Crazier rumour was that Neon ACR engineers were developing a coupe version of the Lancer Evo, before the whole Neon successor project got shut down in favour of the Caliber crossover.
australia was the country who made them first, pontiac was meant to only resell these aussie built holdens. The VF ended up as a Chevrolet SS by the way lol
You've got it backwards. The VE Commo came first, then the G8 and the Chevy SS came after. The G8 came in both a V6 and LS V8, but the SS only came in an LS V8. Honestly a great car killed by terrible GM decisions.
I... Lowkey wanted to know why the Flavia gets a negative sales figure... Also one of my favourite story about cancelled car was the Smart Formore. Smart wanted to sell something for the US Market so they developed the Formore. It was supposed to based be produced in Brazil instead of the Smartville factory in France. But in the end DaimlerChrysler decided to scrap the project due to financial reason (Development of the Formore costing too much money while DaimlerChrysler decided to focus on making Smart profitable). In the end, Smart makes its US debut in 2008 selling the Fortwo. While the concept version remains lost until 2009 when someone found it on a Mercedes warehouse (It was supposed to be showcased on 2005 Frankfurt Auto Show but Smart decided not to)
@@krudmuphinstudioz Not all of the Lancia lineup. The Ypsilon was unique (although on the Fiat Panda platform), the Musa was a restyled Fiat Idea, and the Delta was unique (sharing a platform with the Fiat Bravo). However, the Ypsilon and Delta were rebadged as Chryslers for the UK and Ireland markets.
The Saab 9-5 SportCombi is also a car for this list. It was cancelled as Saab had an issue with itself stopping to exist, so only 33 prototypes/preproduction units were made. 1 got to Germany and was actually registered for road use by a private owner.
9:30 TLDR: The B13 became the 威尔BHJ6490 by PLA Air Force 5720 Factory, which primarily supplies parts for aircraft repairs. Here's the thing few people really caught on: Both the 5720 Factory and the Chery headquarters are located in Wuhu City, Anhui. Very likely Chery offloaded their unused stock of B13 bodykits to a neighboring factory that wanted some fleet vehicles for factory use. Chery still needed the engines so the BHJ6490 was equipped with a very low-powered engine from a different supplier other Chery.
Samsung Motors, before they were bought out by Renault, once built a MR sports car with a Nissan Sefiro drivetrain, named the SSC-1. It never left the prototype stage, probably because South Korea's economy was suffering at the time.
2:58 funny thing about this exact G8 ST is that it did end up being produced anyway as the VE SS V-series Special Edition and to add more salt in the wound, was also available as a wagon
Not too long ago, Jaguar was supposed to launch a new XJ but canned it due to questionable sales. And another example would be the second generation VW Phateon, which was also cancelled for the same reason.
The second gen Phaeton was most likely canned due to Dieselgate, as some other VW products Audi had to cancel their LMP1 program, and VW had to cancel racing in WRC in 2017 And the fact that no one really bought the Phaeton due to VW brand having a reputation for low-budget cars (VW in German means people's car)
Proton were trying to make their Lancer Evo called the Sembilu. Which is based on the Wira. But the Malaysian Department Of Transportation said Nuh Uh and never made it into production. The Wira also meant to have Citroen Diesel engine options but never happened because the CEO that time died in a Helicopter incident.
@@bmoboss And even if it's actually an Evo 1-3, you would probably have to take a long time to confirm it. Doesn't help that some/most of the retired PERT cars were sold through the newspaper classifieds as Evo 1-3s back then (Even though they are). But I guess back on topic, there would be more examples under the brand: - "Sepang" which became the Lotus Europa S and then somewhat revived as the "Lekir" concept in 2010. What's interesting is that there are patents of the Proton-badged version of the Europa S back in 2004, when both cars were in development. - A wagon version of the 2nd generation Saga was spotted being towed. But it was more likely a test-mule than anything else. This wasn't the first time Proton had tried to make a wagon out of an existing model as a prototype of an "estate" version of the Wira was spotted around the 90s as it was presumed to be made before the 1997 Asian Financial Crisis (Which could play a part in the cancellation of their Putra/Coupe WRC programme around that time.) - A potential replacement model of the Perdana came as the form of a Mitsubishi 380 prototype back in 2008, presumably for internal evaluation. Not even Proton could salvage the 380 from its demise. The Perdana nameplate returned from 2013-2020 as a rebadged Accord. - A mock-up prototype of a Tiara replacement was made from rebadging a Citroen Saxo in 1997, as the Tiara was a rebadged Citroen AX. But proven how unpopular the Tiara was, it never materialised for production.
Also a lot of Proton models was planned to be Citroen based (Including a plan to rebadge the Saxo as a Proton) but didn't happen due to similar reason. Only model that was managed to be sold was the AX based Tiara. But that was a flop in the end
JPJ probably saw how monyet most of us are when it comes to driving any sort of vehicles and went “nope, they are gonna crash this car in less than 5 seconds of driving it” 😂
@@yugenboy The Saga Wagon and Perdana 380 are the two models i wished it became a reality. - The Proton Saga have been the car that i would want to have it as my first new car. The sedan looks nice, but i'd wished they also provide the wagon body and even returning the liftback "Aeroback" models. Heard the upcoming 4th gen may return the hatchback model, but i doubt it'll either be the "wagon hatchback" or "aeroback hatchback", and instead likely be Iriz replacement. - I've always fantasises the idea of Perdana not being the 8th gen accord rebadge (specifically the government use from 2013-2016, the home design from 2016-2018 looks pretty nice). The 380-based might've been a nice contender to the Aurion-based Camry and 8th-gen Honda Accord. And with some old speculation considering Nissan Fuga for Perdana's new body, it'll be a coincidence replacement since Mitsubishi is now under Renault-Nissan Alliance.
