Cars you didn't know existed...

[Jimmy Recard]

Tailgater said:

I love the Edge.

I forgot about that. They look pretty good too. In fact, when I said Kuga I think I meant Edge.

[anonymous-user]

Jimmy Recard said:

Tailgater said:

I love the Edge.

I forgot about that. They look pretty good too. In fact, when I said Kuga I think I meant Edge.

Yes, the Edge looks fantastic, closely followed by the new and old Sportages. Come on ze Germans! Kuga looks a bit generic, a meh, from me.

How's the Astra going?

[Jimmy Recard]

Tailgater said:

Yes, the Edge looks fantastic, closely followed by the new and old Sportages. Come on ze Germans! Kuga looks a bit generic, a meh, from me.

How's the Astra going?

There's nothing to report there - it seems to do plenty of miles without fuss or problem. I'm thinking of taking it to Bratislava for a few weeks this December so winter tyres are the next thing for it.

Thanks for asking!

[anonymous-user]

Jimmy Recard said:

Tailgater said:

Yes, the Edge looks fantastic, closely followed by the new and old Sportages. Come on ze Germans! Kuga looks a bit generic, a meh, from me.

How's the Astra going?

There's nothing to report there - it seems to do plenty of miles without fuss or problem. I'm thinking of taking it to Bratislava for a few weeks this December so winter tyres are the next thing for it.

Thanks for asking!

Nice. Enjoy it!

[Jimmy Recard]

Tailgater said:

Nice. Enjoy it!

I suppose it kind of fits on this thread. Only today someone said to me that he didn't know about them.

[anonymous-user]

Jimmy Recard said:

Tailgater said:

Nice. Enjoy it!

I suppose it kind of fits on this thread. Only today someone said to me that he didn't know about them.

haha. In fairness I didn't either, I'm not into my Vauxhall's. However I think the Astra H and the now deceased GTC were one of the best looking of recent times, I'm a fan of the Astra Nurburgring too.

The idea of 1.8 Turbo in that must feel brilliant down some B roads, I wonder what a remap and a fruity exhaust would do?

P.S
just changed my username. My a6 has been sat in the main dealer for 3 weeks now - Trading standards against the dodgy dealer who sold it. Big bill......

[schmalex]

ajprice said:

D-Angle said:

E36Ross said:

They also done a Fiesta Pick-Up 2000ish shape.

There were 2 versions, the Ford Bantam from South Africa:


And the Ford Courier from Brazil:


I have always had a thing for pickups and would love to own either.

Why would Ford HQ have 2 different versions of a pickup based on the same car? I'd have thought the number crunchers would have stepped in after whichever came first and had the same pickup for both markets.

Unless there are very specific exemptions in place (such as for government / military use), a reasonable percentage of any product sold in Brazil needs to have been manufactured in Brazil. It's a big market, so the finance people would have worked the business case through pretty thoroughly.

[Frimley111R]

MissChief said:

McAndy said:

Shaw Tarse said:

The new Ford Ka http://www.ford.co.uk/Cars/ka-plushttp://www.ford....

Huh; who knew? (Looks nasty.)

What have they done to it? Looks awful, a real bland box. As said, looks like it's been designed to make people buy a Fiesta instead.

Its already on sale in other countries (popular in India). They've killed it in the same way Nissan did with the Micra. Its just a way to cut costs globally for them.

[Frimley111R]

Europa1 said:

Daston said:

FIREBIRDC9 said:

Until 10 minutes ago i didn't know you could get the Lotus Exige as a Roadster :P

Does that count?

Isnt that just an Elise?

Nope. Exige has the 350bhp supercharged V6 that used to be in the Evora S. Elise still uses a 4 cylinder.

Not surprising you didn't know, they sell in minute numbers relative to almost any other car. its very nice but not worth the premium over the Elise S/C really (But I'd still buy one!)

[Jimmy Recard]

sleepera6 said:

haha. In fairness I didn't either, I'm not into my Vauxhall's. However I think the Astra H and the now deceased GTC were one of the best looking of recent times, I'm a fan of the Astra Nurburgring too.

The idea of 1.8 Turbo in that must feel brilliant down some B roads, I wonder what a remap and a fruity exhaust would do?

P.S
just changed my username. My a6 has been sat in the main dealer for 3 weeks now - Trading standards against the dodgy dealer who sold it. Big bill......

