How about a car that BMW should have made but didn't!!!

E46 M3 sedan!

[Edited on July 20, 2011 at 12:17 AM. Reason : 2!]

7/20/2011 12:16:39 AM

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"How is the upkeep on the old beetles that are still around? Are those a pain because I would love to have one someday."

I have no experience with them, but there is a huge aftermarket and I bet you could get pretty much any sort of parts to get/keep one going. They still made them (in mexico? or something) up until a few years ago, but I doubt they were up to snuff quality wise. They made like kabillions of them, I'm sure they will be around for a while.

7/20/2011 3:07:16 AM

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"BMW 3.0CSL - the batmobile is a racing edition of of the 2002 which has been mentioned already Mercedes W123 diesels is a boring car but reliable due to simple diesel technology that can never be used again Honda CRX this has been done (although poorly) by the CRZ Datsun 510, 240z 370z is the modern version of a 240z why do you keep trying to freeze models in time However the 510 would be brilliant although it would essentially be an RWD sentra Opel Manta it may look ok but its really a terrible car E30 and E36 M3 hey they make an M3, its a fantastic car that cost too much just like the others were when new E34 and E39 M5 hey they make an M5, its a fantastic car that's a little too heavy for its time that cost too much just like the others were when new GTI mark I seriously you're asking for cars that cannot be made anymore due to emissions or safety reasons. the new GTI is about the best you're going to get supra (has been said) evo 9 Again freezing a model in time they make an Evo... yes it sucks compared to the evo 9/8 but its still being made... Ford Taurus SHO (not resembling new one of course) they make a taurus SHO and it does everything the original did, its blazing fast and handles OK for a FWD based car (yea i know its AWD but its still a transverse engine) 1-3rd generation maxima the new altima is similar to the old maxima miura agreed 512TR agreed ...too many to list. it is pointless. if you keep picking out specific models and saying the one currently made should be like this I'm sure, but sticking to cars that have been actually discontinued cuts down the field a lot."

i mean your way i'd be calling out thunderbolt fairlanes etc.

They do need to bring back the ford gt again so the price will drop on the last model and i can own one.

7/20/2011 9:25:06 AM

^The Nissan Silvia is/was closer to the original 240Z than the current 370Z. Too bloated, too big.

Ford is working on a new GT (very early stages though)

7/20/2011 9:33:33 AM

S13 love forever

7/20/2011 3:47:36 PM

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"BMW 3.0CSL - the batmobile is a racing edition of of the 2002 which has been mentioned already "

Wrong! The 3.0CSL is a racing version of the 3.0CSi, an inline-six powered coupe in the E9 series. The E9 BMW was the predecessor of the E24 6-series, and was developed from the New Class 2000CS. The 2000CS did use a 2002 platform, so they're sort of related. But not really. Also, the E9 was one of the most beautiful BMW designs ever to leave the factory.

3.0CSi:


[Edited on July 20, 2011 at 4:00 PM. Reason : r]

7/20/2011 3:56:49 PM

Z32 300zx ...minus ~800lbs

7/20/2011 11:42:42 PM

fool, your are missing a point of the thread at every level? every car has it's successor? W123 is old technology? no shit...it was made 30 years ago. GTI mark I not safe? REALLY??

batmobile and 2002? no.

[Edited on July 23, 2011 at 1:39 PM. Reason : j]

7/23/2011 1:38:48 PM

What's with the hate bro?

The new audi concept has got me excited.

7/23/2011 2:41:32 PM

i tore him up in the video thread.

You're right i screwed that 2002 up.

7/23/2011 10:40:59 PM

you forgot to reply to my post? is it that you just had nothing to say?

7/24/2011 2:05:46 PM

The thread starter was looking for cars that the idea of could be continued or resurrected as a new model to carry on the lineage of a great car.

your post is just requesting old models to be put back into production by the sound of it which in my opinion is dumb.. buy and restore the old model if that's what you want. If that's not what you meant, i'm sorry i miss understood.

I guess if you said you wish XXX models would have followed the original formula better that would be different... but you just said re make a bunch of models that are still being made in some form or another and most to the best of modern ability.

If you would have said things like the new gti should drop 200lbs of power windows seats and sound material to go back to the original minimalist *sports car* model that it was that would have been different.. you just said bring back the MKI Gti... which IMHO is a dumb comment.

And i didn't reply because i said "hmm.... not worth my time"

7/24/2011 3:13:32 PM

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" VW Beetle And not some FWD bullshit"

Been done. and it's not as much fun as you may thing it would be. Rear engine, rear wheel drive, stripped down to bare essenses car, no airbags and safety bullshit, just like eveyone here keeps dreaming about. And it is made to be affordable to masses. But like original veedub, it was not designed for performance but for economy.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tata_Nano

7/25/2011 3:04:00 AM