When Cars Are Canceled Before Production

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A lot of cars exist and a lot of cars will exist. Automakers keep wanna making them. However, not every project is as fruitful as all the ones before it because occasionally, cars are canceled before they get the chance to be sold to you, the customer. Finally, we can pay tribute to our forgotten soldiers.

[@alexsaffamerica]

I don't really get why American automakers are addicted to scrapping their prototypes. Also, speaking of Chery, Chery once tried making a small FWD convertible, but it never made it to production.

[@gluttonousmaximus9048]

2000s saw a bunch of Chinese carmakers wanting to make convertibles and coupes and they were all mired by the underspecced chassis design cribbed from Japanese econoboxes.

[@aaronbryan5095]

​@@gluttonousmaximus9048 even the convertibles the make right now like the MG Cyberster, drives like a boat.

[@Deathwish682]

Usually in the US they're scrapped because they don't have VINs due to not being production cars. They can't be sold as a production unit due to differences and liability in an accident. So then it's only good for a museum or scrap. One of those options costs money, the other generates it. So unless it's something very special it's usually an easy choice for those in charge of such decisions

[@victoryepik]

True that i think if they were not meant to be driven why not show them off and a museum like the GMT800 2 door shown that would of been the revival of the blazer if at least made it to production in Mexico

[@6wec]

Eu manufacturers also scrap some of their prototypes

[@confusedkemono]

"Dodge Lancer" please no spooky stuff today...

[@bottlely]

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.

[@DrifterSelf]

It was supposed to go into production the lancer evo rebadged as caliber, yeah. THE EVO, fuck you dodge

[@mangotail6808]

2024 Mitsubishi: We have rebadged Renaults.

[@mrgurulittle7000]

@@bottlelyCoupe Evo would’ve been much better than that caliber crossover thing.

[@Cloaker86]

imagine an SRT model tho, wouldnt that just be an Evo?

[@PanPanOB]

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 😢

[@nickrustyson8124]

Tho with how cheap that generation is, you can just build one, source I have seen people do that

[@petrolweeb]

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)

[@lrich8181]

Lancia Flavia became the Chrysler 200.

[@Lucidddii]

Corsicar DONT MISS🔥🙏

[@daviddsouza2875]

Honda hsv 010 ...

[@iBeerus-]

fax

[@ChoboUnjeon]

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.

[@gluttonousmaximus9048]

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.

[@willschires7283]

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

[@Happymali10]

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.

[@SirDankNewton]

The 9-5 SportCombi skirts the line and it's a shame more weren't produced.

[@khairulnabilakmal33]

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]

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

[@yugenboy]

@@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.

[@petrolweeb]

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

[@aaronbryan5095]

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” 😂

[@eirfanhazlan9271]

​@@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.

[@fjd12]

3:00 the g8 was continued in Australia as the VE commodore and refreshed as the VF Commodore until 2017

[@takigosciu]

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

[@alexsaffamerica]

And the VE Commo was sold as the Chevy Lumina SS in South Africa. We didn't get the VF Commo here.

[@fjd12]

@@takigosciu The VF Sedan which was the SSV is what the U.S. got but they never got the V6 options only v8

[@bradwhite5884]

If Pontiac got a G8 Ute, the Chevy would of gotten a modern El Camino too, lol

[@alexsaffamerica]

@@bradwhite5884 Pretty much. We beat you Americans to it because we practically got a modern El Camino too, a rebadged Holden Ute.

[@Official_BitzNBobz64]

That Skoda was a disappointment even when it started testing

[@Mandarin9900]

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.

[@filippoboschini8659]

​@@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.

[@Official_BitzNBobz64]

@@filippoboschini8659nice

[@Mandarin9900]

@@filippoboschini8659 They totally give up and will do with the brand, in favor of Cupra.

[@indigomizumi]

From the back it looks like a first gen Ford Transit Connect.

[@jlcii]

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

[@scottoleson1997]

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

[@bmoboss]

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

[@indigomizumi]

The VE Commodore with the G8 grille is like the Sileighty of GM.

[@yaagodourado]

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)....

[@rafapenson]

If it released and never scrapped, why you mentioned it in a video about the cars that never been on production..

[@IanBRacing]

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

[@yudhabagaskara98]

2004-10 Suzuki Swift was rumoured to be available in coupe convertible version, but it was scrapped to make way for Sport model

[@Zero_Ninety]

Good move from Suzuki

[@an_intruder.exe1]

this is what we like. (press F to pay respect to all the cars that didn’t make it to production)

[@NFSBeast2365]

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[@kennethutojo7637]

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[@MaximeF23-xf7gg]

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[@DanRoBurton]

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.

[@tomanderson6335]

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.

[@iEnofadov]

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.

