In this country like the treka, would there be anything stoping us from doing it again!
sifty,
May 8, 5:34pm
yes, noboby would want one.
a.woodrow,
May 8, 5:34pm
You can build anything you like. Road registration is a different matter
saxman99,
May 8, 5:41pm
I have often wondered why we don't have a truly NZ designed & built mass-produced car.Cost I guess.
gunna-1,
May 8, 5:49pm
I was thinking of building a tank with a flathead v8 something along the lines of a ute/truck how they use to build them with leather seats, bakelight knobs and steering wheel, round steel glass headlights, no modern aerodynamics or anything, i was thinking of maby a small high compression caberator motor thats enginered for economy without resorting to fule injection or any other modern technoligy.
mm12345,
May 8, 5:59pm
I'm wondering if the Central Committee for Car Design would be seeking public input. Probably not a good idea, as posters in this forum seem to believe that the ideal car is anything from a massive yank automobile with basic design concept about (or over) 70 years old, through to incredibly complex high tech things packed with electronics but with the design life of an i-thing. The result of compromise is that you can end up with the worst of all worlds.
gunna-1,
May 8, 6:01pm
Who,s the Central Committee for Car Design! i was thinking of a no noncence nothing high teck blast from the past.
smac,
May 8, 6:06pm
We can't compete with the volume manufacturers, so niche market stuff will be the limit:
I used to think like that. You'll run out of money fast imo sorry to say.
mm12345,
May 8, 7:04pm
Perfect - except it's effing well green.Green is a terrible colour for cars, it's the colour of swamp-slime, and fresh cow-dung, it's symbolic of unripeness, naivety, nausea, andthe contrast makes red rust stains show up.They depreciate faster than any other colour. Take a good look around any car park - and the worst maintained and mangiest looking examples of every car model are green.Hideous.
hamishcookie,
May 8, 7:12pm
Hey Ive got a green car lol
sifty,
May 8, 7:13pm
I wouldn't mind a BRG E type, MG, Aston, Lotus, Healey Bristol or Cooper.
richardmayes,
May 8, 8:00pm
Have any of those Hulme Supercars been built yet! So far they have that one prototype and a website full of the most HIDEOUS spelling and grammatical errors.
They're not doing much to inspire confidence that New Zealanders can make & sell low-volume exotic cars. let alone sensible economic cars!
richardmayes,
May 8, 8:05pm
I reckon that if somebody could build Fibrefab Jamaicans with a new NZ-made chassis that could take either a Honda S2000 engine, a Nissan RB engine, a Coon straight six or some sort of V8, then THAT would be a car he would probably have no difficulty in selling a few of.
nightboss,
May 8, 8:14pm
But with the recent give way law changes you will get to go first at allintersections, the green car has right of way.
martin11,
May 8, 9:10pm
We did once in Nelson . They were rubbish
foxdonut,
May 8, 9:22pm
You're welcome to try, but if AutoVAZ can't do it in Russia, I don't like your chances in NZ.
No. The engine changed three times and there was a lot of talk, but no car.
Mostly because it wasn't going to be able to compete with the equally pie in the sky Caparro T1 or JOSS.
elect70,
May 8, 10:54pm
Just remake old fordjailbar
morrisjvan,
May 9, 2:06am
unfortunately labour costs too high, population too low,and bureaucracy too unforgiving.
quater,
May 9, 2:29am
You would need to build 10 just to crash. then another 10 to crash after fixing all the problems.
nicolaas3,
May 9, 2:37am
Completely possible from a technical point of view - get compliance for it as a LVV(low volume vehicle) All hot rods of any description on NZ roads comply with the specs required. Just don't build more than 200 per year (or 500 I forget) Surprisingly pragmatic rules and no crash testing required.
Commercially though its another story.
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