Cars you didn't know existed...

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ajprice said:

Mk1 MX-5 coupes too http://www.clubmiatamonteregie.ca/miata_m_coupe.ht...

My thoughts exactly. Always too much want for a Mk1 Coupe.

[BrabusMog]

Why were these never sold in Europe? Great looking things.

[va1o]

ikarl said:

BrabusMog said:

gowmonster said:

Ok so I did know this car existed but people on here might not.


JDM only MX-5 NB Coupe

That looks great!

That looks fantastic!

Never knew that existed, they should have sold over here!

[Abbott]

Peugeot Nez de Cochon (Pig Nose)

[GC8]

alpha channel said:

GC8 said:

Re-kindled want.

Until now I've never really wanted an MX5, a tin top looks really rather nice (I've seen images from the front but never the rear).

Ive only ever seen red ones. The silver 3/4 view is very smart.

[RoverP6B]

If only they'd brought the Mk1 coupe here with a three-rotor wankel, or the tiny V6 they made back then...

Edited by RoverP6B on Tuesday 15th September 10:43

[LuS1fer]

RoverP6B said:

If only they'd brought the Mk1 coupe here with a three-rotor wankel, or the tiny V6 they made back then...

They already had the MX3 and MX6 Coupes sandwiching the MX5 and, later, the 323F. My sister had the 2.0 V6 in a 323F and found it pretty gutless.

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LuS1fer said:

RoverP6B said:

If only they'd brought the Mk1 coupe here with a three-rotor wankel, or the tiny V6 they made back then...

They already had the MX3 and MX6 Coupe sandwiching the MX5 and, later, the 323F. My sister had the 2.0 V6 in a 323F and found it pretty gutless.

I seem to recall a couple of people who actually swapped the V6 into their MX5 really regretted going so too.

[RoverP6B]

Hmm, it came in various capacities, from 1.8 to 2.5, up to 200bhp, and a V6 has to be nicer than a 4-pot... even the very lowliest US-market 1.8 made 130bhp... alternatively, a naturally-aspirated 20B...

[RobinBanks]

I've never really liked the styling of the MX-5, but as a coupe I really like it.

[BraveSirRobin]

Puddenchucker said:

SsangYong Turismo. Apparently, it is on sale in UK.

Have they sold any?

[carlove]

BraveSirRobin said:

Have they sold any?

There's one that must live near me, see it most days, looks as bad as you'd expect.

[jamiebae]

BraveSirRobin said:

Puddenchucker said:

SsangYong Turismo. Apparently, it is on sale in UK.

Have they sold any?

Quite a few, almost entirely to airport taxi operators. It's a big people carrier based on old Merc ML bits and is fairly robust by all accounts.

[Hugo a Gogo]

BraveSirRobin said:

Puddenchucker said:

SsangYong Turismo. Apparently, it is on sale in UK.

Have they sold any?

it's the new Rodius in Europe

[LuS1fer]

RoverP6B said:

Hmm, it came in various capacities, from 1.8 to 2.5, up to 200bhp, and a V6 has to be nicer than a 4-pot... even the very lowliest US-market 1.8 made 130bhp... alternatively, a naturally-aspirated 20B...

It's more to do with the weight of the engine and ancillaries. Fours can be neatly packaged but a V6 requires two exhaust manifolds, two cams, extra valves and then you have to find a place for the alternator and so forth, making an ideal weight balance harder to achieve.

[morgrp]

gowmonster said:

rohrl said:

RoverP6B said:

Err... it's a bog standard 900. Nothing to do with the Metro.

Look back a couple of pages and you'll see that the Dacia 1310 was likened to the front of a Metro grafted to the rear of a Saab 900.

To me it looks like the front end of a Renault 12 grafted to the rear end of a ummm, Renault 12? which is essentially what it is - a Renault 12 made under license (very badly) in Romania

[smithyithy]

New Clio estate.



Don't get them over here - spotted a Dutch visitor in one today.

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va1o said:

ikarl said:

BrabusMog said:

gowmonster said:

Ok so I did know this car existed but people on here might not.


JDM only MX-5 NB Coupe

That looks great!

That looks fantastic!

Never knew that existed, they should have sold over here!

Ditto.

[va1o]

smithyithy said:

New Clio estate.



Don't get them over here - spotted a Dutch visitor in one today.

Has Mediterranean rental car written all over it, can imagine getting chucked the keys to one at the airport...

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morgrp said:

gowmonster said:

rohrl said:

RoverP6B said:

Err... it's a bog standard 900. Nothing to do with the Metro.

Look back a couple of pages and you'll see that the Dacia 1310 was likened to the front of a Metro grafted to the rear of a Saab 900.

To me it looks like the front end of a Renault 12 grafted to the rear end of a ummm, Renault 12? which is essentially what it is - a Renault 12 made under license (very badly) in Romania

I knew of the Renault 12, but I didn't know they did a Gordini.