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#189880 - 07/23/10 12:15 PM Retro car styles
paradocs paradocs Member Registered: 11/20/04 Posts: 2323	http://editorial.autos.msn.com/listartic...y&GT1=22021
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#189914 - 07/23/10 09:18 PM Re: Retro car styles [Re: paradocs]
Paulwa_dup1 Paulwa_dup1 Member Registered: 02/12/05 Posts: 4951 Loc: Washington	The PT Cruiser is the only one I would have been interested in but they are dropping it from the lineup. Well I probably would have never bought one anyway. Paul
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#189971 - 07/25/10 09:02 AM Re: Retro car styles [Re: Paulwa_dup1]
ghoti ghoti Member Registered: 04/06/02 Posts: 8469 Loc: Ishpeming, MI 75.128.229.255	They didn't mention the Chevy HHR, which is a small wagon with a front end styled like the Chevy pickups of the early 1950's. I liked the looks of it and my wife sat in one at a car show and also liked it a lot. They've got a lot of space inside for a small car and so far have tested out fairly well by Consumer Reports. If we found a decent used one I'd buy one for her to toodle around in, although I'd never be able to ride in it. _________________________ Feisty survivors populate this site. Avoid controversies unless you have a very thick skin.
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#190098 - 07/26/10 11:55 AM Re: Retro car styles [Re: ghoti]
paradocs paradocs Member Registered: 11/20/04 Posts: 2323	The problems (for me anyway) with both the PT Cruiser and the Chevy HHR was that they were four door. If they had been available in 2-door models with larger doors like 2-door cars have I would have been very interested. A friend had a Cruiser and getting in and out was easy for me, but I couldn't load my chair. I don't know anyone with the HHR, so I can't comment. I think the Cruiser in later years came as a 2-door rag top but I have never been comfortable without a "real lid."
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#190261 - 07/27/10 08:13 PM Re: Retro car styles [Re: paradocs]
Paul I Paul I Member Registered: 02/24/00 Posts: 7913	I'm having a problem with "retro". The Mustangs just look like fairly accurate duplicates of the older ones. Is that really retro? Same with the T Bird. The PT Crusier, on the other hand, was not a recreation of any previous Chrysler. Some say it's inspired by the Airflow but I don't see it. I'd say maybe 38 Ford? Challenger, Charger- never liked them except the fastback Charger which was not a muscle car. The HHR also, like the PT seems retro. It's not a close duplicate but creates or suggests an image or feel of a much older car. It will be very easy in 40 years to create retro cars of today's. All one needs is a non-descript oval blob. My favorite car that should be resurrected is the Saab 95 wagon- 3 cylinder, 2 cycle. The Magnum wagon is sort of retro with the feel of a chopped type like was popular on the 49-50 2 dr. Mercurys. I think true retro is an art and the designers are very talented to create a style with just a hint and suggestion of a classic from the past. Want to see the first van? http://auto.howstuffworks.com/1936-stout-scarab.htm _________________________ "...only the shadow knows"
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