Cars you didn't know existed...

[RoverP6B]

Andy665 said:

The 1981 Audi Quartz concept by Pininfarina cleverly repackaged a number of years later and flogged to Alfa as the GTV

That was my first thought! Stick a bit of a tail on it, and the Alfa grille, and you've got a GTV! Perhaps a design that was far ahead of its time...

[Undirection]

Blown2CV said:

Frimley111R said:

Lord_Howit_Hertz said:

Was along side one of these in traffic this morning. Its the size of an Insignia, which at first glance I thought it was, even once it had pulled ahead of me I was surprised it wasn't an Insignia.

I think its a lovely looking car and with another badge on would be far more successful.

But it doesn't, and also you just know it's a fat lump of crap.

I hadn't spotted that!

[daveco]

Dapster said:

Hugo a Gogo said:

daveco said:

I always thought the 280SE was the smallest engine you could get in the W126, seems the 260 was sold in the later years? Anyone know much about it, hp wise or why they decided to produce it in the first place?

It also came with a 5 speed manual as an option!

2.6 was a newer fuel injected engine, from the W124, with slightly more power than the carb'd 2.8

probably as a bottom-of-the-range replacement for emissions reasons, I reckon

When the W126 was launched you could get the carb 280S, 4 sp manual, (never imported to the UK) or the injected 280SE (and lwb SEL, again not imported here).

Here's a 280S with a 4 sp box and not even a rev counter, also note keep fit rear windows.





http://www.ruylclassics.nl/mercedes10_eng.htm

When the range was facelifted, the 280 injected engine was replaced with the 300 previously seen in the W124 which was the entry level in the UK, the 300SE, though this time I believe, the lwb 300SEL was imported here. However the previous 280S was replaced by the 260SE as the rest of the world entry level but was never imported here.

The real catch though is the 560 SE. Mighty 5.6 engine in the swb body. 1,200 made out of a total production run of nearly 1m cars.

Edited by Dapster on Friday 25th September 01:21

Brilliant info!

I wonder how much weight was saved in the SWB 560SE over the SEL

[JimmyJam]

Shocker seen yesterday in Surrey

[jamiebae]

Have they moved the front axle forward? Obviously it used to be an MX-5 but the proportions look different. Mini headlights too, à la Morgan Aero 8.

Mitsuoka's terrible work I assume?

[ajprice]

jamiebae said:

Have they moved the front axle forward? Obviously it used to be an MX-5 but the proportions look different. Mini headlights too, à la Morgan Aero 8.

Mitsuoka's terrible work I assume?

Yes its a Mitsuoka. Yes its a stretched MX-5
http://www.carmagazine.co.uk/car-news/first-offici...

[Hugo a Gogo]

JimmyJam said:

Shocker seen yesterday in Surrey

Mitsuoka Himiko

yes, stretched MX5

how about this minger?

http://www.sixtencars.com/pls/apex/f?p=6912132:13:...

[ajprice]

Wow. The Volvo rear lights turned 90 degrees are, umm, interesting. While I'm part spotting... Jag S Type grille? M3 or M3 style mirrors, Mini headlights...

[AlexHat]

Some of the photos look like a bad case of photoshopping.

[JimmyJam]

ajprice said:

jamiebae said:

Have they moved the front axle forward? Obviously it used to be an MX-5 but the proportions look different. Mini headlights too, à la Morgan Aero 8.

Mitsuoka's terrible work I assume?

Yes its a Mitsuoka. Yes its a stretched MX-5
http://www.carmagazine.co.uk/car-news/first-offici...

£53k!!??

[Halmyre]

JimmyJam said:

ajprice said:

jamiebae said:

Have they moved the front axle forward? Obviously it used to be an MX-5 but the proportions look different. Mini headlights too, à la Morgan Aero 8.

Mitsuoka's terrible work I assume?

Yes its a Mitsuoka. Yes its a stretched MX-5
http://www.carmagazine.co.uk/car-news/first-offici...

£53k!!??

But wait: "you do get Bluetooth, cruise control, heated leather seats and climate control for your money. Sat-nav's an option"

You mean, everything that's on the MX5 already?

[Slow]

ajprice said:

jamiebae said:

Have they moved the front axle forward? Obviously it used to be an MX-5 but the proportions look different. Mini headlights too, à la Morgan Aero 8.

Mitsuoka's terrible work I assume?

Yes its a Mitsuoka. Yes its a stretched MX-5
http://www.carmagazine.co.uk/car-news/first-offici...

It says it on the front plate too...

[anonymous-user]

Hugo a Gogo said:

how about this minger?

http://www.sixtencars.com/pls/apex/f?p=6912132:13:...

"Everything about the car spells class." -- USA Today

That says it all.

[RoverP6B]

JimmyJam said:

Shocker seen yesterday in Surrey

T. W. White on the A246 in Effingham, by any chance?

[GravelBen]

I followed a 'Foton Tunland' down the road yesterday. Basically a Chinese copy of a Hilux.

[JimmyJam]

RoverP6B said:

JimmyJam said:

Shocker seen yesterday in Surrey

T. W. White on the A246 in Effingham, by any chance?

No, on Wey Business Park between Weybridge and Addlestone

[D-Angle]

I like looking at what Ford come up with in other parts of the globe:

It's a Capri! In Australia, anyway.


The Ford Festiva, jointly developed with Kia.


I really like this one, the Ford Courier, a Fiesta pick-up.

[Truckosaurus]

D-Angle said:

I really like this one, the Ford Courier, a Fiesta pick-up.

Plenty of small pickups in the Colonies.

eg: Corsa:

[Halmyre]

Saw this on another forum - Toyota Lexcen, a badge-engineered Holden Commodore:

[McAndy]

D-Angle said:

The Ford Festiva, jointly developed with Kia.

Looks like a Daewoo Nexia.