Cars you didn't know existed...

[BarbaricAvatar]

Rezvani Beast Speedster. Terrible name but a rather good-looking thing.

[RoverP6B]

And it's just an Ariel Atom underneath. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AmpxycgPrEY

[BuzzBravado]

Seen a Toyota kluger yesterday. Had no idea these existed.

[Halmyre]

BuzzBravado said:

Seen a Toyota kluger yesterday. Had no idea these existed.

I hereby coin the term 'JABUS' - Just Another Big Ugly SUV.

[RoverP6B]

AKA Toyota Highlander. It shares its platform with the Camry, Avalon and Lexus ES and RX.

[bimsb6]

Bmw 767 , my lad claimed he saw a bm badged as such last week , turns out there was only one and was a prototype v16 7 series . No idea what he saw .

[slk 32]

LuS1fer said:

I was reading that that Anadol was inspired by the safety car designs of the 70s that nobody ever made...
This Anadol is more Bristolian in design (though all fibreglass):

Edited by LuS1fer on Friday 2nd October 19:52

The look of despair and self loathing from a man who wished he'd tried a bit harder at school. Only needs a speech bubble with 'how did it come to this?' To make it complete

[RoverP6B]

More likely he saw a 760li. That said, that engine does exist in 6.75 litre form in the Rolls-Royce Phantom, so maybe someone's given it the R-R treatment in a 7-series and badged to suit...

[steviegunn]

I was watching an episode of How It's Made: Dream Cars on Discovery Science yesterday which featured a car called the Falcon F7, had never heard of it but it's not a bad looking thing:

[JonoG81]

steviegunn said:

I was watching an episode of How It's Made: Dream Cars on Discovery Science yesterday which featured a car called the Falcon F7, had never heard of it but it's not a bad looking thing:

Not sure if it's the lack of coffee affecting my vision, but does it look kind of like a Ferrari 355 at the back? (just kind of, not a direct replica!)

Looks good either way, and I certainly wouldn't have known what it was if I'd have tripped over it.

[Panord]

Here are a couple of rarities from Australia...

The Austin Tasman (base model) and Kimberley (luxury). Based on the 1800 with a 2.6 six cylinder engine.


The Mazda Roadpacer AP. A Holden Kingswood fitted with a Mazda rotary engine. An incredibly thirsty and torque-less barge for Japanese domestic consumption.

[Hugo a Gogo]

LuS1fer said:

I was reading that that Anadol was inspired by the safety car designs of the 70s that nobody ever made...
This Anadol is more Bristolian in design (though all fibreglass):

Edited by LuS1fer on Friday 2nd October 19:52

designed by Reliant, 'styled' by Ogle

[GravelBen]

JonoG81 said:

steviegunn said:

I was watching an episode of How It's Made: Dream Cars on Discovery Science yesterday which featured a car called the Falcon F7, had never heard of it but it's not a bad looking thing:

Not sure if it's the lack of coffee affecting my vision, but does it look kind of like a Ferrari 355 at the back? (just kind of, not a direct replica!)

Looks good either way, and I certainly wouldn't have known what it was if I'd have tripped over it.

A bit of Noble in the proportions too, good looking car.

[rodericb]

BuzzBravado]Seen a Toyota kluger yesterday. Had no idea these existed. said:

A mate has one- a company car. Huge thing, a lot of them are front wheel drive. Grotesque

[RoverP6B]

http://oppositelock.kinja.com/why-the-falcon-f7-is...

[Dapster]

Factory built special order taxi, lwb 6 door E class estate.



One for sale here, nicely run in as well with 510,000 miles on the clock!



http://suchen.mobile.de/fahrzeuge/details.html?id=...


EDIT: Ok, so it's not a factory offer but built under Mercedes approval by Binz.

http://www.binz.com/fileadmin/pdf/BINZ_Jubilaeum_W...

Edited by Dapster on Thursday 8th October 10:12

[bimsb6]

Spotted a fiat ritmo convertible yesterday , i am in sardinia so probably doesn't count i knew of the ritmo but must be quite a few years since seen one .

[gowmonster]

Dapster said:

Factory built special order taxi, lwb 6 door E class estate.



One for sale here, nicely run in as well with 510,000 miles on the clock!



http://suchen.mobile.de/fahrzeuge/details.html?id=...


EDIT: Ok, so it's not a factory offer but built under Mercedes approval by Binz.

http://www.binz.com/fileadmin/pdf/BINZ_Jubilaeum_W...

Edited by Dapster on Thursday 8th October 10:12

That looks proper st.

[jamiebae]

I was in Mexico last week, and saw loads of these on the road - the Nissan Tsuru.









Still available brand new, amazingly, and very popular as a taxi. Don't crash it though...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K4h7l8DWyw8

If you still want one, full details can be found here. The price is similar to a poverty spec Dacia Logan in Europe.

http://web.nissan.com.mx/tsuru/

[LordGrover]

They've filled the cassette slot with an LCD display.