hmale4yu Posted April 13, 2019 Share Posted April 13, 2019 (edited) i.e. which car that you can buy new today has been produced for the longest amount of time in its current lifecycle Anyone have an idea. UK market only Edited April 13, 2019 by hmale4yu Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andy_Muxlow Posted April 13, 2019 Share Posted April 13, 2019 Isn't the Ford Fiesta the longest running car type? Or do you mean longest running style? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hmale4yu Posted April 13, 2019 Author Share Posted April 13, 2019 (edited) 6 minutes ago, Andy_Muxlow said: Isn't the Ford Fiesta the longest running car type? Or do you mean longest running style? the current generation . So the Fiesta has only recently entered its lates generation lotus Evora has been in the same generation (gen 1) since 2009 i think up till 2018 it was the G wagon (1990-2018 G Class 463) Edited April 13, 2019 by hmale4yu 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
marzman Posted April 13, 2019 Share Posted April 13, 2019 370z has got to be near the top of the list surely. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andy_Muxlow Posted April 13, 2019 Share Posted April 13, 2019 Yeah 370z is 10 this year. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LRF4N Posted April 13, 2019 Share Posted April 13, 2019 Yea 370z and GTR were both 09 as far as I know Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
davey_83 Posted April 13, 2019 Share Posted April 13, 2019 First gen KA, was a shout from 96' to 08' Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
G1en Posted April 13, 2019 Share Posted April 13, 2019 Fiat punto 3rd gen 2005-2018 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hmale4yu Posted April 13, 2019 Author Share Posted April 13, 2019 Was about to mention the punto but like the G wagon 463 that generation is no longer in production It gets a bit grey with low volume car makers like Caterham, Ginetta . I think it could be the GTR . maybe some of the older guys on here may have a better idea Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hmale4yu Posted April 13, 2019 Author Share Posted April 13, 2019 I think I might have it Abarth 500 2008-present Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ilogikal1 Posted April 14, 2019 Share Posted April 14, 2019 Depends on what you determine a “generation” to be. The Morgan 4/4 hasn’t really changed since its introduction in 1930-something... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LRF4N Posted April 14, 2019 Share Posted April 14, 2019 How many decades was the defender? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hmale4yu Posted April 14, 2019 Author Share Posted April 14, 2019 4 hours ago, ilogikal1 said: Depends on what you determine a “generation” to be. The Morgan 4/4 hasn’t really changed since its introduction in 1930-something... Ignoring v low volume like ginetta, morgan, Caterham etc just to get a more common sense answer to this. I think it might be the 500. Generation also includes mid-life facelifts Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OnlyAfro Posted April 14, 2019 Share Posted April 14, 2019 911 hasn't changed since '64 as far as I can tell. 3 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ekona Posted April 14, 2019 Share Posted April 14, 2019 I was going to say that, but it was too obvious Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hmale4yu Posted April 14, 2019 Author Share Posted April 14, 2019 Its got to the point that 911 guys already angrily anticipate the "it kinda looks like the last model" remarks with a if its not broke why fix it type of justification Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
docwra Posted April 15, 2019 Share Posted April 15, 2019 Jag XF was 2007 but had a fairly major facelift in 2015, RR Phantom VII managed 14 years pretty much unchanged. Land Rover Defender must take the all time prize though, surely? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OnlyAfro Posted April 15, 2019 Share Posted April 15, 2019 G Wag takes the all time prize I believe, but as mentioned it's no longer current. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
docwra Posted April 16, 2019 Share Posted April 16, 2019 All time prize will be the Mini, 2CV or the Beetle, they were around for years before the G Wagen. Here we go: https://www.autocar.co.uk/slideshow/ranked-world’s-longest-living-cars#31 Beetle is 65 years, 2CV 42 and Mini 41 years, I actually saw a 1959 car on the road on Sunday too Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shaunRS Posted April 17, 2019 Share Posted April 17, 2019 Although not the same model subaru have been using the same engine in the sti for the last 13 years! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hmale4yu Posted April 17, 2019 Author Share Posted April 17, 2019 With the 50th Anniversary 370z just being unveiled (underwhelmingly) in the USA as a 2020 year model together with the Nismo only available now in White & Black across multiple markets we may be looking at 2020 being the final production year of the 370z. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GranTurismoEra Posted April 19, 2019 Share Posted April 19, 2019 About time..... Although Id still buy a MY17/18 just for the experience. I dont think theyll release that in the UK. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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