Most influential cars in history?

[TheGhost]

as much as it utterly pains me to say...does anyone think them hybrids have been/will be an influential automobile

Perhaps.  It's far too soon to tell right now.

[Brock Samson]

  Natch?..
you really think the Mercedes 300 SL is a "Muscle Car"..  right after you list the first 300 as a powerful american car... 

Wow,.. you guys list some real hum dingers... an H1?...  I think the jeep beat it to market by about a half century.
but yes the Jeep should be on the list, maybe the Wagoneer and Cherokee with an honorable mention too.
   


BTW:
the first hybrid was a '80 american concept made by Briggs and Stratton.
 

I'd suggest the FORD 100 or even the later 150 as well,..  I know alot of folks on here have 'em,.. though a case could be made for the original Power Wagon too,.. huh Todd?.. 

Another much less popular vehicle would be the Original Mini Van, VW or Ford Or Corvair or the Dodge or the later '80s Dodge/Chysler/Plymouth version whatever,.. 

[Troy]

Influential is the KEY word here guys! JEEP is still my vote...it influenced the outcome of a world war and has never stopped since!(can ya tell I wish they made a CJ-6.1 Hemi!)

The guy I bought my 5.7 Hemi from has a shop that mostly does Hemi conversions on off-road Jeeps. Apparently it's rather simple.

Troy

[SFRT]

Model T: mechanized the usa on personal level

Jeep and its foriegn equivelants: opened the third world to western industrialism and helped win some wars.

Volkswagen and Honda Civic: introduced decent quality economy vehicles with dependability on a mass scale for the first time since the demise of the model T in 1929.

'muscle cars' are amazing, but they have had no real impact on a semiotic level except maybe for entertainment in television and movies.

[WINGR]

What about the 55 Chrysler 300, isn't that considered by many to be the first muscle car. Also, what about the 57 Chevy Bel-Air.

WINGR

[Nacho-RT74]

  Natch?..
you really think the Mercedes 300 SL is a "Muscle Car"..  right after you list the first 300 as a powerful american car... 

muscle sporty, yes!

What about the 55 Chrysler 300, isn't that considered by many to be the first muscle car. Also, what about the 57 Chevy Bel-Air.

WINGR

thats the one I told ! oh yes and the belair of course

[SeattleCharger]

ok, seems to be a couple themes going on here.   Most Influential,  not which was first.  
 
     a 1980 briggs and straton concept hybrid that nobody has ever heard, although "first", is probably not the most influential, compared to a prius or whatever, just saying,  

[TheGhost]

Another I'd like to add is whatever car first sported tailfins, setting the design standard for nearly a decade.

[Brock Samson]

welp i guess the japanese can just go and take all the credit then for the hybrids...
and Mercedes and the German SL300 too for muscle cars...
                                                       

in short,.. you guys are soooooo freakin wrong are you sure you responded to the right thread?.     

where's that smilie?..

 

the first car that "sported tailfins" was the '49 Cad... i belive that's a styleing concideration,.. we might then also include the Charger for having the first Spoiler on the rear deck in '66/67. can we at least agree on that then?..

   

[SeattleCharger]

welp i guess the japanese can just go and take all the credit then...
and Mercedes and the Germans too for muscle cars...
                                                       

the first car that "sported tailfins" was the '49 Cad... i belive that's a styleing concideration,.. we might then also include the Charger for having the first Spoiler on the rear deck in '66/67. can we at least agree on that then?..

   

   The Japanese COPIED the Charger        and Muscle cars are AMERICAN

[Ghoste]

bigcountry and bk72, I'm curious as to what you feel the Fiero influenced?  Not dissing your pick just wondering since you didn't give much detail.

[Brock Samson]

It's obvious,.. the Fiero influenced the Aztek and look how Pontiac sales took off...   








off the cliff! i guess there can be bad influences too eh?..

[Lowprofile]

A Few of my pics would be the Duesenberg , The Shelby Cobra, The Ford GT40, and the 66 Olds Toranado.

btw...the vw bug and the Jeep should be on any list.