Here are some cars that I believe have been inspired by the Crossfire and have taken some elements from them:

The Jaguar XKR





Nissan 350Z




The NEW Audi TT




Feel to post images of others you feel have taken elements from the Crossfire

 

 

I drove one those back in the mid 70s....(Triump GT6 MK III)....I think most cars like the Crossfire are refinements of what it was.

 

The rear windows shown are much more attractive than the wraparound glass on corvettes, older firebirds, etc. To me the glass is what makes the difference.

 

There are only so many shapes you can make a car that is acceptable to the eye and practical. So many cars have similar features, nobody is going to copy anyone else by intent but sometimes the results are similar.
I really like that Triumph.

 

None of those cars copied the Crossfire. Especially the Jaguar. That thing is a blatant rip off from Aston Martin. The DB9 is sex on wheels. Ford owns both Aston and Jaguar so they can do what they want with them.

I think you're simply seeing similar shapes that have been used for ages and relating them to your preferred car.

 

Ford used to own Aston and Jag (and Land Rover, Volvo and most of Mazda) but sold Jag and Land Rover to TATA Motors of India in 2008 and Aston Martin to a consortium of investors lead by David Richards (of ProDrive and WRC fame) back in 2007. Ian Callum, still design director at Jaguar, headed design for both companies for a while under Ford. He penned the Jaguar XK and started work on the DB9, which was later finished by Henrik Fisker (before Fisker left to start his own coachbuilding company and now premium hybrid auto company). Callum also penned the Aston Martin DB7, and that's the car that (if anything) the Jag XK is a rip off of. But if the same guy designed both cars while working for the same parent company,it's less a "ripoff" than an easy and cheap way to develop a new car for what was still an ailing company.

The original XK and DB7 really did look almost like twins.

 

I was really hot for one of those GT6's. Then I drove one. Still one of the coolest looking cars of the era.

 

 

It was fun to drive, like an idiot I traded it in on a new '76 TR-7.....dufus I was....

Then like an idiot I traded the TR-7 in on a new '78 Corvette.....dufus I was...

 

Look at the new maxima from the back (more noticable in person)...

 

The GT6 was great in a straight line, but it was nose heavy IMO, cornering suffered and as I remember it was hot and noisey inside. I didn't like the transmission either.

I could probably say all those same things about the Jaguar XKE, and I would have sold my children to own one of those lol

As far as your trades, you ended up with a Crossfire, a perfected GT6 and you got rid of the ugliest British sportscar ever. (TR7) Sound like things worked out well. Happy Motoring.

 

Sooooo, if I bought a Jaguar and a Land Rover I'd essentially have a bodacious set of TATA's!



Sorry........ couldn't help myself.

 

Wow suprised to see anyone even knows the GT6 - Working on a small block & 6 speed conversion of one.
1970 variety (nicer taillights IMO) original ~13,000 miles. Should pull about 450hp out of it.

BTW the V8 with aluminum heads appears lighter than the inline 2.0 - bad news mine will be hot and very noisy.

 

Please tell me you've got some kind of replacement H.D. rear drive train planned for your project.
The biggest thing I remember about the 1974 Spitfire I had was near catastrophic "negative camber".


LOL...good one Steve.

 

Corvette 6spd tranny, custom drive shaft. Corvette rear end, custom 3/4 ton truck modified half-shafts.

Those little factory rubber doughnuts would "explode" upon right foot usage.

 

whaaat? on this forum? we already nailed a pegaso in less than 10 posts. err...i did. i could really be a heretic and say no one here knows about the 2000gt or the original cosmo.

 

I had a small block (283) in a bug eyed Sprite. Used a GMC three speed and an Olds rear end.

Your ride is going to be outrageous. Good luck

P.s. Get used to changing half your spark plugs from under the dash. A good scatter shield might be
a good idea

 

I remember the 2000Gt and the Toyopet. Cosmo.. Sounds kind of familiar but maybe I'm thing of Topper.

 

I owned a 67 GT6 and a 68 TR250. The GT6 was a big attractor to the Crossfire for me. And I hate to say this. I actually liked the TR7. And I wanted a 2000gt Toyota as well.