13 Modern Cars That Look Spectacular With Retro Wheels
A cool set of wheels can make a car go from ordinary to special, and over the years there have been some iconic designs shod in rubber. We looked back at some classic designs and fitted them to their modern counterparts. Here are the awesome results
Chevrolet Corvette C7 Stingray
These wheels could be found on the C2 Corvette Sting Ray.
2015 Ford Mustang
Here Ford's new pony car is sitting on classic Mustang wheels.
2015 Alfa Romeo 4C Spider
It's 50 years since the classic Alfa Romeo Spider wore these delightful…
Ford GT
Here's the Blue Oval's halo car wearing the iconic wheels of its GT40…
Nissan R35 GT-R
Thin-spoked R34 Skyline GT-R wheels look great on the modern day Godzilla.
2014 Mini Cooper
The Mini might have become a bit overweight, but it still wears the wheels…
McLaren P1
Like the P1, the McLaren F1 was a technological showcase, and its simple,…
Ferrari LaFerrari
Like McLaren, Ferrari's modern hypercar comes with some awe-inspiring tech…
Porsche 911 GT3 RS
There was only one set of wheels we could sit the GT3 RS on, and that's…
2015 Abarth 595
The modern Abarth is a fiery little hot hatch, and unsurprisingly its…
Lamborghini Huracan
The Huracan is all sharp lines and angular goodness, so the Diablo's…
BMW i8
The M1's clean, futuristic wheels fit perfectly with the i8's stunning…
2015 Audi R8
The new Audi R8's styling slightly box-ified the original supercar's…
Comments
Looking at these like…
Besides the Porsche
so true
or this
What is wrong with you people, these are sick!
Looks like a cross between Moog and Alex
LOL ?
No, just no. :/
the Ford GT really suits those wheels..
Yeah, I thought the same.
What the heck? Only less than half of them look decent
This is amazing…
The P1 is like the only one that looks epic, maybe the abarth. Some of the rims are just too small, if the Porsche one were bigger, it would look great, same goes for the Mini
Half of them, yes.
The GTR, the P1 and the Lambo are OK. The rest are just… too strange. Each era had its flare, please respect the elders.
The LaFerrari looks good to me on the F40 Wheels