classic styled cars

[bobalooba]

Does anyone know of any modern (still being manufactured cars) that have golden era type designs?

 

[Caity Lynn]

I believe the new chargers look like the old ones, if thats what your going for?

 

[Viola]

Do you mean kit car bodies that fit over modern frames with antique styles rendered in fiberglass, or things like the PT Cruiser or Chevy HHR that have "retro-esque" styling?

 

[LordBest]

Such as Bufori? http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bufori

 

[bobalooba]

I was indeed going more "kit car" but the new chargers are pretty damn snazzy.

 

[Macheath]

If you have a hundred grand to throw away, Morgans are nice:

 

[DanielJones]

Sweet! Me likey!!

Cheers!

Dan

 

[Deleted member 6442]

My Citroen C6 is obviously a very modern design but it has deco aspects and is one of the most stylish modern cars around (but then again I'm incredibly biased!).

Cheers
Alex

 

[docneg]

My Citroen C6 is obviously a very modern design but it has deco aspects and is one of the most stylish modern cars around (but then again I'm incredibly biased!).

Cheers
Alex

That's a good-looking car! I am amazed at how, all these years later, it still LOOKS like a Citroen. The same for the new Jaguars which, even though they have totally new designs, still have that Jaguar look. I really don't know how they do it.

 

[Deleted member 6442]

I know what you mean - but I guess there are enough design cues there to keep the brand look. Citroen are famous for big, lavish saloons and the C6 certainly fits that.

 

[DanielJones]

Wow! You don't see too many of those on this side of the pond. Very beautiful indeed. :eusa_clap

Cheers!

Dan

 

[scotrace]

There's Always Packard

They never got it off the ground. The new Packard.

 

[Lou]

Such as Bufori? http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bufori

:eusa_clap Have you heard anything about the car's reliability, parts availability, and likelihood to not be butchered my mechanics unfamiliar with it? Those would be my concerns with a car like this.

 

[Shirin]

Wow Alex your car is a looker! I wouldn't mind being seen driving that! Not at all.

Is that new Packard one of those concept cars?

 

[LocktownDog]

I have a PT Cruiser. Planning on painting it bright yellow and striping it with a checkerboard design and rate sign for the doors. I even have a source for the cab light on the roof.

Why?

Why not? lol

 

[Caity Lynn]

^ thats going to certainly P people on the street off. "Darn taxi's never stop!"

 

[scottyrocks]

They never got it off the ground. The new Packard.

Looks like a gussied-up '75 Pontiac Lemans.

 

[LordBest]

:eusa_clap Have you heard anything about the car's reliability, parts availability, and likelihood to not be butchered my mechanics unfamiliar with it? Those would be my concerns with a car like this.

Unfortunately, no I haven't.

 

[lolly_loisides]

An interesting article on Bufori http://listing-index.ebay.com/cars/Bufori.html . I thnk the Khoury brothers own a bunch of second hand car dealerships along Parramatta Rd, Sydney.

 

[Deleted member 6442]

Thanks, Shirin. It has an amazingly smooth 'flying carpet' ride too. Though I have to keep it in 'sport' mode as it can get overly floaty. They're very rare here in the UK.

To answer the original question, there are quite a few companies that make Auburn Speedster replicas. Here's one...

http://www.decorides.com/auburnbt.htm

I saw an Auburn Speedster down here in Cornwall recently and looking at the patina on it it could have been an original. Inside was like an Art Deco palace. Amazing car which I recognised from Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom!

Cheers
Alex