Cars you didn't know existed...

[Iva Barchetta]

I saw a white one of those Mitsuokas yesterday,in Bookham,I think outside a Nissan dealer.

[Usget]

I went to the Pork museum in Stuttgart last week - for "research", for "work".

It's a tough job but someone's got to do it.

Anyway, they've got a Transaxle exhibition going on, and I saw three prototypes which never made the light of day which I've never heard of before:


LWB 928


924 Targa


A rear-engined, 4wd 944!

[31mph]

Vitorio said:

triggerh4ppy said:

Is it just me or does that look very similar to a kia optima(the Fiat Tipo)? component sharing maybe??

The optima is bigger, the Tipo is a C-seg saloon, the Optima D-seg. The wheel base on the Optima is a good 17cm longer.

The style is similar though, Kia is really making strides in getting their cars looking modern and european(ish)

They are,

I actually think the Optima is a very good looking car

[Zad]

MX51ROD said:

After 96 pages , this may well have been posted before
But if not try to work it out before using Google

At least Mitsuoka did a better job of the headlamps than Morgan did

[Iva Barchetta]

Usget said:

I went to the Pork museum in Stuttgart last week - for "research", for "work".

It's a tough job but someone's got to do it.

Anyway, they've got a Transaxle exhibition going on

A rear-engined, 4wd 944!

I went to that in May.
That one wasn't on display then....

[Iva Barchetta]

While we're at it,how about the 928 soft top ?

[RedWhiteMonkey]

I thought the point of this thread was production cars that you never knew existed, there are thousands of concept cars or one-offs.

[Usget]

RedWhiteMonkey said:

I thought the point of this thread was production cars that you never knew existed, there are thousands of concept cars or one-offs.

Best amend the thread title then. Are they cars? Yes. Did I know they existed? No. HOUSE.

[RedWhiteMonkey]

Usget said:

RedWhiteMonkey said:

I thought the point of this thread was production cars that you never knew existed, there are thousands of concept cars or one-offs.

Best amend the thread title then. Are they cars? Yes. Did I know they existed? No. HOUSE.

Fair enough, I'm not arguing about it.

I live just down the road from the Porsche Factory, I guess you enjoyed the museum? The sculpture on the roundabout outside is pretty cool (same guy who does the Goodwood ones). Did you do the Mercedes museum as well?

[Iva Barchetta]

RedWhiteMonkey said:

Fair enough, I'm not arguing about it.

I live just down the road from the Porsche Factory, I guess you enjoyed the museum? The sculpture on the roundabout outside is pretty cool (same guy who does the Goodwood ones). Did you do the Mercedes museum as well?

I did,2nd visit to Mercedes,4th visit to Porsche.

[MarshPhantom]

Jim the Sunderer said:

MarshPhantom said:

South African T3 with 2.6 5 cyl Audi engine.

You'd want a big engine over there, to outrun all the lions, cheetahs and hippopotamuses.

And Oscar Pistorius.

[Dapster]

Usget said:

I went to the Pork museum in Stuttgart last week - for "research", for "work".


LWB 928

That's the factory's 75th birthday pressie to Ferry!

[Usget]

RedWhiteMonkey said:

Usget said:

RedWhiteMonkey said:

I thought the point of this thread was production cars that you never knew existed, there are thousands of concept cars or one-offs.

Best amend the thread title then. Are they cars? Yes. Did I know they existed? No. HOUSE.

Fair enough, I'm not arguing about it.

I live just down the road from the Porsche Factory, I guess you enjoyed the museum? The sculpture on the roundabout outside is pretty cool (same guy who does the Goodwood ones). Did you do the Mercedes museum as well?

Even by my standards, that was an unusually grumpy response - sorry.

Loved the statue on the roundabout - really cool. Also enjoyed the enormous plate of schitzel in the cafe. Yes, I did the Merc museum as well - some amazing exhibits (especially the wall of their winning racers from all the various formulae - awesome) but I found the place to be pretty dated compared to the Porsche museum.

[patmahe]

The Fiat Qubo. I think I like it in a cheap practical car kind of way.

[Hugo a Gogo]

I do too, it's much more the successor to the Kangoo/Berlingo than the new models of those cars

[Yodafone]

patmahe said:

The Fiat Qubo. I think I like it in a cheap practical car kind of way.

Citroen make a version called Nemo and Peugeot a version called Bipper Tepee.

[Usget]

Yodafone said:

Bipper Tepee.

You have to wonder... were they on crack?!

[MarshPhantom]

Usget said:

Yodafone said:

Bipper Tepee.

You have to wonder... were they on crack?!

Who's got the keys to me Bipper?

[ajprice]

If you had the Citroen, and you were going back to it in a car park, you'd be......




......Finding Nemo

[micky g]

Usget said:

Yodafone said:

Bipper Tepee.

You have to wonder... were they on crack?!

When they designed it or named it?

I'm reckoning both.