Car firms are increasingly clinical about replacing aging models, releasing their successors every four to seven years regardless of today’s proliferation of models and niches.
But some cars manage to dodge these rigid product plans – and the guillotine. Sometimes this is because their maker doesn’t have the budget to launch new models, or because they have little else in their product range to offer, or because there’s no replacement planned but still some profit in continuing with production.
Flick through our gallery for 12 survivors worth looking at – and you might be surprised by which ones are still hanging on in there.
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Hats off to the tiny Jimmy.
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Stick to the facts
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