As a gearhead product of the 1960s-1970s, the one thing that bugs the crap out of most of us is seeing an old nameplate from a classic musclecar come back as a front wheel drive import ripoff. Seriously, we envisioned the new Dart as something that could fit a Hemi between the frame rails, not as an economy car.

And the Nova? We’ve been disappointed with that car since it came back as a rebadged Toyota Corolla back in 1985. Even the new crop of Chevrolets with classic name badges don’t really muster up to their legacy, such as the Malibu and Impala. Sure, they’re nice cars, but they’re also front wheel drive.

The 1985 Nova is not a musclecar, by any stretch of the word. It’s gone, thankfully.

There are billions of words in the English language, they couldn’t find another car name to use instead of these significant names from the past? We envision them having a big-block stuffed under the hood, not a transaxle. Ford did a good job the first couple of years with the modern Mustang, it did have some cues of years gone by. Remember when the Probe was supposed to be the Mustang replacement? Yikes!

At least the Mustang, Camaro, Chargers, and Challengers are rear wheel drive now, we all know what happened in the 1980s when the Challenger became a Mitsubishi import (albeit with RWD) and the Charger was a bit of a joke as a tiny car with FWD.

Sometimes it just doesn’t seem right: the Charger went from a large tunaboat with a Hemi option in 1966, to a NASCAR-winning-later-banned 200 mph Daytona, to a FWD economy sports car, and then to a four-door family car. It really stopped being a Charger in the 1970s.

We love the two-door renderings of the Charger, as well as the car above that we’ve seen a few times, but will Dodge build it? Doubtful. There is talk about a new ‘Cuda from FCA, but we also hear that it could be build on a smaller, Alfa platform with a V6, so it’s not really going to be all that we had hoped for. But then, the new Ford GT has a twin turbo V6, so maybe getting with the times a little bit is not all that bad? Hard to say anymore, some V6 engines are more potent than many classic small blocks.

So now we have some Olds 442 renderings that we’ve seen around lately, and while Oldsmobile is officially out of the game since 2004, it does conjure up some serious “what ifs” in the musclecar world. Most of the renderings of classic GM musclecar comebacks these days are rendered over a modern fifth gen Camaro (except that red Chevelle that was rendered on a Dodge Challenger – what the hell was that all about, anyway?).

But it does make us wonder, with all the attention paid towards high-horsepower products from the Big Three lately, would you just love to see a modern Olds 442, or a new Trans Am? Trans Am Depot offers some cool cars, including a modern GTO version. How about a new Monte Carlo? We even took a rendering of the new Buick Avista and poked at the idea of a new Grand National (top). We’d love to see some old Fords, like the Falcon, or the Galaxie, make a comeback. Our Torino concept was an April Fools joke, but still, who wouldn’t love to see a modern Gran Torino?

What other classic musclecars from eras gone by would you like to see make a real comeback – as a rear wheel drive musclecar without a V6 or 4 cylinder option? Let us know in the comments below.