EnTrance Group: Andolini Mafia Family
Joined: Feb 21, 2009
I've been thinking... We had two world wars. Wars pave the path to destruction. Destruction makes physical material vanish.
We have humidity, which eats metal away, and we all know cars are made of metal.
Are there any production cars which ceased to exist? I'm not talking about limited editions nor prototypes, but genuine production cars, made by thousands.
I understand that there were millions of models made, and chances are, at least one had to vanish. Anyone know some?
Wilderness of Mirrors Group: The Connection
Joined: Feb 14, 2011
Short of tiny-production special editions and the like, it's very hard to tell. Many other countries don't have as accurate legislation regarding vehicle registration, and quite a lot of vehicles that get scrapped in the EU get carted off to Sub-Saharan Africa for use there, or to South and Latin America.
However, some cars have gon extinct (or nearly extinct) in various countries. A little digging brings up the following:
> There are 3 Ladas (only sold MY84-85) left in the entirity of Canada. > About 30 of the original style FX4 London "Hackney Cabs" still exist > No Volvo 240 Turbo Evolution is known to exist, all 500 homologations having been exported to the US and returned to basic turbo standard so the larger turbochargers kept in storage for use on the Group A touring car program. > The Citroen BX 4TC Group B homoligation car isn't known to exist outside of a couple of museums- almost all were cut up for scrap before being put on sale.
There are also loads of low-production companies who churn out 10-15 models before going bust, some of which don't ever sell any and are cut up for scrap.
Over the hills and far away Group: Members
Joined: Jan 13, 2008
I read in a swedish car-magazine that Audi 80's built 1972-78 are more or less extinct. Was an incredibly low number of cars left, like 70 or 80 of 'em.
A Polish guy i worked with owned one of them. But it had Polish plates so i don't know if it counts. Pretty sure he sold it about a year back when he moved back to Poland.
Hell, I'd say that bimmers are deffo not in the extinct category. Too high profile, huge global fan clubs etc. I'd wager a guess that extinct cars are some crappy depression-era soviet crap mobile that no one has ever heard of.
Bringer of Dramageddon Group: The Connection
Joined: Aug 28, 2010
The story of Yugo sounds about right for this discussion. While they did sell a few cars, many were left unsold and left to sit in storage. Same goes for a lot of the parts and supplies for the production plant. Car parts intended to go towards the production of Yugo cars were left sitting when the company folded.
Unfortunately, the Yugo is not a desirable vehicle.
Wilderness of Mirrors Group: The Connection
Joined: Feb 14, 2011
QUOTE (κενιη @ Feb 27 2011, 14:16)
The story of Yugo sounds about right for this discussion. While they did sell a few cars, many were left unsold and left to sit in storage. Same goes for a lot of the parts and supplies for the production plant. Car parts intended to go towards the production of Yugo cars were left sitting when the company folded.
Unfortunately, the Yugo is not a desirable vehicle.
Same happened with MG Rover, particularly the City Rover and the Streetwise. In fact, Bristol Docks were filled with stagnating Rovers when the company folded- there might still be a large number of them there.
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