Cars you didn't know existed...

Cars you didn't know existed...

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McAndy

12,464 posts

177 months

Monday 2nd February 2015
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The profile is not dissimilar from the X6, GLE etc. No wonder I hate them all! biggrin

soad

32,902 posts

176 months

Monday 2nd February 2015
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iva cosworth said:
I can't remember the name......rolleyes

It's a Nissan, like a Cube but with the different rear bit.

Openback or something......confusedconfused
On a similar note, saw Daihatsu Materia for the first time yesterday (in a petrol station).

Quite similar to the Cube in a looks department...


TheFinners

543 posts

127 months

Monday 2nd February 2015
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I hadn't realised these had already been sold, don't think there are any reviews kicking about of them either... (Evo X FQ440)

http://www.autotrader.co.uk/classified/advert/2014...

ajprice

27,495 posts

196 months

Monday 2nd February 2015
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soad said:
iva cosworth said:
I can't remember the name......rolleyes

It's a Nissan, like a Cube but with the different rear bit.

Openback or something......confusedconfused
On a similar note, saw Daihatsu Materia for the first time yesterday (in a petrol station).

Quite similar to the Cube in a looks department...

Thats the car Clarkson 'tested' against the Ascari on TG. IN America it was a Toyota/Scion http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Toyota_bB

Hrimfaxi

1,036 posts

127 months

Tuesday 3rd February 2015
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Browsing cars online earlier, I found a Nissan QX. Never heard of one up until now. Available in V6 flavour, too.
Ugly as sin however.


Bonefish Blues

26,759 posts

223 months

Tuesday 3rd February 2015
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An unsuccessful attempt to muscle in on the glamour that was the Camry, wasn't it?

Hrimfaxi

1,036 posts

127 months

Tuesday 3rd February 2015
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And fell face down, by the looks of things.

DaveH23

3,236 posts

170 months

Wednesday 4th February 2015
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soad said:
iva cosworth said:
I can't remember the name......rolleyes

It's a Nissan, like a Cube but with the different rear bit.

Openback or something......confusedconfused
On a similar note, saw Daihatsu Materia for the first time yesterday (in a petrol station).

Quite similar to the Cube in a looks department...

Not as handsome as the Cube. nuts

baldy1926

2,136 posts

200 months

Wednesday 4th February 2015
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Hrimfaxi said:
Browsing cars online earlier, I found a Nissan QX. Never heard of one up until now. Available in V6 flavour, too.
Ugly as sin however.

My old boss had one i think there were another 6 bought in that year so not a great seller

soad

32,902 posts

176 months

Wednesday 4th February 2015
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DaveH23 said:
Not as handsome as the Cube. nuts
True. The same can be said for the Kia Soul and Scion xB too.

jamiebae

6,245 posts

211 months

Wednesday 4th February 2015
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soad said:
DaveH23 said:
Not as handsome as the Cube. nuts
True. The same can be said for the Kia Soul and Scion xB too.
Scion xB is the same car as the Materia, just with different badges.

soad

32,902 posts

176 months

Wednesday 4th February 2015
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jamiebae said:
soad said:
DaveH23 said:
Not as handsome as the Cube. nuts
True. The same can be said for the Kia Soul and Scion xB too.
Scion xB is the same car as the Materia, just with different badges.
There was a Subaru Dex also...

jamiebae

6,245 posts

211 months

Wednesday 4th February 2015
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soad said:
jamiebae said:
soad said:
DaveH23 said:
Not as handsome as the Cube. nuts
True. The same can be said for the Kia Soul and Scion xB too.
Scion xB is the same car as the Materia, just with different badges.
There was a Subaru Dex also...
There's a lot of 'badge engineering' going on between Toyota, Scion, Daihatsu and Subaru - You can get a Daihatsu Charade which is actually a Mk2 Yaris with different badges, a Subaru Trezia which is a Toyota Verso S and a Subaru Justy which is also a Daihatsu Sirion or in the UK a Perodua Mivi.

Veeayt

3,139 posts

205 months

Sunday 8th February 2015
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BMW M1 GTR

QROPS

2,822 posts

184 months

Sunday 8th February 2015
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Veeayt said:
BMW M1 GTR
Lovely, but there would be a fair amount of drag on those mirrors!

solothsar

6 posts

110 months

Sunday 8th February 2015
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Dad used to have a saloon one of these and was astounded to see an estate version the other week.



(Hello by the way. wavey)

0a

23,901 posts

194 months

Sunday 8th February 2015
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solothsar said:


Dad used to have a saloon one of these and was astounded to see an estate version the other week.



(Hello by the way. wavey)
Hello and welcome! After 2 posts you have used a smilie I have failed to find so far after many more posts indeed!

That's not a great addition to the SD1, in my opinion, even the lower end standard cars have a level of grace to them that are lacking on that one!

MissChief

7,111 posts

168 months

Sunday 8th February 2015
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I actually really like that S3 saloon. paperbag

solothsar

6 posts

110 months

Sunday 8th February 2015
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jamiebae said:
There's a lot of 'badge engineering' going on between Toyota, Scion, Daihatsu and Subaru - You can get a Daihatsu Charade which is actually a Mk2 Yaris with different badges, a Subaru Trezia which is a Toyota Verso S and a Subaru Justy which is also a Daihatsu Sirion or in the UK a Perodua Mivi.
The earlier Justy's were Suzuki Swifts but with 3 cylinder engines and 4x4 so not sure how that worked! How can it be the same car but with different engines and drivetrain?

Not sure about the Daihatsu Mivi being the same as the Mk2 Justy? Though it was a Swift still?

Tony Starks

2,104 posts

212 months

Sunday 8th February 2015
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NZ, the land of run down bad taste japanese cars. My most hated is the Toyota Spacio.


I keep seeing around here a japanese version of the Jeep Cherokee. At first I thought it was a lowered Cherokee but with Nissan or Toyota badges (cant remember which) it looked quite cool too. I cant remember what it is called but I thick the Japanese military use them too.


Quhet said:
Since living out here in NZ, I've come across quite a few (I presume) Jap imports which we don't get back in the Uk. I don't really think we've missed out as they all seem pretty dull, but there are occasionally some really interesting ones (not necessarily below)

There are quite a few old Kei cars about like the Subaru Ace/Rex:


Hadn't come across a Nissan Lucino before one of our friends bought one


Delica's seem very popular, I knew about the older model you occasionally see in the Uk but not the latest model. Looks a bit like a hummer H3 mashed up with an old Ford Galaxy - pretty ugly!


The Ssangyong Actyon wins in the ugliness stakes though, god knows what they were thinking when they came up with this:
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