Cars you didn't know existed...
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Steamer said:
DaveGoddard said:
Last night I followed a big pickup truck called a Fiat Fullback, never heard of one of those before...
I saw the advert for those on telly the other night and did a double take.The body looks very familar and I didnt know they had a history of building trucks, is it a chassis share?
blueST said:
Steamer said:
DaveGoddard said:
Last night I followed a big pickup truck called a Fiat Fullback, never heard of one of those before...
I saw the advert for those on telly the other night and did a double take.The body looks very familar and I didnt know they had a history of building trucks, is it a chassis share?
talksthetorque said:
Alpaca said:
The second one of these I've seen, I don't even know what it is:
King star Jupiter, with stoopid 'double headlight conversion' stickers?http://m.made-in-china.com/product/Kingstar-Jupite...
Edited by talksthetorque on Thursday 27th October 22:21
Kawasicki said:
Usget said:
Fast Bug said:
Yup, rwd as well. The Iranians also made a rear wheeldrive 405 saloon called the RD
Some very weird Peugeot-based combinations. There's a Paykan, which I think is a Hilman Hunter with Peugeot 504 running gear
Then you have a Samand which is a Peugeot 405 with a local body
And finally a Peugeot Pars, which is a 405 with 406-ish front and rear.
Oh and they are also in love with the saloon version of the mid-90s Kia Pride. Economic sanctions are a terrible, terrible thing.
504 engine and 604 gearbox in a the G Wagon chassis. That's right, skip the absolutely bullet proof Mercedes diesel engine and transmission for your quirky, fragile French nonsense. Then send your boys to Iraq in it.
Jimmy Recard said:
French nonsense?
Yeah, because Peugeot has a reputation for making crap engines, doesn't it?
No, the opposite.
It's sort of popular to denigrate certain companies - Renault and the PSA twins - because they are French. It's some sort of byword for "shonky" in some circles.Yeah, because Peugeot has a reputation for making crap engines, doesn't it?
No, the opposite.
It's generally misplaced though. http://www.jdpower.com/press-releases/jd-power-201...
Dapster said:
Talking about Peugeots you've never heard of....The P 4.
504 engine and 604 gearbox in a the G Wagon chassis. That's right, skip the absolutely bullet proof Mercedes diesel engine and transmission for your quirky, fragile French nonsense. Then send your boys to Iraq in it.
I think we had that one a few pages back.504 engine and 604 gearbox in a the G Wagon chassis. That's right, skip the absolutely bullet proof Mercedes diesel engine and transmission for your quirky, fragile French nonsense. Then send your boys to Iraq in it.
Are we definitely sure the 504 and 604 engines are "quirky and fragile"? I think there's about a million African taxi drivers who would disagree...
Usget said:
I think we had that one a few pages back.
Are we definitely sure the 504 and 604 engines are "quirky and fragile"? I think there's about a million African taxi drivers who would disagree...
Ok, ok I take it back. However I'd never heard of the P4 before (I actually put it up a few pages back) and thought it fitted here. The interesting bit of the story is that Peugeot tried to sell it as a civilian model but it was too expensive and too slow. Ironically, neither of those traits prevented it from being a cult success for M-B for the best part of 40 years!Are we definitely sure the 504 and 604 engines are "quirky and fragile"? I think there's about a million African taxi drivers who would disagree...
CraigyMc said:
It's sort of popular to denigrate certain companies - Renault and the PSA twins - because they are French. It's some sort of byword for "shonky" in some circles.
It's generally misplaced though. http://www.jdpower.com/press-releases/jd-power-201...
Not quite. Peugeot and Citroen are PSA. It's generally misplaced though. http://www.jdpower.com/press-releases/jd-power-201...
Renault is/was part owned by the French government and is tied with Nissan/Infinity and Samsung (cars not phones and tvs) and has ties with Mercedes. MB take the 1.5 diesel engine, rebadge the Kangoo as the Citan, the new Smart range is based on the Twingo and the new X Class pick up is built on a Navara chassis. I believe Nissan/Infinity take some of the bigger MB diesel engines.
Fiat also take the Trafic van and rebadge that now
Fast Bug said:
Not quite. Peugeot and Citroen are PSA.
Renault is/was part owned by the French government and is tied with Nissan/Infinity and Samsung (cars not phones and tvs) and has ties with Mercedes. MB take the 1.5 diesel engine, rebadge the Kangoo as the Citan, the new Smart range is based on the Twingo and the new X Class pick up is built on a Navara chassis. I believe Nissan/Infinity take some of the bigger MB diesel engines.
Fiat also take the Trafic van and rebadge that now
I think he was saying that Renault is one entity and Peugeot and Citroen are the PSA twins Renault is/was part owned by the French government and is tied with Nissan/Infinity and Samsung (cars not phones and tvs) and has ties with Mercedes. MB take the 1.5 diesel engine, rebadge the Kangoo as the Citan, the new Smart range is based on the Twingo and the new X Class pick up is built on a Navara chassis. I believe Nissan/Infinity take some of the bigger MB diesel engines.
Fiat also take the Trafic van and rebadge that now
Dads Taxi said:
talksthetorque said:
Alpaca said:
The second one of these I've seen, I don't even know what it is:
King star Jupiter, with stoopid 'double headlight conversion' stickers?http://m.made-in-china.com/product/Kingstar-Jupite...
Edited by talksthetorque on Thursday 27th October 22:21
Europa1 said:
Dads Taxi said:
talksthetorque said:
Alpaca said:
The second one of these I've seen, I don't even know what it is:
King star Jupiter, with stoopid 'double headlight conversion' stickers?http://m.made-in-china.com/product/Kingstar-Jupite...
Edited by talksthetorque on Thursday 27th October 22:21
CraigyMc said:
Jimmy Recard said:
French nonsense?
Yeah, because Peugeot has a reputation for making crap engines, doesn't it?
No, the opposite.
It's sort of popular to denigrate certain companies - Renault and the PSA twins - because they are French. It's some sort of byword for "shonky" in some circles.Yeah, because Peugeot has a reputation for making crap engines, doesn't it?
No, the opposite.
It's generally misplaced though. http://www.jdpower.com/press-releases/jd-power-201...
It's ALWAYS misplaced thought.
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