Why don't car manufacturers make modern cars with classic bodies? Like, a 70's dodge charger frame with modern parts and stuff?
I'm not very knowledgeable with vehicles, just asking out of curiosity
Why don't car manufacturers make modern cars with classic bodies? Like...
Noah Ramirez
Noah Adams
Not aerodynamic (increased fuel costs for buyer), not what the vast majority of buyers want (which means a smaller customer base), entirely new production lines for what would be niche products, etc etc etc. Basically, it's not economically defensible to do so.
Lucas Gonzalez
safety regulations
Closest thing they could do would be to put similar looking body panels on a modern chassis.
Nothing's stopping you from buying an old Charger and swapping in a modern engine, transmission, custom suspension, etc though.
Jordan Wood
Probably wouldn't meet safety standards and they would have to retool to be able to build them plus it would probably be pretty low volume.
Sebastian Thompson
cucked by laws essentially
Colton Garcia
Don't forget brakes. 70's and older cars usually have pretty shitty brakes.
William White
That would be updated too.
Nolan Evans
He said modern parts. Presumably this means everything would be modern tech asides from the body.
Logan Gray
Can't be bothered. Custom shops can do it for you.
Luke Cooper
>implying "I KNOW WHAT I GOT"ers aren't an issue
>implying texting while driving teens and soccer mums driving into said classic cars, killing them instantly aren't an issue, thus dwindling the numbers of how many are available
>implying rust and owner neglect thinning the herd isn't an issue
There are a lot of things that are stopping us desu senpai. Pretty soon they won't exist because they're all smashed, returned to mother Earth, or hoarded
Blake Powell
BoF construction isn't "safe"
Except in trucks apparently
Ethan Gomez
Fuel economy standards.
Aerodynamics.
Pure and simple.
Manufacturers get million++ dollar fines if they don't meet CAFE standards.
Brayden Watson
>Pure and simple.
Not really.
Add what said and you're golden though.
Jeremiah Rodriguez
Car manufacturers make cars normies want.
Normies don't want a car that looks 40 years old, they want their angry soap bars.
Aaron Price
anyone who would want that look would prefer the real thing
Robert Jones
They do faggot.
Easton Thompson
The aftermarket can.
>dynacornclassicbodies.com
>hotchkis, spohn, UMI, etc for suspension
>crate engine&tranny of your choice
Isaiah Diaz
this + pedestrian safety. some shapes are worse than others if you run over someone
Kevin Clark
and we find that in order to do so and to make these cars profitable and aerodynamic, they have to round the edges and fatten up some sides and we find that Billy Beau Quarterback didn't age so well once he left the high school starting spot
Xavier Peterson
poorly executed
Austin Robinson
not an actual big time car manufacture but it has been done
Equus Bass 770.
starts at $250k
Ian Rogers
most people dont like old car styling, it was incredibly popular when they were made because that was the popular style
people today want new looking cars because thats the current style which mean angry pig fat barges, lots of safety and shit you dont need
the 2016 impala looks bitching at least, too bad its FWD
Charles Gutierrez
Why do all modern cars look like squished eggs, or plastic boxes with rounded corners?
Sebastian Gutierrez
what other anons said. Cant make a car with square corners anymore for pedestrian safety. Also other NHTSA requirements to make cars 'safer'
Aaron Howard
The irony is that the real thing is cheaper.........
Aiden Reed
For the same reasons as has already been stated in this thread.
Joshua Gutierrez
What is Eagle, Singer and Icon? Of course the originals are cheaper, these are meant to be better than the original in every way.
Not sure if that Equus thing is in the same league as those others though.
Jason Harris
It's better on gas and 70's cars back then weren't that good for gas mileage.
Nicholas Wright
Its 100% possible. People bitching about safety and shit can eat shit, they can easily tweak some areas and use better materials and give you the same performance as its modern brothers. Hell, there are some company(ies) that make shells that you can use to make your own classic car. Just no Chrysler.
Mason Butler
>all these faggots in this thread bringing up anything besides safety legislation and fuel economy
Old car bodies were dangerous and guzzled gas like motherfuckers. These two reasons are why you have soap bars today.
James Green
its really fucking faithful, you're just dumb. if you take out the safety regs its all the same lines
Gabriel Gomez
foxnews.com
just buy this and hire a shop to put on the rest, factory shell warranty too
Hunter Barnes
It's more due to NVH standards being different entirely for trucks
Connor Hernandez
This is what Icon does. Although with SUVs instead of cars.
Carter Scott
That's not ironic at all. Do you know what irony is?
Daniel Wood
Anyone have an estimate of what it would cost to build a shell up with all modern parts? Really broad question, but I'd imagine a modern 67 mustang would be 40-60k when all's said and done. Does that seem about right?
Cooper White
Good. Stay off the road, this is where cars live.
Ryder Campbell
i mean they could round the designs if they were based off older designs like the challenger and mustang, and they clearly are more pretty than the newer designs.
Jason Thompson
if you're doing all custom fabrication yeah it's going to be expensive
Aiden Mitchell
Economies of scale
Fuel efficiency
Safety regulations