Cars that were revolutionary

Alex K

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Food for thought: what cars do you think were revolutionary? what cars really brought change? go as far back as you like, state the obvious. go nuts.

apologies in advance if there's already been a thread for this.
 
I can't be arsed explaining them but the Jeep (and to a lesser extent the Landie) and the Mini.
 
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Fiat 126p

It is not revolutionary as a car, but it motorized my country!

Interesting Fact: Nowadays it costs about 50 - 100 Euro (depends on amount of fuel in the tank :p)

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well obviously i'm going to say audi quattro...
 
Here's one that will definitely be revolutionary in a few years.

Honda FCX Clarity

https://pic.armedcats.net/2008/01/02/FCXClarity101.jpg
 
Damn you, BlaRo! I came here to post that!
 
hum, most of the good ones have gone, I'm going to add the Lotus elise, bonded construction, still the handling benchmark of choice after all these years.

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The Mclaren F1 should really be here too, you just have to respect how far ahead of everything else it still is.

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I'm also going to add any of the current gen hybrids, but there revolutionary in a negative way, they have introduced so much pretend eco "sense" that I will forever hate everything they represent.
 
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viva la revolution!
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Right..anyway...

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All the Mercs from this era, for their peerless build quality.


For being the first real MPV and many features used today
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For making me interested in cars and just being made out of pure win.
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I can't believe this one hasn't been posted.

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1932 Ford:
https://pic.armedcats.net/2008/01/02/FordModelBv81932.jpg

Mostly because it introduced this, the Ford Flathead v8:
https://pic.armedcats.net/2008/01/02/35Flathead1.jpg

The 1932 Ford is STILL the most popular car to hot rod to this day. It's also the first car to introduce the concept of the cheap v8 engine.



Not Far behind it is the 1950 Mercury. Pretty much the car everyone into "Kustoms" wants to build.
https://pic.armedcats.net/2008/01/02/1950mercury.jpg
 
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I can't believe this one hasn't been posted.

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QFT!

I'd further name the Ford Model T (first mass produced and affordable for masses) and the Citroen DS (most radical changes compared to its predecessor, the Traction Avant) as true milestones, but that's about it.
 
Ford Model T, Golf GTi, Bugatti Veyron
 
Mostly because it introduced this, the Ford Flathead v8:
https://pic.armedcats.net/2008/01/02/35Flathead1.jpg
Wasn't that the first ever single block V8 or something? I distingcly remember it was the first V8-something, and it was special, as Henry Ford didn't like six-cylinders, and wanted to offer a V8 in stead. Great thinking there, way ahead of his time... :lol:

Anyway, for F1 cars the mid-engined Coopers were revolutionary in the sense that neither F1 or Sports Prototypes have never looked back since they switched to mid engines...

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The other revolution in F1 was in 1986, the car was shit, but almost all cars afterwards were to adopt the lowline stance (with an almost lying down driver) of the Brabham BT55

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