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

04 May 2016

13 Modern Cars That Look Spectacular With Retro Wheels

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 wheels in 1966. — 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 predecessor. — 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 of its 1960s relative well. — 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, functional wheels only add to the car's awesomeness. — 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, which seems to sit nicely with the simplicity of the F40's design. — 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 the iconic 'five-leaf' Fuchs wheels from classic 911s. — 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 retro styling sits perfectly with the old school 595's steelies. — 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 classic phone dial wheels look totally at odds with its design. Totally works, though. — 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 aero-inspired design. — 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 styling, so it only seemed apt that we fit the wheels from the most iconic of all boxy cars, the Audi Quattro. — The new Audi R8's styling slightly box-ified the original supercar's…

Comments

Something someone would go on gta online 😂

Rotiform has you covered in the I8 department

I’m just here to say none of these looked good except the GTR and the i8.

The P1, Huracan, and La Ferrari look really good and as for the i8 well someone already had that idea…

It actually looks damn good. It looks different and kind of futuristic.

I wasn’t convinced when James put those M1 type wheels on the i8, but I have to say over the past couple months it’s grown on me. But I still don’t like the i8 anyways, I just don’t get it. (not the hybrid thing, the styling)

Is that cambered?

I need the i8 on those wheels!

The p1 is the only one that looks good on those

R8 and GTR are ok, though a R34 and a Quattro are far from classic

awesome

No problem CT, I knew it was only autocorrect, so I changed it back to what you guys meant to say!

To me, this is a big ball of “nope”.

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