Cars you never knew existed until recently...

[Mezzanine]

Swoxy said:

Mezzanine said:

Yup, they drop like a stone.

Shocking depreciation.

You have to lease the battery for £70 a month from Renault.

Nice.

Is that the same with the Zoe then?

Is that the sole reason it dropped price that quickly?

[northwest monkey]

Mezzanine said:

Swoxy said:

Mezzanine said:

Yup, they drop like a stone.

Shocking depreciation.

You have to lease the battery for £70 a month from Renault.

Nice.

Is that the same with the Zoe then?

Is that the sole reason it dropped price that quickly?

I knew there would be a catch!

What would happen if you didn't pay the £70 ?

[northwest monkey]

dry664 said:

Thought I knew everything about 90's coupes the was to know until last week.

Anyone for the Mitsubishi 3000gt/GTO Spyder with a folding hardtop?

That must be incredibly rare - I'd never heard of them either and used to love the Japanese "supercars".

[tali1]

northwest monkey said:

dry664 said:

Thought I knew everything about 90's coupes the was to know until last week.

Anyone for the Mitsubishi 3000gt/GTO Spyder with a folding hardtop?

That must be incredibly rare - I'd never heard of them either and used to love the Japanese "supercars".

Reminds me of this



Hard to believe Peugeot did this in 1934

[tbc]

tali1 said:

northwest monkey said:

dry664 said:

Thought I knew everything about 90's coupes the was to know until last week.

Anyone for the Mitsubishi 3000gt/GTO Spyder with a folding hardtop?

That must be incredibly rare - I'd never heard of them either and used to love the Japanese "supercars".

Reminds me of this



Hard to believe Peugeot did this in 1934

It probably stayed half open/ half closed most of the time. Judging the state of electrics in modern Pugs these pre war car probably ran off a hamster in a wheel.

[Anglade]

Marvib said:

Am I reading that right? Its done 900 miles and dropped from £23k (-the £5k off the gov.) to £7k, if you call it 11k depreciation that's over £12 a mile.

It's insane, isn't it?

Has to be some kind of depreciation record, surely?

[Blakewater]

ChemicalChaos said:

Saw a Renault Fluence in London recently:




never seen or heard of one before or since - I assume it isnt a UK market car?

They've been available in the Middle East, Africa and China for a while with petrol engines. They've recently been launched here just as an electric version. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Renault_Fluence

BMW do hybrid versions of the 3,5 and 7 Series.

[Miocene]

dry664 said:

Thought I knew everything about 90's coupes the was to know until last week.

Anyone for the Mitsubishi 3000gt/GTO Spyder with a folding hardtop?

Thank you for reminding me... I saw one of these at the weekend with the roof down and meant to look up what it was. A rarer spot than I even realised then!

[tali1]

MX-5

[Elroy Blue]

Saw one of these in a carpark today. I assume it's an import because they're not sold in the UK as far as I know.

Honda crosstour 4x4. Like an Accord on steroids.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LDzBNKpVrss

[Bjam99]

saw an immaculate one of these the other day. What was the point of it?

[iva cosworth]

A MK3 Escort estate....

A good a place as any to carry 4/5 people and luggage.

The 5 door came along a little later

[tali1]

Bjam99 said:

saw an immaculate one of these the other day. What was the point of it?

You mean 3dr estate? I suppose it was for tradespeople who had no need for extra doors and hence cheaper to buy and they were only in low trim levels usually.Most of Escort rivals did 3dr estate aswell..Think they died out in.early 90s.Mk4 was last of the Escort to have them.

[iva cosworth]

What about a large estate car with only 2 passenger doors.

[darren9]

Anglade said:

It looks like they depreciate a little bit ...

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

There's one of these in my dog walking route. Ridiculously under wheeled. That's the only thing you notice.

[Sensibleboy]

Saw a few Opel Astra saloons last week in Lanzarote. Look quite smart. (apologies if already posted).

[Sensibleboy]

Digitalize said:

Horse Pop said:

Northernchimp said:

Saw a VW Bora estate today. I know there's a Golf estate, but this had the front end off a Bora. It was foreign but didn't see where it was registered. Probably the worst contribution to this thread so far.

I'm sure I read somewhere that the Golf estate was actually a Bora estate underneath and was badged as such in non-UK markets?

Bar the front end they're literally identical cars. They were available in Europe with the Bora front, but it's a popular conversion in the UK, to create a Bolf, or the other way around a Gora.

Boring fact - the MK5 Golf estate is actually a Jetta estate. It has Jetta door handles and panels (and the obvious chrome front end). Golf panels don't have the line along them unlike the Jetta.

[barker22]

Sensibleboy said:

Saw a few Opel Astra saloons last week in Lanzarote. Look quite smart. (apologies if already posted).

I like that

[Veeayt]

[crowfield]

Veeayt said:

I know BMW make some ugly cars, but that one is on a whole new level