ITT: cars that were ahead of its time

ITT: cars that were ahead of its time

>2001

Ecoboost F150.

On what? Getting to the shop to have its engine replaced?

Aztec.

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No such thing as Ferd pick ups in Europe.

european fords are completely different from murrikan ones, friend

1999 Rover R30 prototype, it was super close to getting launched, BMW nicked it when they sold Rover and used it as inspiration for the 1 series

>3-door hatchback
>OC do not steal

That is a super dated looking concept.

Just please explain to me how retro-styled european luxobarge was ahead of it's time?

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>That is a super dated looking concept.
The technology within are years ahead.

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>ford
>not shit

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Some people call it the first cross over

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2001

I guess it's low hanging fruit but w.e.

This is the only true answer in the thread

Can't argue with that. The racecar was already entered in races a year before the production street model was even finalized.

1967

design and mechanical bits are like 10 years ahead of the time

whilst we are on Rover...I'd argue the Streetwise urban crossover was way ahead of its time as well

You know the car

The SVO is the king of misunderstood heros like hitler or stalin. Prove me wrong

it wasnt that fast
it didnt handle well
its ugly
it was overpriced
it was years behind the european cars it tried to copy

no

1959

Neither the Streetwise or the shitty concept posted earlier are anywhere near Rover's best achievements in that time period. A Rover 414 of that period will outdrag a Fiesta of the same period, despite a Fiesta of that time being a subcompact and a 400 series being a reasonably sized car for Britain, because the K series is quite simply the best British 4 cylinder ever produced in a road car.

it was 85, it was not far behind. what do you think it was copying? the 944 turbo?
that was more than twice as expensive

1989

i agree with you

The germans did this before

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Move aside plebians

how is it not behind

BMW was doing the whole FR turbo sports car thing in the early 70s

and it was still a complete underwhelmer in performance while being overpriced for what it was

and the Soviets did it way before

>First Direct Injection Diesel in the world

dude the mustang is being compared to a 2002 turbo now? they didn't even sell them in the usa.
are you sure the bmw was faster than it?

>Wasn't fast
Its was faster than ford's current 5.0 at the time. Which was a feat nevertheless fampie
>Bad handle
Define bad, I'm sure you've never done any research on this model
>ugly
I've noticed only women and lease babies say that about the foxbody
>overpriced
That what top of the line means

its a thread about cars before their time

the SVO wasnt ahead of the time in any way

the straight line performance of the 2 are pretty similar tho

>bigger engine
>12 years later

wew

>chebrolet-91
>ferd-75
FORD COMPLETELY AND TOTALLY ANNIHILATED 8/24/16

IT'S OVER, THEY'RE FINISHED, THE CLIFFS ARE A BONEYARD OF SCRAPPED FORDS

it was only faster in the early 80s when you had a whopping 140hp from a 4.9L v8

they plowed like a moterfucker and were shit over anything that wasnt perfectly smooth

maybe you should drive one

everyone that has any semblance of taste calls it ugly
only delusional enthusiasts think they look good

top of the line is still shit

you could buy a GT and outperform it for less

And BMW was behind Chevrolet in the Turbo RWD sports car game. He'll Chevy did the flat-six turbo RR coupe before Porsche did

the turbo Corvair was still slower than a 911 of the time

Chevy may have done it 1st but damn if Europe didnt do it better

I never said that the corvair was faster just that it was first. A corvair also costs like half what the 911 cost

That car was introduced as the "mustang that could corner" not go zoom zoom in a straight line. And it didn't sell well because of the fact it didn't have a desirable engine. Think it belongs here.

thats because you pay for what you get

Id rather have a good car than a cheap shitbox

but it doesnt

it didnt deliver on anything

it was a horrible car

the Boss 302 of the late 60s was advertised the same way and yknow what it was actually good for the time

> Engine Lasted longer than the car itself
> Most fuel efficient car in the 40's and 50's

That literally looks like one of those Kia Bentley ripoffs I believe it was called the amanti

It was more of a Jag+Mercedes rip off