Geez, your doing well playwme, I would really struggle. I can't get any of them now, I can still pick all the original Ford..Holden..Chrysler's from a long way off, at any show's I happen to attend though. I was at Lakeside on Father's Day, and it was great to get amongst all the "real" steel bumpered car's for the day. $10 entry and $10 to put your car on the track, if you so desired.
"Proud To Be An Old Fart".
If you cant tell the difference between a vf commodore and a Hyundai velostar its time to get your eyes checked im afraid
simple
I don't know what a Hyundai velostar is but what I'm saying is that (to me) if the badges were removed from a lot of modern cars, it would be hard to tell what brand they were.
Toymazhypronishondaesubishi badges should be on all of them.
I know a HQ/j/x/z is similar, but nothing like the Fords or Vals of the same era, let alone the Jap stuff. They all looked different.
Vans.... This is the 2nd time round the block, 40 years later! talk about turning back the clock!
I agree, most modern cars lack real defined styling, with most makers (holden, mazda, toyota, hyundai) using very similar designs (case in point; VF Tail lights, mazda and hyundai taillights). Heck, I'm only 18 and i can reme,ber days when you could tell the difference between cars through even subtle styling cues like grille shapes, tail lights, bumpers.
The unfortunate side of the coin is that when designers try to be adventurous and stand out, they end up making cars that are ugly as sin (case in point: AU Falcon, New Mitsu Mirage, Kia Optima etc.)
Some car manufacturers have tried to resurect older landmark models with modern interpretations and unfortunately, most of these live up to thier classic counterparts in name only (case in point: toyota Fj Cruiser [only thing it shares with original is paint scheme], holden monaro and Torana TT36, toyota 86 [shares nothing with an ae86 corolla drifter]
And although some of these "reinventions of retro's" look kinda cool (eg. chev camaro, dodge challenger), they still suffer from a lack of notable different features (eg. bland interior, run of the mill electrics). I remember back in the day when you could actually tell the difference between trim packs with features like stainless trims, consoles, woodgrain trims and sports steering wheels. In the modern age, the only extra in an upmarket model is lack lustre leather interior with some fake woodgrain slapped in.
It's a real shame that modern cars lack a tangible sense of character like classics of the 60's, 70's and even 80's.
Realistically Holden ran the same car from HQ to WB. Well over 10 years. Ford ran the same ute, XD from 79 till the mid 90's.
Yes, but a Holden was a Holden and a Ford was a Ford, etc....Originally Posted by wbute
They didn't all look like one car.
Vans.... This is the 2nd time round the block, 40 years later! talk about turning back the clock!
That's a fair call
They definitely look similar. There hasn't been a car worth saving built since the late 80's. Everything built is like whitegoods now, disposable. If the car's built were actually used for racing, like their predecessors, it may be different.
"Proud To Be An Old Fart".
that xhd shape ran for 20 years well from the front doors back anyway 1979 to 1999
i had one of the last XH v8 s pac's ever made. wasnt a bad ute with the v8 in it. should of run the v8 all the way through, just like the wb ute should of have had a 5.0 option.
Driver -1981 WB kingswood 253 4 speed
Weekend- AC Cobra replica 302ho(425hp) 4 speed toploader
Project Complete- SLR 5000 LH mock up(next door Neighbors)
never late in a 5.0 litre
The XH used the same basic car underneath going back to the XR falcon. It is what the W sized Holden would have become if it stuck around another 4+ years, ie EFI 304, 4spd auto etc.
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