Cars you didn't know existed...
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morgrp said:
Hugo a Gogo said:
ToothbrushMan said:
i seem to recall that the subaru impreza took a while to gain any interest from car enthusiasts so was off the radar and id certainly not heard of it until the mags picked up on it. they would have us believe these cars were mainly owned by farmers but would they have really had 2 litre turbo bonnet scooped bewinged saloons or wagons down on the farm?
Subarus were popular in the dales in the 80s long before the Impreza and before Colin McRae, Gran Turismo etc made them popularWRX only came out a few years into the Impreza production too
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There were 4wd turbo Leones being rallied before the Legacy came along (as early as 1982 IIRC), but without too much real success due to lack of power.
ETA: A bit earlier than that apparently!
Edited by GravelBen on Saturday 18th February 03:34
exelero said:
That's a Trabant 601, but probably on other badge, Trabant was an interesting car, made of paper which was leaking and rusting as well
I see you've been pulled up on it not being a Trabi. But they weren't made of paper, either. Common urban myth - but they were made from Duroplast, which was a kind of bakelite reinforced with waste cotton fibre. You're right about the rust, though.
Edited by Trabi601 on Saturday 25th February 18:55
lucido grigio said:
I'm sure I remember reading about that in Would Sports Cars magazine about 20/ 25years ago? IIRC it was new from the factory when it had a misshap. Theowner got some head technician from Porsche who was in some way involved with the 959 program, to oversee the rebuild/ convertiblisation.The 959 appeas to be an aftermarket conversion using a damaged car. https://www.classicdriver.com/en/article/cars/uniq...
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