Cars that you wish were sold in the UK

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As per the thread title, post up cars that you wish were released in the UK. For me it'd have to be the Renault Torino, I think they're a great looking car

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tog said:

The Argentine car These are fantastic looking things, especially the coupes. They were IKA Torinos before being sold as Renaults. I've never seen one in this country, and I think there are precious few anywhere outside Argentina, but I have a goal of bringing one over. My brother lives in Buenos Aires and there's a tasty one at a dealer a couple of blocks away. I might have to go and have a look when I'm out there soon. Although I think Mrs Tog would consider a new bathroom more urgent use of funds...

do it! how amazing would it be to own what is likely the only one in Europe

and to the guy who said Jazz Type R, does that even exist?

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Just thought of another couple..

Ford Falcon XR6 and XR8.

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Reks said:

Might be a bugger to parallel park though

Are you sure that'd fit on the roads?

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jbi said:

Reks said:

tinkertaylor said:

Are you sure that'd fit on the roads?

Lol. Merely the latest obsession

because all our daily good are delivered in hatchbacks

I was joking... Although I wouldn't like to try and park one in a car park etc..

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JayTee94 said:

I know I will think of more, but for tonight:

Scion tC



It looks very smart and may attract a younger audience to Toyota.

I've always liked the look of the TRD version

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JayTee94 said:

Very Nice!

The spec isn't bad on the tC either...I reckon it'd be a success in the UK at the right price

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scion_tC#Specificatio...

A good video of the TRD one...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uhy0kjRssOM

Edited by tinkertaylor on Thursday 30th August 23:00

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For the life of me I can't understand why these were never sold in the UK

FD2 Civic





Accord Euro R (Either generation would be nice )





edit: DC2 and DC5 Integras would be nice too

Edited by tinkertaylor on Friday 31st August 10:08

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Hoygo said:

16s GTI mk1

134 hp only sold in France in very limited numbers

only in France? how come?

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morgrp said:

I always wanted these two:

Volvo 780 Bertone coupe

I've never seen one of those before! That is beautiful!

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em177 said:

Garaiya?

Arta Garaiya I think

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I'd have one of these

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S3_Graham said:

While we are doing French, these always appealed as a barge:
(Safrane bi-turbo)

that oozes cool

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How about the Toyota Aurion?

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iggysport said:

Proton Satria Neo R3 would be nice give the good handling Satria Neo much needing grunt, however still only 9.2 to 60..

But it looks seriously cool to my eyes




Also do a lotus racing one

I never even knew that existed! That red one looks perfect..wow!

I reckon (especially the Lotus one) that they'd sell well in the UK..

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Face for Radio said:

We got the DC2 Type-R :-P

The reason we didn't get any of the others, is that it they were all made in Japan.

Honda UK made their own versions in Swindon, and the Japanese cars would have taken away sales from the UK manufactured models.

Oops! Not sure why I put the DC2..although I always preferred the JDM front end to the UK front end, so I guess it still counts

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Mazda/Eunos Cosmo?? In particular these generations

Edited by tinkertaylor on Wednesday 12th September 16:38

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gog440 said:

Doesnt look right without 30 "freedom fighters" hanging off it all with an ak47

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Steff1965 said:

Lincoln Navigator

could you have picked a more horrible example of one?

this is more like it

Edited by tinkertaylor on Sunday 9th December 00:21