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53 Cool Concept Cars… Part XVII…
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I like strippers… That is going to make Google go nuts. But before you rapidly click away, hear me out for a moment.
Back in the late 1960s and early 1970s, the ‘Big 3′ used to produce a few cars that were heavy on the performance options and light on everything else. Sometimes they were hard to find, and at other times they were sitting on the dealer lots in big numbers… They were kind of like the ‘cop car’ versions of 2 door hardtops.
Dodge turned it into an art… There were Hemi Challengers and Coronets with rubber floor mats and no radio or AC.
I’d love to see some of those come back… and the PERFECT car to make a concept from would be a new Challenger SRT-8. This is what I would do…
- Non-descript color. Those cars weren’t Sub Lime, Plum Loco or Hemi Orange… they were dark blue or maroon. I’d go with dark blue.
- Dog Dish hubcaps on steel wheels. You know the look… think cop car. They are the little hub caps on the black steel wheel.
- I might be willing to keep the A/C, but we could dump the power seats, power windows, power door locks and even the radio.
- OK, I’m not too hip with vinyl seats… leather would be better, but that is because cloth would look wrong.
- There would HAVE to be a shaker hood…
- No chrome badges… and no badges at all on the sides. In fact, minimal brightwork inside and out.
It wouldn’t be the cheapest Challenger on the lot, but it would be the meanest…
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Everything old is new again… Happy Days, set in the 1950s came out in the 1970s. That 70s show, set in the 1970s came out in the 1990s. How many shows from the 1990s are running in syndication right now? And doesn’t it seem like all of the shows we liked 20 or 30 years ago are becoming movies?
Trends get recycled… Rat Rods are referred to as “traditional” rods by many aficionados. Retro is hot… The New Bettle… The New Mini… Mustang, Camaro, Challenger.
One trend that might be ready to resurface is ‘Sedan Deliveries’. They have a few advantages over traditional vans.. and they are cooler. Because they are smaller and lighter, they would use less fuel. Many of the vans running around are mostly empty anyway… at least they are most of the time.
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They were big in the 1930s… and again in the 1950s. They popped up in some compact cars in the 1970s. And then minivans got real popular in the 1990s. There were some minivan delivery specials a while back, and more recently, the PT Cruiser and HHR have had Sedan Delivery variants…
But what about full size vehicles? The Dodge Magnum would have been a great choice. The Ford Taurus X was another one… Just how cool would a company look with a fleet of Dodge Magnum delivery vehicles?
Of course, having a 2 door would be much more authentic. GM has a perfect platform that would be relatively easy to deploy… The Holden Commodore Ute. Holden is the Australian marque for General Motors. Previously, GM brought the 2 door Commodore into the US as the 2004-2006 Pontiac GTO. The again tapped Holden when they brought the 4 door Commodore in as the Pontiac G8.
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Holden has a ‘Ute’ version of the same platform. It has undergone a lot of testing in the US and should be pretty easy to certify for US sales. It has plenty of engine options, ranging from a nice V6 up to a couple of 400hp+ Corvette V8s.
Pontiac is gone now… but there is no reason that Chevy couldn’t be the brand that benefits from the Australian Connection. Heck, they could even bring back the Nomad name. I don’t think it would be a top selling model… but it would be a killer niche vehicle. Maybe that trend is ready to roll back around again.
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