Cars you didn't know existed...

[welshjohn]

Saleen s7 twin turbo



http://www.pistonheads.com/sales/3178880.htm

Edited by welshjohn on Monday 25th June 23:07

[OdramaSwimLaden]

I didn't know a car existed that when you change the brake pads and realise your trousers are dirty, you chose to sit on one of the floormats (to save the seats from dirt) to drive home. Unbeknown to you the underside of the floor matts is made from some sort of tarry (sp!) substance and on a hot day it melts to your friend's cars seats and is approx 20cmx20cm.....and a tarry, sticky black y substance!

......"the brakes are fine but about your driver's seat".

OT a wee bit; not happy.

[Flawless Victory]

Some Honda Civic from the US in racing trim.

Much nicer than the effort we get from Swindon

[essexplumber]

carlove said:

Recently saw one of these Ssangyongs.

Arrgghhh my eyes!

[stropley]

iva cosworth said:

Can't remember its name but it's a Subaru Legacy front.

There is probably dozens of JDM cars we know nothing about.

Saw that pickup at Tempest rally 2010 BTW,never seen another

Edit...Doh it says the name on the back.....It's a Baja

If you think the baja has a daft name check out its predecessor :

[OldSkoolRS]

essexplumber said:

carlove said:

Recently saw one of these Ssangyongs.

Arrgghhh my eyes!

That looks like someone has joined about three cars together; one being the front of an old Rover 400, maybe the back of a HiLux pickup, not sure about the middle bit though...

[Small Car]

Tata electric car.

Was behind one on the M42 / toll road last week. Had lots of grunt and was impressed. In a body a fair bit larger than the Nano. Took a photo because I did not know that they existed...

I was also shocked to know that they did a Golf diesel 4motion when I first saw one.

[S2AVANT]

Isuzu Vehicross

[nsmith1180]

S2AVANT said:

Isuzu Vehicross

Id be very Vehi-Cross if you parked that anywhere I could see it.

[HeatonNorris]

nsmith1180 said:

I didnt know Ssangyong was GM? or is that a theory?

Daewoo bought Ssangyong in 1998.

[SooperDan]

Not long discovered the Toyota Caldina. It has the 260bhp engine and 4WD from a Toyota Celica GT-4, pretty cool..

[Coldfuse]

Evo Estates are pretty rare...

[bicycleshorts]

Stupidlikeafox said:

Hmm, I'd never heard of it either, I really like that! There's one just down the road from me as well... http://www.pistonheads.com/sales/3875931.htm

[SeldomSeenKid]

I nominate the Sierra Van from the Yesterday's Heroes forum. I never knew they existed.

I did wonder though, why it has retained the estate's rear door handles, when the rear doors don't appear to open.

It's interesting discovering new models that often fall under the radar. The Toyota Caldina looks like fun!

[GPS M-Jet]

It was only a cople of years ago that I found out that there was a cabriolet version of the K11 Micra.

[FoundOnRoadside]

nsmith1180 said:

I didnt know Ssangyong was GM? or is that a theory?

Sort of. Ssangyong was bought out by Daewoo, who are now part of Chevrolet Europe.

[300bhp/ton]

FoundOnRoadside said:

nsmith1180 said:

I didnt know Ssangyong was GM? or is that a theory?

Sort of. Ssangyong was bought out by Daewoo, who are now part of Chevrolet Europe.

So it's GM then...

"Chevrolet Europe GmbH is a subsidiary company of GM Korea (itself a subsidiary of U.S.-based automaker General Motors)"

[Frik]

I was surprised to see a Mercedes GLK on my first visit to the states:

[Veeayt]

I thought it was a joke when i first saw it. Turns out it's genuine surrender army vehicle

[EDLT]

I saw a Lotus Europa once, I had heard of them before but they are so rare I assumed they were a myth.