In the Astra? 2.0 Turbo it's not bad - definitely better than I expected. Not the greatest hot hatch ever, by a long way!



It sounds OK. Jot much sound inside the car though. Just smooth inside


I've just had a look at your car. I wasn't aware of the V8 in that shape Allroad although a friend had an A6 saloon with that engine. Nice cars!

Edited by Jimmy Recard on Thursday 15th September 10:14

Edited by Jimmy Recard on Thursday 15th September 13:05

[HedgeyGedgey]

Didn't know these existed till I saw one at Billing this year. Absolutely tragic to look at and was a dealer option I believe

[98elise]

Europa1 said:

Daston said:

FIREBIRDC9 said:

Until 10 minutes ago i didn't know you could get the Lotus Exige as a Roadster :P

Does that count?

Isnt that just an Elise?

Nope. Exige has the 350bhp supercharged V6 that used to be in the Evora S. Elise still uses a 4 cylinder.

Even more confusing is that you can take the roof of an Exige anyway (certainly on the S2)

[ajprice]

schmalex said:

Unless there are very specific exemptions in place (such as for government / military use), a reasonable percentage of any product sold in Brazil needs to have been manufactured in Brazil. It's a big market, so the finance people would have worked the business case through pretty thoroughly.

Didn't know that. Explains a lot of the Brazilian specials.

[Jimmy Recard]

HedgeyGedgey said:

Didn't know these existed till I saw one at Billing this year. Absolutely tragic to look at and was a dealer option I believe

It's a one off. You definitely couldn't order it. It's something to do with showing off paintwork I think

ETA: A couple of years ago it only had 50 miles on the clock. It's not used.

[HedgeyGedgey]

Jimmy Recard said:

HedgeyGedgey said:

Didn't know these existed till I saw one at Billing this year. Absolutely tragic to look at and was a dealer option I believe

It's a one off. You definitely couldn't order it. It's something to do with showing off paintwork I think

ETA: A couple of years ago it only had 50 miles on the clock. It's not used.

Edit: a quick Google does reveal to be a one off so apologies! Still a tragic thing Vauxhall were trying to do

Edited by HedgeyGedgey on Thursday 15th September 13:43

[anonymous-user]

Jimmy Recard said:

sleepera6 said:

haha. In fairness I didn't either, I'm not into my Vauxhall's. However I think the Astra H and the now deceased GTC were one of the best looking of recent times, I'm a fan of the Astra Nurburgring too.

The idea of 1.8 Turbo in that must feel brilliant down some B roads, I wonder what a remap and a fruity exhaust would do?

P.S
just changed my username. My a6 has been sat in the main dealer for 3 weeks now - Trading standards against the dodgy dealer who sold it. Big bill......

In the Astra? 2.0 Turbo it's not bad - definitely better than I expected. Not the greatest hot hatch ever, by a long way!



It sounds OK. Jot much sound inside the car though. Just smooth inside


I've just had a look at your car. I wasn't aware of the V8 in that shape Allroad although a friend had an A6 saloon with that engine. Nice cars!

Edited by Jimmy Recard on Thursday 15th September 10:14

Edited by Jimmy Recard on Thursday 15th September 13:05

I think you need :
W16 Quad Turbo and Supercharger conversion
6 exhausts
chrome spinners
15/1/R60 tyres
Neon conversion
Very hard suspension for all the grip
Opel badges


You'll be all set for some B road blastin' !

A bit embarassed about my car really. Hoping it will return to me though, it's a nice car. Going on saturday to look at DS5's for my wife.

[Merc 450]

saw some new Fiat convertibles on a transporter today, they looked like the old Barchetta or a rag top Mx5, they were badged as Fiat 124 convertibles, never heard of it.

[ATTAK Z]

Merc 450 said:

saw some new Fiat convertibles on a transporter today, they looked like the old Barchetta or a rag top Mx5, they were badged as Fiat 124 convertibles, never heard of it.

Not a fan then ... the hype's been around for a while ... MX5 with Fiat engine and gearbox

[Iva Barchetta]

There's not much resemblance to the Barchetta IMO.

[nicanary]

It's supposed to be a modern interpretation of the 1970s 124 Spyder, hence the twin bonnet bulges.