Cars you didn't know existed...
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Truckosaurus said:
I'm sure we all remember the American market SAAB 9-2 (rebodied Impreza) and 9-7 (some big SUV - which I actually saw one of on my last American holiday), but who knew there was also a SAAB 9-4 based on the Cadillac SRX:
Wikipedia suggests they built around 650 of them before SAAB went down the dumper.
An article in The Autocar ( https://www.autocar.co.uk/car-review/saab/9-4x ) suggests it was planned to sell it in Europe.
I'd have bought oneWikipedia suggests they built around 650 of them before SAAB went down the dumper.
An article in The Autocar ( https://www.autocar.co.uk/car-review/saab/9-4x ) suggests it was planned to sell it in Europe.
Greg the Fish said:
Just seen an S32 AMG burbling by (same era as last week's Shed) Y reg.
Never knew that existed!
From memory, the S32 was a one off from some guy that tuned his S320 from 190bhp to 210 or similar. I think it is now a taxi? Never knew that existed!
There was also rumours of someone that put the engine from a C32 into an S-Class, but I'm not sure if it ever saw the light of day.
But there was no AMG S32....you've either seen a very rare car/taxi, or just someone who has taken a chisel to the '0' of their S320
Ares said:
From memory, the S32 was a one off from some guy that tuned his S320 from 190bhp to 210 or similar. I think it is now a taxi?
There was also rumours of someone that put the engine from a C32 into an S-Class, but I'm not sure if it ever saw the light of day.
But there was no AMG S32....you've either seen a very rare car/taxi, or just someone who has taken a chisel to the '0' of their S320
It had a lovely non 'normal s class' burble. There was also rumours of someone that put the engine from a C32 into an S-Class, but I'm not sure if it ever saw the light of day.
But there was no AMG S32....you've either seen a very rare car/taxi, or just someone who has taken a chisel to the '0' of their S320
Looked pretty legit to be fair.
P5BNij said:
CanAm said:
P5BNij said:
It was actually a Ghia body from a scrap Fiat 8V that John Willment fitted to a spare Cobra chassis. 
P5BNij said:
CanAm said:
P5BNij said:
It was actually a Ghia body from a scrap Fiat 8V that John Willment fitted to a spare Cobra chassis. Was looking at original Dodge Vipers and learned of this
Bitter GT1
From Wiki...
"Former factory driver Mike Hezemans of the Netherlands, feeling that the Elise GT1's main faults were in its power and aerodynamics, decided that the car should not be abandoned and convinced his father Toine Hezemans to provide financial help in his project. The pair bought two former Elise GT1 chassis abandoned by the factory along with their inventory of parts. Hezemans and his small team consisting of chief mechanic Hans Willemsen and two mechanics, Peter Classen and Mario Van beek, set out to eliminate the known faults in the car. They took the chassis to the Netherlands and in their small workshop, the car was extensively reworked. The front end was made longer and smoother in an attempt to increase front downforce. To replace the Elise GT1's Chevrolet V8, Hezemans turned to Chrysler, buying a pair of 356-T6 8.0L V10 engines having a power output of 626 PS (460 kW; 617 hp) and 800 N⋅m (590 lb⋅ft) of torque, which were being used in Chrysler's GT2 class racing cars. The engine was fitted in the car by extending the chassis. The Hewland gearbox was retained as the team had a small budget. The new cars were promised to compete in the 1998 FIA GT Championship season. In order to make the cars compliant to the regulations of the FIA, Hezemans turned to his friend Erich Bitter who was an independent German car manufacturer. He agreed to give the cars his firm's name and the car were named Bitter GT1s."
Not to mention Peugeot 406 rear lights
Found out about this while looking that one up also...
Bitter Insignia
Not quite as cool really, a modified 'luxury' Insignia VXR/OPC
Bitter GT1
From Wiki...
"Former factory driver Mike Hezemans of the Netherlands, feeling that the Elise GT1's main faults were in its power and aerodynamics, decided that the car should not be abandoned and convinced his father Toine Hezemans to provide financial help in his project. The pair bought two former Elise GT1 chassis abandoned by the factory along with their inventory of parts. Hezemans and his small team consisting of chief mechanic Hans Willemsen and two mechanics, Peter Classen and Mario Van beek, set out to eliminate the known faults in the car. They took the chassis to the Netherlands and in their small workshop, the car was extensively reworked. The front end was made longer and smoother in an attempt to increase front downforce. To replace the Elise GT1's Chevrolet V8, Hezemans turned to Chrysler, buying a pair of 356-T6 8.0L V10 engines having a power output of 626 PS (460 kW; 617 hp) and 800 N⋅m (590 lb⋅ft) of torque, which were being used in Chrysler's GT2 class racing cars. The engine was fitted in the car by extending the chassis. The Hewland gearbox was retained as the team had a small budget. The new cars were promised to compete in the 1998 FIA GT Championship season. In order to make the cars compliant to the regulations of the FIA, Hezemans turned to his friend Erich Bitter who was an independent German car manufacturer. He agreed to give the cars his firm's name and the car were named Bitter GT1s."
Not to mention Peugeot 406 rear lights
Found out about this while looking that one up also...
Bitter Insignia
Not quite as cool really, a modified 'luxury' Insignia VXR/OPC
BenKH95 said:
The Bitter Adam
I'll let you decide on the interior for yourself
Also have these in the current lineup
This one looks the most PH, looks like it started out as a Holden maybe, it's called the Vero
This one I actually like the look of, the CD2
....oh sweet mother of Jesus. I suppose it takes skill to take a mass-production car and spend a fortune making it look like a abortioned Chinese copy. I'll let you decide on the interior for yourself
Also have these in the current lineup
This one looks the most PH, looks like it started out as a Holden maybe, it's called the Vero
This one I actually like the look of, the CD2
Jazzy Jag said:
Bitter Lemons.
Bitter Lemon is a (the) racing Bitter!https://www.instagram.com/bittersc243/
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