Cars you didn't know existed...

[iva cosworth]

FreiW said:

Citroen C-Elysee

I only knew that existed as Seb Loeb races one in WTCC.

Is it sold in UK ?...don't recall ever seeing one here.

[jamiebae]

iva cosworth said:

I only knew that existed as Seb Loeb races one in WTCC.

Is it sold in UK ?...don't recall ever seeing one here.

Nope, it, along with its twin the Peugeot 301, are only sold in developing markets, there are loads of them on the road in Hungary for example.

[va1o]

New Suzuki Swift saloon. Saw one of these whilst on holiday in the caribbean, its an ugly little runt of a car



On the UK front I only discovered recently that Vauxhall offered a slightly detuned version of the 1.6T 'VXR engine' with the normal Corsa. Although I have no interest in one now when I was younger it would have been an Ok car. Cheap running costs with a fair bit of extra poke compared to a normal 1.2/ 1.4 (but still admittedly quite boring!)

[jamiebae]

va1o said:

New Suzuki Swift saloon. Saw one of these whilst on holiday in the caribbean, its an ugly little runt of a car

Looks like an Indian market special - there is a lower tax band for sub-4 metre long saloons so there are loads of hideous booted superminis and city cars out there. Check out www.autocarindia.com and see what you can find, but try not to be too terrified when you see a Mahindra Scorpio...

[MX51ROD]

Axiam GTI , read the spec , a thundering 5.4hp , Wow
http://www.aixam.com/en/licence-free-car-coupe/gti

[FreiWild]

VW Voyage

[23rdian]

jamiebae said:

Looks like an Indian market special - there is a lower tax band for sub-4 metre long saloons so there are loads of hideous booted superminis and city cars out there. Check out www.autocarindia.com and see what you can find, but try not to be too terrified when you see a Mahindra Scorpio...

This one is pretty cool

http://www.4x4offroads.com/mahindra-scorpio-suv-fr...

[Eighteeteewhy]

LP670 said:

yeah here are some more. Peugeot Oxia


Peugeot RC


Peugeot Onyx

Peugeot Quasar

[oooOLLIooo]

Saw this 2 weeks ago in France. Opel GT
I have since found out that Vauxhall never did a RHD for the UK....

[soad]

Ronart Lightning.



Edit - there's one for sale in the ads (£50k). Rear view is quite menacing!

[boyse7en]

soad said:

Ronart Lightning.



Edit - there's one for sale in the ads (£50k). Rear view is quite menacing!

Front view looks like a Porpoise being surprised from the rear though...

[iva cosworth]

This.



A SAAB 9-4X.....I had no idea it existed till I saw this in Sweden in July.

Although I guessed correctly at the model number when googling it.

One of 457 made,in Mexico [weirdly for a SAAB]

Anyone know if any made it to the UK ?

[ajprice]

Never seen that SAAB before, I thought the only SAAB 4x4 ish car was the 9-2 "Saabaru" badge engineering job of the SAAB front end on an Impreza...

[morgrp]

Turkish Tofas Sahin and Dogan:



Turkish market Renault Toros:

[Nath88n]

iva cosworth said:

This.



A SAAB 9-4X.....I had no idea it existed till I saw this in Sweden in July.

Although I guessed correctly at the model number when googling it.

One of 457 made,in Mexico [weirdly for a SAAB]

Anyone know if any made it to the UK ?

That's the earlier 9-7 X 05-09

[iva cosworth]

Nath88n said:

iva cosworth said:

This.



A SAAB 9-4X.....I had no idea it existed till I saw this in Sweden in July.

Although I guessed correctly at the model number when googling it.

One of 457 made,in Mexico [weirdly for a SAAB]

Anyone know if any made it to the UK ?

That's the earlier 9-7 X 05-09

Oh !....didn't know that existed either TBH

[GC8]

ajprice said:

Never seen that SAAB before, I thought the only SAAB 4x4 ish car was the 9-2 "Saabaru" badge engineering job of the SAAB front end on an Impreza...

North American market only and a sales flop, but Id quite like one. Prettier than a New Age Bug Eye.

[rehab71]

boyse7en said:

soad said:

Ronart Lightning.



Edit - there's one for sale in the ads (£50k). Rear view is quite menacing!

Front view looks like a Porpoise being surprised from the rear though...

I'd never heard of that, like it a lot though!

[anonymous-user]

soad said:

Ronart Lightning.



Edit - there's one for sale in the ads (£50k). Rear view is quite menacing!

You'd just HAVE to get it done up like this:

[lightthefuse]

ajprice said:

Never seen that SAAB before, I thought the only SAAB 4x4 ish car was the 9-2 "Saabaru" badge engineering job of the SAAB front end on an Impreza...

Nope, you can also count in a re-fronted Escalade as well in the 9-7X...