ITT car brands nobody would miss or lament if they disappeared tomorrow.
Already gone, but, I was so happy when Poniac closed up. I went to school in Indiana and all the dumb inbred mongaliod locals drove those.
IM NOT DEALING WITH THE GRIPZ
Mini seems well past expiration. There was a huge amount of excitement when it came back, but there's really no way to evolve a retro design. I really don't see how they go forward: they have so many "models" that all look the same, and nobody seems to buy any of them.
I suspect Smart isn't long for this world. Shit cars, meaningless brand. I'm surprised it'd lasted this long.
GG killing the only redeeming model of the entire brand.
>>14057013
Definitely won't be around for long in the car business (might survive as a brand in India and Japan, but they'll just rebadge something else).
Won't be missed.
>>14056995
But effectively Smart is the origin of the rear engined Twingo. Where is your God now?
>>14056974
This desu. The gud Nissan already died when Renault took over
>>14057013
Suzuki also won't be making cars for long. Already shut down in North America.
>>14056974
I can't understand why Nissan's sell in the (large) numbers that they do. Then again, Toyota is just as much a mystery.
>>14057043
Swift is still based as fuck. I pity you burgers, I really do. Can't get the most fun little econobox over there.
>>14057043
Suzuki are based though, and they're doing pretty decently everywhere that isn't Moronland.
>dat SX4
>dat eternal Jimny
>>14057041
My 370 pisses on your memecar.
Get a job.
>>14057056
They sold this gen for a while IIRC. Can be had used.
>>14056956
HONDA
They have flooded the market with enough econo shitboxes.
Fuck they don't even do awd or turbo in their cars. This latest civic may have a turbo trim but it looks like a fucking minivan.
No power, no torque, cheap, built for the casual market. Fuck Honda and their shit cars.
No one would miss HONDA and their throwaway cars.
>>14057013
Except they still make the Pajero and the Pajero Sport and L200 are in a new, great, generation.
Casual pleb brand should die
This or Citroen
>>14056974
THIS!
Dodge/Chrysler.
they can cease to exist tomorrow and no fucks will be given.
>>14057613
at least let them finish the final run of the snek
>>14056956
pig disgusting
>pic very very much related
>>14056956
Adíos ridiculous part pricing and unreliable flimsy piece of shits!
>>14057757
I don't think it's as ugly as I used to. I think I'd buy one.
>>14057771
It wouldn't be so ugly if the headlights weren't so awkwardly placed.
If this car had a face it would scream REEEEEEEEEE
>>14057768
Here is your reply.
>>14056956
implying you faggots wouldn't start pining after jdm 'skylines' and fugas
>>14057860
>If this car had a face
>>14057860
post yfw squinty eyes are the future
>>14057052
Personally i think its their sedans like altimas, sentras and what not. Alot of black people own them cause their cheap, hell my dad had one and it lasted for 14 years until it croaked. It was 2nd best car in 2011 so that could tell you something.
>>14057757
Hey its better than most suvs that are blobs
>>14056956
>>14058088
/thread.
>>14058088
>Bavarian Motor Works
>vanishes
Nigga, please. Parts are already so god damn expensive. If they disappeared, a door handle would be worth it's weight in gold. (almost is)
>>14056987
If their cars actually worked it'd be a shame to see them go
>>14056987
>FF configuration unreliable shitheaps marketed as niche performance vehicles
the only person i've ever known to drive a mini was a rich girl who owned a mini because her mother thought they were cute
>>14057052
>>14056974
i don't understand the sentiment here. nissan toyota and honda all make excellent quality volume appliance vehicles.
>pic related
they haven't released a new model in forever and they weren't popular to begin with; ultimate white trash car will be glad when they're gone in a few years
>>14058206
This has to be b8.
This is b8, right anon?
Is this b8?
>>14058212
nope 100% srs
you don't think pic related is white trashy as fuck?
its the poor mans corvette
>>14058212
Of course its bait.
>>14057559
Fuck, anon!
The Sandero R.S is pretty based.
>2.0 NA
>150hp
>6 speed manuél trasmission
>good brakes, chassis and everything
It have everything that /o/ miss in the new cars.
Too bad you dont get them yet!