The Lancia Flavia was based on the Chrysler 200 and was sold in North America as such. Terrible cars, be thankful they never went into production in the EU
I live in North America and I was really surprised to see a 2 door convertible version of this car. Every time I have seen a 200 it’s been a 4 door sedan. I had no idea LANCIA rebadged this thing. Weird.
@bearerofsoup At the time the Chrysler 300 was also sold as a Lancia, and Lancias were also sold as Chryslers in some markets, which made things confusing.
The g8 ute did make it into production. In fact, it was already in production at that point as the VE commodore ute in Australia. It's just that it didn't end up getting made with pontiac badges.
1:31 here in Brazil we had a similar situation, but the car actually went to production. The Chevrolet Agile, launched in 2011, was supposed to replace the Corsa C (2002) but the Agile was based from the Corsa B (1994)....
because he is talking about the smart van being based on a platform older than the vehicle it succeeds, and this is a similar situation. really ain’t that hard to read
If the GMT-800 2-door Tahoe actually went into production, good condition models would be sought after today and beat up variants would plague high school parking lots in the states below the Mason-Dixon.
I'm fully convinced that some of these cancelled models would have gone on to be decent sellers, but bean counters at businesses always think they know what's best, and they tend to be quite wrong. They're always so focused on money, they don't always listen to what consumers are saying, until they come out with a product that ends up not selling that they were just so sure would be a big hit
For Hyundai, many people don’t like to buy a crossover mpv. everywhere else… …except in Asia where they released a Crossover MPV called the Stargazer in the ASEAN Region which competes with Mitsubishi’s Xpander, Suzuki’s Ertiga and Nissan’s Lazy Expander-rebadged Livina
Three row seats vehicles are popular in Southeast Asia, especially Indonesia since it can carry as many people as possible in compact form. There are so many three row seats vehicles that I feel normal cars and crossovers become sporty cars akin to coupes and 3 door hatches.
There was also the situation where the Opel Corsa F was being developed by GM on the G2XX platform, where near production ready vehicles were doing the rounds, then GM sold off Opel/Vauxhall to PSA and PSA dumped the GM Corsa F project and started again on their own platform and so produced the car we know today. The GM version of the axed Opel Corsa F went on to be used in China as the Buick Excelle sedan. Interesting clip, thanks for sharing.
Could've been branded as a Seat as well if they decided to kill it as a Skoda, but maybe this disappointment would've brought Seat to an end even sooner. Imagine a VW Caddy rebadge to have just to have a rebadge for no reason, originally a Skoda front design on an old platform, and released with no changes but with a Seat badge. The car masochist in me wants to see it fail.
@@Mandarin9900 actually with the Inca ending production in 2002, VW didn't want SEAT to make any commercial vehicles anymore, as V dub was focusing on SEAT being a more "sportier" brand, which they failed shit at. Now, with entrepeneuing mishaps and everything, SEAT's just a failing brand that needs some love to regain the success it really had in the 90s and early 2000s.
A Pontiac G8 Ute would’ve been amazing here in America. Could’ve been the beginning of us making Utes to rival trucks like the SVT Raptor and Ram SRT-10
I got to experience this first hand, in 2019 i was working for a company manufacturing seats for JLR, when they announced production of a 3-door luxury Range Rover SV Coupe, with only 1000 to be produced. We've built some prototype and pre-production seats for the cars, but after 6 sets or so, the project got cancelled, and i don't know what happened with those seats we've made.
SAAB also continued their Subaru rebadge plans with the 9-6X that was essentially a facelifted Subaru Tribeca with a SAAB front end treatment. Two ready prototypes exist but when GM sold it's stake in Subaru the 9-6X was cancelled. Actually, many of the 9-6X design changes were used for that Tribeca facelift as the 9-6X was designed first.
I know you featured it in the last video, but the Jaguar XJ electric will always be a head-scratcher to me. Sales would never have been great, and I'm sure the technology was already dated before release, but how much did they save vs how much would they have gained from actually putting it out. I hope it leaks one day.
It's cause JLR suddenly wanted Jaguar to go fully upmarket (like back in the 1960s where it was only slightly below Bentley and RR. and the XJ wouldnt have fit in this new lineup restructure. It's weird but that's the case
Great video, I love your channel because you are so knowledgeable about all car markets across the world. And your sense of humour is great too 😂 Greetings from the Netherlands 👋😃
here's a great honorable mention- back when the prowler was new chrysler had experimented with putting a wrangler's 'box' into the area where you sit. i wish i could make this up. it's a wrangler that sits on its nuts with a prowler nose. there's even an old video on youtube documenting its' existence. it quite literally looks like something you would see if you popped your head into an alternate reality. EDIT: ua-cam.com/video/b4lqPAMHBnU/v-deo.html it's a super obscure topic that i'd imagine will blow like chernobyl once more eyes lay on it
The 2012 Peugeot 208 was supposed to come with a convertible version like every model that preceded it but PSA was nearing bankruptcy at the time and in an effort to rationalize costs they abandoned the project in favor of the upmarket DS3 convertible within the group, except it was now a fixed profile convertible like the Fiat 500 instead of a full convertible like the 208 prototype that still exists and is showcased in the Peugeot museum.
I think they also sensed the market was moving away from convertibles, the 207CC sales were poor vs the 206CC, and it would have continued the trend. I'm surprised it made it as far as it did to be honest.
The Alfa 75 Sportswagon is in my opinion the best didn't-make-it car I've ever seen. Such a pity. Also it seems that you favoured Chinese car industry in your videos very much. Glad to watch these obscure things get mentioned in UA-cam. Love your content.
