What is the most outdated car?

"jkm7680" (jkm7680)
03/07/2014 at 17:15 • Filed to: None

Currently, or when it was released. What do you think?

DISCUSSION (61)

EL_ULY > jkm7680
03/07/2014 at 17:19

XC90 lol :]

Zipppy, Mazdurp builder, Probeski owner and former ricerboy > jkm7680
03/07/2014 at 17:19

I vote for the Lada 2017.

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Goshen, formerly Darkcode > jkm7680
03/07/2014 at 17:20

Land Rover Defender. It's the best off-roader ever built except for one thing that has seemingly been overlooked in 66 years of continuous development: an actual interior with actual seats and actual trim.

Nibbles > jkm7680
03/07/2014 at 17:20

Toyobarus

davedave1111 > jkm7680
03/07/2014 at 17:20

Proudly so:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hindustan…

The Hindustan Ambassador is a car manufactured by Hindustan Motors of India. It has been in production since 1958 with few improvements or changes and is based on the Morris Oxford III model, first made by the Morris Motors Limited at Cowley, Oxford in the United Kingdom from 1956 to 1959.

That's understating things slightly, because the Oxford III wasn't much of a change from the Oxford II, first built in '54.

Mercedes Streeter > jkm7680
03/07/2014 at 17:22

Sigh...My own car...

When it was released in 2008, there were no other ICE powered cars that got anywhere close to it in fuel economy. Now everything smaller than a F-150 either gets close or exceeds it.

The engine and suspension are also very outdated...The suspension predates almost a century ago and the engine uses decade old tech...

That said, other parts of the car (safety engineering, interior layout, overall concept, etc) are still on par with times or ahead of time.

That said, this is ALL irrelevant, seeing that there will be an all new replacement later this year.

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jkm7680 > Zipppy, Mazdurp builder, Probeski owner and former ricerboy
03/07/2014 at 17:22

They still make these? Jesus.

jkm7680 > Goshen, formerly Darkcode
03/07/2014 at 17:23

Yeah, got to keep the spirit of it alive though, but it could use an update.

Zipppy, Mazdurp builder, Probeski owner and former ricerboy > jkm7680
03/07/2014 at 17:24

They stopped a year ago as far as I'm concerned.

jkm7680 > Zipppy, Mazdurp builder, Probeski owner and former ricerboy
03/07/2014 at 17:25

I'll try to reach their website, just to poke around a bit.

crown victor victoria > jkm7680
03/07/2014 at 17:26

That Avenger has gotta be in the top 3, but despite the reskin I'd still go with the reigning King of All Shitboxes

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jkm7680 > crown victor victoria
03/07/2014 at 17:27

Haha, that one was boring and outdated the second it came out.

Dwhite - Powered by Caffeine, Daft Punk, and Corgis > jkm7680
03/07/2014 at 17:27

Hello, is it 2005? No, its 2014, and I'm still for sale.

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jkm7680 > Dwhite - Powered by Caffeine, Daft Punk, and Corgis
03/07/2014 at 17:30

Haha, it figures. That has been a solid 10 year model run.

crown victor victoria > jkm7680
03/07/2014 at 17:31

But I have to hand it to Toyota for successfully (very successfully!) selling the same damn thing, literally, this whole time.

My knee-jerk reaction is to rage at Toyota for doing this, but really it's consumers that deserve to be hated. If we didn't put up with it, we wouldn't buy it, and then Toyota would stop selling it in current old-ass form. There is no one to blame but society.

jkm7680 > EL_ULY
03/07/2014 at 17:31

Haha, it's true.

superspod > jkm7680
03/07/2014 at 17:32

Hindustan ambassador. based on morris oxford (made 1956-1959 when it became outdated) and then continued to be manufactured to this day in india...

jkm7680 > crown victor victoria
03/07/2014 at 17:33

Especially the "Corolla S" The previous one was a car Pre-Riced. I think they said that they were trying to make the new Corolla "Less fucking boring" It didn't really work, it's still boring as hell.

jkm7680 > davedave1111
03/07/2014 at 17:34

Good one! The official taxi of India.

jkm7680 > Mercedes Streeter
03/07/2014 at 17:37

Yeah, they didn't sell too good in my area, which surprised me. That's a nice color though.

