Cars you didn't know existed...

[Ares]

GeordieInExile said:

I think they only sold the electric version in the UK but there are non electric versions available elsewhere in Europe. It's an emerging market car iirc.

I was given one as a hire car in Barcelona a few years back. Drove to the gates of the compound, turned around and gave it back. They swapped it for a SEAT Altea(?). Still not good, but like a Merc S-Class in comparison.

[Rostfritt]

GeordieInExile said:

I think they only sold the electric version in the UK but there are non electric versions available elsewhere in Europe. It's an emerging market car iirc.

Shouldn't the electric version be called an e-Fluence? Or does that sound a bit st?

[kambites]

GeordieInExile said:

I think they only sold the electric version in the UK

"Sold" would imply someone actually bought one.

[tr7v8]

Rostfritt said:

GeordieInExile said:

I think they only sold the electric version in the UK but there are non electric versions available elsewhere in Europe. It's an emerging market car iirc.

Shouldn't the electric version be called an e-Fluence? Or does that sound a bit st?

If its battery is flat then isn't it the Flatulence?

[LuS1fer]

tr7v8 said:

If its battery is flat then isn't it the Flatulence?

To complement one's Renault Wind.

[Steamer]

Insignia Convertible.

Actually looked quite good in a Vauxhall kind of way.

Totally flew under my radar before the other day at the traffic lights with the roof down.

[LuS1fer]

Steamer said:

Insignia Convertible.

Actually looked quite good in a Vauxhall kind of way.

Totally flew under my radar before the other day at the traffic lights with the roof down.

Ah but it's called a Cascada.

[Steamer]

LuS1fer said:

Ah but it's called a Cascada.

Apt name if its anything like the Vauxhall convertibles I had dealings with many moons ago!

[DoctorX]

Steamer said:

Insignia Convertible.

Actually looked quite good in a Vauxhall kind of way.

Totally flew under my radar before the other day at the traffic lights with the roof down.

It does look quite good as these things go, especially the rear, but I can’t imagine why anyone would want one.

[Krikkit]

I think one with a V6 would be a suitably sportless, cruising convertible.

Unfortunately they don't do one, so I'm sure they're mostly a diseasel.

[Steamer]

Krikkit said:

I think one with a V6 would be a suitably sportless, cruising convertible.

Unfortunately they don't do one, so I'm sure they're mostly a diseasel.

Just noticed they start at 1.4 - looked like a bit of a wafter to have such a small engine.

[Dapster]

How about a Saab 99 that's actually a Daihatsu?



Actually this really is a Saab 99. it's a preproduction prototype in disguise. Saab chose Daihatsu as they were able to make the word "diahatsu" by bdising the letters from a badge they already had - "Saab Sport"!!

[Butter Face]

kambites said:

GeordieInExile said:

I think they only sold the electric version in the UK

"Sold" would imply someone actually bought one.

I think they actually sold a couple. And by that I mean a couple. We had one on loan for a show, it was alright actually, like a Megane with no boot and very limited range.

No market for here at all.

[Fast Bug]

I sold half a dozen or so Fluence new and another 3 or 4 used ones after Renault UK decided to shove them up our arse as no other dealer would take them

[Jimmy Recard]

Steamer said:

Insignia Convertible.

Actually looked quite good in a Vauxhall kind of way.

Totally flew under my radar before the other day at the traffic lights with the roof down.

Astra convertible

[Steamer]

Jimmy Recard said:

Steamer said:

Insignia Convertible.

Actually looked quite good in a Vauxhall kind of way.

Totally flew under my radar before the other day at the traffic lights with the roof down.

Astra convertible

Is it!? I'm not exactly up on my modern Vauxhalls - but that looks lardy for an Astra

[Jimmy Recard]

Steamer said:

Is it!? I'm not exactly up on my modern Vauxhalls - but that looks lardy for an Astra

Yep! If you sit in one, the interior is pretty much the same as the Astra J. It's the reason they didn't get the V6, as mentioned earlier and the reason it was built in the Gliwice factory in Poland that produces Astras

[KTF]

Jimmy Recard said:

Steamer said:

Insignia Convertible.

Actually looked quite good in a Vauxhall kind of way.

Totally flew under my radar before the other day at the traffic lights with the roof down.

Astra convertible

Cascada but yes, basically an Astra convertible.

[dickew]

Suspect not an official Ford limited edition- but should have been

[Steamer]