Genuine sales flops - UK only
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k the point was.
Vauxhall Sintra. A quick re-hack of a very average american MPV put in place while the Zafira was developed. Best forgotten.
VW EOS. Odd little cabriolet that they tried to differentiate from a golf for no good reason.
1970s Lancia Beta, rusted so badly Lancia actually bought them back from customers. At the time my Dad worked next door to a dealer and can reember seeing cars just a few years old being loaded on to a transporter. One didn't start, to the guy got in to another and bashed the non starter on to the transporter. I can (very) vaguely remember the dealership building being there in the early 80s.
Ford Cougar? another average american car that didn't work here.
Isuzu Piazza Turbo. Hardly any left now!
Renault Vel Satis. No-one was really sure what exactly it was meant to be.
Renault Avantime. Like an even uglier Espace
Renault Grand Modus. Like a small Espace.
Ford Ranger. Typical 90s US pickup truck, sold in small numbers mainly because we aren't american..
ETA: Got beaten to some of these...
VW EOS. Odd little cabriolet that they tried to differentiate from a golf for no good reason.
1970s Lancia Beta, rusted so badly Lancia actually bought them back from customers. At the time my Dad worked next door to a dealer and can reember seeing cars just a few years old being loaded on to a transporter. One didn't start, to the guy got in to another and bashed the non starter on to the transporter. I can (very) vaguely remember the dealership building being there in the early 80s.
Ford Cougar? another average american car that didn't work here.
Isuzu Piazza Turbo. Hardly any left now!
Renault Vel Satis. No-one was really sure what exactly it was meant to be.
Renault Avantime. Like an even uglier Espace
Renault Grand Modus. Like a small Espace.
Ford Ranger. Typical 90s US pickup truck, sold in small numbers mainly because we aren't american..
ETA: Got beaten to some of these...
The Toyota iQ never really took off. They're mostly seen with a camera sprouting from the roof. As wide as a Golf and nearly as expensive, it was supposed to be clever but people generally prefer cheap and genuinely small city cars.
The iQ based Aston Martin Cygnet is even rarer.
Cadillacs are also generally a flop in the UK. A couple of times over the last few years the brand has been launched here and then withdrawn again. The last time they were sold through Saab dealerships.
The iQ based Aston Martin Cygnet is even rarer.
Cadillacs are also generally a flop in the UK. A couple of times over the last few years the brand has been launched here and then withdrawn again. The last time they were sold through Saab dealerships.
Crafty_ said:
Vauxhall Sintra. A quick re-hack of a very average american MPV put in place while the Zafira was developed. Best forgotten.
VW EOS. Odd little cabriolet that they tried to differentiate from a golf for no good reason.
1970s Lancia Beta, rusted so badly Lancia actually bought them back from customers. At the time my Dad worked next door to a dealer and can reember seeing cars just a few years old being loaded on to a transporter. One didn't start, to the guy got in to another and bashed the non starter on to the transporter. I can (very) vaguely remember the dealership building being there in the early 80s.
Ford Cougar? another average american car that didn't work here.
Isuzu Piazza Turbo. Hardly any left now!
Renault Vel Satis. No-one was really sure what exactly it was meant to be.
Renault Avantime. Like an even uglier Espace
Renault Grand Modus. Like a small Espace.
Ford Ranger. Typical 90s US pickup truck, sold in small numbers mainly because we aren't american..
ETA: Got beaten to some of these...
I saw a Sintra about a year ago on Anglessey, do I win a prize ?VW EOS. Odd little cabriolet that they tried to differentiate from a golf for no good reason.
1970s Lancia Beta, rusted so badly Lancia actually bought them back from customers. At the time my Dad worked next door to a dealer and can reember seeing cars just a few years old being loaded on to a transporter. One didn't start, to the guy got in to another and bashed the non starter on to the transporter. I can (very) vaguely remember the dealership building being there in the early 80s.
Ford Cougar? another average american car that didn't work here.
Isuzu Piazza Turbo. Hardly any left now!
Renault Vel Satis. No-one was really sure what exactly it was meant to be.
Renault Avantime. Like an even uglier Espace
Renault Grand Modus. Like a small Espace.
Ford Ranger. Typical 90s US pickup truck, sold in small numbers mainly because we aren't american..
ETA: Got beaten to some of these...
Dont agree on the Avantime, actually quite a striking design in the right colour, Vel Satis however made the 25, 30 and Safrane look attractive and racy.
SuperPav said:
Anything Lancia in recent times? I've lost track of how many times they've "pulled out" of UK?
Once. Never to return, sadly. Actually, not sadly with the horrible rebadged Chryslers they've been lumbered. Here's hoping Marchionne actually gives them investment if the Alfa plans work out.Edited by Ali_T on Thursday 19th March 11:19
Crafty_ said:
1970s Lancia Beta, rusted so badly Lancia actually bought them back from customers. At the time my Dad worked next door to a dealer and can reember seeing cars just a few years old being loaded on to a transporter. One didn't start, to the guy got in to another and bashed the non starter on to the transporter. I can (very) vaguely remember the dealership building being there in the early 80s.
It was a PR disaster,but not a sales flop. In the beginning, before the rust scandal, they sold superbly well. If only FIAT hadn't been so damned greedy. Most of the problem was that when they sold the 124 to the still communist USSR, part of the deal was to receive cheap steel and Lancia ended up with most of it. Sadly, it was cheap and horrendously sub standard.Gassing Station | General Gassing | Top of Page | What's New | My Stuff