It's easy to recite the cars with extra-long production runs; the Land Rover Defender, first-generation Volvo XC90 and Rolls-Royce Phantom VI are three that spring to mind.
But what about the cars that didn't last so long? Some were ahead of their time; too forward-thinking for their own good and axed before they could make a difference. Others were plain wrong and put out of the public's misery. Scroll through to see the best of both.
ONE YEAR ON SALE:
Chevrolet Epica - 2008-09
How many left? 414
Sorry, but only these words will do: epic fail. You’ve likely forgotten that it’s a very tedious family saloon.
Chevrolet Trax - 2013-14
How many left? 1670
Crossover’s name and semi-digital dashboard were interesting, but it was killed by Chevy’s European withdrawal.
Honda Legend 2006-07
How many left? 1083
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It shows how detached from
It shows how detached from the new car market I am that I quite like a lot of these.
The Laguna coupe has mini Aston Martin looks (unlike the Gygnet which tried to look like an Aston Martin Mini), the 407 coupe has aged well, the Alfas were more solid (Saab platform that never ended up in a Saab) than were given credit for.
The Fluence EV was Renault's toe in water exercise that the likes of Tesla is doing successfully from (and to an extent Renault themselves with the smaller Zoe). The Volt/Ampera would be a good family car if they had any bootspace left from the battery packs.
Even some of the US brands - the Cadillacs would be rare enough to be interesting - anyone who can service a Saab can service the BLS, the the Chevy - yes it's a Daewoo - I always thought would be a great bangernomic buy. The Dodge Avenger was tempting, VW diesel engine back before VW diesels were evil, and looks like a mini Charger that they drive in US police dramas.
The Delta was re-branded a
The Delta was re-branded a Chrysler over here cos after the financial crisis - Fiat didnt want to spend cash setting up a Lancia dealer network and a Chrysler one already existed, nothing to do with Lancia's image, it had already been decided to bring it back to the UK and ROI. This article really is full of rubbish.
Dodge Nitro & Nissan Cube
Well I'll hold my hands up on this,I've owned two cars on this list the Dodge Nitro & the Nissan Cube and I can honestly say I loved every miniute of owning them both cars stood out among the otherwise bland offerings that were on sale at the time,sure I could have bought something like a BMW X3 or a VW Golf but why would I want to follow the herd? While I did rather take a bath when it came to trade in the Dodge, I was lucky enough to get a deal on the Nissan for £9495,when I traded it in two and a half years later I got £8995 for it so yes I was very pleased with that. There's no shame at all in buying a car that fails to sell after all you've always got something distinctive and you're unlikely to see another example on the road either!