A modern classic

93gsxturbo wrote: Tough to argue that the C5 Corvette or the first gen VW Scirocco wont be classics some day.

agree onebillionontythousandmillion on the Scirocco, I can't agree on the C5. The C5 is a great car, but I prefer the looks of early C4's myself.

In reply to 93EXCivic:

He picked the wrong angle.

93EXCivic wrote:

Adrian_Thompson wrote: OK so I'm biased, but I do think the 06-09 (08-09 in US) C30 is the best looking car sold for less than $30k in the last 10 years. The new nose (09+) just doesn't work as well

I am not saying it looks bad (in fact I would quite like a C30) but I seriously doubt the C30 is ever going to be a classic. Volvo while it is a respected car maker doesn't have the name recognition of many of the other car makers mentioned here, it wasn't sold in massive numbers and it doesn't have looks that make you snap your head around.

I've been stopped and asked what it is and told it's a cool car more than any other car I've owend or driven. People really really notice this car even though it's coming on 5 years old now. Most people still think it's a new model

In reply to Adrian_Thompson:

I don't disagree it is a cool car. I guess it is rare enough that most people don't really know what it is. I still don't see anything that will one day make the C30 a classic.

93EXCivic wrote: In reply to Adrian_Thompson: I don't disagree it is a cool car. I guess it is rare enough that most people don't really know what it is. I still don't see anything that will one day make the C30 a classic.

+1 it is nice, but generally just another retro styling exercise

aussiesmg wrote: +1 it is nice, but generally just another retro styling exercise

Funny, I don't see it as retro, yes it has the glass rear hatch door as did the 1800, but that's a single design element. To me the overall car encompasses the modern simplistic Scandinavian design ethos in one package.

But I did say I was biased

I find none of the hot hatches in listed in the form of modern classics in the asthetic since.

IMHO the Vette hasn't been one since the C2, and that hardly qualifies as modern.

Adrian_Thompson wrote: I don't think any sane person can disagree with the above two, I'll grant this one may be a bit more polarizing.

I am biased.. but I agree on the 900 SPG being a modern Classic

really? I'm the first to suggest this...

In reply to fidelity101:

A couple of people have mentioned it already.

Audi RS5

In reply to fidelity101:

Not even close to the first. Maybe top ten.

You are the first with a pic I think.

In reply to 93EXCivic:

Guilty, haven't totally read the thread just looked at the pictures, kinda like how I read a summit catalog too.