Are some Classic Car names impossible to bring back in modern form? - Podcast S8 Ep12
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 9 ก.พ. 2025
- Hello and Welcome to The Passenger Seat Podcast, a podcast designed to fill your passenger seat with a chat about classic cars, all recorded from my 1968 Morris Minor, Peggy.
In today's episode, I talk about that Ford Capri and whether it is even worth trying to invoke nostalgia through Car names.
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Couldn’t afford one back in the day ☹️
The short answer to your question (with some hesitation given their recent launch!) is a new Jaguar E-Type.. I am glad that I listened to the end because your comments on French cars seems very relevant. They seem to evolve (or rather did cf. Renault 5) their designs more gradually, but then also can go left field.
There was a comparable discussion on another podcast linked to a magazine where they discussed a similar topic and highlighted that today car buyers do not have the same relationship with their cars (and marques) that they once did. I am a geriatric and fortunate to have three classics which when I see any of them brings me absolute joy. Is anyone in forty years going to say I must get a Tesla and restore it. Also on the matter of the comparative size please what is the point of a 4x4 supercar. I have seen both a Ferrari and Lamborghini 4x4’s in Central London but neither had an ‘Oh my!’ affect on me. Whereas I am sure if I saw Peggy or an original Fiat 500 they would have brought a smile to me and many more.
E-type is an excellent argument, definitely would evoke a similar reaction if not almost identical to the original design! The French brands do seem to be doing well - can't believe I forgot to mention how well done the Renault 5 is!
I also have had the misfortune to see the new Capri in my local area. Having had two Capris in the 1980s, a mark one three litre and a mark two three litre, both were brilliant cars in there time. I personally think the reusing of names from the past is like the designs of today which are totally devoid of any individuality or real effort on the part of the designers. In short my opinion of todays world we are unfortunately living in a very bland era.
Umm there wasn’t really any space in the back of a 70’s & 80’s Capri… well not if you had legs. I had to sit sideways across in the back of my sisters JPS Capri when a young teenager.
I'm not sure I said there was? I was comparing my Morris Minor and my Kia Picanto when I was talking about leg room. But that is a prime example of how consumers expectations have changed and how they would struggle to target their audience with a car that replicated that experience
Around 5:39 you comment “there’s useable space in the back”… but admittedly then go on to talk about your 😎
Re the Capri, for what it is (an EV) it is fine, but it's NOT a proper Capri - that was what Terry McCann drove in Minder (it was a white Mk II.)
Yeah no ones really talked about anything other than the use of the name, and while some might argue all publicity is good publicity, it's been rather negative because of the name and few seem to have looked passed it. At least in car circles, might not mean a thing to your regular buyer I suppose!
Modern cars just don't have the character of vintage machines. The romance is gone. They are more like appliances made by robots. You can brand them with retro badging but it won't make them more interesting or collectible, what with all the computers and plastics.
It's a very good point, a lot of them do feel very different and more appliance like in places 🤔