Cars you didn't know existed...
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Konan said:
Whilst having a cheap V8 search on eBay, I just ran into a Cadillac Seville.
I was expecting to find an LHD car, but it's RHD UK registered.
They were sold by Vauxhall dealers. Our local franchise did their level best to temp my Dad away from his Volvo 7 and 9 series but the Caddy was just too much of an oddball for him to commit to one despite the appeal of a Northstar? V8. I was expecting to find an LHD car, but it's RHD UK registered.
My memories are of a big wafty car covered in cow hide. It looked a bit like a Rover 800 as mentioned above.
To add to the oddball factor it came with a MiniDisc player as standard.
I kind of wish he'd bought one.
wildcat45 said:
Konan said:
Whilst having a cheap V8 search on eBay, I just ran into a Cadillac Seville.
I was expecting to find an LHD car, but it's RHD UK registered.
They were sold by Vauxhall dealers. Our local franchise did their level best to temp my Dad away from his Volvo 7 and 9 series but the Caddy was just too much of an oddball for him to commit to one despite the appeal of a Northstar? V8. I was expecting to find an LHD car, but it's RHD UK registered.
My memories are of a big wafty car covered in cow hide. It looked a bit like a Rover 800 as mentioned above.
To add to the oddball factor it came with a MiniDisc player as standard.
I kind of wish he'd bought one.
wildcat45 said:
It was Bristol Street Motors in Newcastle. 1997/8ish.
Was it any good?
Jezza - first article. No.Was it any good?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6mndX4SyORc
Ironically, the engine and service interval he waxes about was the car's weakness and downfall.
Edited by LuS1fer on Monday 17th October 18:07
LuS1fer said:
wildcat45 said:
It was Bristol Street Motors in Newcastle. 1997/8ish.
Was it any good?
Jezza - first article. No.Was it any good?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6mndX4SyORc
Quick and it made a fantastic noise. Not a lazy V8 offbeat burble - a smooth, cultured shriek. He never mentioned any problems with it but they do have a reputation for head failure. I'm not sure what dealer it came from
va1o said:
Chris944_S2 said:
Citroen e Mehari
Spotted this one while in Brest last week.
Quite like the look of that, would be fun to hire one abroad for a few days!Spotted this one while in Brest last week.
LuS1fer said:
Jimmy Recard said:
Konan said:
Whilst having a cheap V8 search on eBay, I just ran into a Cadillac Seville.
I was expecting to find an LHD car, but it's RHD UK registered.
I like these. They were pretty goodI was expecting to find an LHD car, but it's RHD UK registered.
vsonix said:
I see what you're saying with the 825, wasn't that generation of Rover all based round Honda models that weren't all available as Hondas in the UK? 'Cos I look at this and think it looks a bit JDM, as well as being a bit too compact and well-proportioned compared to most Caddies.
If you're wondering if it's Honda-based at all, it's fully North American General Motors.It was designed as a car to be sold worldwide, however. A lot of Cadillacs at that time really were only intended to appeal to North America.
wildcat45 said:
It was Bristol Street Motors in Newcastle. 1997/8ish.
Was it any good?
We had it brand new as a company car so only had it for 10k ( less than a year) the mrs was glad to get shot due to the size of it lol very difficult to get it into underground car parks and parking spaces , there is one local to me at the bottom of someones garden , they have a complicated and expensive suspension system which may be the issue with that one , it was fun in a walllowy way even with the european handling kit they came with nice comfy thing with electric everything .. Nearest thing at the time looks wise was the audi a8 Was it any good?
GeordieInExile said:
Is that a Pug 405-based pick-up...?!
I like it.
ish. I did a bit of digging and it's a Samand Arisun.I like it.
It's an Iran-built ex-peugeot design that has been pickup-ified. They make a few old peugeots in the same company.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Iran_Khodro
http://www.ikco.ir/en/Product.aspx?ID=236&Sect...
Jimmy Recard said:
I saw that one earlier too. I like it - it's a fairly tempting car, I think. 300bhp and ten months of MOT for £1250 has to be good value!
Didn't like thme when they were new - but they're ageing gracefully. MOT history showed a bit of corrosion back in 2012, but clean as a whistle on every test since. That's a lot of car for very little money.Trabi601 said:
Didn't like thme when they were new - but they're ageing gracefully. MOT history showed a bit of corrosion back in 2012, but clean as a whistle on every test since. That's a lot of car for very little money.
I didn't like them until our friend had one - then I came to like it far more than you would if you'd only seen them in magazines. It really was a much nicer car than the reputation, in my opinion. Comfortable, quiet and well-made. And that noise was special - it's not just a nice V8 noise, I haven't heard anything quite like it elsewhere. Almost like a bassier, less revvy Honda NSX somehow. It's hard to describe.
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