The Nissan Mid-4 should have been built and sold as Infiniti's answer to the Acura NSX. I believe if that had been done, Infiniti would have a real halo car by now. And they definitely need one right now.
I'm afraid now it's way too late for that. They failed with hybrids, European market - I won't be surprised if Nissan is gonna shut Infiniti for good next few years (or they'll come back with more hybrids and some evs).
Wagon version of Saab 9-5 actually didnt release. All examples of the last 9-5 kombi are all prototypes. It was announced the same month that later Saab was dissolved.
Also check out the Opel Omega V8. Came with a LS1 out of the C5 corvette and was production ready. Story is that one of the prototypes is used as a workshop car at the main Opel factory to this day. Really a shame
Yeah, I remember hearing about the G8 ST. Then Pontiac was killed not long after so it never came. I miss Pontiac. The G8 was a great car but it never really stood a chance at saving the brand.
In 1977 (I think), Saab made 2 or 3 fully operational "97" hatchbacks based on the 95 wagon, which itself could be traced back to the 92 sedan of the 1940s. It would have been cool to see this make production as it could have stretched that lineage well into the 1980s.
There is also the GM80 program from the 1980s where the Chevrolet Camaro and Pontiac Firebird (and an Oldsmobile cousin) almost went FWD. Fully finished prototypes were built and were nearly done with testing, and only 18 months away from production.
we still got the Pontiac G8 in Australia, while it's just a re-badged Holden VE commodore ute there was still a bunch sold to us as a Pontiacs and you'll see one every now and then despite being the exact same as their Holden counterparts just more expensive.
Um actually, let me paint the picture 4u. The Roomster released in 2006. The Yeti released in 2009. So, the Yeti shared parts with the Roomster, and not the other way round.
the Jaguar C-X75, 6 working prototypes where the blue coloured one was practically production ready, yet axed despite having gotten steady money support from Tata
I actually own one of those Dodge RamChargers from mexico. Mines a 2001, and i live in Canada. I had it imported last year. Cool little truck. Gets all kinds of attention.
Man, sad that Saab 9-5NG (and the 9-3NG 3rd gen Phoenix version) never made it into long term production, let alone the hatchback variant, which probably my favourite variant as it reminiscing to the 900/9000 models, and love it's odd liftback design. Other models that i'm sad that never made into production: - Range Rover Vogue 2 Door (same goes for any 2-door SUVs) - Hyundai R-class like model (I like the R-Class at it looked like MPV/Wagon instead of Popular Crossover) - Ford Taurus 1st gen with conventional grill - Dodge Calibre (Lancer based instead of the crossover)
Oldsmobile announced a variant of the 1977 Toronado called the XSR, which was to have power retractable t-tops that slid into the center roof bar. Sales brochures were printed, and Tomica even started producing small die cast toy versions. However, try as they might, engineers couldn't resolve water drainage issues with the top system, so the Toronado XSR never made it to showrooms.
skoda in early 2000s conquered market, so vw was definitely worried that their sub brand would surpass them and they kinda stopped then from developing their own quirky identity. i love early 2000s cars in general because i read about them in magazines when i was i kid. good times. and good video as usual
2:45 I own a 2007 Hyundai Santa Fe with ~200,000 miles on it. I think it’s safe to say that if it were a luxury vehicle, I wouldn’t be carrying 8-12 foot boards of lumber in it and the occasional 200-800lbs of flooring, bricks, logs ect.
Count your blessings yours still run. I sell cars for a living, the amount of blown engines from Kia / Hyundai before 80k miles is mind boggling. I steer everyone to either Lexus or Toyota that’s wanting a good reliable SUV
my new favourite youtube channel :) keep up the work as for cancelled cars - what happened to the DeTomaso SLC from 2012? brand rebooted with suv-coupe model, got 1 450 orders from people, and nothing since that, no production started
I couldn’t find anything on what happened to the slc, but I do know that DeTomaso got a second revival, and it’s making more traditional supercars now. The P72 is supposed to go into production in the tail end of this year, although I doubt it’ll happen
So the "Dodge Lancer" was supposed to be the Caliber but Dodge didn't go through with it and instead made the Caliber which was still based on the Lancer but they made it hatchback, I don't know why to this day but I do know that you can bolt the Evo X drivetrain into a Caliber and no one has done it yet.
2 great examples I can mention is the B32A was supposed to be a Nissan Almera replacement that rode on nissans C-platform and was supposed to be a conventional hatchback. However it got cancelled around 2002 during design stage as they couldn't figure out how to make it profitable. Instead we got the Nissan Qashqai. Another is that Caterham was supposed to help build the Alpine A110 and Caterham was supposed to have its own version but it got cancelled in 2014-2015 when they could afford to match Renaults development costs
There was a Taurus grille with slots cut into the outer sides of the grille for the Police Package only. This grille was painted body color and did make it to production.
4:18 that grill on the Taurus front end looks a lot like the EA Falcon we got in Australia in 88. Why are front wheel drive cars so popular in the states? For non muscle / sports cars obviously. I mean they are both gone now, but well into the 2010’s the two locally manufactured family sedans from Ford and Holden (GM) were still rear wheel drive in Australia.
Easy, it's more for North states where they get snow and they're cheaper than getting a AWD/4WD, also you can blame the Japanese as FWD into the 1980s was more of a luxury thing for the American brands being used in 2 vehicles, the Oldsmobile Toronado (Which was the first mass produced FWD) and the Cadillac Eldorado, while for the rest of the word they used it for small econo boxes to save room
Why isn't anyone talking about the Volkswagen Bluesport and their Audi (R4) and Porsche (55One) counterparts? They were somewhat close to production and then they got cancelled.
chery has gajillion of unreleased cars, starting by the B13, the Higgo pickup, the Tiggo6, the M14 cabrio, the A6CC (and the A6 by itself), a flagship sedan that supposedly would've been powered by a V8 (or V12?) engine, some stuff on the QQ and Eastar platforms, etc etc etc
They made the 9-3 Sportcombi from 2006 until 2011... thousands of them produced. There were 37 9-5NG Sportcombis produced, of which 27 stille xist with 24 being "roadworthy"... no true number for total that are registered, but they all are in Europe. I've been on the look for one to import for a decade now. Have seen a custom one made from a 9-5 and an Opel Insignia SportsTourer.
