Five Cars That Lived A Second Life

Just because a car becomes outdated and old where you live, doesn’t mean that’s what happens around the world. Sometimes those same cars live on. Sometimes they are resurrected. Sometimes, they live a second life. Think of it like an automotive witness protection program. When a car goes out of production in one place, doesn’t mean it’s gone out of production everywhere. Sold in far-off lands far from where anyone in the original market will notice, these cars have continued on for years, even decades after they were first put on sale in their home markets. Often it’s the result of one company wanting the benefits of the hard work of another, just without paying for all that pesky development work. Sometimes it’s just ill-considered business ideas. And sometimes, it’s genius. Kia Elan Yes, that’s a Kia badge on what appears to be a Lotus Elan from the early 90s. The famously square car never sold in the insane numbers that its competitor, the Mazda MX-5 Miata did. That didn’t stop Kia from thinking it would do better off in Korean hands in the late 90s after Lotus was done with it. Kia changed the badges, the rear lights, and… Read full this story

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