Cars you didn't know existed...

[PowerslideSWE]

Blown2CV said:

it's almost a shame in advance because it will be built like st but still not cheap unlike the rest of the range, so no-one will buy one and that will be that!

I don't know if any new Kia is built like st if I'm honest. They have a what is it? 10 year warranty on the car or something like that? I like the look of that .

[Jimmy Recard]

PowerslideSWE said:

I don't know if any new Kia is built like st if I'm honest. They have a what is it? 10 year warranty on the car or something like that? I like the look of that .

I was in a Kia Optima yesterday. It seemed like a really nice car, to be honest. I liked it a lot

[phil y]

StescoG66 said:

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?

Yup, apparently badged as Safrane in Mexico according to Wikipedia

[jamiebae]

phil y said:

StescoG66 said:

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?

Yup, apparently badged as Safrane in Mexico according to Wikipedia

It's made in Korea by Renault Samsung motors, I think the only reason it was imported into Europe is to give Renault top brass and various French embassies and government offices a big luxo-barge to drive. It's very Asian/American and not the type of things Europeans drive, even when fitted with a V6 diesel engine.

[bobbo89]

_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...

Anyone else seeing a lot of Subaru Forester in that?

[ajprice]

bobbo89 said:

Anyone else seeing a lot of Subaru Forester in that?

Was the designer put in the naughty corner and banned from doing any curves at all except for having round wheels when this was done?

[LuS1fer]

Talking of Subaru, saw one of these today - thought it was a Dacia at first - Subaru XV

[StescoG66]

Still on about unknown Renaults, saw a Talisman today. Looked quite a nice big barge

[generationx]

Daf 33 Pick-Up!

http://www.carandclassic.co.uk/car/C888924

[D-Angle]

generationx said:

Daf 33 Pick-Up!

http://www.carandclassic.co.uk/car/C888924

That is more than a little bit lovely.

[AstonZagato]

OMNIO said:

I also saw the Renault Fluence

Saw one in Mayfair today on a 12 'plate. Ugly little thing.

[generationx]

AstonZagato said:

OMNIO said:

I also saw the Renault Effluence

Saw one in Mayfair today on a 12 'plate. Ugly little thing.

I´m surprised no-one else EFA

[FlabbyMidgets]

Never seen one of these before. Only saw this angle. Any idea?

[Benmac]

FlabbyMidgets said:

Never seen one of these before. Only saw this angle. Any idea?

VW Karmann Ghia.

[HTP99]

AstonZagato said:

OMNIO said:

I also saw the Renault Fluence

Saw one in Mayfair today on a 12 'plate. Ugly little thing.

If it was RHD on UK plates then most likely it was an electric one; only the electric one was sold over here.

[Truckosaurus]

On my commute this morning I saw what looked to be a Seat Ibiza Saloon, I have just checked on the Seat website and there is a new model of the Cordoba available, which is what it must have been.

[anonymous-user]

Truckosaurus said:

On my commute this morning I saw what looked to be a Seat Ibiza Saloon, I have just checked on the Seat website and there is a new model of the Cordoba available, which is what it must have been.

similar to fabia saloon so makes sense in a nonsensical way.

[Fast Bug]

FlabbyMidgets said:

Never seen one of these before. Only saw this angle. Any idea?

Like a lot of cars from that era, the earlier cars are far prettier. U.S regulations made bumpers and lights bigger and uglier, the original Low Light models are gorgeous



I regret selling mine

[Willy Nilly]

generationx said:

Daf 33 Pick-Up!

http://www.carandclassic.co.uk/car/C888924

[bobclayton]

I've only just discovered today that you can buy a brand new LDV Van! I thought they'd died out a long time ago! Looks like they're planning new vans too...

For the princely sum of £12995+VAT...