Car identification time!!

[johnpeat]

This pic dates to about 1979 but the cars are likely old even for then...

I'm reckoning I see an early Honda Civic(Blue)? and a Renault 4(White)? but the rest I'm not sure exactly what they are (Fiat and an VW perhaps?)...



I'm sure someone here will know make/model/year

p.s. if it helps, they're teachers cars

[Carfolio]

Beige is a Fiat 127, the remaining one looks like is an NSU (Prinz?).

Also, the blue one looks more like an Accord than a Civic.

Edited by Carfolio on Sunday 15th April 15:29

[RedWhiteMonkey]

Isn't the red one a Hillman Imp?

[lbc]

White = renault 4
Red = NSU Prinz
Blue= Honda Civic
Yellow= Fiat 127

[rumple]

Saw a hillman imp on the m1 this week, looked very tidy and very small

[Codswallop]

lbc said:

White = renault 4
Red = NSU Prinz
Blue= Honda Civic
Yellow= Fiat 127

Bingo.

My parents had a new Renault 4 back in the day, and my grandparents a NSU Prinz. That was a lovely car. White with red leather - and very nice it looked too.

[Carfolio]

RedWhiteMonkey said:

Isn't the red one a Hillman Imp?

Doesn't look much like one to me...

[johnpeat]

rumple said:

Saw a hillman imp on the m1 this week, looked very tidy and very small

and is common compared to the NSU I'd guess

[RedWhiteMonkey]

Carfolio said:

RedWhiteMonkey said:

Isn't the red one a Hillman Imp?

Doesn't look much like one to me...

Not a million miles away but now someone has mentioned the NSU Prinz it probably is one of those, were they common over here?

[mat777]

The red one could be a Singer Chamois:

[danyeates]

RedWhiteMonkey said:

Not a million miles away but now someone has mentioned the NSU Prinz it probably is one of those, were they common over here?

Apart from the front, they look near enough exactly the same, lol! Did the design team run out of inspiration?

[RedWhiteMonkey]

mat777 said:

The red one could be a Singer Chamois:

which is an Imp variant.

[Carfolio]

RedWhiteMonkey said:

Not a million miles away but now someone has mentioned the NSU Prinz it probably is one of those, were they common over here?

It's not apparent from your pics, but the Imp has a much higher roof compared to waistline, and the rear screen shape is pretty distinguishing.

[johnpeat]

Pretty sure it's a Prinz 4 - those front lights with the strip inbetween are a giveaway.

Ta for the help thusfar!

[Carfolio]

Civic

vs.


Accord

I say it's an Accord, still.

[RedWhiteMonkey]

Carfolio said:

RedWhiteMonkey said:

Not a million miles away but now someone has mentioned the NSU Prinz it probably is one of those, were they common over here?

It's not apparent from your pics, but the Imp has a much higher roof compared to waistline, and the rear screen shape is pretty distinguishing.

Well, its a picture of an Imp taken straight from Google and I haven't photoshopped it? From the distance and resolution of the original photo I don't think its unreasonable to suggest the red car is an Imp, a Chamois or a Prinz. I think it is a Prinz though.

[Carfolio]

Actually, looking closely at the headlights, I reckon I'm wrong. Civic it is then

[Carfolio]

RedWhiteMonkey said:

Well, its a picture of an Imp taken straight from Google and I haven't photoshopped it? From the distance and resolution of the original photo I don't think its unreasonable to suggest the red car is an Imp, a Chamois or a Prinz. I think it is a Prinz though.

Hang on there, I wasn't suggesting you had done anything of the sort! I'm just saying that it was instantly recognisable as an NSU.

[ATTAK Z]

Red car is not an Imp or a derivative ... boot overhang indicztes NSU to me

[johnpeat]

Carfolio said:

Actually, looking closely at the headlights, I reckon I'm wrong. Civic it is then

Mk1 Accords were 3 or 4 door only (says Wikipedia) wheras that looks 5 door to me which makes it a Civic I think...