A pretty famous one is the 5 or so new Lotus models revealed around 2010, none of which made it to production. It included an entirely new styling language, a new Elan, Esprit, Elise, GT 2+2 and four door GT - as well as at a later time an independent concept, the Ethos, which was a city car that also had that styling language.
I once saw a coupe SS Tahoe from the previous generation that came with a 454 and a little shorter wheelbase than that which should be pretty decent off road; it has been my dream car ever since
When Opel was still a part of GM, they developed a new Corsa F on a GM platform, even spyshots of the car exist. But then Opel was sold to PSA (todays Stellantis) and they developed a different Corsa based on the Peugeot 208. Would love to see the GM version!
I was very surprised the Saab NG9-5 (i own one) made it onto the list, I had no idea about the hatchback variant, I do know about the station wagon variant, however about 60 of those were made so it sort of went into production I suppose
In México, the silverado 2 door suv actually came to production as the Dodge Ram charger. But was the previous generation than the showed up in the video.
when you hear a distinctive estonian accent in the wild and realise youre watching a corsicar video. keep at it.
Hey, it's Boris!
Finding you here feels like seeing your boss getting hammered in a local bar, not bad but not expected
It's like finding a rare pokemon
Sup Boris?
:O it's Boris!!
The 2 door Tahoe photo taken before it gets scrapped is like one of those photos moments before disaster. I’m actually very sad about that 😢
Tho with how cheap that generation is, you can just build one, source I have seen people do that
Actually they sold them in Mexico, same as the Dodge RamCharger 99-2004 it was never sold in the states.
Couldn't agree with you more.
@@MrMoo-g9f Yep, and It was sold as a silverado
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"Dodge Lancer" please no spooky stuff today...
Crazier rumour was that Neon ACR engineers were developing a coupe version of the Lancer Evo, before the whole Neon successor project got shut down in favour of the Caliber crossover.
It was supposed to go into production the lancer evo rebadged as caliber, yeah. THE EVO, fuck you dodge
2024 Mitsubishi: We have rebadged Renaults.
@@bottlelyCoupe Evo would’ve been much better than that caliber crossover thing.
imagine an SRT model tho, wouldnt that just be an Evo?
Corsicar DONT MISS🔥🙏
Honda hsv 010 ...
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Always fucking HITS
3:00 the g8 was continued in Australia as the VE commodore and refreshed as the VF Commodore until 2017
australia was the country who made them first, pontiac was meant to only resell these aussie built holdens. The VF ended up as a Chevrolet SS by the way lol
@@takigosciu The VF Sedan which was the SSV is what the U.S. got but they never got the V6 options only v8
If Pontiac got a G8 Ute, the Chevy would of gotten a modern El Camino too, lol
You've got it backwards. The VE Commo came first, then the G8 and the Chevy SS came after. The G8 came in both a V6 and LS V8, but the SS only came in an LS V8. Honestly a great car killed by terrible GM decisions.
@@Skiptrac3 I was basically saying that the whole car wasn't discontinued but yes you are right I said it backwards.
I... Lowkey wanted to know why the Flavia gets a negative sales figure...
Also one of my favourite story about cancelled car was the Smart Formore. Smart wanted to sell something for the US Market so they developed the Formore. It was supposed to based be produced in Brazil instead of the Smartville factory in France. But in the end DaimlerChrysler decided to scrap the project due to financial reason (Development of the Formore costing too much money while DaimlerChrysler decided to focus on making Smart profitable). In the end, Smart makes its US debut in 2008 selling the Fortwo. While the concept version remains lost until 2009 when someone found it on a Mercedes warehouse (It was supposed to be showcased on 2005 Frankfurt Auto Show but Smart decided not to)
Lancia Flavia became the Chrysler 200.
@@lrich8181 Other way around... All of Lancia's lineup from that era were rebadged Chrysler products that came first.
@@krudmuphinstudioz Not all of the Lancia lineup. The Ypsilon was unique (although on the Fiat Panda platform), the Musa was a restyled Fiat Idea, and the Delta was unique (sharing a platform with the Fiat Bravo). However, the Ypsilon and Delta were rebadged as Chryslers for the UK and Ireland markets.
@@neil733and now we have a new Ypsilon which is Citroen C3 which is a Opel Corsa with is a Peugeot 208
The Saab 9-5 SportCombi is also a car for this list. It was cancelled as Saab had an issue with itself stopping to exist, so only 33 prototypes/preproduction units were made. 1 got to Germany and was actually registered for road use by a private owner.
The 9-5 SportCombi skirts the line and it's a shame more weren't produced.
@@SirDankNewton It was shown off on Geneva just befote Saabs dissolution was announfed later the same month
There was one on the road in Norway aswell
9:30 TLDR: The B13 became the 威尔BHJ6490 by PLA Air Force 5720 Factory, which primarily supplies parts for aircraft repairs. Here's the thing few people really caught on: Both the 5720 Factory and the Chery headquarters are located in Wuhu City, Anhui. Very likely Chery offloaded their unused stock of B13 bodykits to a neighboring factory that wanted some fleet vehicles for factory use. Chery still needed the engines so the BHJ6490 was equipped with a very low-powered engine from a different supplier other Chery.