AMC/Renauledge > jkm7680
03/07/2014 at 17:39

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Chevrolet Nexia. It's still being built in Uzbekistan. And it's a 1980s Vauxhall Belmont recycled through Daewoo's 1980s/90s car crapifier, and updated with different plastic bits. The chassis dates to 1979. Some of the body panels date back to 1984 - 30 years ago . We knew it in America way back in 1988 as this:

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AMC/Renauledge > Dwhite - Powered by Caffeine, Daft Punk, and Corgis
03/07/2014 at 17:40

So's the Ford E-Series van, which dates back to 1975.

jkm7680 > AMC/Renauledge
03/07/2014 at 17:40

God, that looks nasty. Anything related to Daewoo is automatically outdated.

Textured Soy Protein > jkm7680
03/07/2014 at 17:42

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Been around since 1979.

Outdated, but still very capable.

Mercedes Streeter > jkm7680
03/07/2014 at 17:43

Poor sales are part to blame for a tiny dealer network and the fact that Mercedes Benz USA is apparently not too keen on advertising.

There are some owners that have to drive over 500 miles to get to the nearest dealer.

Can't sell cars if nobody knows who you are, Suzuki NA tried working that way and look where that got them...

And thanks! Ironically I have the only one of this colour in my county. It's hilarious because everyone knows where I am all the time.

jkm7680 > Textured Soy Protein
03/07/2014 at 17:43

The car of washed up celebrities recovering from a severe drug addiction, and formerly used by the military.

jkm7680 > Mercedes Streeter
03/07/2014 at 17:46

Yeah, the Suzuki Kizzahchchchchchchchchchssszzzzkkiiiih would have done good, if I even knew where a Suzuki dealer was. Smart's were good in cities that had the dealers. My nearest dealership was about 45 minutes away. Where do you get your's serviced, Mercedes dealer?

NotUnlessRoundIsFunny > jkm7680
03/07/2014 at 17:53

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I thought the Dodge Caliber was outdated and sad even when it first shipped. I was not sorry to see that thing retired. It was just like they really, really didn't care any more. Somebody probably did, but their bosses certainly didn't.

jkm7680 > NotUnlessRoundIsFunny
03/07/2014 at 17:55

The Srt version was nice, the other trims were all Rental car-esque.

Mercedes Streeter > jkm7680
03/07/2014 at 18:06

My nearest dealer is give or take 40 miles (it used to be just 19 miles but they closed that one down). I've only had it serviced by Mercedes for the 10k service...at the tune of $130.

They wanted $450 for the 20k service, which was then I decided I was better off doing it myself for 1/4 the price.

NotUnlessRoundIsFunny > jkm7680
03/07/2014 at 18:07

I never got to drive an SRT, but heard they were a big improvement. I just remember having some fun driving a Neon, but the regular Calibers, not so much.

jkm7680 > Mercedes Streeter
03/07/2014 at 18:07

Damn, that's Mercedes prices all right. I just get my Audi serviced at a separate Audi/Vw place, for just that reason.

jkm7680 > NotUnlessRoundIsFunny
03/07/2014 at 18:09

Srt Neon? The other ones were so....fucking....slow, from what I remember.

HFV has no HFV. But somehow has 2 motorcycles > jkm7680
03/07/2014 at 18:20

this old pig

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HFV has no HFV. But somehow has 2 motorcycles > Dwhite - Powered by Caffeine, Daft Punk, and Corgis
03/07/2014 at 18:23

a mainly fleet work van doesn't need to be updates. They get shit MPGs but if it gets the job done and don't rust to hell in 10 years it doesn't matter.

