Cars you didn't know existed...

[Matt Cup]

ElectricSoup said:

feef said:

rjg48 said:

GeordieInExile said:

ElectricSoup said:

You'd have to be sniffing Galue to buy one.

Just had a look at the MX5-based Himiko... looks better realised than the Morgan Aero 8!

I papped one at a Mazda Garage near Orpington.

I prefer their Rock Star.

https://www.mitsuoka-motor.com/global/lineup/new/r...

Now THAT'S all KINDS of fabulous. Love it.

Just needs an LS swap.

[P5BNij]

Maserati Quattroporte III limo....

[Checkmate]

P5BNij said:

Maserati Quattroporte III limo....

"Damon Killian" has a dark red one in The Running Man. I watched that film again the other day, every time I do I think how cool that car looks!

[biggbn]

ChevronB19 said:

I think it’s something to do with copyright with Daimler?

I'm sure the Daimler was never called the Dart because Dodge owned the name?

[biggbn]

ChevronB19 said:

I think it’s something to do with copyright with Daimler?

I'm sure the Daimler was only briefly called the Dart because Dodge owned the name? They quickly renamed it SP250 to avoid legal action.

[eldar]

The amusingly named Chinese manufacturer Trumpchi

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trumpchi

[A1VDY]

eldar said:

The amusingly named Chinese manufacturer Trumpchi

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trumpchi

Won't be long before that's in Europe..

[ajprice]

A1VDY said:

eldar said:

The amusingly named Chinese manufacturer Trumpchi

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trumpchi

Won't be long before that's in Europe..

Clarkson and May drove one on old Top Gear, along with the rip off Mini and the 3 wheeler Suzuki Wagon R looking thing.

[Halmyre]

A1VDY said:

eldar said:

The amusingly named Chinese manufacturer Trumpchi

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trumpchi

Won't be long before that's in Europe..

As if we haven't had enough unwanted imports from China recently..

[Evercross]

eldar said:

The amusingly named Chinese manufacturer Trumpchi

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trumpchi

Heard of them. Their GA5 model is a development of the Alfa Romeo 166.

[21st Century Man]

1975 Toyota Century gas turbine hybrid. The turbine charged the batteries which powered the electric motors.

[BFleming]

Mitsubishi Galant AMG; it seems that before AMG was bought by Mercedes in 1998 they dabbled with other manufacturers, and produced 500 examples of the Galant E3x AMG for the Japanese Domestic Market only.
Based on the GTi-16v it had a new front grille, wheels, side skirts and rear spoiler. Suspension consisted of sport springs and gas struts. Under the bonnet there was a 2.0 naturally aspirated engine with different camshafts, manifolds, pistons and titanium valve springs. 177hp was the outcome, up from the standard 144hp.

[KillerHERTZ]

Been posted many times in this thread

Dapster said:

Russian Troll Bot said:

Mitsubishi Galant - tuned by AMG





https://www.motor1.com/news/225473/rare-amg-mitsub...

Mitsubishi Galant VR4 AMG

AMG also produced this beauty, the Mitsubishi Debonair V 3000 Royal AMG





Checkout the velourtastic upholstery. There's a 15,000v static shock waiting right there...



The Galant was a proper tuned job with a breathed upon engine but I think the Debonair was just pimped up family saloon with the stock engine.

Edited by Dapster on Thursday 17th January 00:53

[BFleming]

KillerHERTZ said:

DOH. Thanks for that

[Red Devil]

supacool1 said:

Matt Cup said:

Not that I didn’t know this car existed. But in the states the GT4 is called the AllTrac which I didn’t know.

I believe they were sold in Canada and the US as the Alltrac Turbo.

Dedicated forum: https://www.alltrac.net/

[Chris944_S2]

Speaking of AMG's that I never knew existed, I always thought the only diesel that they made was the W203 C30 AMG.
But in the 80s they played with the W631 van.
They turbocharged the aneminc NA Diesel from 72 to a whopping 93 bhp, as well as typical 80s tuner interior/exterior/wheels etc...





If the A team were german, BA Baracus would drive that

[rjg48]

Matt Cup said:

ElectricSoup said:

feef said:

rjg48 said:

GeordieInExile said:

ElectricSoup said:

You'd have to be sniffing Galue to buy one.

Just had a look at the MX5-based Himiko... looks better realised than the Morgan Aero 8!

I papped one at a Mazda Garage near Orpington.

I prefer their Rock Star.

https://www.mitsuoka-motor.com/global/lineup/new/r...

Now THAT'S all KINDS of fabulous. Love it.

Just needs an LS swap.

Plus a Corvette C2 style Coupe.

The Himiko is a stretched MX5.

[generationx]

Chris944_S2 said:

DTM team bus? A very cool one...

[GC8]

SpeckledJim said:

soxboy said:

biggbn said:

phil y said:

Wandering round a deserted Trafford Centre car park (waiting for Costco to fit tyres), I spotted this oddity.

According to the reg, its a Freight Rover, and I can see that in the windscreen shape, but does anyone know what it actually is?

I know what it is...ugly all day? I've seen a few of these retro kits done on vans but sticking with modern van size wheels always spoils them aesthetically

Think these were called a Fleur de Lys, based I guess in this case on a Freight Rover (ie Sherpa) chassis. Some were Transit and taxi based too.

All that cost and effort and they finish it off with B&M wheel trims.

FDL vans used Ford parts, had a Ford VIN and cast period wheels.

This looks like someone has jumped on the band wagon with a cheaper product.

[Hobbes003]

The GKN FFF 100:



GKN wanted to advertise its automotive engineering. They took Jensen FF running gear, added a Keith Black-tuned engine (600 bhp) and wrapped it in a custom body. They used it to set a 0-100-0 mph world record (11.5 seconds).