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  • Trans_Maro

    Dec. 21, 2009 7:54 p.m. Trans_Maro HalfDork

    Chris_V wrote:

    At least they weren't styling copies of each other, merely similar concepts (and the PT wasn't amodern version of any specific car, whereas the HHR was a moder version of the '50s Suburban, shrunk down)

    The PT doesn't look like a '41 Plymouth at all.

  • friedgreencorrado

    Dec. 21, 2009 9:03 p.m. friedgreencorrado Dork

    bamalama wrote:

    93celicaGT2 wrote:

    You know, i've always wondered what one of these would look like if the hatch/end of it ended after the last side windows. Sort of a coupe-ish shape rather than hatch.

    Kind of weird, actually.

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    FWD S13?

    And I kind of like the new Jetta. I never cared for the faux Auto Union grilles on the Mk5 cars..

    BTW: PHeller, I like the Mk1 Scirrocos, but not the Mk2 cars. I still think the Mk1 was the direct inspiration for the Corrado's look.

  • benzbaron

    Dec. 21, 2009 9:07 p.m. benzbaron Reader

    Some guy near me has 2 scirrocos in his garage he is restoring. They are neat little cars that you don't see very often. It looks like the guy is doing a nut and bolt on them or something pretty serious, I see fresh paint. I'd like to talk to the guy but wouldn't know what to say. The guy also has a second generation M5.

    VW does know how to do names, beats mercedes/bmw numerical derivations.

  • RexSeven

    Dec. 21, 2009 9:26 p.m. RexSeven Dork

    Here's another: FC RX-7 cribbed off the Porsche 944:

  • suprf1y

    Dec. 21, 2009 9:28 p.m. suprf1y Reader

    bamalama wrote:

    93celicaGT2 wrote:

    You know, i've always wondered what one of these would look like if the hatch/end of it ended after the last side windows. Sort of a coupe-ish shape rather than hatch.

    Kind of weird, actually.

    Photobucket

    Smooth it out a bit, it looks like Neon.

  • DrBoost

    Dec. 21, 2009 10:19 p.m. DrBoost Dork

    suprf1y wrote:

    bamalama wrote:

    93celicaGT2 wrote:

    You know, i've always wondered what one of these would look like if the hatch/end of it ended after the last side windows. Sort of a coupe-ish shape rather than hatch.

    Kind of weird, actually.

    Photobucket

    Smooth it out a bit, it looks like Neon.

    From the A-pillar back it looks like a 240 SX

  • PHeller

    Dec. 22, 2009 1:23 a.m. PHeller HalfDork

  • PHeller

    Dec. 22, 2009 1:24 a.m. PHeller HalfDork

    See, no matter how hard you try, you can't make a nice looking car look unique. Otherwise it just ends up look like crap.

  • benzbaron

    Dec. 22, 2009 2:38 a.m. benzbaron Reader

    Isn't that a nissan?

  • 4cylndrfury

    Dec. 22, 2009 6:12 a.m. 4cylndrfury Dork

    Yeah its a pulsar if Im not mistaken...

    anyway:

    FTMFWOFALLTIMEFORCOPYCATINFRINGEMENT

  • EricM

    Dec. 22, 2009 10:16 a.m. EricM Dork

    In the case of the Chinese Jeep, it is actually all the Cherokee tooling moved over there. It is nearly identical to what whas made here until 2001.

  • cghstang

    Dec. 22, 2009 12:05 p.m. cghstang Reader

    Not copycatting per se but....

    Am I the only one that thinks Corvettes have borrowed a lot of styling cues from RX-7s (and 8)?

    I'm thinking '79 SA - 85 FB RX-7 compared to C4 Vette, FD RX-7 compared to C5 Vette, and RX-8 compared to C6 Vette.

  • Appleseed

    Dec. 23, 2009 2:43 a.m. Appleseed Dork

    I KNEW I'd seen that "face" before.

  • 4cylndrfury

    Dec. 23, 2009 6:32 a.m. 4cylndrfury Dork

    ZOMGTMNTFTMFW

  • awebb

    Dec. 23, 2009 10:04 a.m. awebb New Reader

    Mitsubishi 3000Gt Vs. Nissan 300ZX

    Mk2 Rabbit/Jetta Vs. Dodge Omni/Horizon

    S13 240SX Vs. FC Rx-7

    07 Hyundai Hatchback Vs. EK Civic Hatchback

    NX2000 Vs. CRX (Bit of a stretch)

    1st Gen Dodge Viper Vs. FD Rx-7

    Crown Vic Vs. Chevy Caprice

    Last but not least: Smart car Vs. Little Tikes coupe http://totallylookslike.com/2009/02/11/smart-car-totally-looks-like-little-tikes-c...

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