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HypnoToad
04-14-2009, 05:13 PM
i was thinking it was the prowler
http://www.allcarpictures.com/pictures/plymouth/prowler/plymouth-prowler005.jpg

but i also thought bout the Avanti kit cars

http://www.bobsclassics.com/sold/02a13.jpg
Revmaynard
04-14-2009, 05:18 PM
I agree with those, but I think resto-mods helped a bit, too.
green91
04-14-2009, 06:10 PM
I think its manufacturers looking back on what models they had during the years they were most popular lol.
HypnoToad
04-14-2009, 06:16 PM
guess u could add the miata being a throwback to old british roadsters

http://www.rs-watanabe.co.jp/images/users_photo/shawn-na.jpg
green91
04-14-2009, 06:31 PM
No doubt, the miata was definitely a modern mg, triumph or austin healey.
Julio
04-14-2009, 07:42 PM
The old ones ..lol
quickdodgeŽ
04-14-2009, 07:43 PM
^^^ Yup. The Model T. If it hadn't been for that, no one would have a craze to seek. Later, QD.
Julio
04-14-2009, 07:47 PM
I heard the Prowler was a hunk of turd..

I dont know much about it... But I always thought they look bad ass...

I would rock it !
Glides
04-14-2009, 07:58 PM
They sucked because they only came with V6's.

The Avantis have been around for years and years....and years some more. The first one to start the current craze was the Prowler. Then came the PT Cruiser or vice versa...can't keep my hunks of crap in line.

Trivia....the first speeding ticket ever issued in the World was to an electric car.
The fastest one was issued in Texas, 242 MPH in a Koeniggsegg or howevery you spell that thing.
Nerdsrock22
04-14-2009, 11:12 PM
http://www.theautochannel.com/media/photos/vw/1998/98_volkswagen_beetle2.jpg