Cars you didn't know existed...

Cars you didn't know existed...

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Matt-il77s

330 posts

90 months

Tuesday 4th June 2019
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Can't say I've seen one of these before:





Looked it up and it's some kind of kit car based on a Land Rover Defender, their old business address was Hexham which is where I took the photo, but they've now moved to South Yorkshire

groomi

9,317 posts

243 months

Tuesday 4th June 2019
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havoc said:
Butter Face said:
aka_kerrly said:
Mark-C said:
aka_kerrly said:
Fast Bug said:
Worthy of this thread?


Precursor to the Evoque
Another close but not quite from Rover. That is some comically large arch gap giving quite the faux by four off road appearance.
That's just how commodity cars were back then before everything came with big alloys and rubber band tyres as a status symbol
I'm old enough to have owned/driven plenty of cars that came on 13 inch wheels with 175/60 tyres and when fitting 15s with 195/45 tyres was considered a hardcore upgradepaperbag
Up until 6 years ago my daily driver had 15" wheels. Lovely car too...shouldn't have sold it.
IIRC my Metro ran on metric 310s. Cost a fortune for tyres in the 90s and would presumably be impossible now - not a problem ofcourse because there aren't many Metros left thank god.

Dapster

6,914 posts

180 months

Tuesday 4th June 2019
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MadmanO/T People said:
Doofus said:
ajprice said:
1978 USA market VW Dasher. A 3 door, a bit Passat, a bit Scirocco, a bit Audi 80. https://jalopnik.com/at-3-800-could-this-classic-1...


That's just a nastily modified Passat B1, which was a European model, also sold in the UK

Exactly. The US market VW Dasher was just a federal-bumpered B1 Passat. The one in the photos has some non-original modifications.

FYI, the B2 Passat/Santana was called the VW Quantum in America. It wasn't until the B3 came along when the Passat name was finally used in the USA.
It's actually a Federalised version of the B1 facelift GLS model (which had quad headlights, the LS had 2 x square units which didn't make it to the US) which looks otherwise identical.






The interesting model which never made production was the 110bhp GTI engined hot version with the Scirroco steering wheel, Bahama Blue paint,lairy tartan trim and boot spolier







BFleming

3,597 posts

143 months

Tuesday 4th June 2019
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This was a new one on me this weekend - the Dallara Stradale:




GTI16V

542 posts

74 months

Tuesday 4th June 2019
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Jide 1600

anonymous-user

54 months

Tuesday 4th June 2019
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Matt-il77s said:
Can't say I've seen one of these before:





Looked it up and it's some kind of kit car based on a Land Rover Defender, their old business address was Hexham which is where I took the photo, but they've now moved to South Yorkshire
Ibex?

The sort of car Jeremy Clarkson thinks he knows but actually doesn't.

wink

poing

8,743 posts

200 months

Tuesday 4th June 2019
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Dapster said:
It's actually a Federalised version of the B1 facelift GLS model (which had quad headlights, the LS had 2 x square units which didn't make it to the US) which looks otherwise identical.






The interesting model which never made production was the 110bhp GTI engined hot version with the Scirroco steering wheel, Bahama Blue paint,lairy tartan trim and boot spolier




Wasn't there an Audi version of something very similar to this? I certainly remember seeing something with perhaps an Audi 80 or Audi 100 badge, maybe it was just coupe, when I was a kid living in Germany.

Hugh Jarse

3,497 posts

205 months

Wednesday 5th June 2019
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poing said:
Dapster said:
Looks suspiciously MarinaCoupesque in its use of four door variant doors on the 2 door.

AstonZagato

12,698 posts

210 months

Wednesday 5th June 2019
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poing said:
Dapster said:
It's actually a Federalised version of the B1 facelift GLS model (which had quad headlights, the LS had 2 x square units which didn't make it to the US) which looks otherwise identical.






The interesting model which never made production was the 110bhp GTI engined hot version with the Scirroco steering wheel, Bahama Blue paint,lairy tartan trim and boot spolier




Wasn't there an Audi version of something very similar to this? I certainly remember seeing something with perhaps an Audi 80 or Audi 100 badge, maybe it was just coupe, when I was a kid living in Germany.
Audi 100 Coupe?

MarkwG

4,847 posts

189 months

Wednesday 5th June 2019
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poing

8,743 posts

200 months

Wednesday 5th June 2019
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AstonZagato said:
Audi 100 Coupe?
Yup that's the thing I must remember. Similar but different although it was a very long time ago when I last saw one. I think they stood out to a car mad kid because they were pretty rare.

T-195

2,671 posts

61 months

Wednesday 5th June 2019
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GTI16V said:
Jide 1600
Did you make that out of Lego?

The Li-ion King

3,766 posts

64 months

Wednesday 5th June 2019
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MarkwG said:
Just no redcardnuts

Hub

6,431 posts

198 months

Wednesday 5th June 2019
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A Daihatsu Copen on steroids!

T-195

2,671 posts

61 months

Wednesday 5th June 2019
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The Li-ion King said:
MarkwG said:
Just no redcardnuts
It ain't no Hootie.

It sure is a Blowfish.

loudlashadjuster

5,107 posts

184 months

Wednesday 5th June 2019
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MarkwG said:
Whew, that's one for the next 'ugly car' thread.

It was apparently based on a 300M though, not a 300C. Older, uglier, FWD, and which qualifies for this thread by me not really knowing about it beforehand.


talksthetorque

10,815 posts

135 months

Thursday 6th June 2019
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MarkwG said:
That’s s missed opportunity.

Despite having neither the time nor the body construction skills, if I was making a kit car I’d kill two birds with one stone and it would have to look like this :

Halmyre

11,185 posts

139 months

Thursday 6th June 2019
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MarkwG said:
Holy fk.

Toyoda

1,557 posts

100 months

anonymous-user

54 months

Thursday 6th June 2019
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MarkwG said:

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