Samsung Motors, before they were bought out by Renault, once built a MR sports car with a Nissan Sefiro drivetrain, named the SSC-1. It never left the prototype stage, probably because South Korea's economy was suffering at the time.
The Pontiac sport truck as you called it was a Holden Commodore Ute that sold in the tens of thousands in Australia and New Zealand
4:20 fun fact. Police variants of the Taurus actually got a partially slotted grille. slots on the outer part
Yep. Was looking to see if someone brought this up.
They also were driven on occasion by robocop.
2:58 funny thing about this exact G8 ST is that it did end up being produced anyway as the VE SS V-series Special Edition and to add more salt in the wound, was also available as a wagon
The VE Commodore with the G8 grille is like the Sileighty of GM.
Not too long ago, Jaguar was supposed to launch a new XJ but canned it due to questionable sales. And another example would be the second generation VW Phateon, which was also cancelled for the same reason.
The second gen Phaeton was most likely canned due to Dieselgate, as some other VW products
Audi had to cancel their LMP1 program, and VW had to cancel racing in WRC in 2017
And the fact that no one really bought the Phaeton due to VW brand having a reputation for low-budget cars (VW in German means people's car)
Proton were trying to make their Lancer Evo called the Sembilu. Which is based on the Wira. But the Malaysian Department Of Transportation said Nuh Uh and never made it into production.
The Wira also meant to have Citroen Diesel engine options but never happened because the CEO that time died in a Helicopter incident.
Proton may not have ended up making their own Evo, but the general public did, which is why it’s very hard to find an actual Evo 1-3 there
@@bmoboss And even if it's actually an Evo 1-3, you would probably have to take a long time to confirm it. Doesn't help that some/most of the retired PERT cars were sold through the newspaper classifieds as Evo 1-3s back then (Even though they are).
But I guess back on topic, there would be more examples under the brand:
- "Sepang" which became the Lotus Europa S and then somewhat revived as the "Lekir" concept in 2010. What's interesting is that there are patents of the Proton-badged version of the Europa S back in 2004, when both cars were in development.
- A wagon version of the 2nd generation Saga was spotted being towed. But it was more likely a test-mule than anything else. This wasn't the first time Proton had tried to make a wagon out of an existing model as a prototype of an "estate" version of the Wira was spotted around the 90s as it was presumed to be made before the 1997 Asian Financial Crisis (Which could play a part in the cancellation of their Putra/Coupe WRC programme around that time.)
- A potential replacement model of the Perdana came as the form of a Mitsubishi 380 prototype back in 2008, presumably for internal evaluation. Not even Proton could salvage the 380 from its demise. The Perdana nameplate returned from 2013-2020 as a rebadged Accord.
- A mock-up prototype of a Tiara replacement was made from rebadging a Citroen Saxo in 1997, as the Tiara was a rebadged Citroen AX. But proven how unpopular the Tiara was, it never materialised for production.
Also a lot of Proton models was planned to be Citroen based (Including a plan to rebadge the Saxo as a Proton) but didn't happen due to similar reason. Only model that was managed to be sold was the AX based Tiara. But that was a flop in the end
JPJ probably saw how monyet most of us are when it comes to driving any sort of vehicles and went “nope, they are gonna crash this car in less than 5 seconds of driving it” 😂
@@yugenboy
The Saga Wagon and Perdana 380 are the two models i wished it became a reality.
- The Proton Saga have been the car that i would want to have it as my first new car. The sedan looks nice, but i'd wished they also provide the wagon body and even returning the liftback "Aeroback" models. Heard the upcoming 4th gen may return the hatchback model, but i doubt it'll either be the "wagon hatchback" or "aeroback hatchback", and instead likely be Iriz replacement.
- I've always fantasises the idea of Perdana not being the 8th gen accord rebadge (specifically the government use from 2013-2016, the home design from 2016-2018 looks pretty nice). The 380-based might've been a nice contender to the Aurion-based Camry and 8th-gen Honda Accord. And with some old speculation considering Nissan Fuga for Perdana's new body, it'll be a coincidence replacement since Mitsubishi is now under Renault-Nissan Alliance.
The Lancia Flavia was based on the Chrysler 200 and was sold in North America as such. Terrible cars, be thankful they never went into production in the EU
I live in North America and I was really surprised to see a 2 door convertible version of this car. Every time I have seen a 200 it’s been a 4 door sedan. I had no idea LANCIA rebadged this thing. Weird.
A convertible Chrysler 200 is something I never wanted to see
@bearerofsoup At the time the Chrysler 300 was also sold as a Lancia, and Lancias were also sold as Chryslers in some markets, which made things confusing.
The g8 ute did make it into production. In fact, it was already in production at that point as the VE commodore ute in Australia. It's just that it didn't end up getting made with pontiac badges.
1990 Pontiac Fiero. Prototypes even still exist today that have been brought to Fiero Car Shows. There is an internal mock up video available as well.
Came here to say this. THEY TOOK EVERYTHING FROM US!
1:31 here in Brazil we had a similar situation, but the car actually went to production. The Chevrolet Agile, launched in 2011, was supposed to replace the Corsa C (2002) but the Agile was based from the Corsa B (1994)....
If it released and never scrapped, why you mentioned it in a video about the cars that never been on production..
because he is talking about the smart van being based on a platform older than the vehicle it succeeds, and this is a similar situation. really ain’t that hard to read
Agile was awful. The decision came down to cheaper components since Corsa B components had been localized for the lower cost Celta.
@@IanBRacing well, I understood it, dude and there are some misinformation here about this fact..
2004-10 Suzuki Swift was rumoured to be available in coupe convertible version, but it was scrapped to make way for Sport model
Good move from Suzuki
If the GMT-800 2-door Tahoe actually went into production, good condition models would be sought after today and beat up variants would plague high school parking lots in the states below the Mason-Dixon.