>>14057013
>americlaps only get stupid full size pickup trucks
>you will never get to own the normal sized triton gls ute with viscous LDS 4WD best in class
>>14057472
Toyota still mad they can't compete
>>14058239
Do you really not know Pontiac is kill already?
>>14058285
no i was just being a dumbass but apparently having fun is not allowed on this board
![fc,550x550,white-5510ca2c836e6[1].jpg](https://i.imgur.com/duHO5Xi.jpg "fc,550x550,white-5510ca2c836e6[1].jpg")
>>14058259
Scion Anyone??
>>14058325
>tfw Renault are free to make a fucking sporty Sandero and Nissan aren't
>tfw GRIPZ
>>14056956
Infiniti for sure. A modern 6 cylinder engine getting 18 MPG? Fuck off.
People ITT are posting well-established car brands with sizable fanbases. How about picking some seriously shitty companies that most people don't even know exist? I don't know of anyone who has ever sung praise of a Ssangyong.
>>14058206
Oi m8 dint talk shite about mi ponteeack, dey make hell of cars.
Even tho they are gone, they are always better in the muscle department than Chevy
Ford
>>14056956
lincoln
>>14058452
I've the VQ35DE and I can get ~26-29MPG on the highway.
Correct me if I'm totally wrong, but what engine are you talking about?
>>14056987
>tfw my aunt and all her retarded children own Minis
They complain over and over again about reliability, yet when I tell them to stop buying Minis they say "no the Salesman I trust said they're reliable. We just got lemons".
4 fucking lemons in a row? Either she has the worst fucking luck in the world, or she is just in denial for constantly buying shit.
Her son has the back of his car covered in furry and anime stickers... but it's in the shop right now.
>>14056987
To be fair Porsche have been succesfully evolving a retro design for 50 years, difference is Porsches are actually desirable to begin with.
>>14058185
Nissan hasn't made a good, reliable shitbox since 2007 when they started putting CVT transmissions in everything. As any Nissan dealership service adviser. They do a transmission swap daily, under warranty, on cars with less than 30k.
>>14057013
How much better is their aerospace division?
>>14060163
My mother's rogue has had 2 transmission swaps since she bought it in 2009.
anything american. there's like 50 american car manufacturers
>>14060437
hahahahahaa, theres a very small percent of that 50 still around today, dumb cunt
>>14057013
Working at a Mitsu Dealership as mechanic in neutralland. The ASX, Space Star and the new Outlander sell like hot cakes. Sometimes someone buys a L200 or rarely a Pajero or an Attrage.
I doubt they gonna fuck off to their homeland or india anytime soon.
>>14057920
Here is how underrated I think your post is.
>>14056956
are you kidding faggot? Infiniti is the tits
>no one mentions Hyundai
Feelsgoodman
>>14060631
I can see a little residue left over from the badge you took off. and you didn't peel the sticker off your tires before you installed them
>>14060631
lol look at that piece of shit.
Who would do that to a car
>>14060642
Yeah there's holes too. The residue would come off with a bit of rubbing compound, but I'm going to send the car off to paint soon.
Everything else is pretty much secondary right now.
>>14060631
>>14060657
>>14058299
Having fun and pretending to be retarded are vastly different things for anyone older than 8.
![hqdefault[3].jpg](https://i.imgur.com/y8hmzAA.jpg "hqdefault[3].jpg")
>>14059021
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5mNFbu_feAI
>not wanting to surprise everyone at your local trial run with the offroad capabilities of the ugliest monstrosity in a 10 mile radius
>>14059021
This.
>Have driven
>Do not recomend
>>14057613
I would give a fuck.
>>14060920
Fuck off back to /int/, nigger.
>>14060973
That place has gone down hill.
>>14060163
Their 2.5L Diesel engine is european-tier garbage in terms of reliability and ease of repair, and they stick that thing in a lot of their 4x4s and utility vehicles. Renault may have saved Nissan from financial troubles, but Nissan's soul died when the S15 and R34 went out of production.
>>14060977
Because of tripfags.
>>14059021
Ssangyongs make for great winter cars, bulletproof Mercedes engines, cheap as fuck and some are pretty capable off road
>>14061126
pic related
>>14060419
MMC doesn't have one.
>>14060098
this nigger gonna put that damn bag in the engine bay?
