Cars you didn't know existed...

[Halmyre]

cirian75 said:

skyrover said:

wildcat45 said:

RSteve said:

Ssangyongg Korando Sports, followed a '15 plate one of these this morning:

I prefer that to the Navara style things you usually see.

Do these things still have Mercrdes-Benz engines?

FFS why can't Asian car companies get details/proportion right

literally 30 seconds in Photoshop

http://www.ssangyonggb.co.uk/pages/new-ssangyong/korando

"Styled by legendary car designer Giorgetto Giugiaro, Korando is a true blend of Italian form and Korean function. The front end styling features an elegant grille and modern projector headlamps with LED daytime running lights to give a sharp contemporary look."


He must have been drunk, high and having off with 2 bunga bunga girls all at the same time while designing that.

Poor Giorgetto, you just know he's weeping into his Chianti every night..."it's-a so a-shameful, I used-a to design-a nice-a cars, and now I do this-a."

[Hugo a Gogo]

skyrover said:

wildcat45 said:

RSteve said:

Ssangyongg Korando Sports, followed a '15 plate one of these this morning:

I prefer that to the Navara style things you usually see.

Do these things still have Mercrdes-Benz engines?

FFS why can't Asian car companies get details/proportion right

literally 30 seconds in Photoshop

1st pic is the 1st result in google image search

this is the 2nd

it already does look exactly like your photoshop

[wildcat45]

Well I like it. So ner. What's the engine?

[FreiWild]

Saw this in HK:

Mazda 8


Another Chinese oddity

Luxgen U6

[MattHall91]

Currently for sale on AT. Mitsubishi Eclipse 2.4.

[QROPS]

EJH said:

I can’t help but feel that Europe is also culpable in the mess of some countries' car design. This “beauty,” was:

1 Designed by Ken Greenley and
2 “received the Auto Design Award from the Birmingham Auto Show.”

It’s not a looker:



He also designed the Ssangyong Rhodius but I haven’t included a picture as we all know what it is and to needlessly include it might put some off their lunch.

Quite often you find these in Asia where the owners have replaced the badges with Mercedes ones...

[xRIEx]

QROPS said:

EJH said:

I can’t help but feel that Europe is also culpable in the mess of some countries' car design. This “beauty,” was:

1 Designed by Ken Greenley and
2 “received the Auto Design Award from the Birmingham Auto Show.”

It’s not a looker:



He also designed the Ssangyong Rhodius but I haven’t included a picture as we all know what it is and to needlessly include it might put some off their lunch.

Quite often you find these in Asia where the owners have replaced the badges with Mercedes ones...

Not sure if serious...

[iva cosworth]

MattHall91 said:

Currently for sale on AT. Mitsubishi Eclipse 2.4.

That was drawn using the ugly stick,not a looker at all.

Boatload of them coming to a JDM importer soon.

[Al U]

Some from my recent trip to mexico.

VW Classico (basically a facelift bora)
VW Gol (No I didn't miss the F, looked like a polo with a slightly different body shape)
VW Pointer (again, reminded me of a polo)

[shakotan]

Al U said:

Some from my recent trip to mexico.

VW Classico (basically a facelift bora)
VW Gol (No I didn't miss the F, looked like a polo with a slightly different body shape)
VW Pointer (again, reminded me of a polo)

Gol and Pointer are the same car, the Pointer is the 2nd-Gen Gol for the Mexican market.

All Generations of Gol were made in Argentina and Brazil. Why the name change for the 2nd-Gen one in Mexico, who knows.

1st Gen Gol


1st Gen Gol wagon (also known as Fox)


2nd Gen Gol/Pointer

[Fast Bug]

You could buy a Gol with an air cooled Beetle engine

[shakotan]

Fast Bug said:

You could buy a Gol with an air cooled Beetle engine

Yup, when the 1st-Gen was launched it had a flat four in it, later they started using a watercooled 1.6 unit.

[Al U]

The Gol is still available today. To me it looked newer than the pointer. Look up 2015 VW Gol Mexico.

[shakotan]

Al U said:

The Gol is still available today. To me it looked newer than the pointer. Look up 2015 VW Gol Mexico.

Indeed it is, all I said wwas the 2nd-Gen Gol was called the Pointer.

Never said there wasn't a Gol that came after.

This is the current one (3rd-Gen facelift)


Anyway, South American VWs lead us nicely on to the Saveiro pick-up.

[ZiggyNiva]

QROPS said:

EJH said:

I can’t help but feel that Europe is also culpable in the mess of some countries' car design. This “beauty,” was:

1 Designed by Ken Greenley and
2 “received the Auto Design Award from the Birmingham Auto Show.”

It’s not a looker:



He also designed the Ssangyong Rhodius but I haven’t included a picture as we all know what it is and to needlessly include it might put some off their lunch.

Quite often you find these in Asia where the owners have replaced the badges with Mercedes ones...

They were sold as mercs in some markets!

[All that jazz]

I was at a Vauxhall dealership earlier for a part and there was a Vauxhall Cascade parked up outside which I never knew existed. Some Insignia sized thing but uglier and was a soft top. Looked pretty nasty tbh and it was in some wishy-washy yellow colour.

[McAndy]

Cascada. Based on the Astra platform. Also a Holden, Buick and, naturally, an Opel.

Horrible thing.

[TT Tim]

Not sure if this has already come up.

But I give you the hideous nastiness that is the BMW 2-Series Gran tourer.

Is it Gran, because only your grandmother would buy it because it looks like an ugly Honda Jazz?!

[MarshPhantom]

I had one of these from 1982, just like the one below but with 3 doors. Can't even find a picture of one to post. I believe it had been imported from South Africa.

[MarshPhantom]