I'm fully convinced that some of these cancelled models would have gone on to be decent sellers, but bean counters at businesses always think they know what's best, and they tend to be quite wrong. They're always so focused on money, they don't always listen to what consumers are saying, until they come out with a product that ends up not selling that they were just so sure would be a big hit
Talking about Chery, the A3 model was tested in Poland in 2010, as there were plans to produce it in FSO factory. I even saw one with my own eyes
They were pretty common in Russia. Manufactured locally and sold as M11
For Hyundai, many people don’t like to buy a crossover mpv. everywhere else…
…except in Asia where they released a Crossover MPV called the Stargazer in the ASEAN Region which competes with Mitsubishi’s Xpander, Suzuki’s Ertiga and Nissan’s Lazy Expander-rebadged Livina
Three row seats vehicles are popular in Southeast Asia, especially Indonesia since it can carry as many people as possible in compact form. There are so many three row seats vehicles that I feel normal cars and crossovers become sporty cars akin to coupes and 3 door hatches.
There was also the situation where the Opel Corsa F was being developed by GM on the G2XX platform, where near production ready vehicles were doing the rounds, then GM sold off Opel/Vauxhall to PSA and PSA dumped the GM Corsa F project and started again on their own platform and so produced the car we know today. The GM version of the axed Opel Corsa F went on to be used in China as the Buick Excelle sedan.
Interesting clip, thanks for sharing.
If I’m not mistaken, he actually did acknowledge this mishap on his last vid, almost verbatim 😅
@@AnNguyen-cd3ny Oh my apologies! I haven't seen his last clip, but I'll check that out now!
That Skoda was a disappointment even when it started testing
Could've been branded as a Seat as well if they decided to kill it as a Skoda, but maybe this disappointment would've brought Seat to an end even sooner. Imagine a VW Caddy rebadge to have just to have a rebadge for no reason, originally a Skoda front design on an old platform, and released with no changes but with a Seat badge. The car masochist in me wants to see it fail.
@@Mandarin9900 actually with the Inca ending production in 2002, VW didn't want SEAT to make any commercial vehicles anymore, as V dub was focusing on SEAT being a more "sportier" brand, which they failed shit at. Now, with entrepeneuing mishaps and everything, SEAT's just a failing brand that needs some love to regain the success it really had in the 90s and early 2000s.
@@filippoboschini8659nice
@@filippoboschini8659 They totally give up and will do with the brand, in favor of Cupra.
From the back it looks like a first gen Ford Transit Connect.
A Pontiac G8 Ute would’ve been amazing here in America. Could’ve been the beginning of us making Utes to rival trucks like the SVT Raptor and Ram SRT-10
Gonna have nightmares about the Calibra B, thanks
I got to experience this first hand, in 2019 i was working for a company manufacturing seats for JLR, when they announced production of a 3-door luxury Range Rover SV Coupe, with only 1000 to be produced. We've built some prototype and pre-production seats for the cars, but after 6 sets or so, the project got cancelled, and i don't know what happened with those seats we've made.
SAAB also continued their Subaru rebadge plans with the 9-6X that was essentially a facelifted Subaru Tribeca with a SAAB front end treatment. Two ready prototypes exist but when GM sold it's stake in Subaru the 9-6X was cancelled. Actually, many of the 9-6X design changes were used for that Tribeca facelift as the 9-6X was designed first.
such an underrated channel fr. cant wait for you to blow up dude 💯🔥
I know you featured it in the last video, but the Jaguar XJ electric will always be a head-scratcher to me. Sales would never have been great, and I'm sure the technology was already dated before release, but how much did they save vs how much would they have gained from actually putting it out. I hope it leaks one day.
Considering that Jaguar was supposed to be moving to a full electric lineup it is odd that they canceled the XJ.
It's cause JLR suddenly wanted Jaguar to go fully upmarket (like back in the 1960s where it was only slightly below Bentley and RR. and the XJ wouldnt have fit in this new lineup restructure. It's weird but that's the case
Great video, I love your channel because you are so knowledgeable about all car markets across the world. And your sense of humour is great too 😂 Greetings from the Netherlands 👋😃
The Flavia is a Chrysler 200 convertible which I don’t think anyone here in America bought either
Ehh it had a somewhat good run running from 2011-2017 sold like atleast under a million cars that’s added up from the years together
these videos are so damn good, always a pleasure to watch your content!
this is what we like. (press F to pay respect to all the cars that didn’t make it to production)
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here's a great honorable mention- back when the prowler was new chrysler had experimented with putting a wrangler's 'box' into the area where you sit. i wish i could make this up. it's a wrangler that sits on its nuts with a prowler nose. there's even an old video on youtube documenting its' existence. it quite literally looks like something you would see if you popped your head into an alternate reality.
EDIT: ua-cam.com/video/b4lqPAMHBnU/v-deo.html
it's a super obscure topic that i'd imagine will blow like chernobyl once more eyes lay on it
The 2012 Peugeot 208 was supposed to come with a convertible version like every model that preceded it but PSA was nearing bankruptcy at the time and in an effort to rationalize costs they abandoned the project in favor of the upmarket DS3 convertible within the group, except it was now a fixed profile convertible like the Fiat 500 instead of a full convertible like the 208 prototype that still exists and is showcased in the Peugeot museum.
I think they also sensed the market was moving away from convertibles, the 207CC sales were poor vs the 206CC, and it would have continued the trend. I'm surprised it made it as far as it did to be honest.