>>14058259
2.0 and 150HP ? is this 1990 again?
also i bet it costs more than new civic Type R
>>14061191
It's a Dacia, pretty sure it's dirt fucking cheap.
>>14061195
honda did put more than 160 hp from a 1.6 liter N/A engine 20 years ago. is renault fucking joking or what?
>>14061201
Maybe they don't want it to compete with the Clio RS?
>>14061210
so what do they want to compete with? its fucking going backwards in the evolutionary process, fucking european cuckold bullshit being scared of putting of any power
>>14058266
The American lineup only has 4 different models none of them being a pickup truck, where did you get pickup truck from?
>>14061216
I'm not sure what market it's available in, actually. Maybe they don't really have to compete with anything there.
>>14057013
Even the last EVO is cumbersome and dated. They are discontinuing it because they don't have the money to make it competitive.
>>14057189
350z owner here, respect your elders.
>>14061216
Here in Brazil, the R.S are competing with Punto T-Jet (Abarth for euros), DS3, Swift Sport and 500 Abarth, but Sandero costs less than any of theese.
>>14061216
And they aren't afraid to put power on their shitboxes. The just made a cheap fun car for poorfags who can't afford a GTI or a SI. It's almost a half of their prices.
>>14061212
I miss it, a little. At least the cabrios.
>>14061348
i think they were beautiful cars. Too bad they were made by Saab engineers.
As a millennial I think scion can fuck right off
I want a toyota gt86, not a frs
>>14056956
Resurrection of the 300zx get fuked.
Any that only produces only one car thinking that it'll be the best super car of the generation.
Pic related.
>>14057613
>>14056974
ahahaha get fucked faggots. millions and MILLIONS would care.
>>14063283
>>14058259
I buy one in a heartbeat if they ever bring it here, Clio RS and it's piece of shit DCT tranny can get fucked.
>>14061191
>>14061201
>all that saltiness because long in the tooth Megane Trophy wipes the floor with new Type R
>>14056956
Fuckin Doge. They're about to kill off Snek and then what do they have? A lineup of vehicles that are such a distant 3rd place that they're barely worthy of being spoken about in the same breath as their counterparts from Ford and Chebby. I'll admit that the Dart looked promising, but Chrysler managed to fuck that up in a way that only Chrysler can. It's hard to quantify how shitty it feels to step into a brand new Dodge Challenger and realize that it feels like a classic Dodge Challenger in all the shittiest ways.
Fun fact: FCA is run entirely by jewboys. Getting the black center stripe and red drivers side stripe on the ACR is a $9,000 option. As in you could either buy stripes for Snek or a used S2000.
>>14063283
>guaranteed replies
>>14061219
The rest of the world.
BUICK
>>14056967
Fuck you faggot
>>14058259
a 1990 BMW 2 liter six pot produced 150hp and the same amount of torue...
also the sandero makes 143hp not 150
>>14058259
>anything less than 100 hp per litre
INEFFICIENT AS FUCK
ALLL AMERICAN CARS!
WE HAD TO BAIL THOSE FAGGOTS OUT AND NOW LOOK AT THEM. STILL SERVING THE SAME SHIT!
>>14063464
Eh, american makes are making much better, still not quite Japanese quality cars nowadays.
>>14058259
who wants to drive a fucking fwd romainan shitbox
i don't care how powerful it is, it's a fucking fwd romanian-french shitbox
>>14063476
A french-romanian-brazilian-argentinian shitbox!
The R.S was also developed in Latin America.
>>14063476
If there's anything that you can leave up to the French, it's a good chassis. Seriously, they know how to make a fun car.
>>14057043
I doubt that they would be quiting. Being the budget Subaru of Europe might work out. The newly released Ignis could make the deal even sweeter. European Suzuki is a niche of a sort, but I think they are doing fairly well with their current lineup.
>>14057559
Dacia is among the last ones to go.
>Duster is being genuinely decent off-roader, selling well and also available in pick-up and military spec
>Bunch of cheap enough for fleet vans
>Logan MCV is the cheapest wagon on sale pretty much anywhere and a common taxi
>Minimal R&D expenditure as everything comes from Renault-Nissan
>Manufacturing in the cheapest countries of civilized world
I would rather see VW cutting down their brands, Seat especially. All of them are dull boxes and VW already has Skoda. It wouldn't be a big shift to start chasing the stock FWD Nurnburgring time with a Octavia. Dacia is the new below average standard.
