeo said:

I always wondered if it would be possible to get a good condition Delorean and spend some money on an engine swap for something that has more grunt and fix the handling ... I had a Google around and couldn't really find any examples of others who had done the same.

They really are pretty cool looking cars, and I'd love to sit in it quoting back to the future whilst my mum makes my tea.

Lots have.

The turbo conversion as used in Alpines and the Venturi is common, and some have done the twin turbo for 400 bhp+. A fella in the states has dropped in the Lotus TT V8.

Handling shouldn't be an issue, it's a Lotus chassis, after all.

[motco]

Triumph Fury

[Deerfoot]

samdale said:

I used to see one every day on the M27 around Southampton. Great looking car for the day to be honest.

[0llie]

Alfa Romeo Nuvola, remember reading about this in Autocar as a young child, still think it looks good, the interior is sensational

[JulianHJ]

That Alfa looks very TVR - when did it debut?

[MattW]

Think there was a car from Seat called the Tango, the looked pretty promising a few years back, never came to anything though. Can't find a pic, anyone got one?

[daytonarhymes]

Citroen Activa - I was mesmerised by this when this concept was unveiled as an 8 year old. There was also an Activa 2 which was 95% production ready.

[FourWheelDrift]

Bertone B99 Jaguar Concept.





Cancelled Jaguar C-X75

[kiteless]

samdale said:

I remember seeing the bare polished metal prototype of that, and thinking - if they put it into production - it would be awesome. Lovely looking thing as well.

[SystemParanoia]

mazda furai

[Pipeandacrepe]

Rover 75 / MG ZT coupe.

[Ben Magoo]

Surely one of the top contenders considering the Allegro's transformation from concept to reality!

[iva cosworth]

Spotted in the SAAB museum in 2010 before it went tits out.





Could have been a good looking MPV