Some cars based on ordinary underpinnings were transformed into something quite different - let's take a look at the best examples
In these days of almost universal platform sharing, it’s quite common to find very different cars which, despite appearances, are made of largely the same stuff.
This was basically a rebadged DKW Sonderklasse, but that car’s 896cc three-cylinder two-stroke engine was enlarged to 981cc, a change approximately referred to in the model name.The standard 1000 could possibly be regarded as charming, but calling it beautiful would be at least one step too far. In sharp contrast, the 1000 Sp sports version was full of visual drama, in both coupe and convertible forms.
DKW also specialised in front-wheel drive, which was still a rare, though not unique, feature when the Sonderklasse went into production in the early 1950s.The Monza was an aerodynamic, plastic-bodied coupe based on the Sonderklasse running gear and chassis supplied directly by DKW and assembled at different times by three German companies.
According to the Society of Motor Manufacturers and Traders, this was the most-registered car in the UK in 1967. It was available as a two- or four-door saloon or a five-door estate, and although the 1.6-litre Lotus Twin Cam engine was available there was no specific sports model in the range.During the lifetime of the Mk2 Cortina, Ford introduced the Capri, which it advertised as ‘the car you always promised yourself’.
Production XK120s were in both coupe and roadster form. The earliest examples had aluminium bodies, but in most cases the panels were made of steel.Excitingly modern though the XK120 may have seemed in 1948, it was eclipsed only six years later by the beautifully rebodied Supersonic. This was designed not by Jaguar but by Giovanni Savonuzzi , a director of Ghia, which built three examples.
After a facelift in 2000, it continued for another four years before making way for the R171 generation – but the R170 story was not yet over.During the production run of the first SLK, Mercedes and Chrysler were merged into the ill-fated entity DaimlerChrysler. They were later unmerged, but not before the SLK was transferred from one division to another. The end of its career as a Mercedes was immediately followed by a new one as the Chrysler Crossfire.
Most 406s were either saloons or estates, but in 1996 Peugeot revealed a derivative which it had created with the help of one of Italy’s most famous design houses.Other 406s were attractive enough, but the Coupe was, by general agreement, a beautiful car. It was designed by Pininfarina, which also built it, a service it provided for the Peugeot 306 Cabriolet during the same period, along with cars for other manufacturers.
Citroën grumbled that the 4 was a copy of its 2CV, and received a robust response. There’s little doubt, though, that another Citroën strongly influenced another model based on the 4…The Citroën Mehari entered the market in 1968, and it’s almost certainly no coincidence that Renault had a competing car in the showrooms two years later.
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