I love the look of the Chevy HHR. They say the mechanicals & interior are mediocre, but I think I like it anyway.



I think somebody (*cough*dodge*cough) should make a really cute/cool new retro car similar to one of these. I mean just a typical 50s car, not just this specific one. No one has brought back this style yet. I think cars like this look great. I think if they made a really cool updated version, it would sell great. It's time to bring back some tail fins. They could make it a hybrid too.

 

I agree about the 50s thing. Although they more or less did that with the thunderbird which wasn't very successful. The 300c also has some slight 50s elements too it. There was also a very cool custom car you can order, I think it was based on a combination of old chevys. If I find it I'll post it. Not cheap but great looking.

Unfortunately the way things are going all the progress towards nice looking cars we've made will end with a return to 90s blah.

 

Personally, I'm holding out for the return of the fabulous 1953 Hudson Hornet.

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I think aside from muscle cars, the retro thing has run its course.
We had the Prowler, PTCruiser, TBird, HHR..... The problem with these is when theyve run a few years, how do you update the look without taking everything out of balance?
I think the Prowler died due to a lack of a HEMI V8 option. The TBird was just dull. The HHR is suffering the same fate as the Cruiser - hard to update a model year without changing the whole look.

While Id love to think I could have something like a 1935 or 1936 Auburn Boattailed Speedster on a modern chassis, I just cant see it happening.
Now if someone would try bringing back the Nash Metropolitan, it would probably be a BIG hit with the tree huggers.
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I really like the look of this one..... A friend of mine fwd'd me this email months ago:

This car was built by N2A motors (No Two Alike). Cost $40,000 over cost of new
Corvette C6 (MSRP $44,000). Unbelievable! The company is planning a production
run of about 100 vehicles. It sits on a Corvette C6 chassis, front styled like a 57 Chevy,
side like a 58, rear like a 59. Hence the designation "789". Scroll down and drool !


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That's not a bad car, i've seen it in person, once i got over the '57 front & '59 rear! I've also seen the C6 Corvette that they transform to look like a '53 and it's not bad either.
The after market is coming on strong reproducing bodies of vintage cars (50's Ford P/U, 57 chevy, 68/69 Camaro, 67 Mustang) so who know, maybe in a few years you'll be able to order up your favorite car, get your desirable chassis/frame then power train combo. I've been holding out for them to do an updated version of the '70 Chevelle SS454 but it's not happening............But then again, we do have a new Challenger, Nah!

 

Aha! That 789 was what I was talking about. I was looking all over trying to remember where I saw it.

 

man that car does look good. my dad loves them old chevys he would prolly go nuts over that.

 

I just bought an HHR last night (a 2008) and must say I am really impressed as it is a really nice little car. I have rented a few to see how well they rode etc. and I find it a really good car. I had to downsize and this was a good choice for me. The downsizing was a result of spending $600 for gas in this month (June) alone for my truck. This car will not only pay for itself but also put money in the bank! This is all within the money I was spending monthy on gas for my truck.

 

Imperial Concept(click here)

This car was slated for production for 2009, but with the expected popularity of the Challenger, and "competition" for production at the Brampton plant, plus high gas prices, the project was canceled. They built test mules of this car in 07. It was to be longer than the current 300.

Probably in Chrysler's best interest not to build another gas hog.