Cars you didn't know existed...

[Doofus]

Matt Cup said:

Yep

Well, to be fair, the front doesn't look too bad. The skirts look like they came off a completely different car...

[ajprice]

Matt Cup said:

Yep

Early 90's Ford RS styling parts were like that, there was a similar style kit for the mk3 Fiesta Si, this one was a production model, not an RS option.

[generationx]

ajprice said:

Matt Cup said:

Yep

Early 90's Ford RS styling parts were like that, there was a similar style kit for the mk3 Fiesta Si, this one was a production model, not an RS option.

Available as a 1.4 or 1.6-16v IIRC

[Benmac]

generationx said:

Available as a 1.4 or 1.6-16v IIRC

I can remember the ad for them. Girl who used to be on Grange Hill drove hers to Paris to deliver something her boss had forgotten, or something like that. Ah yes, here it is (nice little dig at Nicole in her Clio too!)

https://youtu.be/7C4r9-3Ad_A

[Zad]

I wonder if that Scorpio RS kit was designed by the person who designed the final hideous bloated-frog-eyed edition Scorpio that killed it off. The bumper and radiator intake area looks particularly blobby.

[generationx]

Benmac said:

generationx said:

Available as a 1.4 or 1.6-16v IIRC

I can remember the ad for them. Girl who used to be on Grange Hill drove hers to Paris to deliver something her boss had forgotten, or something like that. Ah yes, here it is (nice little dig at Nicole in her Clio too!)

https://youtu.be/7C4r9-3Ad_A

Wow that’s a trip down memory lane!

[Jimmy Recard]

Hobbes003 said:

How did a company like Honda end up licensing so many of the worst cars ever designed?

They weren't bad at all and certainly nowhere near "the worst cars ever designed"

[Steamer]

generationx said:

Benmac said:

generationx said:

Available as a 1.4 or 1.6-16v IIRC

I can remember the ad for them. Girl who used to be on Grange Hill drove hers to Paris to deliver something her boss had forgotten, or something like that. Ah yes, here it is (nice little dig at Nicole in her Clio too!)

https://youtu.be/7C4r9-3Ad_A

Wow that’s a trip down memory lane!

A projector cassette?!

[ruggedscotty]

metro estate

[ruggedscotty]

5 door ka

[ruggedscotty]

3 door monty

[ajprice]

Are they your photoshops or did you find them?

[StuntmanMike]

ajprice said:

Early 90's Ford RS styling parts were like that, there was a similar style kit for the mk3 Fiesta Si, this one was a production model, not an RS option.

That’s not a body kit. That was the car.

The SI was a 1600 and was the cooking model. It replaced the XR2i and the RS Turbo because they were becoming uninsurable.

[ajprice]

StuntmanMike said:

ajprice said:

Early 90's Ford RS styling parts were like that, there was a similar style kit for the mk3 Fiesta Si, this one was a production model, not an RS option.

That’s not a body kit. That was the car.

Yes.

[Doofus]

ajprice said:

Are they your photoshops or did you find them?

Yup. All photoshops.

[Dapster]

ruggedscotty said:

metro estate

That may be a 'Shop but BL did build a prototype saloon - note 2 and 4 door

[Wildcat45]

Jimmy Recard said:

AstonZagato said:

Ford window switches were used in a lot of small volume cars (e.g. Aston DB7).

Good one!

I'm sure on a recent thread someone showed that there's a recent or current JLR model that used them for the seats

I’m sure I’ve seen them on the back seat of a Velar

[Doofus]

AstonZagato said:

Ford window switches were used in a lot of small volume cars (e.g. Aston DB7).

Ford did own Aston Martin at the time...

[StescoG66]

Dapster said:

Dacia Logan looks incredibly like this car,,,,

[matchmaker]

Matt Cup said:

Doofus said:

A Winner Is You said:

Not the car itself, but the official RS bodykit. Can't say it's one of their best moments......

Is that really an offical kit? Ford's RS styling wasn't necessarily more subtle, but it generally looked a lot more professional.

Yep

Pointless, IMHO. I owned a Scorpio 2.9i 4x4. It was not the type of car you'd try chucking through a series of bends!