>>14061224
z31 owner here, respect your elders.
>>14063928
This.
>cheap
>spacious
>reliable
>no electronics except what's mandated by EU
I love the fact that I can buy a new car with no radio in 2015. What's not to like?
>>14063950
>What's not to like?
listening to the diesel engine and horrible sound insulation
#justpoorpeoplefeels
>>14063965
>not wanting a simple little shitbox that'll get you from A to B every time because there's barely any electronics to fail
>>14063971
Why don't you just get a '50s Beetle then.
>>14058239
>poor man's corvette
>worth significantly more than a corvette
You literally cannot get a somewhat restored, original, big block trans am with a 4 speed manual pre 1977 for less than 20k USD.
>>14061293
>2.0
>110kW
>11.5 l/100 km (25 mpg)
>>14063965
Well, most of the people are poor and that's why there is a solid demand for Dacia. And that is why the brand will continue to exist. It is not a questions of preferences, but merely budget transportation and managing rubbish quality roads with comfort. They are also selling well in Russia, which is a huge pool of poor buyers. IIRC a while back Dacia was in top 5 best sellers competing with higher quality, but more expensive Kia Rios and Hyundai somethings.
Am I on / o / or in a playgrounds?
The Dacia RS is intended to the SA market where they love little GTI but don't have plenty of money. To reduce the cost and increase reliability and rusticity which are the arguments of Dacia, they picked up proven part of the Renault-Nissan cars.
So the "dated" spec.
This Dacia will never reach EU or NA market. There already is the her majesty the Mégane RS Trophy which is the best awd hothatch of the market and the Clio RS trophy 220 which is the fastest of its range on the Nurburgring (Faster than the Audi S1, Corsa OPC or Mini JWC for exemple).
You can laugh all you want about French cars, it's just show to those who really know about cars that you are a dummy.
Also can't wait for the futur Mégane IV RS with the awesome 4control châssis, it will be a bloodbath on the Nurburgring.
>>14064096
>Megane
>AWD
>>14064120
>>14064096
FWD god damn it.
>>14064096
>This Dacia will never reach EU
>>14063981
Cause it costs more than a new Dacia Sandero initially, in repairs and in fuel.
>tfw no AWD 6 speed Octavia RS wagon
>>14064096
>using accents
French Person spotted, opinion dismissed
French people give cars dumb names like Laguna or Race Car Zero
>>14064163
we're talking about the RS, not poverty spec sandero, you dolt
>>14056956
>twin turbo 3.0 v6
>>14064217
Sent to the limbo like IDX.
>>14056956
>>14064217
upcoming Q60 looks pretty good except for that stupid ass C-pillar kink
>>14064242
http://www.motortrend.com/news/the-details-on-the-2016-infiniti-q50s-new-twin-turbo-engine/
>>14064267
that is one deformed looking silhouette
>>14064304
I know, right?
>>14064347
kek
>>14064304
>>14064347
it is the cadillac of minivans, you philistines
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TV1FSz4RKqk
>>14060639
Amen, brother. H Y U N D A I S T R O N K
>>14060639
they look like theyre really trying to be good, so they get a pass. for now.
>>14063283
The only Japanese automaker people really would miss.
only ones I can think of that arent troll are:
>volvo
>buick
>mitsubishi
>mini
>fiat
>chrysler(? their cars are terrible so idk)
this is in the us
>>14060639
probably because no one would notice
>>14057613
Many would care, but frankly it's people that are fond of the emblem and nothing else. Not the engineering department that is divided to the lowest bidder or the ownership that moves around like shaniqua's ass on a friday night.
>>14056956
I can't believe no one has said this yet.
>>14066057
because this has devolved into "car manufacturers I don't like"
and you are very much right. Another that comes to mind is the other Korean car that isn't hyundai but are partially owned by them.
save for the frs, many wouldn't miss scion either, despite them being toyotas without much of the premium associated with reliability. Fisker. I may be wrong on this one, but they may have been coming back.
Daewoo.
