Cars you didn't know existed...

Cars you didn't know existed...

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ajprice

27,316 posts

195 months

Saturday 16th June 2018
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parabolica said:
saaby93 said:
I saw a Nissan Almera the other day - I thought they'd all been pushed off a cliff
They are the cockroach of the car world; I guarantee if you make an effort to keep an eye out for them, you'll see more than 3 every time you go out for a drive. Almost all of them tend to be on 52 plates as well for some unknown reason.
yes and Mk1 Honda Jazz...

Smith & Sniff https://youtu.be/GgQD_8RQNO4

parabolica

6,703 posts

183 months

Saturday 16th June 2018
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Ah I knew I’d seen that in a video recently! Couldn’t remember who/which one!

saaby93

32,038 posts

177 months

Saturday 16th June 2018
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ajprice said:
parabolica said:
saaby93 said:
I saw a Nissan Almera the other day - I thought they'd all been pushed off a cliff
They are the cockroach of the car world; I guarantee if you make an effort to keep an eye out for them, you'll see more than 3 every time you go out for a drive. Almost all of them tend to be on 52 plates as well for some unknown reason.
yes and Mk1 Honda Jazz...

Smith & Sniff https://youtu.be/GgQD_8RQNO4
Had to wait until 11:27 to see another




Anyone found the push off the cliff ad?

Edited by saaby93 on Saturday 16th June 21:48

hyphen

26,262 posts

89 months

Tuesday 19th June 2018
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saaby93 said:
I saw a Nissan Almera the other day - I thought they'd all been pushed off a cliff
I saw a new Nissan Pulsar the other day which took me aback, didn't realise they had revisited that brand.

No gtir though frown just shopping trolleys, what a waste of an opportunity. Could have even brought in a short 0-60 electric car under that name and would have sold.

https://www.nissan.co.uk/vehicles/new-vehicles/pul...

Edited by hyphen on Tuesday 19th June 22:17

saaby93

32,038 posts

177 months

Tuesday 19th June 2018
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hyphen said:
I saw a new Nissan Pulsar the other day which took me aback, did't realise they had revisited that brand.

No gti though frown just shopping trolleys, what a waste of an opportunity. Could have even brought in a short 0-60 electric car under that name and would have sold.

https://www.nissan.co.uk/vehicles/new-vehicles/pul...
Family car of the year 2015
https://www.nissan.co.uk/vehicles/new-vehicles/pul...
The 4 camera setup looks interesting

Russian Troll Bot

24,942 posts

226 months

Tuesday 19th June 2018
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hyphen said:
saaby93 said:
I saw a Nissan Almera the other day - I thought they'd all been pushed off a cliff
I saw a new Nissan Pulsar the other day which took me aback, didn't realise they had revisited that brand.

No gtir though frown just shopping trolleys, what a waste of an opportunity. Could have even brought in a short 0-60 electric car under that name and would have sold.

https://www.nissan.co.uk/vehicles/new-vehicles/pul...

Edited by hyphen on Tuesday 19th June 22:17
They've been using the Pulsar name on regular Sunnys and Almeras for decades.


Used car place down the road from me has a VW Eos R in the forecourt, never realised they made a hot version

cherryowen

11,682 posts

203 months

Tuesday 19th June 2018
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Yesterday in traffic, one of these was in front of me



Lexus NX300h

confused


hyphen

26,262 posts

89 months

Tuesday 19th June 2018
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Didn't know Lexus had done another suv either.

Just took a look at the site, a smaller jacked up hatchback go anywhere crossover suv is also out soon, the UX, along with a new version of the ES.
https://www.lexus.co.uk/car-models/#models

Edited by hyphen on Tuesday 19th June 23:15

saaby93

32,038 posts

177 months

Tuesday 19th June 2018
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hyphen said:
Didn't know Lexus had done another suv either.

