ITT: Things that should have been in serial production but never were

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>literally one in existence
>locked in an actual vault in Germany
>owned by BMW

>>15296971
I assume this became the R8
>>15296984
those bastards

>>15296984
what is it?

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>>15297084

>filename

>>15297084
the BMW M8
the 8 series was pure sex, imagine if they made a performance version? well they made one, JUST ONE.

>>15297084
M8

>>15296971
performance gm cars

>>15297094
wot m8

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Sweet sweet V16

>>15297110
Reminds me of the Caddy XLR, that corvette rebadge that no one bought

>>15297121
Because someone thought it was a good idea to put northstars in them

>>15297145
LS-swap XLR when?

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>>15297057

Perhaps, but there's 12 years between them and the R8 had a dedicated concept to it.

>>15297110
came

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>>15297121

Canadian here, I see a disproportionate number of those vehicles driving around Toronto. Maybe they shipped them all north and sold for peanuts?

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I actually have a die cast of this car...

>>15297174
back half is galladromode

>>15297197

A friend of mine is an audi salesman and gifted me some of these models.

Not that I'd complain about gifts but it's always Revell and their shit tier quality annoys me a little.

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Ford Shelby GR-1

more or less a Daytona concept

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>>15297197
I used to have a matchbox peugeot quasar
must have had 100s of toy cars through my childhood and I don't have a single one left :(

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This motherfucker right here

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second generation Pontiac Fiero

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>>15296971
Ferrari Zenyatta

>>15297044

that things curves are all messed up

fucking disgusting.

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Pure bauhaus metal.

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>1999

>>15297993
Excepting those horrid wheels it's much much better looking than that VW shit.

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fuck Ferrari for killing this

>>15297271
doing it right

>>15297986
doing it wrong

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that dash

>>15296984
Damn that looks fucking cool. Like a German muscle car.

>>15297044
It looks like a mazda 3 of current gen.

>>15297093
Isn't BMW already working on a new 8 series car?

>>15297929
That has never been produced. Fuck off.

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Every day cars with GTP styling.

Common it is the fucking future, we were all supposed to be driving cars that look like this to work.

>>15297197
tfw no gf

>>15296971
Was that thing longitudinal or transverse AWD? Also, how come they didn't use their staple inline five turbo?

>>15297121
>>15297145
Now if they would just make a second gen XLR based on the C7, and stick with the damn LT1 or LT4...

>>15300389
legend of the galactic heroes has some interesting cars
lots of self driving ones in the city and some cuv for rural areas

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>>15297402
Peugeot concepts are best concepts.
>ITB
>V12
>Velocity stacks
HNNNNNG

>>15297093
8 series is making a cumback, according to the rumormill.

You may just get your wish.

>>15297458
>tfw you will never, ever have a quad 4 powered Corvette killer made by the very company that GM wouldn't let make an actual sports car

>>15300463
please have a V12 pleasepleaseplease

>>15297044
I still don't get why they didn't

>>15300473
The most expensive 7er has a V8.

I doubt an M8 will have anything bigger than a V10, if it's even given a V10 at all. It'll probably have the M5/6 V8 with slightly more powah.

>>15300482
well, i mean the old 8 has the 7s engines, didn't it? and thins should be their flagship coupe, so there might be a chanse


also, i just looked up the new 760 and realized its the fastest accelerating car they sell, even more than the M3 and M5. wtf

>>15300463
>>15300328
It'll go something like this:
>The new 8 series comes out and it's gorgeous
>They make a BMW M8 with a RWD N74 V12 >600hp, 590 ftlbs stock, so probably ~650-700hp after modifications
>Alpina goes to town: 850 hp

>and then they make a Gran Coupe
*vomits externally*

>>15300482
A V12 7er (the 760) is currently in production, and will be in showrooms in 2017.

>>15300495
>A V12 7er (the 760) is currently in production
Shit son, you're right.

Will we get a true M7 then? The one you speak of is a baby M like the 1/2 series 35i

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>>15300495
...you are implying the GC and not the Alpina thing is bad, right?

>>15296971
This is actually pretty. Damn prettier than tt and r8. Even by today design standarts this looks good.

>>15296971
>Headlights split in the middle
Worst design ever desu
That one Nissan (juke?) Is the ugliest car ever literally JUST of cars

>>15300622
My brother, just wait for a few more time.

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Holden Coupe 60 Concept

Chevy pls

>>15300507
Not true M7 I think. It'd be vulgar.

>>15300514
Of course I am.

