Timeless Car Designs?
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Timeless Car Designs?
I usually hate it when I own a car, and then it's redesigned...I feel my car is outdated... however....there are cars out there with timeless designs.... what do you think is timeless and still looks good? Dont post any classic cars.... Maybe '85+
Me, personally I love the Bimmer 8 series still....and the volvo C70 ('98/'97 model).
Me, personally I love the Bimmer 8 series still....and the volvo C70 ('98/'97 model).
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bmw e38 7 , but mabee just because it's successor was such a let down to me.
The buick GNx i stll look at and think it looks great, but mabee i'm just a nut.
Some cars just havn't changed enough to look outdated, Jag XJ for one, It's been styled in the same theme since Before I was born.
The buick GNx i stll look at and think it looks great, but mabee i'm just a nut.
Some cars just havn't changed enough to look outdated, Jag XJ for one, It's been styled in the same theme since Before I was born.
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this pretty much covers it all
https://acurazine.com/forums/car-talk-5/if-there-were-one-car-you-could-bring-back-into-production-331761/
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https://acurazine.com/forums/car-talk-5/if-there-were-one-car-you-could-bring-back-into-production-331761/
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When the accord sedans looked like this, for some reason they still don't look old, they aren't but they also look like they will hold up better then the current generation. Its very plain but for some reason it works.
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Originally Posted by GIBSON6594
92-96 Honda Prelude
IMHO...just mine. I think those are the WORST preludes...I don't even consider them ludes.
Now, the 88-91 ludes, and the 97-01 ludes...
Many bimmer designs (8 Series, E39 5-series)
the last gen 300z.
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Originally Posted by Tireguy
When the accord sedans looked like this, for some reason they still don't look old, they aren't but they also look like they will hold up better then the current generation. Its very plain but for some reason it works.
Hmmm...I guess this gen of Accord is "timeless" because it's so boring, it doesn't offend enough to be "dated". The new Accord offends enough people that it won't be considered "timeless". I think the 97 Accord looks better than the 98. IMHO.
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Originally Posted by Tireguy
When the accord sedans looked like this, for some reason they still don't look old, they aren't but they also look like they will hold up better then the current generation. Its very plain but for some reason it works.
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Originally Posted by CLpower
there is only one timeless design in my eyes and that's the Gullwing Mercedes 300SL
I remember the first time I saw one in person, at a car museum in Frankfurt...I was like 7-8 years old. Even then I was
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Originally Posted by The Sarlacc
IMHO...just mine. I think those are the WORST preludes...I don't even consider them ludes.
Now, the 88-91 ludes, and the 97-01 ludes...
Many bimmer designs (8 Series, E39 5-series)
the last gen 300z.
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1990-1996 Nissan 300ZX - i think that this is THE most timeless style when considering cars from the last 2 decades. I appreciate the cars lines every time i see it.
1992-1996 Honda Prelude
1990-2005 NSX
1998-present Audi TT
1987+ Pontiac Fiero - the "newer" bodystyle
1997-2000 Mitsu Eclipse - 1997 is when they did the smoked headlights.
Ferrari 512TR
Mini - i know the new one has been out for only a few years but I seriously think this will be timeless.
And of course, it goes without sayin, my personal favorite...
1st gen 3.2TL
1992-1996 Honda Prelude
1990-2005 NSX
1998-present Audi TT
1987+ Pontiac Fiero - the "newer" bodystyle
1997-2000 Mitsu Eclipse - 1997 is when they did the smoked headlights.
Ferrari 512TR
Mini - i know the new one has been out for only a few years but I seriously think this will be timeless.
And of course, it goes without sayin, my personal favorite...
1st gen 3.2TL
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Originally Posted by GIBSON6594
blasphemy
It didn't feel like a prelude, let alone a honda when I drove one. And I drove it thoroughly. I owned a 3rd gen at the time, and I was selling Hondas and we got a 4th gen on trade, so I decided to give some test drives
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Originally Posted by The Sarlacc
No way....rounded body, huge blind spots, that damned electro dash that stretched all the way across. Buttons in horrible locations.
It didn't feel like a prelude, let alone a honda when I drove one. And I drove it thoroughly. I owned a 3rd gen at the time, and I was selling Hondas and we got a 4th gen on trade, so I decided to give some test drives
It didn't feel like a prelude, let alone a honda when I drove one. And I drove it thoroughly. I owned a 3rd gen at the time, and I was selling Hondas and we got a 4th gen on trade, so I decided to give some test drives
The 92-96 models look like a bullet, pure beauty.
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Originally Posted by GIBSON6594
performance def went to the 97+ models. But come one, those rectangle headlights?
The 92-96 models look like a bullet, pure beauty.
The 92-96 models look like a bullet, pure beauty.
The 92-96 doesnt fit ANYWHERE in a natural evolution of aesthetics...the 3rd > 5th gen looks more like a natural progress.
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88-91 CRX
I still love the 90-93 Accords
del Sol
Z3
M-coupe (I just love this car)
E36 and E46 BMW's
last gen 5-series
97-01 Prelude
S2000
300zx
G35 coupe
3rd gen Integra
I still love the 90-93 Accords
del Sol
Z3
M-coupe (I just love this car)
E36 and E46 BMW's
last gen 5-series
97-01 Prelude
S2000
300zx
G35 coupe
3rd gen Integra
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Originally Posted by huckleberry
old Beetle
The beetle (Type 1) had a nice run... from 1938 till 2003... [1] . On July 30, 2003, the final original VW Beetle (No. 21,529,464) [2] was built. Over 21 million sold...
Can't forget the Type 911 either. From 1963 thru 1989 [3]. The Type 964 and Type 993 that followed, while still aircooled, were new platforms, hence the internal designation of 964 and 993 instead of 911, but they did retain some of the lines of the original.
I'd mention the VW MicroBus (the original minivan) too, but I don't want to sound like a hippie
references:
[1] http://www.thesamba.com/vw/archives/...ionfigures.php
[2] http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/VW_Beetle
[3] http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Porsche_911