Chery
![buick-logo[1].jpg](https://i.imgur.com/QxqAgc7.jpg "buick-logo[1].jpg")
Buick hasn't been relevant for decades
>>14066120
and Equus. don't know if it's Kia's or Hyundai's attempt at a luxury brand, but the one model I saw wasn't near what you'd expect at that price tag. Looked good on the outside though. Just haven't seen another one around.
>buying aucuckmatic transmissions ever
CVT is literally cancer, get a non auto version and it's all peachy m8.
No need to bash on a whole company because of the one line of products they make for retards and women.
>>14066342
Meant for the Stolen Recaros Nissan bashing post. Mobile funposting sucks.
>>14059988
Not that guy, but my i30 gets 17mpg city and 24mpg highway and it's got the v6 maxima engine in it
its such a slow heavy landbarge
>>14066137
This. I can't even tell you the last time I've seen a Buick on the road.
>>14066937
I see new ones all the time. Though they're generally being driven by basketball Americans.
>>14056987
The new ones are the size of a fucking bus. I'm not sure how that fits under the "mini" badge.
>>14066137
>>14066937
GM sells millions of them in China, along with Cadillac. People think they're rich-people cars in the US and buy them for status symbols. I doubt Buick will slow down or disappear any time soon, regardless of how irrelevant they're becoming in the US
>>14064267
>3.0t badge on side
New VQ30VHRT?
Company has been irrelevant the moment it was created.
>>14067635
That's not true, they were totally relevant... until they tried exporting to countries with far superior options.
>>14067635
Nope.
They're still the king of the luxury SUV market, although Toyota has totally killed them in the real hardcore expedition market (e.g. in Africa).
>>14067673
The Jap 3 have blown Land Rover the fuck out for the last 30 years, now.
>>14067701
Not really though.
every american company
>>14067710
>relevant among posh and richfags
Shitty rebadged Toyota with gold painted embelmbs glued on. Does anyone even drive these?
>>14067635
For most of the planet the first vehicle to be seen by the populace was a Land Rover.
Probably not the same one and sometimes travelling under its own power.
Go figure.
>>14067748
lots of rich people? presidents?
>>14067710
Yes, really. The only off road worthy cars they make are the Disco 3/4 and L322/L405 Range Rover.
>>14067748
The LS is still developed by Lexus.
>>14067710
For actual off-road use, yes.
Toyota (with the Hilux and derivatives) and Isuzu with the D-max (and derivatives) own the utility truck market in most of the world (outside of North America).
The J-70 is really the beginning, middle, and end of the hardcore off-road expedition truck market globally (a market Rover invented and used to own).
>>14067804
Fun fact: The Isuzu D-Max has always been a rebadged Chevrolet Colorado.
>It's still an American truck.
>>14067804
You forgot Nissan and most importantly Mitsubishi.
>>14067804
Land Cruiser 70 if you're not aware (you'd only ever see one if you were in really rough territory). Pretty much unchanged for +3 decades afaik.
http://www.toyota.com.au/landcruiser-70-series
>>14067813
I don't follow this market, but didn't the Pajero go really soft? (in line with the "Land Cruiser" that's sold in the developed world)
>>14067827
Neither the Pajero or the 200 series Land Cruiser are soft.
>>14067768
It was bait I drive a 400 and I'm in love with it
>>14060098
I wouldn't call it retro. It's just their style.
>>14058206
sick b8 m8 i r8 8/8
>>14057559
Motherfuckin dacia sandero bitch!!!!
>>14057472
That doesn't mean people wouldn't miss Honda. I know I would. They're cheap reliable cars and I'm saving up like a pacrat for a down payment on a used honda because I'm poor and have to wait years until I can get my dream car. Hyundai is a load of shit that no one would miss. There's nothing proprietary about then besides being slightly more expensive Hondas with different exteriors.
>>14060642
How else are people going to know he's riding on new tires
>>14058325
This should be made a sticker like WAT racing
>>14066057
People are smug af about their smart cars, that's not the point of this thread.
>>14068301
you should stop watching shit shows
>>14061212
Are you retarded kid? SAAB was the coolest brand ever. They were based and their designs were the most fucking awesome ever.
>>14068325
Wtf, it's a funny gimmick and would be a great sticker. Stop your faggotry.
>>14063996
>using kW
>>14061132
Korean here. Musso was one of the best Korean production cars at that time. Anything built now, basically after Musso is shit.
