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Retro Mania: “Old” Cars Rock!

Friday, July 17th, 2009

America’s thirst for cars continued importance tirelessly. Tired of the long cast, cookie cutter, uninspirierend models, consumers are demanding – and receiving – cars that are, quite frankly, retro. Yes, American car manufacturers have over time a group of models based on the popular models of yesteryear. Let us take a look at the “Big 3″ of motor vehicles and their cultures, retro cars, and “The Future”, which models will soon be released.

Fixed, retro cars are vehicles which have their crop style cars one or two generations. No, these vehicles are not carbon copies of older, and not every car Retro takes a large part of their previous models are looking for.

Although the American leader retro, Volkswagen New Beetle was one of the first car to rise, since he went to the front. Based on the VW Golf platform, in the form of a circular New Beetle us back in the flower child era with the return of the cars of the people. Fortunately, Volkswagen had the initiative subscribe to his famous “flower holder in the dashboard, to the memory of the old model.

Ford has the retro market before the introduction of the Thunderbird, the 2002nd Strong bonds at the beginning of the sixties TBirds time, the car had a success that Ford has sold a very limited number of models for a few years and abandoned after the presentation of 2005, cited poor sales. 2004 Ford has a retro version of the Mustang, on the basis of 67 Mustang fastback. Unlike the TBird the Mustang was a great success and Ford comes barely after the production. No word if a retro Pinto is in FoMoCo.

Chrysler has in the retro trend with the introduction of the PT Cruiser the 2000th Based on the 1950s, as panel vans, the PT Cruiser is on the old platform Neonleuchte, but Chrysler sales were strong. The Dodge Challenger, another Chrysler product, the car is expected to see, if and when he made his debut as modèle’09. Evidence for the model emprunt’71 part of the joy of this car: HEMI engine with a fantastic inside certainly help to delay the sale. As a reminder, the Dodge Charger is not retro – it has four doors – but I mention because it’s cool car!

Chevrolet, the retro SRG a truck based on pick-up time in the 1950s. Word is that the duration of the sale of SSR – hey, $ 42K so that something – is at the end. Fortunately, the HHR [Heritage High Roof ] Chevrolet adhere retro as the new model for 2006 marks his style la’49 Suburban. Some will say that the PT Cruiser!

We have more opportunities to the retro-cars in the future? Perhaps, but probably not a Caddy with fins or Chevrolet Vega. The love for America with the old models is strong, but selective, and the cars must have the certainty that the consumer really a retro car, before you turn it productively. Ah, the fact la’09 Chevy Camaro concept is a hot looking car!