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The story of the F-Type started when the final E-Type left the assembly lines back in 1975, and it took a long, painful road to the final unveiling at the Paris Motor Show in 2012, a road that included a few attempts of revival.
Launching a new product is difficult for any carmaker and, when the new model is considered a successor of an iconic vehicle, it's even worse, and makes the top brass fear for their seats in the high-tower. And the next Volkswagen Bulli is the right example of that.
Chrysler had quite a few dreamers in its design office and managed to pull some astonishing concept cars at the beginning of the '90s, and the Cirrus was one of them, which pointed toward the cab-forward concept evolution. Yet, the result was embarrassing.
Ford introduced the Fox-body Mustang on the assembly lines in 1978, and when it tried to replace it in the mid-'80s with a front-wheel drive platform, the public's reaction was bad - that convinced the Blue Oval's management to postpone the fourth generation, but make it properly.
At an official level, Chrysler said that the PT Cruiser has its roots in the 1997 CCV concept car. Yet, that's hard to believe since there were no plastic panels, no affordable price, and, thankfully, not that hideous design. But when it said that the PT was related to the 1999 Pronto Cruizer, we believed it.