What car would you have like to been built ?

[Rhinocrates]

There were rumours of a 'Bentley Arnage PDQ' at one point. It was to be fitted with Bugatti's W16.

 

[ArmchairSamurai]

May not be a vehicle per se, but I always fancied having one of these trailers for a VW Bug:

View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-vl10d_Pbrw

 

[Scott Kenny]

May not be a vehicle per se, but I always fancied having one of these trailers for a VW Bug:

View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-vl10d_Pbrw

Would be pretty cool!

 

[ArmchairSamurai]

Would be pretty cool!

It is not flashy, but that 360-degree parking aspect is something else to behold haha

 

[CJGibson]

A new SAAB.

 

[Foo Fighter]

Panther Solo.

Panther Solo - Wikipedia

en.wikipedia.org

 

[Deleted member 4286]

Ferrari Pinin, by Pininfarina, 1980.

Look at the version sold by Fiat

Fiat 130 Coupé (1971-1977) : le chef-d’œuvre inconnu de Turin, dès 15 000 €

Tentative unique de Fiat dans le très haut de gamme en après-guerre, la 130 a été un échec commercial quasi-total. Dommage, car il s’agit d’une auto sophistiquée et, en coupé, d’une beauté stupéfiante.

www.caradisiac.com

 

[shin_getter]

Carver S+. Two-seater commuter BEV. 80 km/h, max range 100 km.

As someone who lived in asia and had to commute via motorbike, this looks a nice upgrade. Now if there is some way to increase the crash safety factor for such vehicles and it'd be perfect.

 

[Arjen]

Crash safety factor? Well...

A new SAAB.

Why did I not think of it before

 

[robunos]

There is only one logical answer:

I was wondering how long it would be before you posted this . . .

cheers,
Robin.

 

[robunos]

mohs ostentatienne opera sedan

That's just . . .

cheers,
Robin.

 

[robunos]

Aston Martin Bulldog. Quite a history behind this. AM was planning a limited edition but never quite made it. The prototype has recently undergone a full restoration. The design was by William Towns, who was responsible for the wedge-shaped Lagonda of the 70s. It makes the Cybrtrk look vulgar, which it is.

AIUI, the 'Folded Paper' styling of this, and other cars from this time, was due in part to the limitations of the early CAD software then available.

cheers,
Robin.

 

[robunos]

Look at the version sold by Fiat

Fiat 130 Coupé (1971-1977) : le chef-d’œuvre inconnu de Turin, dès 15 000 €

Tentative unique de Fiat dans le très haut de gamme en après-guerre, la 130 a été un échec commercial quasi-total. Dommage, car il s’agit d’une auto sophistiquée et, en coupé, d’une beauté stupéfiante.

www.caradisiac.com

I prefer this to the 'Ferrari' version . . .

cheers,
Robin.

 

[robunos]

Entirely fictitious, dreamed up by the Franklin Mint, the 1939 Duesenberg Coupe Simone Midnight Ghost.

It was inspired by the real - but unique - Phantom Corsair of 1938.

I'll take the original, thanks . . .

cheers,
Robin.

 

[Sarastro]

Hi,
Bertone (Porsche) Karisma 1994

 

[Orionblamblam]

I was wondering how long it would be before you posted this . . .

Sadly I could not find any renders of a Nucleon modded up as an African warlords "technical."

 

[sferrin]

Sadly I could not find any renders of a Nucleon modded up as an African warlords "technical."

Or a Haitian mobile BBQ?

 

[Orionblamblam]

Or a Haitian mobile BBQ?

All you'd need is a modification to the heat exchanger.

 

[Rhinocrates]

This is certainly not for the fun thread. Still, a salute to the man who designed so many cars that should have been built and fortunately many that were.

Farewell, Maestro! We look back at Marcello Gandini's greatest creations

Marcello Gandini, one of the most influential car designers of the 20th century, has died. We say farewell with a look back at some of his most iconic and visionary creations.

www.classicdriver.com

 

[Justo Miranda]

To be the center of attraction at a vintage car convention

 

[Moose]

I have a lot of answers to this question, but today I'll throw out the Ford Interceptor.

Ford Interceptor concept was the Blue Oval muscle car we deserved

It was supposed to preview a possible Dodge Charger rival; instead, Ford took some design cues and made a new Taurus.

www.cnet.com

Pretty decent chance the Blue Oval would have flubbed this if they went ahead. But, if they had done it right...hot damn.

