Cars you didn't know existed...
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CanAm said:
P5BNij said:
HTH. I remember it being advertised for sale in Motor Sport (for quite a while!) many years ago. Ghia called it the Supersonic.
Just found this...
C70R said:
P5BNij said:
Render?BenKH95 said:
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
https://www.carandclassic.co.uk/car/C601899Bitter 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
Was first for sale in 2015 (I think), appears to still be if anyone fancies it.
Pothole said:
CanAm said:
icely Googled. 
If you say so.Edited by CanAm on Thursday 4th April 07:05
Blown2CV said:
loudlashadjuster said:
RicksAlfas said:
That's because we are all old and can remember it being launched. 
My gran's cousin actually bought one brand new in the same colour as the one in the picture posted. She only recently replaced it so there is a 1 owner pretty much immaculate one floating around having been part ex'd at a Kia dealer in the Midlands.
On a different note that Honda Beat with a hardtop is super cool!
Doofus said:
That's my point. It's not a Ford Falcon Mk2 Kit Car.
Indeed it's not. Very nice. https://bringatrailer.com/listing/1957-falcon-comp...
carlove said:
Not a car I didn't know existed but a model I didn't know existed. I was behind a Freelander with the the roof down. I didn't know they had a removable roof, I knew the back window could go down electronically, but this was news to me.
[Img]https://www.cars-data.com/pictures/land-rover/land-rover-freelander-hardback_1254_6.jpg[/thumb]
A neighbour had one of these with the V6 engine about 17 years ago. Great fun in summer, but woeful on fuel all year round. [Img]https://www.cars-data.com/pictures/land-rover/land-rover-freelander-hardback_1254_6.jpg[/thumb]
BFleming said:
carlove said:
Not a car I didn't know existed but a model I didn't know existed. I was behind a Freelander with the the roof down. I didn't know they had a removable roof, I knew the back window could go down electronically, but this was news to me.
[Img]https://www.cars-data.com/pictures/land-rover/land-rover-freelander-hardback_1254_6.jpg[/thumb]
A neighbour had one of these with the V6 engine about 17 years ago. Great fun in summer, but woeful on fuel all year round. [Img]https://www.cars-data.com/pictures/land-rover/land-rover-freelander-hardback_1254_6.jpg[/thumb]
IN51GHT said:
Until today I had never here of the Ford Falcon MK2 kit car, but now I have I wany one badly.
Very similar to an Autotune Gemini, which you can (I think) still buy, however the donor parts may take some sourcinghttps://www.autotuneuk.com/gemini.html
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