Which defunct automobile brand would you bring back from the dead?

[SR5]

Pontiac Firebird Trans Am
Plymouth Barracuda
Holden Statesman
Lancia in Martini racing colours

 

[DuckRyder]

I Had a 1969 Fairlane 500 Sportsroof (Torino) 428 Cobra Jet with a top loader and hood scoop. Bought it used $780- in VG condition from a Statie no less in 1978. No rust. But it wasn't strong like my Chevelle SS396. Ford can keep that 9" too. FE motor slipped a piston pin and galled cyl #8. Then I was out of money so I had to sell it. Put a junkyard 390 block in it with the CJ heads.

That Cyclone pictured has had extensive body work around the grille and the bumper is narrowed and pulled in tight, etc
That didnt come from the factory like that never heard of such a thing. Tell us !

It is the Mercury version of a Talladega... it was built to homologate the body work for NASCAR.

 

[64bawagon]

If I hit the powerball we are gonna start building GTO's again. Theres still enough old timers left around here to make it happen

 

[JohnnyG]

OK, this thread's still going. I vote for the Merkur! Particularly the 1986 double wing version (with 1989 wheels of course). I didn't like the "phone dial 14"!

 

[ARCOgraphite]

OK, this thread's still going. I vote for the Merkur! Particularly the 1986 double wing version (with 1989 wheels of course). I didn't like the "phone dial 14"!


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Had a one NEW briefly. Handled great, RWD, garbage Ford turbo engine, Terrible seats. Fix the seats and the engine.
On second thought - forget it! Clean sheet time!

 

[2EHA]

OK, this thread's still going. I vote for the Merkur! Particularly the 1986 double wing version (with 1989 wheels of course). I didn't like the "phone dial 14"!


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dumb brand used to import ford vehicles

cologne having more talent than dearborn back then was pretty obvious. the granada escort and sierra are all legendary vehicles

 

[Andrew1972]

Honda/Acura and also Mitsubishi they made cool cars you wanted to buy in 90’s and into 2000’s.

 

[Motu]

dumb brand used to import ford vehicles

cologne having more talent than dearborn back then was pretty obvious. the granada escort and sierra are all legendary vehicles

I don't understand why everything has to have a different name when sold in the US - everyone in the world knows what a Sierra Cosworth is.

 

[y_p_w]

I don't understand why everything has to have a different name when sold in the US - everyone in the world knows what a Sierra Cosworth is.

Not in the US. We had the Mercury Capri.

The Cadillac Catera.

Even the Pontiac G6.

Heck - even the Chevrolet Caprice, although it was only sold new to law enforcement agencies.

 

[SR5]

We had the Mercury Capri.

Hmmmmm.....you can keep the early 90's Ford/Mercury Capri, which I believe was built on a Mazda 323 platform in Australia, sorry about that.

However I would be very interested in a first gen Mercury Cougar

 

[SR5]

and also Mitsubishi they made cool cars you wanted to buy

Yep, like the Mitsubishi Starion of the 80's with a fuel injected turbo engine, manual transmission and rear wheel drive.

 

[Kira]

Bring back "The Beverly Hillbillies" Oldsmobile truck. In fact, make it a new GM division.
Chrysler did RAM. Olds could do JED.
They'd use the same Chevy/GMC stampings so it's no biggie.

 

[SwampSurvivor]

Oldsmobile or Pontiac. Never much cared for the Buick image.

 

[ARCOgraphite]

Oldsmobile or Pontiac. Never much cared for the Buick image.

But they had the Nailhead401 with superturbine 400 with Switch (dual) pitch torque converter or a 4 speed MT in a fullsize.
And they were much more refined than Chevy's. And they mad the GS stage cars that were competitive with the fastest muscle cars made. But I'm a 1964-65 car guy. I do know what you mean about the Buick " image" in their later cars.

Uncle Joe or Aunt Clara stuff

 

[Bud]

Saab; Sunbeam; Triumph

Especially the Tiger.

 

[Silver]

ARO

 

[Hermann]

Studebaker FTW

 

[JohnnyG]

Had a one NEW briefly. Handled great, RWD, garbage Ford turbo engine, Terrible seats. Fix the seats and the engine.
On second thought - forget it! Clean sheet time!

The engine perked right up after installing a small butt splice connector into the waste gate vacuum line and a 3" exhaust! Mine ran 22# boost at the manifold!
The leather option that I had came with seats made by Reccaro, very nice, also heated.
It was a FUN car to drive.

I always wanted to put that engine into my Chris Craft "Concept" I/O, complete with turbo. Now THAT would have been fun!

 

[DGXR]

Nash

 

[Dave Sherman]

I liked my Saturn, back when Saturn didn't have much in common with the rest of GM. Then they had to kill off the SL and SC, and reached the point where a Saturn Relay was just a rebadged Chevy Venture, or an Outlook was just a rebadged Chevy Traverse. I wasn't surprised when they pulled the plug.