Retro rides, the next generation?

the next generaition will be the mg/rovers

the new group of sub 40k v8 cars (monaros etc)

and the honda type r cars there cool already

VW Corrado
Mazda MX5 Eunos
Suzuki Cappucino
Daihatsu Copen
Fiat Cinquecento
All of the last MGs, especially now they've gone belly-up!

Let's face it, all the cars we see today are gonna be retro / classics in some capacity. I can see resto sites telling people the best way to get rid of body kits and fairy-lights on a Fiat Punto!!

The SEAT Leon is a good little car for a modern one, even the base model 1400 ones are brilliant, I drove one for a few weeks as and it was nice! Also the recently replaced Skoda Octavia. I'm not a great fan of the MCC Smart because of it's yuppie-ish image and it just doesn't suit me really I don't think, but it'll be a definate iconic car of the future. Although I'm not massively keen on Citroen Saxos, give it a good few years until there are none left and I might be a bit interested by tidy, unmolested ones.

I also have a bit of a thing for modern Russian cars, but then again most of them are fundamentally similar to the retro ones I drool over at the moment, i.e. the modern GAZ Volga, which is heavily based on the Volga M24 from the 70s, or the UAZ 469, which is still in production as the UAZ Hunter. They still make Lada Rivas too!

I reckon they'll be sticking T5 lumps into the new Volvo S60s in 15 years time ;D

Think most cars are fairly similar nowadays, saftey, preformance family saloons. Thus I think the unusual modern cars will make it to be retro, the Smart roadster or sport or what ever it is, that that 'derierre' car, ugly as hell but will last the test of time.

the worst thign about modern cars is platform sharing, which means a lot of cars end up feeling the same to drive.. no fun that

I totally agree. When you look past the badges there must be about ten cars on the market right now, which stinks. On the up-side, at least parts interchanging will be easier for future modders!

I think its virtually impossible to predict what cars will be popular/sought after by retro-riders of the future - if indeed people would be interested or even be able to (for whatever reason) Be interested in old cars. We do seem to live in a time where items of nostalgia are very popular - I think in part as a result of technology marching-on so quickly that things seem to quickly become dated.

Who would have thought in the early eighties that in twenty or so years that some people would be interested and enthusiastic over what would have been mundane everyday cars like my Derby or Rmad's Cressida Similarly I cannot see why someone in 2020 would be lusting after a Honda Jazz.

P.S; I disagree with the comment that 'all modern cars are dull and look the same' I think that for any given period in time car design has to follow the fashion and trends of the time i.e in the 30-40s cars generally had wings, upright radiator grilles and long narrow bonnets, in the seventies cars were very square and boxy, nowadays at least car designers/manufactures appear to be trying to be different and push the boundries - cars like the Fiat Multipla and Smart roadster are evidence of this.

You can get them with T5 lumps to start off with