HFV has no HFV. But somehow has 2 motorcycles > AMC/Renauledge
03/07/2014 at 18:25

does it really count if its only sold in third world, or Communist countries.

Xentron Holy Reaper of Worlds > jkm7680
03/07/2014 at 18:34

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Hello there!

AMC/Renauledge > HFV has no HFV. But somehow has 2 motorcycles
03/07/2014 at 18:39

I dunno. The question wasn't all that specific.

NotUnlessRoundIsFunny > jkm7680
03/07/2014 at 18:43

Yeah, the regular ones weren't fast, but that's what Skip Barber was using at the time, and they were surprisingly fun to hoon around the track. "More fun to drive a slow car fast than a fast car slow," and all that. :-)

jkm7680 > Xentron Holy Reaper of Worlds
03/07/2014 at 18:43

Oh, hello Mr. Galant, it appears that you have been the same since 2003.

Gimmi-Sagan-Om-Draken > crown victor victoria
03/07/2014 at 19:01

You can't blame them, there are a lot of A to B drivers out there who are boring and want nothing but a reliable four door. They buy it, they sell it, in Japan we have ten times the number of models the US has and many of them are really unexciting.

N51fanatic > jkm7680
03/07/2014 at 19:21

Chevy SS?? Its a rebadged G8, which was last around in what 2009?? The G8 was a rebadged Holden from 2006, which means it was engineered in 2004-2005? So if you buy an SS this year, you're driving 10 yr old engineering. Thats pretty bad right?

jkm7680 > N51fanatic
03/07/2014 at 19:23

Yeah, It's refreshed, but it isn't manual, it does seem too mistakable for a Malibu, to some people at least. Not me though.

Slave2anMG > jkm7680
03/07/2014 at 19:29

Morgan. Nothing else even comes close.

Wooden body structure and sliding pillar (think 1911) front suspension. Sold that way into the 1980s, maybe later.

And dammit I want one something fierce.

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fhrblig > Dwhite - Powered by Caffeine, Daft Punk, and Corgis
03/07/2014 at 19:33

THIS. They are beyond outdated, the interiors are made of nasty Little Tykes plastic, etc. And I LOVE them. We have one with 350k that is still plugging along (of course with the check engine light on). They drive ok in the snow, and they are tough as hell. I was driving it when a Honda Accord committed suicide into it, and that was 3 years and 200k miles ago. It was off the road just long enough to pull the bumper out of the tire.

BugEyedBimmer - back in the Saddle Dakota Leather > EL_ULY
03/07/2014 at 19:50

R-Design with the updated wheels still looks sexy as hell though.

EL_ULY > BugEyedBimmer - back in the Saddle Dakota Leather
03/07/2014 at 20:43

In red, mmmmm

BugEyedBimmer - back in the Saddle Dakota Leather > EL_ULY
03/07/2014 at 20:47

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Mmm

Xentron Holy Reaper of Worlds > jkm7680
03/07/2014 at 21:49

Indeed. It ded nao.

coqui70 > jkm7680
03/07/2014 at 23:04

Currently on sale: Nissan Versa, Armada and Frontier, Jeep Patriot/Compass, Any Acura (some of the tech is cool, but saddled with lackluster content/packaging), Toyota Corolla, Tundra and Tacoma, VW Passat, Jetta and Sportswagon and BMW 7-series.

sellphones2493 > jkm7680
03/07/2014 at 23:10

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Volvo XC90. It's been out since 2003 without major changes. That being said, I would recommend it to anyone. When my Vo was in the shop, the dealer gave me the choice of a 2014 S60, 2014 XC60, and 2014 Xc90. I gave the XC90 a chance, given it was it's last year.

I have never been in a car that I've felt so safe. I don't think their are many cars out there that have such a thud when you close the door. It's still stylish as well.