Cars you didn't know existed...

[Hobbes003]

Lister XJ12:



The Lister variants of the XJ-S (from slightly modified to the crazy Le Mans) are pretty well-known, but Lister could also supply their engines (5.3 with 450 bhp, up to 7 litres and 500 bhp, or 7 litre supercharged with 600 bhp) in the XJ40. Their first such conversion was done in 1989, when Jaguar themselves didn't introduce their XJ40 V12 until 1993.

Properly busy under the hood:

Edited by Hobbes003 on Wednesday 5th August 16:30

[Jimmy Recard]

stickleback123 said:

saaby93 said:

Autocar thinks the Porsche 718 Boxster is better
https://www.autocar.co.uk/car-review/volkswagen/t-...

You just can't get that sort of insight elsewhere.

[Jimmy Recard]

Hobbes003 said:

Lister XJ12:



The Lister variants of the XJ-S (from slightly modified to the crazy Le Mans) are pretty well-known, but Lister could also supply their engines (5.3 with 450 bhp, up to 7 litres and 500 bhp, or 7 litre supercharged with 600 bhp) in the XJ40. Their first such conversion was done in 1989, when Jaguar themselves didn't introduce their XJ40 V12 until 1993.

Properly busy under the hood:

Edited by Hobbes003 on Wednesday 5th August 16:30

I want that very much

[Jazzy Jag]

Honda Jazz ain't what it used to be.

Nearly as bad as the Discovery copy

[anonymous-user]

Should've called it the 'Jizz'

[biggbn]

Jazzy Jag said:

Honda Jazz ain't what it used to be.

Nearly as bad as the Discovery copy

Also got an Isuzu badged Frontera called the Mu as I recall

[Matt Cup]

Here’s some more weird rebadged cars.

Saab 600


VW Taro


Chevrolet Forester

[PushedDover]

biggbn said:

Jazzy Jag said:

Honda Jazz ain't what it used to be.

Nearly as bad as the Discovery copy

Also got an Isuzu badged Frontera called the Mu as I recall

and the big Brother - the Honda Horizon

[Chris944_S2]

biggbn said:

Jazzy Jag said:

Honda Jazz ain't what it used to be.

Nearly as bad as the Discovery copy

Also got an Isuzu badged Frontera called the Mu as I recall

Other way around, the original was the Isuzu and Opel rebadged it as a Frontera. It was already a few years old by then

[biggbn]

Chris944_S2 said:

biggbn said:

Jazzy Jag said:

Honda Jazz ain't what it used to be.

Nearly as bad as the Discovery copy

Also got an Isuzu badged Frontera called the Mu as I recall

Other way around, the original was the Isuzu and Opel rebadged it as a Frontera. It was already a few years old by then

ah, didn't know that. I had a three door 2.8td frontera and really liked it!!

[saaby93]

Jazzy Jag said:

Honda Jazz ain't what it used to be.

Nearly as bad as the Discovery copy

Whats the wing mirror looking at?

[finlo]

saaby93 said:

Whats the wing mirror looking at?

Making sure the front wheel is still attached!

[ajprice]

saaby93 said:

Jazzy Jag said:

Honda Jazz ain't what it used to be.

Nearly as bad as the Discovery copy

Whats the wing mirror looking at?

Passenger side/wheels of the car, for parking up against the kerb.

[Dapster]

Derventio said:

I had no idea that an E28 Touring was even a thing.

A 'shop unfortunately - that's a publicity pic for the M5 saloon



BMW did make a prototype but it never made production.





Grewe and Shultz did a lot of period conversions

Edited by Dapster on Wednesday 5th August 22:09

[BFleming]

Dapster said:

What are those "bunk bed ladder" frame things behind the front seats?

[saaby93]

ajprice said:

saaby93 said:

Jazzy Jag said:

Honda Jazz ain't what it used to be.

Nearly as bad as the Discovery copy

Whats the wing mirror looking at?

Passenger side/wheels of the car, for parking up against the kerb.

Handy for Jazz owners of all types?
Is it a popular aftermarket fitment

[talksthetorque]

ajprice said:

Passenger side/wheels of the car, for parking up against the kerb.

Someone in the wheel and tyre department had already thought of that by putting 120 profile tyres on!

[SpeckledJim]

Is that Jazz also the Vauxhall Frontera? Looks veeeery similar to me.

[Jimmy Recard]

SpeckledJim said:

Is that Jazz also the Vauxhall Frontera? Looks veeeery similar to me.

Yeah, pretty much. Base car is Isuzu and it was badged as Honda or Opel or Vauxhall or Holden or even others depending on the market. I can't think of a car which has had more names

[BFleming]

SpeckledJim said:

Is that Jazz also the Vauxhall Frontera? Looks veeeery similar to me.

Indeed, it's the same (as also mentioned in several of the posts a little further up this very page).