If you could invent a new niche . . .

"IanZ - limited-slip indifferential" (ianz-limited) 01/27/2017 at 18:00 • Filed to: None

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. . . what would it be? I would like to introduce the all-wheel-drive, lifted, off-road sports coupe.

Think this:

Plus this:

Decay buys too many beaters > IanZ - limited-slip indifferential 01/27/2017 at 18:12

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A lightweight FR coupe.

Real lightweight, like <1 ton lightweight.

EL_ULY > IanZ - limited-slip indifferential 01/27/2017 at 18:16

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Pickup truck roadsters....

.....FUCK!

Probenja > IanZ - limited-slip indifferential 01/27/2017 at 18:17

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So basically a smaller Mega Track?

kanadanmajava1 > IanZ - limited-slip indifferential 01/27/2017 at 18:18

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Mega Track was such thing in mid 90's. It did not sell well and only 5 or 6 were made. This thing was huge. It’s ~14 cm wider than the officially widest production car (which is ‘54 Imperial). It was powered by a 400 hp M-B V12.

TheHondaBro > IanZ - limited-slip indifferential 01/27/2017 at 18:23

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Four row SUVs

Wobbles the Mind > IanZ - limited-slip indifferential 01/27/2017 at 18:24

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Muscle Utility Vehicle (MUV...out the way!!)

Imagine this:

Slam it down on a sport suspension, supercharged V8, Recaros and Brembos, fast steering ratio, and some mean summer performance tires.

SVTyler > IanZ - limited-slip indifferential 01/27/2017 at 18:25

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Track rat wagon, essentially a street-legal version of this:

that’s at the extremes of both driving experience and practicality. Interior-wise, simplify and and lightness at all costs, like a less jank version of this Volvo (with a flat floor and integrated cage so you can make that Home Depot run after autocross on Saturday morning) :

and give it huge sticky tires and flares and super-stiff chassis and suspension, aero, etc like the Canepa CTS-V:

dtg11 - is probably on an adventure with Clifford > Wobbles the Mind 01/27/2017 at 18:27

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CRider > IanZ - limited-slip indifferential 01/27/2017 at 18:30

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Who really needs AWD?

SVTyler > Decay buys too many beaters 01/27/2017 at 18:34

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The first Elise had a 1500lb curb weight back in the day using fiberglass and aluminum, makes you wonder if a company could do even better by making something that small again but with entirely carbon fiber construction.

Wobbles the Mind > dtg11 - is probably on an adventure with Clifford 01/27/2017 at 18:34

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Close, but those are missing the proper fear index. More like this lowered and on Pirellis or Nittos depending on which type of track car you may think of.

Butsen Katsun > IanZ - limited-slip indifferential 01/27/2017 at 18:36

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Ever hear of the Rally Fighter?

Still not as cool as a Mega Track though.

My niche car is boring, but a wagon type vehicle (or suv, truck, crossover) with an integrated and removable cargo dolly that can raise up to vehicle height and dock with the cargo area. Like I said, haha, boring

Butsen Katsun > CRider 01/27/2017 at 18:38

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Haha, I posted the same thing after you, just saw yours. I didnt realize it wasnt 4x4 though

Decay buys too many beaters > SVTyler 01/27/2017 at 18:39

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Yeah, exactly what I was thinking. Carbon fiber, 1500-1600lbs, and a K20. Perfect.

If only EssExTee could be so grossly incandescent > IanZ - limited-slip indifferential 01/27/2017 at 18:42

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That market segment was created a long time ago.

Die-Trying > IanZ - limited-slip indifferential 01/27/2017 at 18:43

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poverty spec. think rat-rod, but without the rust, or patina, and unsafe welding . ditching all the “luxury” electronics for mechanical equivalents that do roughly the same thing, if not quite as well(think pop-open sun roof vs fully electric.)....

IanZ - limited-slip indifferential > Probenja 01/27/2017 at 18:54

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Pretty much.

IanZ - limited-slip indifferential > kanadanmajava1 01/27/2017 at 18:55

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I knew the Mega Track was a thing, but I didn’t know it was that huge! Think more Miata-size for mine.

Probenja > TheHondaBro 01/27/2017 at 19:08

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Not an SUV per say but it has awd and 4 rows of seats:

Bytemite > Decay buys too many beaters 01/27/2017 at 19:22

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This is the niche we really need.

Racin'Jason001 > IanZ - limited-slip indifferential 01/27/2017 at 19:29

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I think I would go opposite. I would lower a Suburban.

Die-Trying > IanZ - limited-slip indifferential 01/27/2017 at 20:02

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also heirloom cars. basically cars that are built with higher attention to durability and stronger materials, and a closer attention to final fit and finish. cars that will last long enough that you COULD pass them on to children. cars that eliminate questionable plastics, and use steel. cars that would shift the focus from discard and replace, to fix, repair and mend.

Svart Smart, traded in his Smart > IanZ - limited-slip indifferential 01/27/2017 at 20:22

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Subcompact, two-door, two-passenger sedans with a distinct 3-box profile. Here I took an early 2000s Mini Cooper, removed a few inches from the wheelbase between the front door and rear wheel, and converted the cargo area into a sedan trunk. It’s rough but you get the idea.

QCGoose > SVTyler 01/27/2017 at 22:02

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Holy mother of God, that V wagon...

*faints*

CRider > Butsen Katsun 01/27/2017 at 23:45

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You can’t have a thread with too many Rally Fighter photos in it. And it’s rwd, like many long travel off roaders, because drive shafts/CV joints limit travel. the RF would rather just jump or plow through anything difficult. It has 4" more front travel than the new Raptor.

Brian McKay > Svart Smart, traded in his Smart 01/28/2017 at 02:49

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coupé, not sedan

Carbon Fiber Sasquatch > Svart Smart, traded in his Smart 01/28/2017 at 11:26

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I was hoping that was a truck bed :/

Svart Smart, traded in his Smart > Carbon Fiber Sasquatch 01/28/2017 at 12:34

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Oh, that’s been done before.