50 cars that changed the world

"Just Jeepin'" (macintux) 09/13/2018 at 18:30 • Filed to: None

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Models shown after the jump. Nothing later than 1998. Anyone care to make some guesses?

Disappointed that the MB/GPW didn’t make the list, but their argument was the Land Rover actually worked.

WilliamsSW > Just Jeepin' 09/13/2018 at 18:41

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Wait the Jeep didn’t work?

News to me...

Junkrat aka Rick Sanchez: Fury Road Edition > Just Jeepin' 09/13/2018 at 18:44

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I only see two glaring omissions, VW Type 1 and Toyota 2000GT. 

Bman76 (hates WS6 hoods, is on his phone and has 4 burners now) > Just Jeepin' 09/13/2018 at 18:44

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Came to look for 2CV, was not disappointed 

Mercedes Streeter > Just Jeepin' 09/13/2018 at 18:44

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Page 106, smart.

Hehe, in before the lock! 

WilliamsSW > Just Jeepin' 09/13/2018 at 18:44

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I also wanna know how the *1965* Corvair made the list.  The ‘60 would make sense, the 2nd gen, not so much...

lone_liberal > Just Jeepin' 09/13/2018 at 18:47

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I think s ome of those cars were unusual and very different but didn’t really change anything. How many Saab 96 clones were there?

facw > Just Jeepin' 09/13/2018 at 18:49

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Dymaxion definitely seems like a  reach. It’s super interesting, but it’s basically an evolutionary dead end. It wasn’t really influential on anything else (except perhaps streamlining, but even then it was quite different than what was actually produced). Add to the fact it didn’t ever get past the prototype stag, and its hard to see how you can say it changed the world (something like the Trabant can be seen as a dead-end, but there’s no question it was also highly important in the Soviet bloc). Instead, it seems like an interesting design they wanted to write about, despite having pretty much no influence on the world (besides perhaps convincing people that rear-engined front-wheel-drive designs with rear steering weren’t a good idea).

Kim Jong - Healthy > Just Jeepin' 09/13/2018 at 18:55

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blasphemous!

the e39 was already around for 3 years at this point and still remains the benchmark for luxury super sedan.

(m5 being omitted may have an excuse since they didn’t start selling to the public until the end of ‘98)

WilliamsSW > Junkrat aka Rick Sanchez: Fury Road Edition 09/13/2018 at 18:56

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Agree on the 2000GT, but the 1946 iteration of the VW is listed.

WilliamsSW > Just Jeepin' 09/13/2018 at 19:04

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WRONG!!

punkgoose17 > lone_liberal 09/13/2018 at 19:08

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Th e Saab 96 is the first car I know of with door beams for crash protection, but that is it.

Just Jeepin' > Mercedes Streeter 09/13/2018 at 19:09

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I almost titled the article with your name in it. 

Just Jeepin' > WilliamsSW 09/13/2018 at 19:11

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I should have taken a photo of what they actually said, but the gist was that the Land Rover was more advanced and more reliable. 

WilliamsSW > Just Jeepin' 09/13/2018 at 19:12

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If they stopped producing the Jeep forever in August 1945, it probably should still merit a spot on the list.

Future next gen S2000 owner > Just Jeepin' 09/13/2018 at 19:14

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Fiat Multipla and the Dymaxion?!?! What are they smoking? Was this printed in 1999?

Die-Trying > Just Jeepin' 09/13/2018 at 19:15

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a couple of  my favorite cars always seem to make the list.......

Akio Ohtori - RIP Oppo > lone_liberal 09/13/2018 at 19:24

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Yeah as much as I love Saab I’m curious why the 96. The 99 was one of the first “family cars” to have a Turbo and also, I believe, reliable heated seats. Oh and water injection? It was a revolutionary car and all following Saabs were basically either iterations on that, or attempts to recapture that. Comparatively the 96 seems... not very revolutionary .

Maybe I’m missing something.

Just Jeepin' > Future next gen S2000 owner 09/13/2018 at 19:24

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I looked but failed to find a copyright date. 

RallyDarkstrike - Fan of 2-cyl FIATs, Eastern Bloc & Kei cars > Just Jeepin' 09/13/2018 at 19:45

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YYYAAAYYY! Trabant and 2CV! And Ape! It’s like they’re reading my mind! :P

wkiernan > Just Jeepin' 09/13/2018 at 19:55

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No doubt, and similarly the Mazda Miata is far more reliable than the Lotus Elite, but the Elite came first and the Miata, as lovely as it is, did not change the world, it copied the idea of its predecessor, just as the Land Rover (first shipped in 1948) was a copy of the idea of the Jeep .

And where on that list is the MG sports car ?

Junkrat aka Rick Sanchez: Fury Road Edition > WilliamsSW 09/13/2018 at 20:27

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I did my speedreading thing and scanned the first words of the models. 

carcrasher88 > Just Jeepin' 09/13/2018 at 20:39

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Quite a f ew disappointments. No Countach, no Ford Mustang (first gen OR Fox body) , no C1 Corvette, no Dodge Caravan or Renault Espace, no AMC Eagle, no Isetta, no Australian Fords, Chryslers, or Holdens, no Benz Patent Motorwagen.

Future Heap Owner > Just Jeepin' 09/13/2018 at 21:14

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Shout out to my boy the Nissan Cube!!!!

sony1492 > Just Jeepin' 09/13/2018 at 21:25

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No Lexus SC/S oarer, no deal.

A lso i used to have a copy of that book, remember because I had no idea what an alf asud was before reading it.

WilliamsSW > Junkrat aka Rick Sanchez: Fury Road Edition 09/13/2018 at 21:55

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Ha - I do that all the time

50ford500 > Die-Trying 09/13/2018 at 22:19

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VAG decided that everything about that ad had to be changed for future products.

Die-Trying > 50ford500 09/13/2018 at 22:30

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they had a TON of good ads too......

50ford500 > Die-Trying 09/13/2018 at 22:39

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They really did. The dig at Teddy Kennedy has to rank up there too. A book of VW ads would be enjoyable to read through.

I just love the line “it may make you furious but it won’t make you poor” literally nothing German can say that now

Nauraushaun > Just Jeepin' 09/13/2018 at 23:28

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Dunno. Audi 100? Did those old Audis really matter to anyone?

The legacy of the RX7 is by now completely dead, but back then I suppose not.

I’d argue the Smart didn’t really have much impact. The Cube either.

Tristan > Just Jeepin' 09/14/2018 at 01:26

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No Jeep MB/CJ?

No Wagoneer? It started the luxury SUV. No XJ Cherokee? It started the compact Everyman SUV. No Mustang? It started the pony  car revolution twice! No Chrysler Airflow? No VW Type 1?