Cars you didn't know existed...

[nullogik]

The VW Routan (only sold in North America) was a re-badged version of the 5th gen Chrysler Voyager/Dodge Caravan

Edited by nullogik on Thursday 6th August 14:08

[ajprice]

nullogik said:

The VW Routan (only sold in North America) was a re-badged version of the 5th gen Chrysler Voyager/Dodge Caravan

Edited by nullogik on Thursday 6th August 14:08

They save on badges too, get the Touran badges and swap the T and R .

[nullogik]

The Hongqi CA7460 (top image) which is a Lincoln Town Car. Ford shipped them out to China largely completed and things like the different lights and grille were added.

[nullogik]

ajprice said:

They save on badges too, get the Touran badges and swap the T and R .

Well spotted! I hadn't picked up on that.

I've now got an image in my mind of a group of VW execs at corporate HQ with alphabet fridge magnets first spelling out the name of an existing model then swapping the letters round to make something new. They must have struggled to do something with GOLF (or RABBIT), JETTA, POLO or UP

Edited by nullogik on Thursday 6th August 14:34

[Jazzy Jag]

nullogik said:

The Hongqi CA7460 (top image) which is a Lincoln Town Car. Ford shipped them out to China largely completed and things like the different lights and grille were added.

A Chinese copy of a car with appalling build quality to start with

What could possibly go wrong?

[ajprice]

nullogik said:

ajprice said:

They save on badges too, get the Touran badges and swap the T and R .

Well spotted! I hadn't picked up on that.

I've now got an image in my mind of a group of VW execs at corporate HQ with alphabet fridge magnets first spelling out the name of an existing model then swapping the letters round to make something new. They must have struggled to do something with GOLF (or RABBIT), JETTA, POLO or UP

Edited by nullogik on Thursday 6th August 14:34

LUPO > UP
GOLF > GOL (Brazilian market car)

[nullogik]

ajprice said:

LUPO > UP
GOLF > GOL (Brazilian market car)

Looks like they have previous form. Maybe the fridge magnet idea isn't that far fetched

I suppose POLO could become the new VW LOOP. Look out for it coming to showrooms near you soon!

[Fast Bug]

I'd quite like to try one of the air cooled Gol's. Looks like a Gold with a Beetle engine in it, what's not to like

[Dapster]

BFleming said:

Dapster said:

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

Good question - may be the bracing used to keep the body rigid whilst they chop it up - looks like it's part finished - no rear seats, rear wiper etc.... though strange they'd use a part finished car for publicity shots?

[BFleming]

Dapster said:

BFleming said:

Dapster said:

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

Good question - may be the bracing used to keep the body rigid whilst they chop it up - looks like it's part finished - no rear seats, rear wiper etc.... though strange they'd use a part finished car for publicity shots?

They didn't appear on other Schulz E28's, so I'd assume this is an early one.
Ideally all E28's would look as stunning as this, the reality is different:


Although this one has now been restored:

[FA57REN]

BFleming said:

Although this one has now been restored:

To invest in all that meticulous work, and then use those wheels...

[Hobbes003]

Stanceworks?
"We'll make your car look cool, but undriveable"

[TheInsanity1234]

nullogik said:

Well spotted! I hadn't picked up on that.

I've now got an image in my mind of a group of VW execs at corporate HQ with alphabet fridge magnets first spelling out the name of an existing model then swapping the letters round to make something new. They must have struggled to do something with GOLF (or RABBIT), JETTA, POLO or UP

Edited by nullogik on Thursday 6th August 14:34

Thanks to you, all I can think of now is what a VW PU! would look like

Perhaps carefully spec'd with a special 'PU Brown' interior and paintwork...

[generationx]

Hobbes003 said:

Stanceworks?
"We'll make your car look cool, but undriveable"

[Pothole]

One I only heard about this morning when Dougscore Doug mentioned it while reviewing the Pontiac Solstice:



It's a Daewoo...

[Jazzy Jag]

Remember the Panther car co?

They were bought by SsangYong in Korea and made a few Solo 3s

[Doofus]

Jazzy Jag said:

Remember the Panther car co?

They were bought by SsangYong in Korea and made a few Solo 3s

The Panther Solo was about the only car to have a longer, and ultimately flaccid, gestation than the Jaguar F-type.

[Baron Greenback]

1983 Volvo manufactured 500 "flat-hood" 242 Group-A turbos


2,127cc Turbocharged Intercooled 4-Cylinder Engine Fuel Injection 161bhp at 5,100 rpm! Was a huge let down thought awesome sleeper until I read the bhp though it is group A car!

[Hobbes003]

The race versions were somewhat infamous for being very powerful (300-350 bhp), but with massive turbo lag.

Apparently they also considered a Group A version of the 760 Turbo:



Tests didn't go well, though so the project was shelved.

[Jimmy Recard]

Hobbes003 said:

Stanceworks?
"We'll make your car look cool, but undriveable"

I think it's more "we will not only make your car st, it'll also be worse at every one of its functions"