Cars you didn't know existed...

[Dazed and Confused]

Blown2CV said:

havoc said:

Followed a black one of these on the way home - yet another Japanese minivan that Europe was never allowed to see...

I give you: the Nissan-Prince Homy Elgrand Highway Star

that name is preposterous!

I see quite a few around. 3.5 V6 RWD.

[FIREBIRDC9]

Usget said:

In Salzburg last week I saw a cool little Fiat 500 with Riva badges and a polished wood interior.



Turns out they sell them over here too! https://www.fiat.co.uk/fiat-500-range/fiat-500-riv...

Never seen one on the road. The true spiritual successor to the Metro Vanden Plas

Sat in one at Goodwood , they had a board put up behind in with a Wake.

Its unusual looking in the Wing Mirrors and seeing a Wake!


Want one!

[Triumph Man]

Dazed and Confused said:

Blown2CV said:

havoc said:

Followed a black one of these on the way home - yet another Japanese minivan that Europe was never allowed to see...

I give you: the Nissan-Prince Homy Elgrand Highway Star

that name is preposterous!

I see quite a few around. 3.5 V6 RWD.

Generally driven by someone who would tick a lot of boxes in the "a bit council" thread...

[Triumph Man]

Jazzy Jag said:

ajprice said:

It's in one of the Forza games on Xbox, I think it was Forza 4.

The 'coffin' on the rear has a speedometer in it

Does that count as " Helping police with their enquiries"?

Probably help the Dash Cam warriors while they shout out the number plate "and he was doing 78mph as he overtook me the !!!!"

[Blown2CV]

Triumph Man said:

Dazed and Confused said:

Blown2CV said:

havoc said:

Followed a black one of these on the way home - yet another Japanese minivan that Europe was never allowed to see...

I give you: the Nissan-Prince Homy Elgrand Highway Star

that name is preposterous!

I see quite a few around. 3.5 V6 RWD.

Generally driven by someone who would tick a lot of boxes in the "a bit council" thread...

well how else dya expect meh to drive me fooking 6 kids to school yer

[Alex]

Our old PH friend the FBS Census got a mention in Autocar yesterday:

[HTP99]

FIREBIRDC9 said:

Usget said:

In Salzburg last week I saw a cool little Fiat 500 with Riva badges and a polished wood interior.



Turns out they sell them over here too! https://www.fiat.co.uk/fiat-500-range/fiat-500-riv...

Never seen one on the road. The true spiritual successor to the Metro Vanden Plas

Sat in one at Goodwood , they had a board put up behind in with a Wake.

Its unusual looking in the Wing Mirrors and seeing a Wake!


Want one!

One just drove past me.

[ZesPak]

Love that! What's the premium?

[RATATTAK]

HTP99 said:

FIREBIRDC9 said:

Usget said:

In Salzburg last week I saw a cool little Fiat 500 with Riva badges and a polished wood interior.



Turns out they sell them over here too! https://www.fiat.co.uk/fiat-500-range/fiat-500-riv...

Never seen one on the road. The true spiritual successor to the Metro Vanden Plas

Sat in one at Goodwood , they had a board put up behind in with a Wake.

Its unusual looking in the Wing Mirrors and seeing a Wake!


Want one!

One just drove past me.

I bought one for wifey March 2017

[RATATTAK]

ZesPak said:

Love that! What's the premium?

Just over 20K for a twinair 105 but with 20% discount when I bought it

[parabolica]

havoc said:

Followed a black one of these on the way home - yet another Japanese minivan that Europe was never allowed to see...

I give you: the Nissan-Prince Homy Elgrand Highway Star

There are 63 for sale in the PH Classified right now!

I was in a 2016 model being used as an airport taxi when I was in Tokyo last year:



It had the weirdest seating config - 4x captain's chairs which, had I been travelling with 3 other people (I was alone), you could swivel so they all faced each other. It was completely electric up to 20mph as well; very serenely pulled out of the airport; then the V6 kicked in as the driver did 90mph+ into central Tokyo it was quite an experience.

[MadmanO/T People]

For North America, Nissan widened the Elgrand by five inches to create the fourth (and final) generation Nissan Quest.

[Jimmy Recard]

MadmanO/T People said:

For North America, Nissan widened the Elgrand by five inches to create the fourth (and final) generation Nissan Quest.

[ecsrobin]

FIREBIRDC9 said:

Usget said:

In Salzburg last week I saw a cool little Fiat 500 with Riva badges and a polished wood interior.



Turns out they sell them over here too! https://www.fiat.co.uk/fiat-500-range/fiat-500-riv...

Never seen one on the road. The true spiritual successor to the Metro Vanden Plas

Sat in one at Goodwood , they had a board put up behind in with a Wake.

Its unusual looking in the Wing Mirrors and seeing a Wake!


Want one!

The one at Goodwood was the Abarth 695 Riva. Similar but slightly more sporty.

[RATATTAK]

ecsrobin said:

The one at Goodwood was the Abarth 695 Riva. Similar but slightly more sporty.

was it two tone ?

[ecsrobin]

RATATTAK said:

ecsrobin said:

The one at Goodwood was the Abarth 695 Riva. Similar but slightly more sporty.

was it two tone ?

Yes



The link to Riva is that it uses the same screws as used on the boat to attach a plaque on the centre console!!

[wobert]

Alex said:

Our old PH friend the FBS Census got a mention in Autocar yesterday:

Tenuous link.....

I used to work with Andrew at Lotus.... :-)

[DoctorX]

ecsrobin said:

Yes



The link to Riva is that it uses the same screws as used on the boat to attach a plaque on the centre console!!

These are really nice looking little cars but I wish they'd left the rear lights alone when they facelifted it.

[rodericb]

Jimmy Recard said:

MadmanO/T People said:

For North America, Nissan widened the Elgrand by five inches to create the fourth (and final) generation Nissan Quest.

You have to really wonder about the US car industry. There would have been significant faffing about to morph the Elgrand into that Quest given that the Elgrand is a right hand drive, Japan only thing. Nissan also make that awful Murano convertible, of which they sold a handful (6000 over the three years it was in production). Yet Cadillac stopped producing that SRX a few posts back due to low sales - it was selling 50,000 units per year for a couple of years and probably just needed a bit of a rework to regain those lost sales.

[CanAm]

DoctorX said:

These are really nice looking little cars but I wish they'd left the rear lights alone when they facelifted it.

Agreed; and it looks even worse than that when the middle of the rear light is in a flat red or light blue body colour.