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>tfw the cheapest modern Porsche is a fucking SUV
>tfw no every man's kawaii desu Porsche
Gawd, I wish they produced pic related and sold it for slightly less than the Boxster as an homage to the 914 and a potential competitor against the Fiat Spider and the MX5. What a wasted opportunity.

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>>15300460
Also side exhausts.

The 907 will continue making me salty till the end of time, the concept was actually roadworthy and had a whole lot of miles. But no, can't have cool things because fuck you

>>15301113
wow thats sexy rear lihts

>>15298520
No speedometer?

>>15301113
Also, I'm 90% sure that if Aston gets to borrow Mercedes engines and chassis, so could Peugeot. With minimal startup costs, they'd have one hell of a flagship. Restrict it to 500 units per year so you don't hurt Merc/Aston sales, done.

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>>15301113
Also speaking of Peugeot concepts, can't forget this thing
>twin turbo V6 lifted from a Group C racer, 670 HP at over 8000 RPM
>AWD and four wheel steering
>top speed actually clocked at 217 mph
>never went past concept stage because lel Peugeot

>>15296984
My all time favorite BMW concept. I should go see it some time...

>>15301002
>tfw pillarless design will never be a thing again outside of concepts because muh safety

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>>15296971
Rover R30

>supposed to be new Rover compact car to be launched in 1999-2000,looked crisp as fuck
>modern looking,no retro auntie grille bollocks
>slight delays reach the point when BMW suddenly disowns Rover,buying up the project
>use it to finally create the 1 series which they have been trying for 99 years
>it's abandoned somewhere in BMW's ceiling,probably close to where >>15296984 's m8 is
>Rover tries to recreate this on a 75 platform,fails all the time,never gets launched

Quite a shame tee bee age

>>15297426
Nah it was mostly a design study/concept

There was supposed to be however a new Sonett that didn't get launched because bankruptcy

>>15301132
Peugeot are more than capable of making a powerful engine/chassis given the rally cars, le mans winners and f1 engines they've built.

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Audi group S rally prototype

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>>15300466
The version that killed Corvettes was the LQ1 powered V6 prototypes making ~280 HP. Quad 4 cars would've still put up a nice fight though.
Pic related. Engine bay of the V6 powered 1990 prototype.

>>15301458
I've always wanted a CEL Miata.

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>>15296971
The Saturn SL3 was supposed to be a first gen SL with the SC front end. It was referenced in the SL owners manual. The end result would've been a sedan with pop-up lights.

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>>15301564

>>15297426
>that saab where the ass was fat
Unf.

>>15301564

>still godawful saturn shitbox

"no"

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>>15301113
I love those crazy Peugeot concept cars but who would honestly buy a supercar made by Peugeot?

>>15300460

That looks like an even uglier SLR.

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>>15301865
>who would honestly buy a supercar made by Peugeot?

someone with taste?

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>>15301247

Pillarless is possibly if you get real engineers and not shitty amerifat ones. Also it helps if it's not a company like GM

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>>15296971
my waifu

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Why not build exactly like this?

>>15296984
I have an 850CSi and it's already fucking quick, an M8 would have been mental

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>>15301963
mustang concepts are always a thing of beauty

>>15301960

>Gran Turismo

>>15301924
Nice accord coupe

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>>15302146

>>15302155

At least they actually built it unlike the Elmiraj

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>mid mounted 3.5 V6 from 350Z
>in a small hatchback

>>15302066
Bread in engine bay, NOW.

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>>15298159
>killing

It's a one off car based on a Ferrari F430.

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>nothing to add

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>>15297426
one of the best looking concept cars of all time imho. gud taste senpai

>>15302317
It was going to enter limited production, but Ferrari refused to provide any of the parts required

>>15302146
>>15302159
>angry lights
>melted body lines
>useless spoiler
a bit of 2016 in the 90s. That car was ahead of it's time.

>>15297986
Reminds me of the Audi TT

>>15297986
Why does it look horrified?

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>>15301113
What about this, transverse mid engine V12 turbo diesel.

>>15301134
Looks like the XU8T in the pic, so not a V6.

>>15297170
Fuck, if i had an R8, I'd get someone to put together some custom headlights for it so it'd look like the Le Mans concept.

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https://youtu.be/ONVZ8QFTnb4

Too bad they just can't be bothered to put it in production

>>15300460
>907
Legitimately want one now, none of this 1007 diaster

>>15297011
Seats need to be higher, so you can actually see out of it.
Then it's perfect.

