Cars you didn't know existed...

[Wildcat45]

Hugo a Gogo said:

it's actually pretty different from a 4 door 700 series if you see them together, the boot and bonnet are lower, all the ABC pillars are different, front n rear different

He interior is also a little more stylish than the 700/900. Such a shame they weren't RHD. We'd have had one back in the day.

[cmvtec]

Not a car, as such, but...

I came across this monstrosity outside my flat yesterday...

Mercedes badges but E39 headlamps. What the hell is it?

[Dapster]

Hugo a Gogo said:

it's actually pretty different from a 4 door 700 series if you see them together, the boot and bonnet are lower, all the ABC pillars are different, front n rear different

[Benni]

LuS1fer said:

................On the other hand, at least it's not the ugly squashed 262C.............

Oi ! Don´t diss one of my favourite classics !

[MarkwG]

Seek said:

Wildcat45 said:

Hugo a Gogo said:

it's actually pretty different from a 4 door 700 series if you see them together, the boot and bonnet are lower, all the ABC pillars are different, front n rear different

He interior is also a little more stylish than the 700/900. Such a shame they weren't RHD. We'd have had one back in the day.

They are RHD - just like the 740/760.

That's interesting - do you have any photos or links, as I recall they weren't available in RHD markets.

[shakotan]

MarkwG said:

Seek said:

Wildcat45 said:

Hugo a Gogo said:

it's actually pretty different from a 4 door 700 series if you see them together, the boot and bonnet are lower, all the ABC pillars are different, front n rear different

He interior is also a little more stylish than the 700/900. Such a shame they weren't RHD. We'd have had one back in the day.

They are RHD - just like the 740/760.

That's interesting - do you have any photos or links, as I recall they weren't available in RHD markets.

There are no RHD 780 Coupes, unless they have been converted.

Production figures show no models were ever officially released in the UK, and although 416 were exported to Japan (the only RHD country to receive them), they remained in LHD format.

[boyse7en]

[quote=Dapster]






Looks very 1980s Maserati

[Seek]

MarkwG said:

They are RHD - just like the 740/760.

That's interesting - do you have any photos or links, as I recall they weren't available in RHD markets.

Apologies - brainfart. You're correct - they were LHD only.

[LuS1fer]

boyse7en]apster said:

Looks very 1980s Maserati

Or Talbot Tagora...

[saaby93]

LuS1fer said:

Or Talbot Tagora...

[Pericoloso]

Here's another spotted in Italy.







I saw it in the same city a few years ago but pic I caught was terrible and never used it here.

So .a one off ,or some weird coach built thing or .....?

Looks like something Franco Sbarro would dream up.

[shakotan]

Pericoloso said:

Here's another spotted in Italy.







I saw it in the same city a few years ago but pic I caught was terrible and never used it here.

So .a one off ,or some weird coach built thing or .....?

Looks like something Franco Sbarro would dream up.

Status & Class Contender XG (yes really!)

Only 3 (or possibly 5) were made. It's a G-Wagen underneath.

[Pericoloso]

shakotan said:

Status & Class Contender XG (yes really!)

Only 3 (or possibly 5) were made. It's a G-Wagen underneath.

Thanks for that ,I was lucky to grab 3 pics stationery as it was about to be driven off and didn't have time to study what it said

on the back.

[kambites]

I saw a Peugeot 301 today, whose existence had completely passed me by.

[SimonTheSailor]

Iso Lele anybody ?

https://rover.ebay.com/rover/0/0/0?mpre=https%3A%2...

[Doofus]

I suspect it's because I am old, rather than I am the only person on PH who has an interest in cars, but it saddens me that so many of these cars were 'previously unheard of' by PHers.

[ElectricSoup]

Saw a Ferrari I didn't recognise this morning, noted the reg number and looked it up. 500 Superfast apparently. 36 ever made? This was being driven up a local motorway at about 70, and it was in good nick but filthy dirty. Looked for all the world like a daily driver. Having googled values for what must be an incredibly rare car it seems they can sell for 1.5-3m dollars. And this one's just tearing up the motorway without a care in the world. I'd be terrified.

[GravelBen]

ElectricSoup said:

Saw a Ferrari I didn't recognise this morning, noted the reg number and looked it up. 500 Superfast apparently. 36 ever made? This was being driven up a local motorway at about 70, and it was in good nick but filthy dirty. Looked for all the world like a daily driver. Having googled values for what must be an incredibly rare car it seems they can sell for 1.5-3m dollars. And this one's just tearing up the motorway without a care in the world. I'd be terrified.

Could anyone other than Ferrari name a car the Superfast with a straight face?

[swisstoni]

GravelBen said:

ElectricSoup said:

Saw a Ferrari I didn't recognise this morning, noted the reg number and looked it up. 500 Superfast apparently. 36 ever made? This was being driven up a local motorway at about 70, and it was in good nick but filthy dirty. Looked for all the world like a daily driver. Having googled values for what must be an incredibly rare car it seems they can sell for 1.5-3m dollars. And this one's just tearing up the motorway without a care in the world. I'd be terrified.

Could anyone other than Ferrari name a car the Superfast with a straight face?

[CanAm]

Doofus said:

I suspect it's because I am old, rather than I am the only person on PH who has an interest in cars, but it saddens me that so many of these cars were 'previously unheard of' by PHers.

It's he same on the F1 threads; quite a few whose knowledge only goes as far back as the Schumacher years