New Bugeye?

[HealeyRick]

Whaddya think?

I like the designer's take on the X 1/9

and Spitfire better:

https://www.autobild.de/artikel/autos-die-uns-fehlen-teil-4-3766071.html

 

[Boink]

Interesting. The Ferrari Dino looks better... but the Citroën Ami 6 is funny.

 

[Sarastro]

These probably wouldn't drip enough oil to have as much character as the old ones.

I think the idea of trying to modernize the old cars is clever, but ultimately fails--it's like a modern Mini compared to the older Mini Coopers--the charm is all washed out of them.

 

[Gerard]

The Spitfire and the X19 aren't bad, but the "Bugeye" looks like a bad Chinese copy of an Audi TT (they do that sort of thing, you know)... atrocious, in my opinion.

 

[aeronca65t]

No thanks to the Frogeye/Bugeye.

The other two are OK.

I was always fascinated by the "Healey Frogeye" which was built (I think) about 15 years ago on the Isle of Wright. More like a true "modern replica" of a Sprite Mk 1. Here's an old web link about them.

~Healey Frogeye~

 

[PAUL161]

There are others!

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Nice looking cars, modern cars! Their just not the old originals and shouldn't be compared as such. JMHO. PJ

 

[SaxMan]

I agree, the X1/9 and Spitfire -- not bad. The "modern" Bugeye....ugh

 

[sqbsprite]

I really like the X1/9 version. As a previous owner it reminds me of how modern that car was then. I realize that the original was a much newer design than the Sprite or the Spitfire even back then. The TR7 was designed in that same era, and it would probably look good as a new design as well.