Cars you didn't know existed...

[andburg]

some great spots here....reminds me of driving in Ireland...spend half the time squinting to decide what hatch back has been butchered to make a nasty looking 4 door saloon

[rohrl]

RobinBanks said:

That is odd. South Africa always did get weird models.

But why that?

Maybe Vauxhall/Opel had bits of both cars left over at the end of the European production run.

[GSE]

Apparently it was developed at Luton, although why remains a mystery, as there was already a Viva estate and the Chevette hatch. Just to uglyfy it even more they stuck a Opel Commodore B front panel and grill on it, and a Chevette instrument panel replaced the Viva one (not a lot of people know that )

What a weird oddball car!

[soad]

toerag said:

http://www.fornasaricars.com/





I didn't even know the company existed :/

That's not even a photo.

Ugly renderings...

[TheConverted]

Graham said:

How about this one... AC ACE

the red one is some sort of mx5 kit/abortion, the green car looks like an Austin Healey sprite?

ans Ac Ace just look slike a pretty, cobra



Andy

[LordGrover]

TheConverted said:

Graham said:

How about this one... AC ACE

the red one is some sort of mx5 kit/abortion, the green car looks like an Austin Healey sprite?

ans Ac Ace just look slike a pretty, cobra



Andy

Pretty sure that's a genuine AC Ace - clearly not the fifties/sixties classic but the nineties mk4 model.

ETA See the 90's section here: click.

Edited by LordGrover on Friday 24th October 11:48

[TheConverted]

LordGrover said:

TheConverted said:

Graham said:

How about this one... AC ACE

the red one is some sort of mx5 kit/abortion, the green car looks like an Austin Healey sprite?

ans Ac Ace just look slike a pretty, cobra



Andy

Pretty sure that's a genuine AC Ace - clearly not the fifties/sixties classic but the nineties model.

ETA See the 90's section here: click.

Edited by LordGrover on Friday 24th October 11:46

wow parrot for me, Im surprised it really looks like some kind of MX5 kits



there you go, learned something new

Andy

[GSE]

There is plenty of this oddball stuff out there to write a book on the subject:



Anybody for A Volkswagen Chrysler Hillman Avenger?





An Austin 1100 booted and hatchback versions from Australia



Australian Holden Torana HB Viva with 6 inches added at the front end to accomodate a straight 6 engine

[vtecyo]

Dyl said:

Erm... speechless - Mitsuoka website clicky

The Himiko looks fantastic IMO.

A chap in my mums village collects AC cars. Occasionally hear the odd original Cobra flying around. He's got an ACE as well, quite a nice thing in the flesh.

[vixen1700]

Driving behind a Skoda Citigo this morning, never heard of one before.

[RobinBanks]

vixen1700 said:

Driving behind a Skoda Citigo this morning, never heard of one before.

My sister-in-law has one. It's just a Volkswagen up! in Skoda form.

[Jonny_]

Ford Verona/VW Apollo

http://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ford_Verona

2-door Orion for the Brazilian market, upmarket version badged as a VW.

[Alpaca]

Sorry if this is a repost:

Saab-Lancia 600 - rebadged Lancia Delta sold in Sweden, Norway and Finland only:



http://www.saabplanet.com/saab-lancia-600/

[roystinho]

Never heard of one of these until Garlick tweeted it out yesterday



http://www.classicdriver.com/en/car/autobianchi/a1...

Quite like it tbh

[StescoG66]

roystinho said:

Never heard of one of these until Garlick tweeted it out yesterday



http://www.classicdriver.com/en/car/autobianchi/a1...

Quite like it tbh

Autobianchi A112 Abarth. 70bhp of out and out fun. Great wee car which - I think - was loosely based on FIAT 127 running gear

[PJS917]

Until watching Harry's Garage tonight, I had no idea Alfa had made this.

[addz86]

Audi S3 saloon, quite nice but I don't really see the point, or knew it existed...

[StescoG66]

Jj

addz86 said:

Audi S3 saloon, quite nice but I don't really see the point, or knew it existed...

I like small-ish saloons, and generally detest Audis. But that is quite nice - they got the photocopier settings pretty much spot on there

[LimaDelta]

Erm, I had no idea this exited until recently. In some ways it is my perfect car right now.

[M3DGE]

StescoG66 said:

Jj

addz86 said:

Audi S3 saloon, quite nice but I don't really see the point, or knew it existed...

I like small-ish saloons, and generally detest Audis. But that is quite nice - they got the photocopier settings pretty much spot on there

Indeed, most 4 doors look absolutely terrible (when the car has been designed as a hatch) - the Focus and the Micra are the worst examples IMO - but this one looks quite decent!