Cars you didn't know existed...

[DuckAvenger]

Volvo Philip

[rohrl]

Funkycoldribena said:

rohrl said:

1985 Honda City Cabriolet

Want one.

Buy it for £1600 then.

It's on eBay right now.

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/201484462651?ul_noapp=tr...

[bencollins]

Loving that JDm convertible shoebox and the Y10 (white hen).
The Y10 was seriously sharp looking in its day and aerodynamic, got recýcled as a Fiat a few years later it was so futuristic though Fiat claim otherwise. Conspiracy!

[shakotan]

bencollins said:

Loving that JDm convertible shoebox and the Y10 (white hen).
The Y10 was seriously sharp looking in its day and aerodynamic, got recýcled as a Fiat a few years later it was so futuristic though Fiat claim otherwise. Conspiracy!

Which Fiat did it get recycled into?

The Autobianchi Y10 was in production from '82-'95. The Cinq looked similar but bears no connection, and the Panda was already in production in '82.

Edited by shakotan on Tuesday 15th December 13:50

[bencollins]

Ahh crap got my threads mixed up, the Y10 was in the classics 1-5k.
Yeah ok maybe it isnt true the Seicento and Y10, but it should be.

[Jobbo]

I've actually seen a couple of these in the last few years, both times having forgotten they existed. Must have sold in tiny numbers; I think they were really expensive. I give you the Lexus IS250C:

[shakotan]

Jobbo said:

I've actually seen a couple of these in the last few years, both times having forgotten they existed. Must have sold in tiny numbers; I think they were really expensive. I give you the Lexus IS250C:

They've managed to make it look awful with the roof both up AND down.

[va1o]

Canadian market Yaris saloon, which is actually a re-badged Mazda 2!

[McAndy]

Interesting tie-up! Not one I've heard of before.

[MadmanO/T People]

va1o said:

Canadian market Yaris saloon, which is actually a re-badged Mazda 2!

And sold in the US as the Scion iA.

[ajprice]

This one isn't really, a car, its a spec I didn't know existed. The Nissan Micra/March, Cube and Mitsuoka Viewt, were or are available with e-4WD. The rear axle has an electric motor, powered from a generator on the engine, so no batteries, and no mechanical link from front to rear. The electric motor powers the rear wheels when the front wheels slip. It's been on these Nissan's for years, although it might be just the Japanese and American market. http://www.autoblog.com/2008/02/02/how-does-nissan...

To add a picture of something that might fit the thread as people not knowing it existed. This is a Mitsuoka Viewt

[fireturk]

RDMcG said:

VW B32 van..official Porsche build with a flat 6 3.2 engine. About 15 built..never knew about this..

ooh, would love one of those,Had an "ordinary" T25, realy wish I had kept it. friend has one that he has put a subaru engine in, lowered it an uprated the shocks and brakes.

Edited by fireturk on Sunday 20th December 00:18

Edited by fireturk on Sunday 20th December 00:19

[ch108]

ajprice said:

This one isn't really, a car, its a spec I didn't know existed. The Nissan Micra/March, Cube and Mitsuoka Viewt, were or are available with e-4WD. The rear axle has an electric motor, powered from a generator on the engine, so no batteries, and no mechanical link from front to rear. The electric motor powers the rear wheels when the front wheels slip. It's been on these Nissan's for years, although it might be just the Japanese and American market. http://www.autoblog.com/2008/02/02/how-does-nissan...

To add a picture of something that might fit the thread as people not knowing it existed. This is a Mitsuoka Viewt

I pass one of these Mitsuoka Viewts most days on the way to work. And every day I can't stop staring at it as it really is ugly. More so than any photos show!

[Deisel Weisel]

D-Angle said:

I really like this one, the Ford Courier, a Fiesta pick-up.

Ford so need to sell this in the UK. No one seems to sell small pick-ups anymore.

[V8RX7]

Deisel Weisel said:

Ford so need to sell this in the UK. No one seems to sell small pick-ups anymore.

The only small pickups I can think of was the original Mini, VW Caddy and later the Caddy / Skoda and the Jumbuck - TBH I can't remember ever seeing any of them on the road so I'd guess they don't sell very well.

Small vans work well but small pickups don't then you get into the Ranger, Rodeo, Navara size which do sell well - although most seem to be non commercial crew cabs.

[Jimmy Recard]

fireturk said:

ooh, would love one of those

Why? They're utterly st.

[Jimmy Recard]

shakotan said:

Jobbo said:

I've actually seen a couple of these in the last few years, both times having forgotten they existed. Must have sold in tiny numbers; I think they were really expensive. I give you the Lexus IS250C:

They've managed to make it look awful with the roof both up AND down.

Hideously unappealing, isn't it?

I sometimes feel that Lexus doesn't even want people to want its cars.

[Save Ferris]

I found the Fiat Duna earlier today, it's an Uno Saloon (or estate)

[ajprice]

Save Ferris said:

I found the Fiat Duna earlier today, it's an Uno Saloon (or estate)

Honey I shrunk the Lancia Thema

[poing]

The Golf Plus Dune.

I've seen the Polo Dune and the Golf Plus, I didn't realise they had let them breed.