These Dead Cars Need To Stay Dead

Chevrolet

It's been said that life is each astir 2nd chances. Well, I'm present to contend that. Sometimes, things are amended disconnected one-and-done. There's immoderate worldly successful this world, cars included, that don't merit a 2nd lease connected life. That thought is what led maine to nan mobility I asked you each past week. Happily, you folks seemed to work together pinch me.

I wanted to cognize what dormant cars you each thought were amended disconnected staying dead. While I was a spot worried you'd each accuse maine of hating cars erstwhile again, I'm gladsome to study that immoderate of you had immoderate very thoughtful answers for my question. Y'all brought up cars that I honestly forgot were dead, and, yeah, I agree. They should surely enactment dead. All cars don't request 2nd chances — or in nan lawsuit of nan Acura ZDX, 3rd chances.

How astir you scroll connected down and cheque retired what dormant cars your chap Jalops deliberation should enactment dead. Is your car connected nan list? If it is, I've sewage immoderate bad news. You're driving a has-been. I dislike to beryllium nan 1 to show you.

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I americium going to spell pinch nan DeLorean. First, successful sticking pinch nan premise outlined, it doesn't merit to travel backmost since it wasn't really very good. But much importantly, I besides don't want it to travel backmost because, for illustration a movie that shouldn't person a sequel, it should conscionable beryllium connected it's ain successful car history. The car, backstory, culture, etc. surrounding it should conscionable beryllium without thing other coming along.

Submitted by: Crucial Taunt

Chrysler

Where do I start?

First 1 that comes to mind is nan Chrysler PT Cruiser. I retrieve being stuck down 1 once, and had ample clip to "appreciate" it's styling. A badge connected nan backmost of if stated proudly that it was a "Limited Edition."

Not "limited" enough, obviously, because they made that one, didn't they?

Submitted by: ThatGuy

BMW

The precocious deceased BMW X4. Seriously BMW really galore SUV coupes does a marque need???

Submitted by PLAN-B 77

Chevrolet

My prime is 1 you mentioned successful nan article — The Chevy Monte Carlo. That past procreation was capable to ruin it forever.

Submitted by: BuddyS

Dodge

It's astir apt REALLY tempting for Stellantis to effort and capable retired Dodge's ranks by bringing backmost immoderate old, recognizable names by resurrecting past models, but nan Nitro ain't it. It was perfectly unspeakable successful each way.

Submitted by: MrMcGeeIn3D

Ford

Ford Pinto is nan evident choice. As agelong arsenic location are group live who retrieve each nan contention and decease (real aliases not) astir that car successful nan 1970s, it will stay a sanction that cannot beryllium resurrected.

Probably a spot excessively aged for what we are talking about, but still...

Submitted by: KingDingDog

Acura

Honda Acura should ne'er sanction different conveyance ZDX. It is cursed and causes income failure/massive loss.

The GM built 1 twelvemonth only EV ZDX is simply a deal. Unsold caller ones pinch MSRP of astir $70K tin beryllium had for nether $45K successful galore cases. The dealers stuck pinch them are hopeless to move them out.

The state ZDX was excessively costly for what it was but if you don't request rear rider room, it is an absorbing and uncommon vehicle. Good examples popular up from clip to time. I passed connected 1 successful 2016 for only $18K.

Submitted by: Tex

Dodge

I had a 2002 Stratus R/T coupe backmost erstwhile I was 18. It was a reskinned 3rd Gen Eclipse. It didn't grip nan best, it liked to eat done beforehand rotors, and nan mill wheels would crook very easily. However, it did person a freely trunk pinch fold-down seats, nan compartment was roomy, and it was a perfectly serviceable regular driver for a teenager.

With that said, I don't deliberation Dodge should resurrect nan cloudcar moniker, but I do deliberation location is an opportunity for an entry-level coupe pinch useable space.

Submitted by: Huckleberry

Chevrolet

GM has tried a mates times to bring backmost nan Camaro and though nan car is cool and nan like, it conscionable doesn't person nan income needed to survive. Chevy has nan Corvette, conscionable attraction connected it.

HOWEVER... I deliberation location is simply a marketplace for a "Camaro II"

I deliberation that nan marketplace mightiness beryllium ripe for a fun, cute/cool car that is inexpensive to acquisition and operate. The original Mustang was a monolithic income occurrence arsenic a nosy type of a inexpensive boring car. The Mustang II was besides a monolithic income occurrence pinch a akin formula. There mightiness beryllium a spot successful nan marketplace for a nosy inexpensive car.

Only don't do what Ford did. Do NOT telephone it nan Camaro II. Nobody will forgive you for slamming a Trax and putting a coupe assemblage connected it and having it compared to nan rip-snorting quasi-race car that was nan ZL-1. Just for illustration cipher forgave Ford for putting a load of make-up connected a Pinto and person it person nan aforesaid sanction arsenic nan Cobrajet aliases Mach-1.

Submitted by: hoser68

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My prime is none. I don't deliberation immoderate car needs to enactment dead, they conscionable request a institution consenting to put successful a bully value product.

Submitted by: RC350F

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Honestly, fto nan dormant beryllium dead.

We request caller ideas, not continual fan-driven reboots of nan aforesaid worldly complete and complete again. Our full civilization is stuck successful this loop of rehashing and remaking and restarting alternatively than looking guardant to thing new.

We don't request a caller Camaro. The Camaro was a bully thought 60 years agone but that was 60 years ago. We don't request a rebooted Alfa Romeo. We honestly don't request a caller IH Scout. Nor do we request a caller spiderman reboot, a caller "scrubs," a caller "malcolm successful nan middle" aliases to make america awesome again. We don't request zombie IP that keeps coming backmost from nan dormant complete and complete because it's easier to raise nan dormant than to return a chance and create thing new.

We request caller ideas that fresh nan times we unrecorded successful now, not ideas that fresh immoderate rose-tinted position of a past that honestly, wasn't that awesome for a full batch of group (and honestly, wasn't that awesome for immoderate of us.) We request to look forward. We request to admit wherever we are, not idolize wherever we were.

Build maine a car based connected nan times we unrecorded successful now, that's looking guardant to nan future, not desperately holding connected to a misremembered past. 

Submitted by: Buckfiddious