I would have been cool to see. At least PSA would have failed and didn't create Stellantis 😒
The 3rd gen Citroen C5 was also supposed to get a convertible variant called the C5 Airscape but it probably got cancelled for the same reason
@@filippoboschini8659 There are photos of it online
@@rosso_infernusI think the C5 Airscape was just a concept, it was shown before the regular C5 saloon arrived.
The Alfa 75 Sportswagon is in my opinion the best didn't-make-it car I've ever seen. Such a pity.
Also it seems that you favoured Chinese car industry in your videos very much. Glad to watch these obscure things get mentioned in UA-cam. Love your content.
The Nissan Mid-4 should have been built and sold as Infiniti's answer to the Acura NSX. I believe if that had been done, Infiniti would have a real halo car by now. And they definitely need one right now.
I'm afraid now it's way too late for that.
They failed with hybrids, European market - I won't be surprised if Nissan is gonna shut Infiniti for good next few years (or they'll come back with more hybrids and some evs).
Exactly car looked great
The channels going from strength to strength! Keep it up 👍
This is my new favourite UA-cam channel! Keep up the great work
Wagon version of Saab 9-5 actually didnt release. All examples of the last 9-5 kombi are all prototypes. It was announced the same month that later Saab was dissolved.
Also check out the Opel Omega V8.
Came with a LS1 out of the C5 corvette and was production ready.
Story is that one of the prototypes is used as a workshop car at the main Opel factory to this day.
Really a shame
2:56 WE WERE GONNA GET UTES??? DAMNIT!!
Yeah, I remember hearing about the G8 ST. Then Pontiac was killed not long after so it never came. I miss Pontiac. The G8 was a great car but it never really stood a chance at saving the brand.
could have been a modern day El Camino
In 1977 (I think), Saab made 2 or 3 fully operational "97" hatchbacks based on the 95 wagon, which itself could be traced back to the 92 sedan of the 1940s. It would have been cool to see this make production as it could have stretched that lineage well into the 1980s.
1:40 Hyundai and Kia are the same company homeboy. They’re not trying to be an alternative, Hyundais are nicer Kia’s.
Sometimes the Kia is nicer. I like the Kia K5 better than the Hyundai Sonata and the Kia Stinger > the Genesis G70.
Damn then why are the Hyundais always look like shit man
There is also the GM80 program from the 1980s where the Chevrolet Camaro and Pontiac Firebird (and an Oldsmobile cousin) almost went FWD. Fully finished prototypes were built and were nearly done with testing, and only 18 months away from production.
we still got the Pontiac G8 in Australia, while it's just a re-badged Holden VE commodore ute there was still a bunch sold to us as a Pontiacs and you'll see one every now and then despite being the exact same as their Holden counterparts just more expensive.
The Peugeot 308 R was tested by press and preproduction models were built but production was cancelled last minute...
I love the narration and the humor splashed throughout the video! Very well done
I would love to add the TaMo RaceMo (Tata Motors' first sports car) to this list! It was an exciting development, but sadly got the axe.
1:00 Fabia Moment
The original Roomster also shared a lot of (front-) parts with Fabia and Yeti.
Um actually, let me paint the picture 4u.
The Roomster released in 2006.
The Yeti released in 2009.
So, the Yeti shared parts with the Roomster, and not the other way round.
There was also planned to be a Saturn rebadged Honda Odyssey, there’s only one photo of it that was uploaded by a GM engineer on Flickr
the Jaguar C-X75, 6 working prototypes where the blue coloured one was practically production ready, yet axed despite having gotten steady money support from Tata
I am upset the Pontiac Sporttruck didn't happen. it was litteraly a Holden Ute from Australia, a beloved car down there!
About that Skoda from the intro - it was just rebadged VW Caddy and nothing from the original roomster was left.
1:40 bro said “Highundie”😂😂🤦🏽♂️
I actually own one of those Dodge RamChargers from mexico. Mines a 2001, and i live in Canada. I had it imported last year. Cool little truck. Gets all kinds of attention.
This is my new favourite channel, I love your editing style
Man, sad that Saab 9-5NG (and the 9-3NG 3rd gen Phoenix version) never made it into long term production, let alone the hatchback variant, which probably my favourite variant as it reminiscing to the 900/9000 models, and love it's odd liftback design.
Other models that i'm sad that never made into production:
- Range Rover Vogue 2 Door (same goes for any 2-door SUVs)
- Hyundai R-class like model (I like the R-Class at it looked like MPV/Wagon instead of Popular Crossover)
- Ford Taurus 1st gen with conventional grill
- Dodge Calibre (Lancer based instead of the crossover)
Best new channel fr, I love these weird interesting car stories that aren’t often told.
Amazing video, keep going please, you are doing a great job!
Oldsmobile announced a variant of the 1977 Toronado called the XSR, which was to have power retractable t-tops that slid into the center roof bar. Sales brochures were printed, and Tomica even started producing small die cast toy versions.
However, try as they might, engineers couldn't resolve water drainage issues with the top system, so the Toronado XSR never made it to showrooms.
skoda in early 2000s conquered market, so vw was definitely worried that their sub brand would surpass them and they kinda stopped then from developing their own quirky identity. i love early 2000s cars in general because i read about them in magazines when i was i kid. good times. and good video as usual
2:45 I own a 2007 Hyundai Santa Fe with ~200,000 miles on it. I think it’s safe to say that if it were a luxury vehicle, I wouldn’t be carrying 8-12 foot boards of lumber in it and the occasional 200-800lbs of flooring, bricks, logs ect.
