RE: Everytimer creates 1 Series-based ETA 02

RE: Everytimer creates 1 Series-based ETA 02

Thursday 10th January 2019

Everytimer creates 1 Series-based ETA 02

Want a car that looks like an old 2002 but has 300hp and costs as much as an M3? Voila!



While sometimes forgotten, the 02 Series of cars is where modern BMW really begins. Launched in 1966 - and indeed celebrated in 2016 by BMW themselves with the 2002 Hommage - the car was eventually replaced by the original E21 3 Series. And we all know how important the 3 Series was and remains to BMW, despite the recent range diversification.

So the idea of a restomod '02, as this Everytimer ETA 02 is best described as, is far from a daft idea. There's the significance of the model to BMW's history, plus the insatiable demand for retro themed cars at present, which can be added to rising values of the original to draw people's attention elsewhere.


This Everytimer, as you may have guessed, is not built from an original 2002; instead it's based on the old 1 Series Convertible, specifically a 135i. So that means more than 300hp from a turbocharged straight-six, as well as a raft of mod-cons that would have seemed like sci-fi when the 2002 was first released.

The exterior is rather more dramatically overhauled than the inside. On top of the 1 Series chassis sits a "sporty and stylishly designed" body of fibreglass. While mostly a faithful recreation, the chunkier proportions of a modern car mean the Everytimer loses some of original's delicate styling. Certainly the ETA 02 is something different, and never underestimate the appeal to some of having something not owned by anyone else. Everytimer itself says the homage car is aimed at "individualists who want to call something special their own".


According to BMW Blog, the price these individualists will have to pay for something special is in the region of €70,000, which is an awful lot when there are 135i drop tops on PH from just £7k. Furthermore, the argument of strengthening values for originals is rather undone by this very presentable 2002 cabrio that's for sale at £22,000. Still, the 21st century car doesn't look as cool as the old one, and the original is nowhere near as fast - if you must combine the two, Everytimer does now have an option!






 

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Turbobanana

Original Poster:

6,159 posts

200 months

Thursday 10th January 2019
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Quite possibly the worst thing I have ever seen. I love the simplicity of the -02 shape: this misses the point by a mile. It would need to be scaled up by ~50% to allow for the ridiculously high waistline.

I'm no fan of the 1-Series, but I'd prefer that over this.

Edited by Turbobanana on Thursday 10th January 14:31

Robert-nszl1

401 posts

87 months

Thursday 10th January 2019
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Looks like a boat. Recognising that BMW's current design language is pretty dire, it's a shame this bunch haven't come up with something more appealing. The point of most restomods is they take a car that most would view as having some aesthetic merit, and modernise the underpinnings in some way. I can't think of an example of a company that has taken a relatively new car and successfully created an homage that looks anything other than slightly odd. The David Brown GT is another case in point.

Quhet

2,409 posts

145 months

Thursday 10th January 2019
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The side profile of this is horrible and why haven't they done anything to the interior?!

pacdes

482 posts

160 months

Thursday 10th January 2019
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Turbobanana said:
Quite possibly the worst thing I have ever seen. I love the simplicity of the -02 shape: this misses the point by a mile. It would need to be scaled up by ~50% to allow for the ridiculously high waistline.

I'm no fan of the 1-Series, but I'd prefer the original over this.
Two designers have just given this the thumbs up!

Krikkit

26,500 posts

180 months

Thursday 10th January 2019
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Don't understand this at all - the E82 convertible (in sporty spec) was the best-looking of the 1-series range imho.

That's neither man nor beast, just a pastiche of old design smushed over a modern car. Awful.

MIP1983

210 posts

204 months

Thursday 10th January 2019
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Not something I'd fancy myself but it looks pretty distinct and well made.

JMF894

5,475 posts

154 months

Thursday 10th January 2019
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Front's ok but the side and rear don't work. And I would want the interior to feel retro too.

derin100

5,214 posts

242 months

Thursday 10th January 2019
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I would imagine it's a very difficult thing to do but this all looks a bit heavy handed?

thegreenhell

15,108 posts

218 months

Thursday 10th January 2019
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This looks like fat Elvis compared to the slim-hipped original.

It's not really a restomod either. That would be taking an original 2002 and updating the mechanicals. This is just a 1-series in a bodykit.

DBRacingGod

609 posts

191 months

Thursday 10th January 2019
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Clumsy, gaudy, overbaked, pointless, repellant even. Should do well with rich, stupid folks.

RPastry

357 posts

189 months

Thursday 10th January 2019
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it looks like one of those kit car conversion things, and at the 'you're not fooling anyone' end of the scale.

aeropilot

34,290 posts

226 months

Thursday 10th January 2019
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All I can put is...........WTF yikes

Followed by rofl and redcard

CharlieAlphaMike

1,127 posts

104 months

Thursday 10th January 2019
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I...errr...quite like it getmecoat

InitialDave

11,853 posts

118 months

Thursday 10th January 2019
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That is vile.

Augustus Windsock

3,340 posts

154 months

Thursday 10th January 2019
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Er, no. Just no.

WJNB

2,637 posts

160 months

Thursday 10th January 2019
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Somebody will buy it & somebody else will be laughing all the way to the zee bank.

996TT02

3,308 posts

139 months

Thursday 10th January 2019
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No.

cookie1600

2,094 posts

160 months

Thursday 10th January 2019
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What was it Eric Morecambe said?

"I'm playing all the right notes, but not necessarily in the right order."

alorotom

11,907 posts

186 months

Thursday 10th January 2019
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I like it ... its clearly a homage rather than a replica but thats fine by me. The only change I would make is dialling the wheel size down a little.

HumanSteamroller

114 posts

76 months

Thursday 10th January 2019
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Truly gopping.