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  1. 04-14-2009, 06:13 PM #1
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    Default What car started the retro design craze?

    i was thinking it was the prowler


    but i also thought bout the Avanti kit cars

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  2. 04-14-2009, 06:18 PM #2
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    I agree with those, but I think resto-mods helped a bit, too.

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    I think its manufacturers looking back on what models they had during the years they were most popular lol.
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    guess u could add the miata being a throwback to old british roadsters

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    No doubt, the miata was definitely a modern mg, triumph or austin healey.
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    The old ones ..lol
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    ^^^ Yup. The Model T. If it hadn't been for that, no one would have a craze to seek. Later, QD.
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    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 !
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    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.

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