Count your blessings yours still run. I sell cars for a living, the amount of blown engines from Kia / Hyundai before 80k miles is mind boggling. I steer everyone to either Lexus or Toyota that’s wanting a good reliable SUV
As an R class owner I love having a car no one wanted 😂
The R class is absolutely sick 🔥🔥🔥
@@Tobi-ln9xr thanks! I feel even more special because it’s an R500 with the 5.0l v8
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Keep up the great work man! Fav car youtuber currently
Man your channel is fantastic. Thanks for the amazing videos. Love your presentation style
YES HE POSTED
I hate when things like these happen its just soo sad to see cars that almost got production 😭😭😭
Finally a new video worth the wait as always
You had me at the 2-door GMT800 Tahoe
my new favourite youtube channel :) keep up the work
as for cancelled cars - what happened to the DeTomaso SLC from 2012? brand rebooted with suv-coupe model, got 1 450 orders from people, and nothing since that, no production started
I couldn’t find anything on what happened to the slc, but I do know that DeTomaso got a second revival, and it’s making more traditional supercars now. The P72 is supposed to go into production in the tail end of this year, although I doubt it’ll happen
@@IanBRacing neat, didnt knew about this
So the "Dodge Lancer" was supposed to be the Caliber but Dodge didn't go through with it and instead made the Caliber which was still based on the Lancer but they made it hatchback, I don't know why to this day but I do know that you can bolt the Evo X drivetrain into a Caliber and no one has done it yet.
man im loving the videos this channel is putting out
2 great examples I can mention is the B32A was supposed to be a Nissan Almera replacement that rode on nissans C-platform and was supposed to be a conventional hatchback. However it got cancelled around 2002 during design stage as they couldn't figure out how to make it profitable. Instead we got the Nissan Qashqai.
Another is that Caterham was supposed to help build the Alpine A110 and Caterham was supposed to have its own version but it got cancelled in 2014-2015 when they could afford to match Renaults development costs
I don't get how the Flavia got negative sales figures???
They sold 4 units in its final year
sounds about right, we have a Chrysler version in the us and nobody bought them
@@ridgelineenjoyer1517 Still makes no sense....?
Yo the hatchback passat is nice
This channel is very promising! Keep up the good work! 😃
The van at the end looked weird because it had a big body (probably really isn’t) but the wheelbase made it look odd since they look small
Also the electric XJ. It was fully designed and ready to be showcased, they even teased its taillights. Was cancelled a few months before reveal
ok just realized it was mentioned in the previous video haha
There was a Taurus grille with slots cut into the outer sides of the grille for the Police Package only. This grille was painted body color and did make it to production.
4:18 that grill on the Taurus front end looks a lot like the EA Falcon we got in Australia in 88.
Why are front wheel drive cars so popular in the states? For non muscle / sports cars obviously. I mean they are both gone now, but well into the 2010’s the two locally manufactured family sedans from Ford and Holden (GM) were still rear wheel drive in Australia.
Easy, it's more for North states where they get snow and they're cheaper than getting a AWD/4WD, also you can blame the Japanese as FWD into the 1980s was more of a luxury thing for the American brands being used in 2 vehicles, the Oldsmobile Toronado (Which was the first mass produced FWD) and the Cadillac Eldorado, while for the rest of the word they used it for small econo boxes to save room
5:22 that part is so sad 😭 30 minutes until it got destroyed
Why isn't anyone talking about the Volkswagen Bluesport and their Audi (R4) and Porsche (55One) counterparts? They were somewhat close to production and then they got cancelled.
chery has gajillion of unreleased cars, starting by the B13, the Higgo pickup, the Tiggo6, the M14 cabrio, the A6CC (and the A6 by itself), a flagship sedan that supposedly would've been powered by a V8 (or V12?) engine, some stuff on the QQ and Eastar platforms, etc etc etc
The Saab 9-3 also had some wagon pre-production models, some of which actually did manage to get registered for the road and into people's ownership
Wdym Saab 93 wagons were mass produced? you mean 95 wagon?
@@pizzasquirrel65 yea
They made the 9-3 Sportcombi from 2006 until 2011... thousands of them produced. There were 37 9-5NG Sportcombis produced, of which 27 stille xist with 24 being "roadworthy"... no true number for total that are registered, but they all are in Europe. I've been on the look for one to import for a decade now. Have seen a custom one made from a 9-5 and an Opel Insignia SportsTourer.
A pretty famous one is the 5 or so new Lotus models revealed around 2010, none of which made it to production. It included an entirely new styling language, a new Elan, Esprit, Elise, GT 2+2 and four door GT - as well as at a later time an independent concept, the Ethos, which was a city car that also had that styling language.
I once saw a coupe SS Tahoe from the previous generation that came with a 454 and a little shorter wheelbase than that which should be pretty decent off road; it has been my dream car ever since
When Opel was still a part of GM, they developed a new Corsa F on a GM platform, even spyshots of the car exist. But then Opel was sold to PSA (todays Stellantis) and they developed a different Corsa based on the Peugeot 208. Would love to see the GM version!
You'll be pleasantly surprised when you watch my previous video
@@corsicar_ I noticed it, just a little bit too late. ;)
I... Need... More... Corsicar...
Corsicar back with another banger 🗣️🗣️
2:57 that is legit a rebadge of a HSV Maloo
İsn't Maloo based on VF Commodore?(after the VE gen Commodore's)
Babe wake up, Corsicar uploaded
I was very surprised the Saab NG9-5 (i own one) made it onto the list, I had no idea about the hatchback variant, I do know about the station wagon variant, however about 60 of those were made so it sort of went into production I suppose
your youtube channel is sooooo underrated :D
5:30 man i would have loved the 2 door SUV. my 1st vehicle was a 94 blazer 4 door.
Aw yeah a corsicar video
Pontiac g8 “truck” is a Holden commodore Ute in Australia
In México, the silverado 2 door suv actually came to production as the Dodge Ram charger. But was the previous generation than the showed up in the video.
With content like these last few uploads, this channel will have 100k+ subs in a few months