Cars you didn't know existed...

[Blown2CV]

Shaw Tarse said:

RAFsmoggy said:

Blown2CV said:

i don't think i would recognise 95% of american cars overall.

You do know this is a car forum ?

And your point is?

his point is nothing to do with this thread - he has a beef with me for some reason. It is being dealt with.

[Matt-il77s]

I've seen two of these on the road now, can't say I'm a fan but I never knew the rear doors did that

[psi310398]

Matt-il77s said:

I've seen two of these on the road now, can't say I'm a fan but I never knew the rear doors did that

I saw one in the car park at Halford's in High Wycombe last week (grabbing as much of the Meguairs' special offer as I can) - that door operation is a joy to behold, unlike the car. A really nice bit of engineering, that door.

[poing]

psi310398 said:

Matt-il77s said:

I've seen two of these on the road now, can't say I'm a fan but I never knew the rear doors did that

I saw one in the car park at Halford's in High Wycombe last week (grabbing as much of the Meguairs' special offer as I can) - that door operation is a joy to behold, unlike the car. A really nice bit of engineering, that door.

My first thought when I saw one was that it's much bigger than I expected. I think it's a 7 seater though so it's probably not any bigger than other 7 seaters it's just it doesn't look like a typical people carrier.

[red_slr]

Standard config is 2+3.

The 2+3+2 is an option and eats most of the boot.

They are only really able to do the third row because of the floor being so low.

[_cdogg]

Mercedes GLK

Never seen one on the road in the UK, but a bit more popular on the continent where I've seen a handful.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mercedes-Benz_GLK-Cl...

[Fast Bug]

_cdogg said:

Mercedes GLK

Never seen one on the road in the UK, but a bit more popular on the continent where I've seen a handful.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mercedes-Benz_GLK-Cl...

They couldn't make a RHD version, there wasn't room for the steering column

[Jimmy Recard]

Fast Bug said:

They couldn't make a RHD version, there wasn't room for the steering column

Yeah, I think it was based on a generation of C-Class that wasn't engineered for us in 4matic form.

Quite nice cars actually, I went in one in Austria when they were new

[phil y]

Trips to mainland Europe are always good for seeing new stuff.

2nd generation Renault Koleos for example:

[HTP99]

phil y said:

Trips to mainland Europe are always good for seeing new stuff.

2nd generation Renault Koleos for example:

Just been launched over here.

[gowmonster]

the new megane n the background looks horrible.

[Fast Bug]

I quite like the new Megane, it's a little different from the usual Golf size fodder

[austinsmirk]

Boring one, but spotted a fairly new Astra estate this morning. Couldn't help thinking why buy such a small car, but think I need estate capacity?

E.g. Would you just by the vectra or insignia estate to begin with ?

[bobclayton]

HTP99 said:

phil y said:

Trips to mainland Europe are always good for seeing new stuff.

2nd generation Renault Koleos for example:

Just been launched over here.

Seems mad it's taken so long, I presume it's just an X-Trail port?

[Jimmy Recard]

austinsmirk said:

Boring one, but spotted a fairly new Astra estate this morning. Couldn't help thinking why buy such a small car, but think I need estate capacity?

E.g. Would you just by the vectra or insignia estate to begin with ?

Estate cars in that class have been around since before I can remember, so clearly they're useful for some people.

I'm more disappointed that I don't think there will be any more Astra vans based on the Astra estate body - a nice spec Astra van would be an ideal company vehicle for me right now.

[HTP99]

bobclayton said:

HTP99 said:

phil y said:

Trips to mainland Europe are always good for seeing new stuff.

2nd generation Renault Koleos for example:

Just been launched over here.

Seems mad it's taken so long, I presume it's just an X-Trail port?

Yep based on the X-Trail, however I think Renault have screwed up with not making it available as a 7 seater.

[Jimmy Recard]

Also, I saw a 17 plate Nissan X-Trail badged as X-Trial the other day. That was weird.

My guess was a deliberate error to test dealership PDI that clearly wasn't noticed

[Blown2CV]

Jimmy Recard said:

Also, I saw a 17 plate Nissan X-Trail badged as X-Trial the other day. That was weird.

My guess was a deliberate error to test dealership PDI that clearly wasn't noticed

i seriously doubt that as the R is joined to the A.

[Jimmy Recard]

Blown2CV said:

i seriously doubt that as the R is joined to the A.

Strange then. My passenger and I agreed that it was definitely X-Trial, not X-Trail.

It was near Cardiff. I only assumed that because I knew someone who bought a Range Rover Sport with Range Range on the bonnet, and when he noticed and took it back the Land Rover dealer said it had been a PDI test that their inspector had failed to spot

ETA: in this picture they don't look very well joined

Edited by Jimmy Recard on Saturday 1st July 14:02

[StescoG66]

No Pic i am afraid, but in Spain at the moment and saw a Renault Latitude. Looks like a last gen Laguna but bigger, never knew of its existence until now. Presumably slots in where Safrane left off?