@@narwahlssb I need to make some Aussie car friends in that case. I have a Chinese go-kart-like-thing that uses the same (though, Chinese knock-off) 800cc, 3cyl engine AND 4 speed trans they used in the mighty boy. One of the previous owners was cruel to her and the engine is basically scrap; however, since the US doesn't really have any vehicles that use that engine, I'm SOL. I have an H22A out of a prelude I was going to put in it, but I think that's a waste of the motor and would like to one day acquire the one it was designed for. That's probably a hell of an import fee, I dunno, never really bought anything from another country that wasn't a small gadget from a website.
It was sweet and they had it been lighted momentarily because of public reaction then the bean counters stepped in and killed it! If half of Pontiacs concepts would've gotten the go ahead they'd be sales leaders today. Gm stifled the hell out of them.
Back in the 80's I was offered a used Comuta Car, (the cheese wedge), for $400.00. It needed a new set of batteries, and when I checked into the cost of replacing them I found out it was basically a golf cart with an all-weather body, and the costs of a new set of barriers was $700.00 to $800.00. With the estimated battery life, and the estimated cost of charging them over their life lifetime, I found the per-mile operating cost of a Comuta car was about the same as a VW beetle. When I realized that, I passed on the Comuta Car. Now you see why it failed.
1. The Pontiac Stinger was a concept car built in a time with companies actually made functional concept cars. It is NOT to be confused for a production vehicle. It and several other GM Concepts were used in various TV Shows Like "Seaquest DSV" and movies like "Demolition Man", but those were reproductions or borrowed from GM none were made for sale. 2. The "Cheap door materials" was because the lower glass was deliberately removable. These were honestly expected to NOT make it to production at all. The Doors might not even have lower windows. 3. While GM/Pontiac said they were either seriously considering production of the vehicle, or it was just rumored, The Stinger was never brought to production. Therefor it did not have poor sales to tarnish its or Pontiac's reputation.
Citroën AX was possibly one of the greatest 80's cars (1986 onwards) and I'd love to see it make a comeback with some of the suggested mods including a tandem 2 seater touring car with lots of space for luggage and bicycles/ motorbike
It is amazing at how those vehicles looked so futuristic back then and now they just look weird. I can't say that I would like to see any of those come back unless they were vastly changed in design. The "Cheese Wedge' can stay gone in my opinion.
I'd like to see the Itaipu again with modern batteries. The design should gain traction today and it certainly looks better than contemporary electric vans that are coming out.
I saw the Bronco Montana Lobo at a new car show in the Cook Convention Center it may be 1980 I think. As a 10 year old kid I was impressed. And I remember seeing the Pontiac stinger in magazines back in the day I thought that was cool as well.
4:08 #11 is my fav. 1980's design at its best, I love it. But I like them all. I like futuristic design from this era. Not really beautiful, somewhat ugly but nevertheless very appealing to me.
Back in 1986 i took a model kit of the 85 iroc z and put the rear window as the windshield doing lots of custome body mods to build the z28 of the future it looks just like the camaros of late 2000s along with a modern GTO useing the 66 styling and last year there was a hand built concept of a new gto just like what i built in the 80s i got lots of hand drawings i did in drafting class in high school of electric future vehicles got the idea frome a janitors golf cart my teacher was blown away of what i could come up with i never did school work just my designs in class
I for one would like the Itaipu to come back. In fact, with perfectly good EV vans running these days, I would at least want something of a similar styling.
WOW AWESOME VIDEO!! I really mean that! Usually these videos are copies of other videos that been done over n over... But I have never heard of any of the models in this video. I was expecting delorians, bricklins, and jeep renegades! LOL, Great Work!!
If someone had an extended cab late-model s-10 and an old Lumina Van lying around (and an incredible amount of fabrication skills) that vehicle could be built.
The Ford probe was actually front wheel drive and even though, mustang fans were upset for it being front wheel drive, it was faster than the mustang. Fun fact : this car was designed with help from Mazda, and shared many compunents with many mazda models, for instance, it shared the same pop up headlights as the Mazda rx7 FC, Another rave car from the 80s
I hate to burst your bubble, but, the Ford Probe was faster than the base 2.3L 4-cylinder Mustang is true, it was most certainly NOT faster than the Mustang 5.0 of that era. I owned a stock 1988 5.0L LX hatch, and could easily beat that front drive wannabe Mustang. And the Ford Probe was only available as a 4-cylinder, front wheel drive car. All the American cars they are showing on this video are concepts only, and never available for sale. I can't speak for the European cars.
FOMOCO eventually bought Mazda by the late 80s; e.g. the Ford Ranger and the small Mazda pickup were the same truck, just different insignia and model number stamps.
