Cars you didn't know existed...

[Konan]

HTP99 said:

From the figures I saw last year, it was the poorest selling small crossover in the UK.

Worse than the Edge? Might by the OAP zone I live in, but I swear I see more Ecosports.

[Hugo a Gogo]

A cheap Brazil-designed car that's really for developing countries, built in the cheapo ford factories of the world

[Chromegrill]

Was overtaken by this lump of excrement earlier today - a Nissan Tiida Saloon.

[Battlewagon]

XJS Hatchback



https://themarket.co.uk/listings/jaguar/xjs-40-hat...

[Rostfritt]

Chromegrill said:

Was overtaken by this lump of excrement earlier today - a Nissan Tiida Saloon.

These seem to regularly come up in this. They have never marketed them in Europe so any that come here are grey imports. In places like New Zealand and possibly Ireland grey imports are cheap used cars from Japan. In the UK grey imports tend to at least be interesting cars that are worth the effort of getting converted to UK spec.

They are a popular rental car here in New Zealand, often in gold. The totally uninspiring performance of the 1.5l engine put me off buying a Cube.

[PW005]

Was in Peru over the summer and came across this

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Turns out it’s a Toyota Yaris for developing markets, looks more interesting than ours tbh

[AndrewCrown]

Battlewagon said:

XJS Hatchback



https://themarket.co.uk/listings/jaguar/xjs-40-hat...

Weirdly appealing...

[anonymous-user]

Chromegrill said:

Was overtaken by this lump of excrement earlier today - a Nissan Tiida Saloon.

For some reason Arnold Clark had a batch of these when they were nearly new (came in from NI or Ireland?) - so you see them quiet often round the central belt of Scotland. As the look implies they were mainly bought by old duffers who can't drive and wanted something cheap and supposedly reliable.

[Wildcat45]

Battlewagon said:

XJS Hatchback



https://themarket.co.uk/listings/jaguar/xjs-40-hat...

I seem to remember he tailgate for the Lynx Eventer came off a Renault 5.

A conversation rather than a production car. A beautifully proportioned one none the less and the facelift rear end of the XJS - which didn't suit the standard car - worked well here.

Eventers go for decent money.

Did Lynx ever consider a similar conversion on the later XK?

[GravelBen]

Rostfritt said:

Chromegrill said:

Was overtaken by this lump of excrement earlier today - a Nissan Tiida Saloon.

These seem to regularly come up in this. They have never marketed them in Europe so any that come here are grey imports. In places like New Zealand and possibly Ireland grey imports are cheap used cars from Japan. In the UK grey imports tend to at least be interesting cars that are worth the effort of getting converted to UK spec.

They are a popular rental car here in New Zealand, often in gold. The totally uninspiring performance of the 1.5l engine put me off buying a Cube.

They aren't inspiring but if you're after an economical transport appliance rather than something interesting they aren't bad, no worse than their boring competition I think.

[Dapster]

Wildcat45 said:

I seem to remember he tailgate for the Lynx Eventer came off a Renault 5.

I think you're thinking of the horror show that was the Ladbroke Avon XJ conversion which had a R5 tailgate with a larger rear window grafted onto the end bit of the saloon bootlid.





The Lynx Eventer tailgate looked a bit more bespoke.

[guywilko]

P5BNij said:

I came across this yesterday, a one off Rolls Royce...(?)

That looks like Liberace's wet dream

[lowdrag]

The Eventer hatch was based around a Citroen one, and the rear glass is from a Citroen. The above photo is of one of the earlier Eventers because the hinges show whereas the later cars were modified and had concealed hinges. There was. a few years back, a rumour that they were going to build a few more and were stockpiling suitable donor cars, but that idea seem to have gone out of the wingdow since Roger Black's personal Eventer is for sale at CKL. 5,000 miles from new too.

http://ckl.co.uk/sales/1983-lynx-eventer/#.WqDFemo...

[Gad-Westy]

I'm sure it will have popped up on this thread already but I remember India beign full of Taxis in the shape of saloon Fiestas.

[Wildcat45]

Dapster said:

I think you're thinking of the horror show that was the Ladbroke Avon XJ conversion which had a R5 tailgate with a larger rear window grafted onto the end bit of the saloon bootlid.





The Lynx Eventer tailgate looked a bit more bespoke.

Ah yes. Getting my Jag conversions mixed up. As the later poster says, it was Citroen bits.

[andburg]

new one to me



Renault Kangoo Trekka 4WD

[Halmyre]

Wildcat45 said:

Dapster said:

The Lynx Eventer tailgate looked a bit more bespoke.

Ah yes. Getting my Jag conversions mixed up. As the later poster says, it was Citroen bits.

My issue with the Eventer is that the door window is too narrow compared to the rear window and makes it a bit hearse-like. This version here attempts to break it up somewhat:



(but too much chrome...)

[Herbs]

I'd dread to think what would happen if you rolled either of those!

[KillerHERTZ]

Herbs said:

I'd dread to think what would happen if you rolled either of those!

No worse than standard id imagine.

[Agent XXX]

KillerHERTZ said:

No worse than standard id imagine.

A lot of the structural strength of the XJS is in the 'flying buttresses' so could well be a lot worse than standard. My Dad rolled an XJS (was only 2 moths old at the time) and him and Mum were unscathed. Those pillars on the Eventer do not look strong