Imagining cars that dont exist using AI...

[Dick Cheeseburger]

[Billy - Medhurst]

[TrabbieRonnie]

To be fair, I think a guy in the Guild has already created one of these in the metal, but look at this!  Where's my angle grinder?!

 

[TrabbieRonnie]

This seems obvious too...

I like how it sort of kept the suicide rear doors!

[Wibble]

[Dj_efk]

I think Ford should make that!

 

[adw1977]

It's certainly better than the new Capri.

[Bear]

The car that saved AMC...

They took the Eagle concept, and shoved it under the Pacer...

Including the Pacer Wagon

In 1984 it got a small facelift

And again in 1987

Before it was looking a bit dated and got a heavy refresh for the 1993 model year.

Sales did end, but in 1999 they planned a transverse, New Pacer for the 21st century.

It flopped. AMC ended up with Stellantis anyway.

And desperate for an answer to the R5 E-Tech...

[Bear]

On 22/08/2026 at 23:26, adw1977 said:

It's certainly better than the new Capri.

Anything would be.

Particularly when the RX8 was /right there/ with MX-5 power frame to handle the lower crank.

Meanwhile, at Stellantis...

Customer clinic gives America the AMC E-Pacer, heading off the Dodge, and Jeep TrailPacer attempts.

A subtle change... for the AMX edition.

But in Europe... AMC means nothing.

Yeah, it's more Kadett City than GT/E but...

I'm not hating what the UK gets out of it.

[lesapandre]

On 22/08/2026 at 21:31, Wibble said:

Reminds me of a Polestar.

[Wibble]

4 minutes ago, lesapandre said:

Reminds me of a Polestar.

I actually think AI did well with this. Particularly impressed with the nod to the coke bottle up sweep of the rear door profile. I like it a lot.

[Dick Cheeseburger]

What's the bastard result when one of the ugliest cars ever built reproduces with one of the prettiest? 

I present to you the Jaecooghini Miura7!

[Bear]

Customer clinic didn't like the Capri.

New proposal.

[Billy - Medhurst]

[UltraWomble]

The Audi A1 saloon - popular in China

[Volksy]

On 03/09/2026 at 20:03, Bear said:

 

 

Sales did end, but in 1999 they planned a transverse, New Pacer for the 21st century.

It flopped. AMC ended up with Stellantis anyway.

And desperate for an answer to the R5 E-Tech...

 

 

[Metal Guru]

On 04/09/2026 at 12:42, Bear said:

Customer clinic didn't like the Capri.

New proposal.

I’m sure they would have sold a lot of either of those rather than the electric blob they’ve cynically used the name in. 

[Bear]

Unearthed during a visit to the BBC archives...

A British version of Knight Rider. Not Professionals with a black Capri - actual British equivalent.

Set to air in 1983, Knight Driver stars Tom Baker as "Sir" - an agent presumed lost during cold war espionage, and smuggled back.

I first learned of it from a cut segment from popular science show "Tim Morrow's World"

The car - the cutting edge MG Maestro. The car is called Maestro, and in the show real-life boffin Clive Sinclair plays the role of the designer.

The Soviet-era enemy drives a turbine-powered Tatra T613...

Found an old promo poster...

But wait...

It was going to be the bundled game for 1983 Christmas deals with the Spectrum!