Cars you didn't know existed...

[vtecyo]

BarbaricAvatar said:

Aixam cars i'd never heard of til a minute or two ago.







I miss the old times when i wasn't aware of these stboxes.

A rather rotund old guy pootles round Filton / Horfield (Bristol) in one of these. Genuinely sounds like a lawnmower, and the exhaust is about 1cm in diameter.

[P-Jay]

stugolf said:

VW Golf MK2 Limited

1.8 16v G60 - 210 BHP 4WD all LHD and 4 door

I'd love to have one of those, but when they do come up for sale they want insane money for them, no surprising given the tiny dribble of them they made and how fussy VW were about who them sold / gave them to.

Still compared to what some people want for far more mainstream RS Fords they're a bloody bargain!

[ajprice]

BarbaricAvatar said:

Aixam cars i'd never heard of til a minute or two ago.







I miss the old times when i wasn't aware of these stboxes.

They're classed as quadricycles, so 16 year olds can drive them on a moped licence (show me a 16 year old who would want to have anything to do with one of these ). 400 or 500cc two cylinder diesel, limited to about 30. Basically a G Wiz with an engine instead the EV part.

[LordGrover]

Cripes!

[BrabusMog]

And they're French!

[LordGrover]

^^ ... and we thought they couldn't get any worse. Mon Dieu!

[JDMDrifter]

They are actually gonna make these

[Evoluzione]

vtecyo said:

BarbaricAvatar said:

Aixam cars i'd never heard of til a minute or two ago.







I miss the old times when i wasn't aware of these stboxes.

A rather rotund old guy pootles round Filton / Horfield (Bristol) in one of these. Genuinely sounds like a lawnmower, and the exhaust is about 1cm in diameter.

It would, they have a 400cc Kubota 2 cyl engine in them, Kubota make these:




Belt drive tranny:

You can drive them on a motorbike licence - modern (!) version of the Robin Reliant or I guess more precisely, the Robin Kitten which is a good car for some for the topic of conversation.

[LordGrover]

Bring back the Bug!

[Evoluzione]

LordGrover said:

Bring back the Bug!

What's that thing Clarkson drove through an office block? Two wheels at the front, one at the back - they still make those....

[Evoluzione]

The Peel P50: http://www.peelengineering.com/

[Gypsum Fantastic]

LordGrover said:

Cripes!

I kind of want one...

[BarbaricAvatar]

Evoluzione said:

It would, they have a 400cc Kubota 2 cyl engine in them, Kubota make these:

I'm confident that a driver could have a LOT more fun on one of these than in any of the Aixam cars.

[Fast Bug]

GC8 said:

Based on the original Micra, and not on the hot Micras like the Figaro.

Yup, 1 litre auto, where as the Figaro is 1 litre turbo auto. Had loads of Figaro's pass through my hands, only 1 Pao though. Pretty cool but so slooooooow. By all accounts the hot ticket in Japan is to get a 1.5 litre engine from a Sunny/Almera and drop it in with the manual gearbox. Oh and they really don't like being thrown down country lanes, very soft suspension

[LordGrover]

Gypsum Fantastic said:

LordGrover said:

Cripes!

I kind of want one...

Hand in your man-badge.

[Puddenchucker]

Weidner Condor

[KevSeymour]

Evoluzione said:

hat's that thing Clarkson drove through an office block? Two wheels at the front, one at the back - they still make those....

http://www.autoexpress.co.uk/car-reviews/17976/pee...

[nagsheadwarrior]

BarbaricAvatar said:

I'm confident that a driver could have a LOT more fun on one of these than in any of the Aixam cars.

Our Caravan dept have two for shunting purposes, quite good fun, could never imagine that engine in a car though!

[garycat]

Evoluzione said:

You can drive them on a motorbike licence - modern (!) version of the Robin Reliant or I guess more precisely, the Robin Kitten which is a good car for some for the topic of conversation.

IT'S A fkING RELIANT ROBIN !!!!

No one says a Focus Ford or a Viva Vauxhall. Just get it right! OK?

[TorqueR]