Copycats or mere chance?

[EmDee]

This





is IDENTICAL


to this

[ratchart]

The more obvious "separated at birth" from the Jag XJ6 is the De Tomaso Deauville:-







The grilles and lights are different but the silhouette and proportions are bang on.

[ratchart]

Ooh, ooh! I've just thought of another one. The Humber Hawk, Rootes Group's erm, "affectionate tribute" to the 1955 Chevy.




For the benefit of those of you not so familiar with American cars, this is the original-


I know there were a whole bunch of American styled British cars but most of them were scaled down versions of designs from the same parent company. Humber was never part of GM so they've got no excuse. 

[uncleterry]

Aug 18, 2015 19:51:01 GMT ratchart said:

Ooh, ooh! I've just thought of another one. The Humber Hawk, Rootes Group's erm, "affectionate tribute" to the 1955 Chevy.

For the benefit of those of you not so familiar with American cars, this is the original-

I know there were a whole bunch of American styled British cars but most of them were scaled down versions of designs from the same parent company. Humber was never part of GM so they've got no excuse. 

Which also looks very similar to the 1956 Holden FE... being GM and same era its not surprising it looks like a miniature 55 chevy



I go into this idea of similar / the same design cars a little on this thread;

retrorides.proboards.com/thread/174612/recognise-volvo-concept

But once again, the Peugeot 404;





Looks similar to the Austin Westminster at the front



And the A40 Pininfarina



And the cambridge from behind



... because they were designed under contract by Pininfarina. Hence the similarities.

Then trabant copied several key design elements...





Never thought about the acclaim and the mustang before, though I see where you're coming from with the grille shape.

Surely the prelude (essentially coupe version of the ballade) is a little closer?

[ettorebugatti]

AMC Pacer


Porsche 928


Triumph Herald


Daf 55

[mikeymk]

A MK4 Cortina, yesterday..


So we know about the TATA looking like a merc, it was of course because TATA wanted to bring attention to the merc engines they used..




But who invited Subaru to the party, a decade late..?

[Paul]

Not strictly retro, but the Chinese are well renowned for their blatant ripping-offery...
sharepowered.com/the-worst-chinese-car-knockoffs-rip-offs-auto/

[VIP]

Aug 19, 2015 1:48:26 GMT mikeymk said:

But who invited Subaru to the party, a decade late..?

That looks about as much like a Mercedes as my right testicle.

However I'm in love with this...

[Littlepixel]

Great post!
I always see these in these:

Sierra Estate Tailgate:


K11 Micra tailgate:



Hillman Hunter estate:


Cortina MkII estate:


Renault 10:


Skoda 110:


Camaro:


XJS: (Something about the windscreen is total Camaro



But lights are total XJ



Trans-am


Megane Scenic (Top of windscreen/A pillars)



Skyline


Escort Mexico


Ferrari Daytona:


Rover SD1


Lancia Stratos (windscreen and door windows mostly)


Koenigsegg:


Renault 14


Peugeot 306


Nissan Almera Mk 2:


BMW 1-series (Bangle must have had an off day)



Brubaker Box


Chrysler Sunbeam:



and this is fun - BMW i8 - it 'Ate' a 911 like an anaconda:





Don't get me started on how all the current hatches look the same (Kia, Astra, Hyundai etc etc etc)

[Littlepixel]

Aug 18, 2015 21:52:50 GMT ettorebugatti said:

Daf 55

Love the AMC / Porsche spot - never seen that before

Greenhouse a lot like the Skoda 110 Coupé:

[JC]

Some of you are smoking some pretty potent stuff if some of these look alike to you! A lot of it is just down to it being the prevalent style at the time, coupled with the fact that there's only so many things you can change about a car to one its peers to differentiate it.

First thing that sprang to mind for me was this car. I remember it cos it came up when I was googling mustang pictures, and the page referred to it as a mustang. There are admittedly a few similarities!

[ettorebugatti]

Maybe more inspired by than true copy cats:

Fiat 130 Coupe


Chevrolet Caprice gen III


Ford Granada mk2

[The Jackeria]

i'm sure the daf 55 and the triumph herald look similar because it was the same designer, Giovanni Michelotti, he did a lot of very nice supercars too. Similarly with the acclaim and prelude. Rover/honda/triumph of those days were essentially the same cars underneath.

[EmDee]

Aug 19, 2015 10:24:21 GMT Littlepixel said:

Brubaker Box

What are you saying a Brubaker Box looks like? Whatever it is I'm struggling!


Anyway, this game is easy, I can just post any two modern cars in the same class:

[ettorebugatti]

Thought of another one.

[Blue850]

[Blue850]

Hino Contessa


Triumph 2000 MK1
Both Michelotti designs

[mikeymk]

^^ And there was me thinking of this..

[Littlepixel]

Sept 1, 2015 7:44:39 GMT EmDee said:

Aug 19, 2015 10:24:21 GMT Littlepixel said:

Brubaker Box

What are you saying a Brubaker Box looks like? Whatever it is I'm struggling!

Being a bit silly - I was just inferring Chrysler/Talbot stole the Horizon tailgate from the Brubaker box. I know they didn't - it just puts me in mind of it

[sa1clover]

The VW scirocco mk2 (81-92) designer was looking at a..


Delorean DMC-12 (1981)