Just took a look at the site, a smaller jacked up hatchback go anywhere crossover suv is also out soon, the UX, along with a new version of the ES.
https://www.lexus.co.uk/car-models/#models
Lexus version of the CH-R?

Benni

3,509 posts

210 months

Wednesday 20th June 2018
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I was at a big Opel meet recently and looked at some model cars in a trade stand, one caught my attention.
It looked like an Opel Rekord "C" (Mk.3 for you, although I doubt that was ever sold in UK) station wagon
with a Chevy Nova-esque front grafted on, and Manta Mk1 rear lights attached.
Upon asking the vendor who had customized that model, he told me it was existing in real life,
being manufactured and sold by Opel Espana.
I stupidly forgot to buy that model and after some long internet search, I ended up in Brazil,
where this "GM Opala" was sold from the late 60s to the mid 90s as the biggest Brazil-built car,
running 4cyl and 6cyl engines up to 4,1l

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|https://thumbsnap.com/ubokFL4S[/url]

The coupé was a looker, too, and is still tearing up quarter miles or being restored or customized




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Edited by Benni on Wednesday 20th June 00:20

GeorgesCarPhotos

347 posts

94 months

Wednesday 20th June 2018
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I didn’t realise there was ever a MK3 Astra Saloon until I saw one in Manchester yesterday

swisstoni

16,850 posts

278 months

Wednesday 20th June 2018
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cherryowen said:
Yesterday in traffic, one of these was in front of me



Lexus NX300h

confused
Looks like something you'd find scuttling along the floor.

KTF

9,788 posts

149 months

Wednesday 20th June 2018
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cmvtec said:
Not a car, as such, but...

I came across this monstrosity outside my flat yesterday...

Mercedes badges but E39 headlamps. What the hell is it?

It will probably be built on a Mercedes chassis but, as making your own lights is very costly, buying in an already certified third party light is much cheaper.

I guess they preferred the 'styling' of them to the ones they could have bought from Mercedes?

Hugh Jarse

3,486 posts

204 months

Wednesday 20th June 2018
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it looks like it is contemplating suicide.
Gwarn, do it!

poing

8,743 posts

199 months

Wednesday 20th June 2018
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saaby93 said:
hyphen said:
I saw a new Nissan Pulsar the other day which took me aback, did't realise they had revisited that brand.

No gti though frown just shopping trolleys, what a waste of an opportunity. Could have even brought in a short 0-60 electric car under that name and would have sold.

https://www.nissan.co.uk/vehicles/new-vehicles/pul...
Family car of the year 2015
https://www.nissan.co.uk/vehicles/new-vehicles/pul...
The 4 camera setup looks interesting
I don't get why they offer a 190bhp engine with most of the trim options but no sporty option. It's already got the power, a small adjustment to over 200bhp, some suspension tweaks and some bright trim and it's done. It's not a bad looking car so would be easy and cheap to do.

They even showed a Nismo version with 275bhp a few years ago then it never happened as far as I know.


blearyeyedboy

6,252 posts

178 months

Wednesday 20th June 2018
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^ Bearing in mind the Renault-Nissan alliance, that could have been very tasty.

Fermit The Krog and Sexy Sarah

12,787 posts

99 months

Thursday 21st June 2018
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https://www.carmagazine.co.uk/car-news/first-offic...

I predict that they'll sell about 7 of them. New UK Toyota Camry.

Google [bot]

6,682 posts

180 months

Thursday 21st June 2018
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A looker indeed. Maybe shares Monaro body bits?

loose cannon

6,029 posts

240 months

Thursday 21st June 2018
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Rensko said:
I always forget that these exist - Lancia Thema based on the Chrysler 300...

Which in turn was based on the e class w210

shakotan

10,679 posts

195 months

Thursday 21st June 2018
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loose cannon said:
Rensko said:
I always forget that these exist - Lancia Thema based on the Chrysler 300...

Which in turn was based on the e class w210
Not this nonsense again, we already covered this when it was first posted.

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