Cars you didn't know existed...

[bimsb6]

Spotted this today in corsica , i had to google to prove it did exist as badged !

Edited by bimsb6 on Wednesday 1st October 21:01

[Hugo a Gogo]

came out before the Polo as well

[Mr Gear]

Ungarsee said:

Surely the electric love child of the Brubaker Box? I give you the Mia Electric. Saw one as a van in London and then it turned out that they sell them from a Daihatsu dealer in Croydon.

Mclaren F1 seat layout!!

Not only have I seen one, I've driven one!

Quite a novelty, and by no means terrible, but it feels more like a kit car than something that has been carefully designed.

[FD3Si]

GC8 said:

Regiment said:

Nissan Stagea GTR.

Really? Most people seem to think that all Stageas are GT-Rs in disguise. The reality is that most turbocharged Stageas are similar to Skyline GTS-T Type Ms.

2.6l Stageas were extremely rare and were retro-converted, from memory.

I may be wrong, but I'm pretty certain there's no such thing as a Stagea GTR. There's a 260RS which is the RB26DETT (AKA GTR engine) which is an Autech converted car (not factory Nissan, a bit like AMG pre Merc ownership days) and then there are the front end swaps (i.e. M35 Stageas with an R35 front end, and WC34 Stageas with R34 front ends) which again are not factory Nissan, but produced by Kids Heart in Japan.

[Leins]

bimsb6 said:

Spotted this today in corsica , i had to google to prove it did exist as badged !

There was supposed to be an Audi 60 2-door saloon version too, but in the end that was branded only as a VW Derby

[bimsb6]

Leins said:

There was supposed to be an Audi 60 2-door saloon version too, but in the end that was branded only as a VW Derby

Don't tell the www.audi60.com site they think they own some !

[Fast Bug]

That Audi 50 is a rare old thing!

[Leins]

bimsb6 said:

Leins said:

There was supposed to be an Audi 60 2-door saloon version too, but in the end that was branded only as a VW Derby

Don't tell the www.audi60.com site they think they own some !

I'd love to be able to say that I meant the 60 I was talking about would have been a later, and possible replacement, model. But then that would be lying, as I didn't know about the earlier one

Apologies to the (existing) Audi 60 community!

[Leins]

Never knew the Audi 60 existed:

[GravelBen]

FD3Si said:

I may be wrong, but I'm pretty certain there's no such thing as a Stagea GTR. There's a 260RS which is the RB26DETT (AKA GTR engine) which is an Autech converted car (not factory Nissan, a bit like AMG pre Merc ownership days) and then there are the front end swaps (i.e. M35 Stageas with an R35 front end, and WC34 Stageas with R34 front ends) which again are not factory Nissan, but produced by Kids Heart in Japan.

Sounds about right. Mind you a lot of people (PHers included) seem to think every Skyline is a GTR as well, with no idea about the GT-T, GTS-T, GTS-4, GTS, GTE, GXi etc...

The old man and a good mate have both had 2.5NA AWD Stageas, nice cars but heavy and thirsty.

Edited by GravelBen on Thursday 2nd October 12:41

[bimsb6]

Leins said:

Never knew the Audi 60 existed:

Neither did i until you mentioned it didn't exist and googled it !

[S3_Graham]

GravelBen said:

FD3Si said:

I may be wrong, but I'm pretty certain there's no such thing as a Stagea GTR. There's a 260RS which is the RB26DETT (AKA GTR engine) which is an Autech converted car (not factory Nissan, a bit like AMG pre Merc ownership days) and then there are the front end swaps (i.e. M35 Stageas with an R35 front end, and WC34 Stageas with R34 front ends) which again are not factory Nissan, but produced by Kids Heart in Japan.

Sounds about right. Mind you a lot of people (PHers included) seem to think every Skyline is a GTR as well, with no idea about the GT-T, GTS-T, GTS-4, GTS, GTE, GXi etc...

The old man and a good mate have both had 2.5NA AWD Stageas, nice cars but heavy and thirsty.

Edited by GravelBen on Thursday 2nd October 12:41

I was going to post something similar. I didnt think the GTR existed either.

From my Gran Turismo knowledge, as you say, the only 276hp (GTR engine) one is the 260RS 'autech version'

There is a standard looking one round the corner from my house. certainly did a double take when they moved in!

[Leins]

bimsb6 said:

Neither did i until you mentioned it didn't exist and googled it !

I thought you were going to tell me your dad used to have one


Here's another obscure one which I'm pretty sure was never actually put into production with that number, the Audi 300:




Now I'd always thought Audi had originally considered naming the 1988 V8 as a '300', but that concept looks remarkably like the C4 100 from 1991

[bimsb6]

But why does it have porsche wheels ?

[Leins]

^^^ Interesting, good spot! Didn't pick up on that one. Need to find out more about what this 300 concept actually was now

Were Porsche planning to build it, or perhaps put it into production with their own badge also? Hmmm...

[LordGrover]

Spotted yesterday...













Owner said it's a Nissan 6 cylinder, wasn't clear whether V6 or I6. An oddity which I quite like, even the Bentley bits.

[RenesisEvo]

Mitusoka Galue-I, but I think the Bentley addenda are not original.

[Pepperami]

The Vauxhall SRV.





Saw it at a motor show a while back and really wanted to get inside and see what all the buttons were for. Typical 70's concept. Truly awesome.

[LordGrover]

RenesisEvo said:

Mitusoka Galue-I, but I think the Bentley addenda are not original.

Good knowledge.

Ta.

[Fast Bug]

LordGrover said:

RenesisEvo said:

Mitusoka Galue-I, but I think the Bentley addenda are not original.

Good knowledge.

Ta.

They do all sorts of odd ball stuff. They make a Nissan March (Micra) in to a mark 2 Jag look a like, in to Wolsey's, modify MX5's and all sort. The Japanese have some odd tastes...