Why are there no interesting cars anymore?

custardy

Or if you want some form of day to day reliability

bigfreddiel

custardy wrote: »

Does it?



Coupe



Clubman



Convertable. Well I agree the roof is completly different.....

Yep, the Coupe looks completely different, nice, thanks for posting, fj

bigfreddiel

photome wrote: »

Is this the reason you started the thread, to tell us you had a car that IYO is interesting?

Now you mention it, I think you're right, as good a reason as any, cheers fj

bigfreddiel

Richard53 wrote: »

I know what the OP means. When I was younger, you could recognise a car from a mile off because they all had different shapes and silhouettes. Today, the mass market stuff is hard to tell apart until you see the tiny badge. Aerodynamics, safety regs and fashion make sure of that. Having said that, I drove a Mini (sorry, MINI) for a while at work, and it was pretty dull and mainstream. If you want a car that looks different and has a bit of character:


MX-5
924/944
Capri
Classic Merc
Classic Range Rover
Original Beetle
Citroen 2CV
Morgan
Westfield/Caterham
Ariel Atom


And so on. Get out of the mainstream.

My point exactly, and of course for a reasonable price, cheers fj

Robisere

Over the years, I have had so many different cars, it is hard to recall them all.I had a very rough Porsche 911 in Germany, engine sweet and went like the clappers but suspension broke and deposited me in a field. Also had an enormous, marvellous old Opel Admiral, like a Yank tank but with European styling, drove like a barge but wat a Passion Waggon! Best car I had over there was a Capri RS 3.1, one of 7 Capris I had over time.
All of the cars I had years ago were different and individual, most were quick, I was young and that suited me then. Now I am knocking on a bit at 71 and I want comfort for my disabled spine, so I drive a C-Max 2.0 Tdci, with 146 PS it can surprise the boy racers but it is comfortable and gets me from A to B with no fuss.

bigjl

Robisere wrote: »

Over the years, I have had so many different cars, it is hard to recall them all.I had a very rough Porsche 911 in Germany, engine sweet and went like the clappers but suspension broke and deposited me in a field. Also had an enormous, marvellous old Opel Admiral, like a Yank tank but with European styling, drove like a barge but wat a Passion Waggon! Best car I had over there was a Capri RS 3.1, one of 7 Capris I had over time.
All of the cars I had years ago were different and individual, most were quick, I was young and that suited me then. Now I am knocking on a bit at 71 and I want comfort for my disabled spine, so I drive a C-Max 2.0 Tdci, with 146 PS it can surprise the boy racers but it is comfortable and gets me from A to B with no fuss.

You owned 7 Capris and survived?

Respect, everybody I know that had one ended up in a field, backwards.

Robisere

bigjl wrote: »

You owned 7 Capris and survived?

Respect, everybody I know that had one ended up in a field, backwards.

Maybe it helped that I was an amateur Rally driver. The only car that I ever drove into a (German) field with, was an old Porsche. Front torsion bar snapped, car went sideways in pouring rain, front end wound up half buried in a soft, very wet, ploughed field. Kicked out the rear window and climbed out through the space. (I was a shadow of my current self then!)

Last Capri was a 1.6 GTXL that I breathed upon. It had a blueprinted engine and a 5-speed box imported from the USA, where they were made for the Yank equivalent, the Plymouth Cricket. I took this to a funeral and had a cousin in the back, one in the front, who told me her feet were wet. Got home, stuck it on a ramp. It had a corrosion treatment that was banned: "Cadulac." This was very thick, hard stuff, which had cracked and allowed water to lie underneath, rotting the chassis. The car had basically broken in two across the rear and the suspension. I made 1.5 times the money I paid for the car, by breaking it and selling parts. The gearbox and engine alone brought more than the car price. I never bought another Capri...

interstellaflyer

bigjl wrote: »

You owned 7 Capris and survived?

Respect, everybody I know that had one ended up in a field, backwards.

Myself and a couple of mates had a Mk1 Capri which we used to rag round the fields and farm tracks, most fun I've had with my clothes on, certainly learnt a few things about handling a car with a light back end, also owned a Mk3 2.0 Laser on a C plate as a road car, never really found it a difficult car to handle, the main problem with the Capri was it attracted wide boys and boy racers,many of which thought they aere better drivers than they actually were.

thor

Got to disagree. If you go to most car parks these days and I guarantee that at least 90% of cars there will be ford fiesta look a likes. A hatch with virtually no back.
I prefer saloons but if you wanted a newish one your choice would be severely restricted to mainly high end prestige models.

KingS6

We have the Mk1 Focus to thank for today's set of cars. Very iconic when the car came out back in the nineties, but that bulbous design has been imitated so many times over. Other manufacturers have attempted to copy the way it drives too.

I would not say no to a Mk1 RS though.