Cars that never made the light of day

[va1o]

Chicane-UK said:

Corrado Cabrio! I don't care much for soft-tops but as a fan of the Corrado, it would have been fun to see more models.

That reminds me of this, another Karmann job

[4key]

Sitting in the VW museum..



Volkswagen Motorsport A59 275hp 2.0 Turbo AWD






Before it released there was a coupe version of the clio



Shooting brake TT




VW nardo W12

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yS2W40Lteuo

Edited by 4key on Saturday 22 December 15:56

[tombar]

That Daimler Corsica is lovely! How hard could it be to re-create one? Pretty hard if this fascinating read - detailing the restoration and building of the show car as a road car - is anything to go by: http://www.davidmarksgarages.net/daimler%20corsica...

[CraigyMc]

tombar said:

That Daimler Corsica is lovely! How hard could it be to re-create one?

Would sir like roll over protection with that? Yes? Oh, well that will be a slight cost increase of $11 gagjillionty dorra.

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[Pothole]

CanAm said:

Vauxhall XVR concept car of 1966!

That was at the NEC earlier in the year...

[Puddenchucker]

Seeing that Golf above has just reminded me of this, the Golf with the W12 engine.



And then there was the twin engined Scirocco from the early 80s, although neither were ever intended as anything more than engineering/publicity exercises.

[ajprice]

[quiraing]

jonnylayze said:

Rover BS - mid engined Rover V8 in 1968

Really interesting post, thx. Remember reading about this in C&SC many years ago. Had forgotten all about it.

[jonnylayze]

Pothole said:

I love Pontiac's XP-883 Banshee of 1963-64. It was a DeLorean pet project but thought of as too direct competition for the Corvette so scrapped. Plenty of styling cues from the 'vette, but the reaer end is very different:

I've never seen that before. Better than a 'vette at the front. A bit like a Firebird at the rear - perhaps unsurprisingly

[smokey145]

M5 convertible.

[smokey145]

E39 M5 Touring

[smokey145]

the 700bhp V12 X5 le mans



seen the videos of this, looks a fking animal.

[Alfanatic]

Alfetta GTV8

[jonnylayze]

Loads of TVRs:

Zante

Tina

420 saloon

Griffith Speed 6

and.....

when the TVR Tuscan Challenge was launched, it was intended to sell a road going version. This was before the launch of the Griffith. Brochures were produced but I can't find any photos.....

[jonnylayze]

Ford GT70

[Pothole]

jonnylayze said:

Pothole said:

I love Pontiac's XP-883 Banshee of 1963-64. It was a DeLorean pet project but thought of as too direct competition for the Corvette so scrapped. Plenty of styling cues from the 'vette, but the reaer end is very different:

I've never seen that before. Better than a 'vette at the front. A bit like a Firebird at the rear - perhaps unsurprisingly

The Corvette styling cues are really forward looking, considering the years they were built. The coupe did the rounds of the auctions in 2010 but did not sell even with bids up to $400,000. Apparently it runs well and has only 1500 miles on it.

Edited by Pothole on Sunday 23 December 16:26

[gforceg]

4key said:

Shooting brake TT

No wonder this didn't get made as an Audi. It's a Scirocco!

Edited by gforceg on Sunday 23 December 14:02

[Number 5]

gforceg said:

4key said:

Shooting brake TT

No wonder this didn't get made as an Audi. It's a Scirocco!

Edited by gforceg on Sunday 23 December 14:02

He's got a point!

[northwest monkey]

smokey145 said:

E39 M5 Touring

Did they not do this in LHD?

[CraigyMc]

northwest monkey said:

smokey145 said:

E39 M5 Touring

Did they not do this in LHD?

Nope (well, they built a prototype). They did an E34 M5 Touring in LHD though - that what you're thinking about? A mate of mine has one.

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