Nearly extinct cars?

[plasticpig]

Are there any mass produced (say for arguments sake more than 10000) cars sold in the UK where there are no drivable examples left in the UK? I thought the Truimph Acclaim might have disappeared totaly but apparently out of 133000'ish produced there a few left on the roads and one at Gaydon.

[Fittster]

Saw a Truimph Acclaim yesterday in Birmingham.

But where are all the Fiat 126?

[slikk]

Lancia Beta ?

[cazzer]

Hillman Avenger.


My mate has a lancia beta so there's definately one

[klassiekerrally]

Fittster said:

But where are all the Fiat 126?

I saw one yesterday! Actually I'm starting to like them. Probably because they're a bit different than the euroboxes you see today.
What about my car, once a member of Britains best selling car family, the ADO16-range:

They're quite rare over here (The Netherlands), especially as a Morris. The Austins are a tad more common.

[paulrhodes]

Montego? I haven't seen one in years!

[FourWheelDrift]

I think if you are talking British cars you'll probably find for all the mass produced cars there is a specialist car club or organisation for them, so some examples will exist and live on.

[FourWheelDrift]

paulrhodes said:

Montego? I haven't seen one in years!

Still about, unfortunately - www.maestro.org.uk/pp_class/showcat.php?cat=3

[360boy]

Chrysler Alpine
Lancia Gamma
Alfa Romeo Alfetta
Alfa Six
FSO Polynez
Renault 16
Talbot Tagora
Fiat 130

[FourWheelDrift]

360boy said:

Talbot Tagora

Weren't they virtually extinct during their production lifetime?

[TIGA84]

Fittster said:

Saw a Truimph Acclaim yesterday in Birmingham.

But where are all the Fiat 126?

Good point that! Havent seen one for an age, you could buy them new up till 1990 or something as well, so not that old!

Montego
Maestro
Metro
Granada
Cortina (the later ones)
Calibra
Carlton

There are loads that simply just vanish from the roads. And I havent seen a Renault Fuego for donkeys!!!

[xjsjohn]

what about the hideouse Matra Rancho



I remember them everywhere in the 80's but i havent seen one in years now ... (thank god)

Edited by xjsjohn on Friday 6th October 11:44

[Fittster]

xjsjohn said:

what about the hideouse Matra Rancho



I remember them everywhere in the 80's but i havent seen one in years now ... (thank god)

Edited by xjsjohn on Friday 6th October 11:44

There's one rotting in the front garden in a house near me. The garden also contains a pair of 4x4 Fiat Panda's. The owner appears to have a thing for awful 4x4s.

[trickywoo]

TIGA84 said:

Fittster said:

Saw a Truimph Acclaim yesterday in Birmingham.

But where are all the Fiat 126?

Good point that! Havent seen one for an age, you could buy them new up till 1990 or something as well, so not that old!

Montego
Maestro
Metro
Granada
Cortina (the later ones)
Calibra
Carlton

See the above almost daily. I'm guessing you don't live in the provinces?

[baSkey]

not extinct but the number of xantias is dwindling!

original renault5 (gordin shape not GTT).

[peetbee]

Fittster said:

xjsjohn said:

what about the hideouse Matra Rancho



I remember them everywhere in the 80's but i havent seen one in years now ... (thank god)

Edited by xjsjohn on Friday 6th October 11:44

There's one rotting in the front garden in a house near me. The garden also contains a pair of 4x4 Fiat Panda's. The owner appears to have a thing for awful 4x4s.

I used to like those and back in 1986 my mum nearly bought one, but chose a Volvo 340 instead!
But they weren't four wheel drive, front wheels only
But if you squint I think it does look very similar to series 1 discovery!

[Timberwolf]

I still see the odd example of the below around, but...

TIGA84 said:

Montego
Maestro
Metro

Rust, if the owners I've known are to be believed.

TIGA84 said:

Granada
Cortina (the later ones)
Carlton

Banger racing.

TIGA84 said:

Calibra

Dunno about this one, I see quite a few. (Carltons too, actually). They're beginning the suffer the relentless advances of the bolt-on boys, though.

[TIGA84]

trickywoo said:

TIGA84 said:

Fittster said:

Saw a Truimph Acclaim yesterday in Birmingham.

But where are all the Fiat 126?

Good point that! Havent seen one for an age, you could buy them new up till 1990 or something as well, so not that old!

Montego
Maestro
Metro
Granada
Cortina (the later ones)
Calibra
Carlton

See the above almost daily. I'm guessing you don't live in the provinces?

I'm down in kent.

[Monza Phil]

Talbot Solara!!!!

[whatever]

Monza Phil said:

Talbot Solara!!!!

Auto Trader lists only 3 Talbots nationally (and one of those is a camper van). None of them is a Solara. One of the other two, however, is a Talbot Matra Murena which has got to be rare (though was never common in the first place).