About 97,000 built over 7 years, 9,000 for the UK market. Not certain how many were US imports, but that's less than 12,000 annually.
The G60 was replaced by the VR6 after just two years of production, but sales continued to slip and VW pulled the plug in '95.
Interesting parts-bin leftovers: VW used the mirrors on the EB110.
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Those mirrors look quite different honestly.
Besides, the EB110 was designed and built before of the VAG acquisition, when Bugatti was owned by Romano Artioli, an Italian entrepreneur which also bought Lotus in those days. VAG came I think 2 years after the bankruptcy.
EDIT: too slow...
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Chevrolet SSR. The Plymouth Prowler deserved to die.
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The F50 was limited to begin with and they sold all copies outright, it's in the secondary market that the F50 suffers.Ferrari F50 also springs to mind. The F40 is far more desireable despite being around 4 times as common.
For me it's the BMW 507, but it failed because it fell short performance wise compared to its contemporaries 300SL Mercedes, various XK jaguars, 3500 Masers and various 250 Ferrari. The bimmer was not a high performance sports car more a boulevard cruiser,but god it's gorgeous.
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The Z8 was successful enough that Alpina bought the rights to keep building it though. Not bad.
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AFAIK, Alpine produced a modified Z8, like they've been doing with BMW for years, but that's it.
However, the Z8 despite being a halo car indeed, it wasn't 8C-like limited production. So it probably was a bit of a flop. A shame because I always thought it looked so beautiful.
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Well, then it's a bit of a shame that they didn't make more of them.
The drivetrain of what's arguably the best sports saloon ever made in a gorgeous two seater roadster body? Sign me in, please.
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I fail to see that connection. The PT cruiser was a quirky alternative to a soccer mom van, to which I believe chevy answered with the HHR.
The SSR is pretty much a corvette truck afaik. Its also hugely popular here, with a large following of diehards that plan all sorts of events. They've got more fancy custom paint jobs on these things than you could shake a stick at. While it may not be common, its definitely not uncommon either.
The Prowler on the other hand is a little different. Despite its V6 its also got quite the cult status among the yanks and canucks. It had a pretty good run if you ask me. They built them for like 6 years.
Both vehicles will be (if they're not already) classics, as much as it may hurt some to hear that. I really don't understand peoples' hate towards these vehicles. I think its very refreshing to see something different driving around. I could never see myself owning either, but there's just something so cool about oldschool American.
To the best of my knowledge, the SSR was the first power retractable hardtop that didn't compromise trunk space when the roof was folded. The Miata is the only other one I can think of. Also the SSR unquestionably has the largest trunk of any convertible!
I would love to have one of the later 6L 6spd models. I'm not going to buy one but I would love to have it
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