Whatcha Y'all Think???

[cr8crshr]

Some classics for your consideration...cr8crshr/Bill

12 Classic American Cars That Deserve a Comeback

 

[Budnicks]

No Rancheros or Baby Birds,
the others I'd have no problems with
there was millions already, of the other 2 they had their day already
twice if not more
they tried a new baby bird 'it was a fugly thing',
it failed, weak & slow
unless maybe if the did like the 66-67 Fairlane bodied, retro-ed Ranchero
that would be pretty cool,
no more baby birds please...

I'd like to see the El Camino come back, they had them/Utes in Australia
Pontiac/GM-Holden

Bringing back Olds (esp. the 442) or Plymouth (RRs) would be great,
but a total pipe dream

Mercury (?)
The Cougar could be done, in/on a Mustang platform,
better be an ICE version

the 70-esk Chevelles, to a lesser level
& Trans Ams,
Both are already sort of back being done on what was now
the now defunct Camaro Platform,
some dude in Florida owns the rights
to automotive production of the 'Trans Am' name
pumping out a couple 4-5 a moth specialty cars, & real resto's too
they've been building Trans Ams in all sorts of performance options
on/out of Camaros, LS 7-LS 9 & LSX 454-455 platforms,
special specific designed engines (by Arrington Shophemi.com (?)
IIRC the guy who is famous for Hemis, & was RPM motorsports

Stellantis & the new management,
they should do a 'gen 3-esk' Roadrunner, on the Charger/Challenger platform
426cid Hemi Hellephant 1000+hp powered, 1 year only,
then the next year a Hellcat powered, special edition
then each year after a special model until they run out of ideas
even if they had to call it a Dodge, could have a decent run like 10+ years

the Superbird souldn't be redone IMO, it'd be butchered

opinions may vary vastly & probably will
that's my take

 

[XS22J8R]

I get vintage car articles recommended in my online feeds daily and I really think the majority of them are AI created. This one isn’t any different.

 

[OneWheelPeel]

And the one that stood out to me was the Ranchero, I’d like to see that come back in a smaller package.

 

[Richard Cranium]

Automobile designers today suck. With the exception of the Mustang and Corvette, there is absolutely nothing that the big 3 makes that would get anyone's heart pumping.

 

[Speedbird]

"Bringing back any of these nameplates would require more than just slapping vintage badges on current models....."
That all they will or can do. Because government. And also it doesn't fit The Plan of making cars reliably unfixable.

That's not technically a Road Runner pictured, of course. It's got Coronet fenders, if I'm not mistaken.
That's a Banana Boat. Albeit fast one.
Actually, I hope they leave Road Runner alone since all they can do is degrade ACME of all cars for all time.

As far at the Dart Sport, I've got two Al Bundy cars. They are bullet proof daily drivers. So I don't care if they bring them back or not.
But it would be a great idea.

 

[WileE]

They'd manage to screw it up anyway. Imagine telling someone today that you once owned a Ford Maverick... and they think it was a truck.

 

[OneWheelPeel]

They'd manage to screw it up anyway. Imagine telling someone today that you once owned a Ford Maverick... and they think it was a truck.

I know, I have one and every time I say the name I slightly cringe. I wish it got the Ranger name or Courier instead.

 

[440 4 speed]

They'd manage to screw it up anyway. Imagine telling someone today that you once owned a Ford Maverick... and they think it was a truck.

Was the Maverick that great of a car? Weren’t many Maverick’s and Comet’s sold in our Province.

 

[DeltaV]

Was the Maverick that great of a car? Weren’t many Maverick’s and Comet’s sold in our Province.

Worse than a Chevy Nova and much worse than an A-body Mopar IMO.

 

[Cranky]

Worse than a Chevy Nova and much worse than an A-body Mopar IMO.

IIRC, the Maverick car was based on the Falcon/early Mustang chassis? I had several 1st gen Mudstains and well, wasn't that impressed with those.

 

[DeltaV]

the Maverick car was based on the Falcon/early Mustang chassis?

Rust, rust, and rust. Probably delivered new with rust. Crappy factory paint jobs too IMO.

I had several 1st gen Mudstains

Very affordable cars purchased by underpaid secretaries. Chick car

 

[Cranky]

Rust, rust, and rust. Probably delivered new with rust. Crappy factory paint jobs too IMO.


Very affordable cars purchased by underpaid secretaries. Chick car

I sold the coupes but kept the Fastbacks....had two of those at the same time and used one for a hot rod and the other to drive to work but the hot rod got driven to work often

 

[DeltaV]

In the order given in the article:​

​

Plymouth Road Runner​

Pontiac Firebird Trans Am​

AMC Javelin​

Ford Thunderbird (Personal Luxury Coupe)​

Dodge Dart (Performance Version)​

Chevrolet El Camino​

Oldsmobile 442​

Buick Grand National​

Mercury Cougar​

Studebaker Avanti​

Chevrolet Chevelle SS​

Ford Ranchero​

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There might be four of the above I wouldn't mind having from certain years and engine/trans combos.

The "retro styling" has run its course. I would like to see some (great) imaginative styling...something exciting, and something not priced into the stratosphere.

Oh yeah, don't rehash old car model names.

 

[Budnicks]

Automobile designers today suck. With the exception of the Mustang and Corvette, there is absolutely nothing that the big 3 makes that would get anyone's heart pumping.

a couple of Trucks (or proposed) I really like,
RAM (Dodge) TRX or RHO or Gladiator 392 powered
Fords are just to bulbus, too much body, too much crap
Chevy Trucks is the same as Fords now,
just even uglier grills if that's even possible

not a big Mexican/Canadian Mudstain fan now, power or not,
way too many & way too overdone now, like Subaru owners pref.s
since about after 2012, GT500/Shelby or the 302 remake, otherwise meh

they killed off the Challenger & fugly *** Charger now
or all the stupid EV crap, they can shove up where the sun don't shine

Camaro are gone, not a huge fan of the newer gen. anyway
but had great power & handling, could make a bunch of other
Retro cars from that platform

I do like the direction the C8 Vette is going, 'cheap supercar'
still gen 2 & 3 (63-73) are my favorites, raw sports cars, before they became yuppies cars

& Buick sucks so bad now, (they love em' in China) if they tried to make a GN
it'd be hideous, POS blob w/a turbo'd 4 banger

 

[Budnicks]

I sold the coupes but kept the Fastbacks....had two of those at the same time and used one for a hot rod and the other to drive to work but the hot rod got driven to work often

yep only a 67-70 Fastbacks (2+2 or Sportroof) only, no coupes/notchback ever

 

[DeltaV]

I sold the coupes but kept the Fastbacks....had two of those at the same time and used one for a hot rod and the other to drive to work but the hot rod got driven to work often

Gotta love fastbacks. The best looking small car they had in the 1960's IMO.

'67-69 fastback Barracuda is "more better" though.

 

[Cranky]

Gotta love fastbacks. The best looking small car they had in the 1960's IMO.

'67-69 fastback Barracuda is "more better" though.

Could never find a Cuda Backfast.....just Mord Fustangs....

 

[WileE]

Was the Maverick that great of a car? Weren’t many Maverick’s and Comet’s sold in our Province.

Not really. I was just making a point of using an old name for a new vehicle. They already used the DART name. But imagine an El Camino, renamed as "E-Camino" for an EV Or, a Cougar as a smaller SUV aimed at the over-40 single-women market.

 

[DeltaV]

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