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some dank cars have been posted here

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The Gallardo, 10 years before the Gallardo.

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>>15303394

>>15303394
>>15303403
I'll be honest, it looks like almost no effort went into the styling. I'm 90% certain all the lights are off-the-shelf parts. To me, it looks like a cut-rate Noble.

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I really like the panamera

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>>15303449

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>>15303394
>>15303403
I would kill for this car, I have a 1:18 model.
>>15303419
I think it looks better than the Veyron which it became.

Lack of Hondas itt

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>make a sports concept with the M120 V12 and gadgets out the ass, including radar cruise and active aero
>receive 700 potential buyers ready to slap down deposits
>lel nope
Fuck you MB

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>>15301079
Looks like an mr2

>>15301079
I'd consider it if I had the money. Looks fun.
It'd probably end up competing with the Z4, though.
Or does the Z4 already compete with the Boxster?

>>15303492
looks like an nsx rip off fuck euro trash.

>>15301865
Normies, circa 2007:
>who would buy an expensive performance car made by nissan??

>>15303590
lol nsx is generic as fuck you dumb weeb
also you blind as fuck

>>15303475
>I think it looks better than the Veyron which it became.
But it didn't become the Veyron you mong

>>15297022
looks like if chrysler made a 300 wagon...gross

>>15297170
There was an R8 diesel concept that was made and it had somewhere around 800-1000lb of torque.

>>15298520
>Maserati
shitty cars

>>15301458
Looks pretty much like an audi tt

>>15303397
those headlights are all wrong

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Honestly it's just the artistic foresight that went into this rendering that sells me on the car

>>15303394
Absolutely love this car. Best post in the thread. Looks gorgeous

>>15297402

I had a matchbox of it too. One of my earlier cars. Was yours burgundy?

Living in Canada, I assumed all Peugeots were crazy supercars based on this. Then I went to the UK...

>>15297929
>>15297943
That silver-black one works for me.

>>15297110

the last true cadillac

now we have this weird pontiac cadillac lovechild instead

>>15297993

that was actually the precursor for the veyron, except it was an n/a w16

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Twin Mill II when?

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>>15304632

>>15297044
What the fuck is this and why haven't they made it

>>15297929
Experience Tranquility

>>15301778
Saturns are fucking great you moron

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>>15305805
>Saturns are fucking great

>>15298520
All the buttons make it look like a goddamned mach 5

>>15303780
Yes it did you fucknut.

>>15301923
I want to daily drive a car like this.

Why can't they make one out of plastic and metal. Put a 4cylinder and comfy seat in it. I bet it gets 50mpg and still goes fast for a street car. Why can't we have this?

>>15304712
I still have one of these

>>15306187
Speed bumps.

>>15297929
>Designed by a poo-in-the-loo
>actually looks cool enough
Ferrari might have to take a look at this.

>>15305805
I DD a Saturn. Its only saving grace is that is has a god-tier Honda J20 engine instead of a dogshit GM one.

>>15306561
Tell me more.

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>>15306563
Ford engineers got bored one day so they crammed in the F150 lightning motor and put a good performance suspension and brake set up on top for good measure. Don't think it ever had a hope in hell for a green light production

>>15306574
Hot damn. That's cool.

>>15303449

For the man who's can't be whipped far enough to buy his wife a Cayenne

>>15304712
You know this was already built right?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pZZtDUm-wW8

>>15306556
>Honda J20
opinion discarded.

>>15301132
Peugeot don't have the badge pulling power, though. Sure some people would buy the 907 as a curiosity, but its residuals would plummet in the used market because at the end of the day it's a Peugeot and nobody gives a shit if it has a 90-cyl engine will 9bajillion ponies and a drivers seat that gives you an enema.

>>15306667
J35. My mistake.

>>15301058
>vulgar
Why? The M5/M6 are not vulgar. They're fast exec cars and they look it. The M2/3/4 look more vulgar because they're supposed to. Different markets.

m8 AMG S-class Mercs sell very well so there is 100% a market for an M7. Richfags have asked for one for years.

All you'd really need to do to an M7 is give it the quad exhaust treatment, the side air scuttle treatment, and give it bigger scoops in the front bumper. Easy.

>>15303011
That car that made Clarkson puke.

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They could build it today with new suspension and a great engine.

>>15306521

Same here, same colour as the one in my pic

>>15306643

That is sweet, thanks for posting the video. Imagine driving that thing haha.

>>15306533
Speed bumps do not exist in my future. In residential neighbourhoods and school zones there is an automatic electronic speed limiter