[@AnNguyen-cd3ny]

If I’m not mistaken, he actually did acknowledge this mishap on his last vid, almost verbatim 😅

[@iEnofadov]

@@AnNguyen-cd3ny Oh my apologies! I haven't seen his last clip, but I'll check that out now!

[@MKQ19]

such an underrated channel fr. cant wait for you to blow up dude 💯🔥

[@goose4150]

The fact SAAB essentially died because of Opel makes me hate the latter even more

[@pizzasquirrel65]

Yeah because they were too good for GM and they feared it would takeover their other models...

[@Kierdziol]

@@pizzasquirrel65 Too good? Their car range were executive (9-5), unibody mid size crossover (9-4) and outdated compact executive (9-3). The last 9-5 came too late, 9-4 weren't sold in Europe (where it should be offered with diesel engine). Compared to Volvo range of models, Saab were slacking. Price wise Saab cars weren't competition to Opel. If anything, GM withdrew Chevrolet from Europe, because those were more affordable than Opels while not as cheaply made as Dacia.

[@minimoto99]

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.

[@indigomizumi]

Considering that Jaguar was supposed to be moving to a full electric lineup it is odd that they canceled the XJ.

[@yeshwantdasari2075]

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

[@erisdiscordia6120]

Gonna have nightmares about the Calibra B, thanks

[@fhwolthuis]

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 👋😃

[@Peterkragger]

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

[@dankmemes8569]

They were pretty common in Russia. Manufactured locally and sold as M11

[@ChrisofCT]

The Flavia is a Chrysler 200 convertible which I don’t think anyone here in America bought either

[@awaspthatswatchingyou4559]

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

[@mrmook3001]

4:20 fun fact. Police variants of the Taurus actually got a partially slotted grille. slots on the outer part

[@liamschertler9806]

Yep. Was looking to see if someone brought this up.

[@Emppu_T.]

They also were driven on occasion by robocop.

[@danmccarthy4700]

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.

[@stefa_]

these videos are so damn good, always a pleasure to watch your content!

[@theangxldxvil-eq6jp]

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

[@govinlock8568]

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.

[@johnnymason2460]

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.

[@Kierdziol]

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).

[@Bad_Humour]

This is my new favourite KZbin channel! Keep up the great work

[@ultranonn8200]

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.

[@minimoto99]

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.

[@filippoboschini8659]

I would have been cool to see. At least PSA would have failed and didn't create Stellantis 😒

[@rosso_infernus]

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

[@minimoto99]

@@filippoboschini8659 There are photos of it online

[@oliverstemp9132]

@@rosso_infernusI think the C5 Airscape was just a concept, it was shown before the regular C5 saloon arrived.

[@joeypainter81]

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

[@petermacdonald6377]

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

[@NeedForMadnessAuto]

1:00 Fabia Moment

[@Romiman1]

The original Roomster also shared a lot of (front-) parts with Fabia and Yeti.

[@this_dude5307]

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.

[@ihaveunevennostrils9455]

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: kzbin.info/www/bejne/mGXPooN3gq11pLc it's a super obscure topic that i'd imagine will blow like chernobyl once more eyes lay on it

[@lolmygoodness]

The channels going from strength to strength! Keep it up 👍

[@MrKormmodity]

As an R class owner I love having a car no one wanted 😂

[@Tobi-ln9xr]

The R class is absolutely sick 🔥🔥🔥

[@MrKormmodity]

@@Tobi-ln9xr thanks! I feel even more special because it’s an R500 with the 5.0l v8

[@Tmngldn]

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

[@Tmngldn]

ok just realized it was mentioned in the previous video haha

[@TheDragonSeb]

The Peugeot 308 R was tested by press and preproduction models were built but production was cancelled last minute...

[@seanguy9720]

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.

[@Gengargamer2_]

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.

[@randomthingsstuff6591]

YES HE POSTED I hate when things like these happen its just soo sad to see cars that almost got production 😭😭😭

[@Tim2716]

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.

[@h.c.49]

2:56 WE WERE GONNA GET UTES??? DAMNIT!!

[@indigomizumi]

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.

[@Cloaker86]

could have been a modern day El Camino

[@bucketslash11]

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

[@BenTLador]

I don't get how the Flavia got negative sales figures???

[@ridgelineenjoyer1517]

They sold 4 units in its final year

[@IanBRacing]

sounds about right, we have a Chrysler version in the us and nobody bought them

[@jorgeantonini201]

One thing that wasn’t mentioned was the Ford Thunder. Created by SVT as a test vehicle, just like the Lightning it was a supercharged sport truck. But instead of a pickup, it was based on the f-150’s SUV brother the Expedition. Only 1 was produced, and never went into production because the truck was basically at the last or 2nd to last year of its production cycle. And neither the Thunder nor the Lightning were going to be coming around for the next production cycle, so the project was scrapped. Technically you can make one and I’m surprised it’s not been done on KZbin somewhere yet. But with how rare Lightnings are to begin with, I can see why. All you do is take the body off an expedition and put it over a lightning frame. It all bolts up and only wiring ends to be addressed for the expedition interior lifting and stuff.

