Dead Car Brands/Companies

[ABikerSailor]

Just guessing.
Seems like it would be called something like that.

The Orange Tornado?

It's actually called a Superbird.

 

[Bob Blaylock]

This beauty was at a car show I went to last weekend:

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It was being offered for sale, too! Just a cool $249,000 and it could be yours!

It's actually a Road Runner.

If you look on the back wing, you can make out the cartoon "Road Runner" on it...

Hilarity will ensue, if Coyote's attention is called to it.

 

[ABikerSailor]

Roadrunners don't have the big ass tail spoiler on them.

Superbirds do.

 

[lg325]

A Look Back At The 1970 Plymouth "Road Runner" Superbird

Plymouth Superbird is one of the most aerodynamic muscle cars ever created.

www.hotcars.com

 

[lg325]

NASCAR Drivers Used A Banned 1969 Dodge Daytona To Set Speed Records

 

[Canon Shooter]

Those like it and others were called cop killers back in the 1970s because they could out runa police car and leave it in the dust.

Trivia: Why was the wing on the Road Runner and the Daytona so high?

 

[Canon Shooter]

Blah, they have not made a real Jeep since the last CJ rolled off the line.

Truth...

 

[lg325]

Trivia: Why was the wing on the Road Runner and the Daytona so high?

I am not sure but it did get a persons attention to see it on the road.

 

[Unkotare]

 

[hjmick]

Trivia: Why was the wing on the Road Runner and the Daytona so high?

To put it into clean air.

 

[Canon Shooter]

To put it into clean air.

Conventional thinking, but no...

 

[hjmick]

Conventional thinking, but no...

Funny. That's what the designer said when asked...


Here's the article I read in 2016:

The Real Reason the Dodge Charger Daytona's Wing Was So Huge

Even the wing's designer says it had nothing to do with the trunk being able to open. Myth busted.

www.roadandtrack.com

 

[Canon Shooter]

Funny. That's what the designer said when asked...


Here's the article I read in 2016:

The Real Reason the Dodge Charger Daytona's Wing Was So Huge

Even the wing's designer says it had nothing to do with the trunk being able to open. Myth busted.

www.roadandtrack.com

Well, shit, there ya' go.

Honest to God, I'd always heard it was because, since the designers mounted the supports to the fenders, it was to allow the trunk to open. In my defense, I was told that by both Wayne Carini and John Kraman.

I learned something here today...

 

[hjmick]

Well, shit, there ya' go.

Honest to God, I'd always heard it was because, since the designers mounted the supports to the fenders, it was to allow the trunk to open. In my defense, I was told that by both Wayne Carini and John Kraman.

I learned something here today...

I used to think the very same thing.

 

[ABikerSailor]

Getting the trunk into clean air makes more sense than the trunk opening. Because, if you think about it (and watch wind tunnel testing), the air behind the rear window would be turbulent (i.e. "dirty" air), meaning that the spoiler wouldn't work as well, and might even cause additional drag.

 

[Canon Shooter]

Getting the trunk into clean air makes more sense than the trunk opening. Because, if you think about it (and watch wind tunnel testing), the air behind the rear window would be turbulent (i.e. "dirty" air), meaning that the spoiler wouldn't work as well, and might even cause additional drag.

Actually, I don't think the trunk's goin' anywhere!

I think you meant to say "spoiler" or "wing"...

 

[ABikerSailor]

Actually, I don't think the trunk's goin' anywhere!

I think you meant to say "spoiler" or "wing"...

Yeah.............I meant to say "wing". Had "trunk" on my mind from reading the posts where it was talked about extensively.

 

[Tumblin Tumbleweed]

Dead Car Brands/Companies.


Edsel
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Pontiac
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Mercury
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Saturn
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AMC (American Motor Corporation)
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Plymouth
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Scion
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Saab.

 

[Tumblin Tumbleweed]

There certainly are a number of old brands like that, that still exist in some form, very disconnected from their original history. Vivitar comes to mind, and Curtis Mathes.

The vehicles now bearing the Willys name, are, in fact, legitimate descendants of the original Willys Jeep,.

Of course. The current Wrangler even has a Willys trim package. But they are completely different vehicles. Willys Jeeps are super utilitarian and not all that fun to drive on road.