 

[Hood]

Innocenti 186GT of 1962
A Giorgetto Giugiaro body coupled with a 1.8L Ferrari V-6.

 

[publiusr]

mohs ostentatienne opera sedan

Just the thing to confuse carjackers.

 

[Rhinocrates]

Bugatti Galibier. From what I remember, it did make some progress towards production but they tried to make it a limousine and they ended up ruining the proportions - 'like a dachshund from the side and a bowler hat from the rear' is one description - so it was put out of its misery. This was before people were buying luxury 4-seaters that weren't saloons or limos, so if they'd pursued it as a GT or similar, it might have succeeded.

 

[Rhinocrates]

Back in 1998, Ital Design came up with the EB112 (red) and then the EB 218 the next year (blue). Not sure I like these as much.

 

[Rhinocrates]

SAAB was planning this as a 9-3 replacement to go into production in 2012.

 

[Rhinocrates]

For every new or revived marque that succeeds (at least for a while), there are dozens that don't. A lot of EV startups are struggling (Fisker is circling the drain) or dependent on powerful backers (Polestar at least had a start with Volvo and is now a separate brand under Chinese giant Geely, which owns both - and Lotus).

And then there are peculiarities like this venture. Entirely a grift or wishful thinking with embroidered facts? It's been four years now, so I assume it's a case of 'exit, pursued by bailiff.'

Facel Vega Making A Comeback? Maybe, But Things Are Certainly Strange | Carscoops

Facel Vega told us that the strange images seen on their website were published by mistake

www.carscoops.com

 

[Rhinocrates]

And thank the Great Green Arkleseizure that this never made it. 'No side mirrors needed'? And no cooling for that huge engine either, it seems.

 

[The K2]

Mercedes Benz C111

 

[The K2]

Commander Straker’s car from the TV series UFO. As a kid, I thought it was a real turbine powered car…until reality kicked in. Designed by Derek Meddings.

 

[Sarastro]

Hi,
Ferrari (Pininfarina) Mythos 1989. It is a great pity that only an open version of this concept study was made...

 

[Archibald]

There were a whole lot of very cool (and cranky too) supercar projects in the first craze, late 1980's - early 1990's. The Cizeta V16T was just insane. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cizeta-Moroder_V16T

https://www.roadandtrack.com/car-culture/classic-cars/g6432/10-of-the-coolest-90s-supercars/?slide=1

 

[Rhinocrates]

Italdesign (Giorgetto Giugiaro) Maserati Medici I & II concepts from 1976. The same vintage as Bill Town's Lagonda.

 

[robunos]

Love those Jensens . . . co-incidentally, the old Jensen factory is only 5-10 minutes* drive away from where i currently live . . .
*-probably about 3 1/2 in the FFF 100 . . .

cheers,
Robin

 

[Scott Kenny]

I was introduced to a British car I'd love to have been built in numbers: TVR 440R

View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eqBS19coeBc

 

[Justo Miranda]

Remembering Syd Mead



https://www.cardesignnews.com/designers/remembering-syd-mead-1933-2019/39802.article

 

[Justo Miranda]

Post-2

 

[Justo Miranda]

Post-3

 

[ArmchairSamurai]

I own 2 Jeep Cherokee XJs myself, but something about this abandoned open top, convertiable varient speaks to me...

 

[Apophenia]

I like the look of the AMX-3 but, by most accounts, it was weakly constructed and performed poorly compared to the Ford-distrubuted Pantera it was meant to rival. So, not so much a missed opportunity as not building it prolonged the agony.

Personally, I think that de Tomaso did the superior styling job too ... but to each their own.

Were I Dick Teague, I would have dropped the AMX/3 after the first prototype revealed its weaknesses on the BMW track ( I suspect that Giotto Bizzarrini had peaked with the Iso Grifo anyway). So, instead, try one of the other carrozzerie with a less 'alien' drivetrain arrangement. I'm thinking that an Intermeccanica Italia with a Gen-2 AMX 390 (followed by a Gen-3 401) would suit the US market. It could be built at Kenosha although the aluminum bodywork might need to be farmed out). Still, it would allow AMC to cut BMW and Karmann out of the loop.

Such a car would have been more a Corvette rival ... but, perhaps, that was more realistic than an over-stretched AMC trying to out-perform the de Tomaso Pantera?