• Soapbox@lemmy.zipEnglish
    3·
    6 hours ago

    International Harvester.

    My dad had a Scout before I was born. I knew a guy with an international pickup truck that was indestructible.

    I know the scout is coming back as an EV. But it seems to be a VW offshoot. So not really excited about that.

  • Furbag@pawb.social
    9·
    19 hours ago

    Delorean Motor Company.

    I’d love to see a modern take on the classic Delorean. Something that isn’t a fugly ass cybertruck dorkmobile.

    • sawdustprophet@midwest.socialEnglish
      9·
      17 hours ago

      Delorean Motor Company.

      They’re (kind of) back. A new company was formed after acquiring the old company’s branding. So far they’re only providing parts to owners of vintage DMC-12s (and I think a few “new old” DMC-12s), but they’re working on a new EV inspired by the classic model.

  • Kacerdias@pawb.social
    3·
    17 hours ago

    Tucker! They never really got their footing but had some really innovative features that took decades for the industry to fully adopt. I’d be interested to see what they would be producing if they were around today.

  • OccasionallyFeralya@lemmy.ml
    3·
    17 hours ago

    I feel like amc was pretty innovative for its time. Most brands I can think of would probably succumb to the blob crossover trend because of how the us markets are set up for cars, but I feel like amc could still put an interesting twist on things.

  • ouRKaoS@lemmy.today
    4·
    19 hours ago

    Geo.

    My Dad had a Geo Metro 5-speed that was getting 49 MPG in the 90’s. Bought it brand new for like 10k. Sure it was a 3 cylinder that went 0-60 in … eventually, but it’d be nice to be able to get that kind of mileage without paying out the nose for a hybrid.

    • jonesey71@lemmus.orgEnglish
      4·
      17 hours ago

      My first car was a Geo Metro that I learned to drive in. One time I got pulled over and the cop claimed I was going 80mph and I told him I didn’t even think it could hit 80mph if you dropped it out of a plane. He decided against writing a ticket.

    • Manalith@midwest.social
      4·
      18 hours ago

      Based on what it sounds like they’re doing to their trucks in terms of privacy and your ability to actually own your vehicle, I’m not mad that I can no longer get a newer Ford sedan.

  • Crozekiel@lemmy.zipEnglish
    2·
    20 hours ago

    I feel like the answer is different if I am just resurrecting them as they were when they died, vs if I am magically in charge of the brand with funding to start “fresh”…

  • postnataldrip@lemmy.world
    15·
    2 days ago

    Holden and Ford Australia. Partly for personal nostalgic reasons but also because of local engineering and manufacturing. A bit of our national identity disappeared when they shut down, although they were owned by US companies they were still a source of Aussie pride. Nowadays we have no local industry and it all just feels a bit hollow. Like watching sports when you have no local team.

    I doubt they’d be able to make them these days but seeing as we’re talking hypotheticals, there’s something about a big cube V8 or turbo 6 that’s missing from everything since. Yes I know on here the hive mind demands we boo ands hiss if someone dares to like anything ICE, and when our current runabout goes it’ll likely be replaced by an EV of some sort. But for us, cars are a hobby and a source of enjoyment too, and I dare say we’ll have at least one ICE vehicle for a long as it’s feasible for us to do so. And if I can get a semi-modern nod to the past that would be perfect.

    And if the Japanese car industry could go back to the 90s I’d be pretty stoked about that too!

      • ZC3rr0r@piefed.caEnglish
        16·
        2 days ago

        SAAB Automotive got killed by GM, resurrected by Spyker, subsequently killed again by debtors, resurrected again by Chinese investors who lost the rights to the brand, turned into NEVS (National Electric Vehicles Sweden), ran out of money again due to COVID, and has since been in “hibernation”/limbo. Most recently Stenhaga bought the remainder of the factory in Trollhättan, and EV Electra were considering to buy what’s left of the production models. That deal fell through and, last I heard of it, whatever is left of the NEVS were like 20 folks who got fired in 2024.

        So yeah, to quote McCoy “He’s dead Jim”.