[@taybrits4554]

This is my new favourite channel, I love your editing style

[@B22i]

About that Skoda from the intro - it was just rebadged VW Caddy and nothing from the original roomster was left.

[@maty709]

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

[@IanBRacing]

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

[@maty709]

@@IanBRacing neat, didnt knew about this

[@Taniel_Rikkiarado]

This channel is very promising! Keep up the good work! 😃

[@JuNo7373]

Amazing video, keep going please, you are doing a great job!

[@lewisxu6483]

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 KZbin. Love your content.

[@danielsa990]

Keep up the great work man! Fav car youtuber currently

[@BigUziVert2190]

Best new channel fr, I love these weird interesting car stories that aren’t often told.

[@deepaksrinivasmondal]

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.

[@doyallsellcrablegs]

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

[@Diptera_Larvae]

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.

[@nickrustyson8124]

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

[@eirfanhazlan9271]

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)

[@i_-ali]

Finally a new video worth the wait as always

[@MatheusBueno.]

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.

[@wojciechbieniek4029]

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.

[@okjeffy6581]

I had a dream I saw a car that looked exactly like that on the thumbnail 18 years ago holy shit.

[@hessifiedlmao]

Aw yeah a corsicar video

[@abcbcd1834]

Man your channel is fantastic. Thanks for the amazing videos. Love your presentation style

[@yeshwantdasari2075]

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

[@stephaniego61]

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.

[@shroomyesc]

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.

[@alexpantelakos1724]

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

[@Helomyname]

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

[@pizzasquirrel65]

Wdym Saab 93 wagons were mass produced? you mean 95 wagon?

[@Helomyname]

@@pizzasquirrel65 yea

[@volleyballurrrr]

With content like these last few uploads, this channel will have 100k+ subs in a few months

[@mntsam1930]

man im loving the videos this channel is putting out

[@Nightwalker1105]

spoopy stuff to watch at night

[@ShumanGore]

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

[@random11564]

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

[@shapman280]

that dodge mitsubishi collab was the most cursed shit ive ever seen in my life

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[@srihariandco]

babe wake up corsicar uploaded

[@mark_u]

The Prius crossover, a supposed second gen Prius V, was also quietly axed after being seen on testing.

[@smurftums]

Leyland Force 7, the three door coupe variant of the Leyland P76 sedan. Cancelled in 1975 with only 8 pre production examples surviving today.

[@DrivingGod21]

GMT 900 2-door Tahoes would have been the bomb.

[@yungboicontigo9278]

5:22 that part is so sad 😭 30 minutes until it got destroyed

[@kg-Whatthehelliseventhat]

5:30 man i would have loved the 2 door SUV. my 1st vehicle was a 94 blazer 4 door.

[@dafrenzyguy]

No corsicar, we do NOT love opel anymore. I do not want rebadged peugeots. I want the 2000s opel back

[@corsicar_]

on this channel, we stan all opels ❤️ aside from the astra g

[@noahboat580]

Its kinda funny too seeing this kind of video, because google showed me a auction article of a prototype eVan that was made by a failed automobile company responding to the rising trend of newer delivery vans. And yea- one of their prototype went up for auction, appealing the van to the van lifers who want to drive and live in something pretty unique

[@Flies2FLL]

That two door GMT400 two-door Tahoe would be a great show stopper at any Cars & Coffee. I would park on the edge and see how many people noticed it....

[@toddprater14]

GMT 800..the 400’s were the 88-98 truck style

[@Timico1000]

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!

[@corsicar_]

You'll be pleasantly surprised when you watch my previous video

[@Timico1000]

@@corsicar_ I noticed it, just a little bit too late. ;)

[@ales6484]

In the year 2000, timor, one of the early indonesian car brand, planned to selling rebadged 1st gen kia sportage as timor j520i in indonesia. But the idea got axed as the brand itself stopped operating caused by WTO dispute in 2000 wich decided that the indonesian national car program was deemed unfair. I dont know how many of this being produced. And as im aware, theres only a single old photo of this rebadged sportage on the internet, completed with the timor logo on the grille.

[@raymond_sycamore]

BRUHHHHH the Pontiac SPOT TRUCK!?!?!??! GOD! I WANT IT!

[@Ayrshore]

"Opel is alive and well to this day"? I have bad, French, news for you...

[@n2da9]

Your videos always hit bro 🔥

[@FullsendOffroad]

the Lancia was actually in sale in the USA as a Chrysler 200.

[@Big-man-aman]

great videos youll become famous I predict