Cars you never knew existed until recently...

[Mercury00]

peterattheboro said:

Forgot this thing existed till the other day. There's a few for sale on PH but never seen one in person. I guess the Fiesta ST is winning this battle.

I couldn't say if I've seen one for sure, they look so similar to the standard Clio that I struggle to tell the difference.

[martin mrt]

Cockey said:

Saw one of these a couple of years ago in France.



Clio saloon. Pretty awful.

I seen one of these in Baku last year, the chap was selling fish from the boot, literally fish thrown into the boot of the car, it stank to high heaven and still passes as one of the most disgusting things I've seen with my own eyes.

The car wasn't much better either tbh

[martin mrt]

Cockey said:

Saw one of these a couple of years ago in France.



Clio saloon. Pretty awful.

I seen one of these in Baku last year, the chap was selling fish from the boot, literally fish thrown into the boot of the car, it stank to high heaven and still passes as one of the most disgusting things I've seen with my own eyes.

The car wasn't much better either tbh

[rodericb]

P-Jay said:

I like that, and with the A4 being the size of small African country these days, I can see the point of it.

Yeah, apparantly this new A3 sedan is of the same dimensions as the original A4!

[ALBA MELV]

Suzuki Ignis Sport

[Tuvra]

rodericb said:

P-Jay said:

I like that, and with the A4 being the size of small African country these days, I can see the point of it.

Yeah, apparantly this new A3 sedan is of the same dimensions as the original A4!

On the road it looked crap though, it was exactly the same as the one in the picture. I seen it blasting off a roundabout and thought "f*ck thats shifting, sounds good too", as it went past I just thought "WTF is that stuck to the back of it".

It may just be me though, I think the CLA45 is just as weird looking...

[Enricogto]

toon10 said:

Save Ferris said:

This was mentioned in another thread, I had never heard of it!

Dodge Journey

My mate has just bought one of these. 7 seater for his 3 kids and his partners 2!

Aka Fiat Freemont, really nice car for the price.

[MysteryLemon]

Enricogto said:

Aka Fiat Freemont, really nice car for the price.

Yup.. Shame it's not available in the UK.

[tali1]

Mercury00 said:

Fiat Qubo. Never heard of it or seen one before until I saw one at a dealership:

Someone local has got one of these- any idea ?

[Bonefish Blues]

I see what you did there.

Raise you one close to home:

[ch108]

Bonefish Blues said:

I see what you did there.

Raise you one close to home:

Fiat Sedici? Same as Suzuki SX4

[Bonefish Blues]

Yep, a Fiat Sixteen.

The same as a Suzuki SX4 4Grip. The other SX4s are 2wd.

[heppers75]

BorkFactor said:

heppers75 said:

Toyota FJ Cruiser.

Mrs H and myself are looking for something as a car for having here in Turkey and this is high on the list... I cannot explain why I like it I just do! I think it is the mini-hummer esqe feel.

Funny you mention that, I saw a blue one of them yesterday. I did wonder what it was!

We leave tomorrow for this trip but Mrs H is spending the whole summer here and I have a chat booked with a local chap who will do a deal on a 12 month old one in July. So lets see, I do like them though.

[leefee]

ch108 said:

Bonefish Blues said:

I see what you did there.

Raise you one close to home:

Fiat Sedici? Same as Suzuki SX4

Unless it is an 09 onwards, they wernt 4x4 ..... Ask me how i know.......

[H.7]

Veeayt said:

There wasn't such car as S4 Plus, there was S4 V8 ('91-94), S6 V8 ('95-97) and then S6 Plus ('96-97) with 326hp slightly detuned S8 32V engine, of which 97 were saloons and 855 estates

No, the first S4 4.2 V8 didn't arrive until March 2003 with the B6 variant. They only made B6s for about 21 months before the B7 superseded it. It was also a 4.2 V8 and was produced until mid 2008. The next variant, the B8, was a 3-litre V6 and they haven't produced a V8 S4 since.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Audi_S4

I have a late 2004 V8 S4 Avant with a Milltek system and a Revotech Stage 2.

I don't think the car pictured is a V8, despite the badge ...

[Mr SFJ]

I never knew about the Fiat Grande Punto T-Jet until recently, and then I bought one!

Also the XJ220-S

[Bonefish Blues]

leefee said:

ch108 said:

Bonefish Blues said:

I see what you did there.

Raise you one close to home:

Fiat Sedici? Same as Suzuki SX4

Unless it is an 09 onwards, they wernt 4x4 ..... Ask me how i know.......

Not correct. All Sedicis up to 09 were 4wd, thereafter there was a short run of facelifted 2wds. SX4s have always been a mix of 2 & 4 with a preponderance of 2wd.

[Veeayt]

H.7 said:

No, the first S4 4.2 V8 didn't arrive until March 2003 with the B6 variant. They only made B6s for about 21 months before the B7 superseded it. It was also a 4.2 V8 and was produced until mid 2008. The next variant, the B8, was a 3-litre V6 and they haven't produced a V8 S4 since.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Audi_S4

I have a late 2004 V8 S4 Avant with a Milltek system and a Revotech Stage 2.

I don't think the car pictured is a V8, despite the badge ...

Well, technically the first S4 was called Audi 100 S4 and it wasn't just a trim option, due to pretty serious engineering effort put in it. It had two engine options - 2.2, generally identical to that of RS2, and a powertrain (4.2 ABH engine and six-speed or 4auto ZF's) directly inherited from later Audi V8's. The later S6 shared the same 2.2 and 5 or 6 speed gearbox with the first S4, and a slightly tuned (up 10PS) 4.2 engine with modified gearbox (added radiator). I am lucky enough to own one, albeit slightly different from initial facts and figures.
The car in initial question, the S6 Plus, even had unique WIN numbers of Quattro gmbh, not the Audi usuals beginning with WAUZZZ****, and was hand-built in Neckarsulm. At the time it cost more than a top range Audi A8. The next and last Quattro gmbh model not to share its WINs with generic Audis was B5 RS4. There was a pretty good reason for it - many official dealers refused to service these as they were officially not Audis, and the RS and its Cosworth lump and chassis shared very little with normal 2.7 turbos found in lesser Audis.
All V8 C4's were not available in the UK, hence why perhaps you missed that. And B6 V8's were sold in huge numbers in US and continental. Although I do believe there was a trim option to make your 2.2 look like a Plus in the UK in 1997, which included two paint options (RSblau and Zermatt Zilber) and 17' Plus wheels.

[Daston]

Hyundai Veloster Turbo

Spotted one a few times around town, still not sure about it, looks like something from a computer game. On the plus side it does look different to most of the competition so that cant be a bad thing.

[MissChief]

Those things have two doors on the passenger side and only one on the drivers side. Seriously weird.