Future retro's ?

[surferdude]

So, what vehicle's made,say in the past 10 years do you think will be future retro???

Citroën Picasso??

[igotthepoison]

Surely all cars on the road will be retro one day..?

[rmad]

Future retro is ?

All cars can respond well to 'our' kind of modifications. Given time all cars will be old.

[MK2VR6]

Do you mean which ones will fly up in value, like 80's rwd japs and mk1 Escorts and Fiesta XR2's?
I can't get my head around which 10 year old cars will be valuable in the future. Crystal ball would be great!

[stealthstylz]

Fiat Multipla and Renault Avantime.

Matt

[BenzBoy]

All of 'em!

[Deleted]

Apr 29, 2011 19:17:41 GMT surferdude said:

Citroën Picasso??

god i hope not the only way you can tell which way round it goes is because it has red lights at one end its horrid

[popuptoaster]

Apr 29, 2011 21:08:14 GMT nightmaresracing said:

Apr 29, 2011 19:17:41 GMT surferdude said:

Citroën Picasso??

god I hope not the only way you can tell which way round it goes is because it has red lights at one end its horrid

Allegros spring to mind.........

morris minors, mgbs, minis all pretty horrible in their own way, but very popular now.

[stealthstylz]

Standard cars are rubbish, which is why they all need to be modified.

Matt

[EmDee]

+1 for Multipla

I want one but don't tell anyone

[Copey]

granted if i got one it would get de-badged, or holden badges

[surferdude]

Yer I know the Picasso ain't exactly top with the styling, but that makes it a bit quirky, I don't think it's to do with value,just being diffrent from the crowd. Or the memory's that you have of a perticular car. So in a few years as the current crop of retro's gradually die out, what will replace them?? Pug 206? MG/rover? Ford focus? I dunno about the more popular cars being future retro,Golf,mx5 ect will be no doubt bout that!

but the more obscure stuff maybe? Hyundai, KIA , transit connect... What you think?

[Deleted]

Well, anything with a VW badge glued on the front, they seem to all become "Instant scene" with slam and wheels. The only difference will be as they become older they'll become "Instant retro scene"

Generally anything mass-produced, like the Focus, Astra, Citroen above ^^ etc, there are millions of the things on the road, as they hit 10-15 years old they'll drop like flies, then one day in 15-20 years u'll see one and think.... wow, i remember those, ya don't see them anymore, the same way "our" cars have gone now. However it would seem tho that's not retro enough for some, so add some wheels, daft modifications and an angle grinder and that will be "Retro".

Ya other less common cars like the Renault Avantime, even now have a certain charm for being rareish anyway.

[Mystery Machine]

Apr 29, 2011 21:08:14 GMT nightmaresracing said:

god I hope not the only way you can tell which way round it goes is because it has red lights at one end its horrid

Interesting you say that.....just picking one well known manufacturer of much loved and respected Retro cars produced these results:









No less applicable to your theory, in fact they are all probably more so!

Personally I think there are some awesome modern designs out there that could make some excellent looking rides.....even before they are classed as Retro.

Matt & I were chatting at length about this the other day and the Multipla & Avantime were immediately top of the list, but others we discussed (and I really can't understand why you don't see any tastefully modified) were things like the Mercedes A Class, fat bum Megane and yes....even the Xsara Picasso.

I reckon the A Class would look immense given the treatment. So much untapped potential in them, but they seem to just get overlooked! I know a lot of people think they are curse word.....but they aren't. Just because they aren't the best car in the world doesn't make them the worst either and the same goes for most of the modern stuff out there. Easy to knock because your just not into modern cars, but 90% of the cars on RR are a lot more curse word* than most modern stuff but we all still love them. Wind forward 20 years and the same will apply to what you see on the road today.

Fiat 500's, Beetles and Citroen DS3's will be the obvious choice to some, but seeing as they all come from the factory with a 5,000 page accessory catalogue to personalise them, these are too predictable as 'future' retros and too much of the obvious 'default' choice for my liking.

I'd love to see a Kia Soul, Nissan Juke or Volvo C30 given the treatment and I'd happily roll any of them if they were....along with an A Class, Megane, Multipla, Picasso etc....all slightly 'offbeat' but all of them a lot more cool for it.

There is a Mk6 Fiesta I see near Area 52. It's white with darkened windows, dropped right onto the floor running very wide black banded steels. It looks stunning...like 'stops you in your tracks' stunning, because it just stands out amongst all the 'bread & butter' Fiesta ST's with their stripes, white racing wheels etc...

There is future retro already in all moderns. It just takes someone like Mr Fiesta owner to bring it out from underneath the stock underpinnings.

[Deleted]

Toyota Yaris Used to see them -everywhere- used by a crapload of places for working vehicles, or as family cars. Now not so numerous! + points for funky centreplaced dashpod with digital speedometre

[Garry]

Ladies and gentleman.....this.



Bland enough to be ignored. Modern enough to be comfortable to drive. Toyota enough to be reliable. Japanese enough to suit JDM, VIP, flush, all sorts of styles.

Old enough to be dirt cheap.

In 3 years, we'll see these coming out of the woodwork (along with the Primera, Galant, Laguna all sorts of mid-late 90s lower executive cars), and they'll blow our minds.

[accord83]

Mad as a badger, designed by a committee who never met each other, ladies and gents I give you

[CIH]

Apr 30, 2011 11:07:14 GMT Garry said:

Ladies and gentleman.....this.



Bland enough to be ignored. Modern enough to be comfortable to drive. Toyota enough to be reliable. Japanese enough to suit JDM, VIP, flush, all sorts of styles.

Old enough to be dirt cheap.

In 3 years, we'll see these coming out of the woodwork (along with the Primera, Galant, Laguna all sorts of mid-late 90s lower executive cars), and they'll blow our minds.

Agree with that. Id love an RR'd Exec or GTI as a daily.
TBH I'd be surprised if enough Multiplas survive long enough to achieve retro status. They always look knackered.
Also, for MM;

[EmDee]

Apr 30, 2011 0:47:29 GMT EmDee said:

+1 for Multipla

I want one but don't tell anyone

Okay you guys can tell people I like these now, I've just bought one

Not sure if this is the right place for the build thread though!

[nofrills]

There cool man, i run a picasso as everyday day family car and it bores me to tears but it is kindy quirky, i think if it was slammed (and koni already make a kit for it) and some rather wide wheels and the jdm wide arches think they would look cool but still would bore me to drive lol