Cars you didn't know existed...

[CY88]

BMW 3000 V8?

[off_again]

Renault Safrane Turbo



There are loads of French cars they didnt share with us....

http://www.fastestlaps.com/cars/renault_safrane_bi...

268BHP and 4WD...? Maybe not great, but could have been interesting.

[Carfolio]

Crespi Tulia:

[deltashad]

CY88 said:

BMW 3000 V8?

A guy in the street next to me has one. It's immaculate and comes out about twice a year. Stunning.

[Chicane-UK]

CY88 said:

BMW 3000 V8?

Is that taken at the AutoMuseum in Melle in Germany? I can't remember the exact location but have been there before.. has a VW Corrado in bits mounted to a wall in one section!

[4keymonsta]

A page without pickups?

Have some Bantam Bakkies from South Africa

[devnull]

The Saab 92x also known as the 'Saabaru'

[thebigmacmoomin]

john2443 said:

Ford Flex - didn't know they existed til I saw one ont the road yesterday.

I think it may be the love child of a Range Rover and a Bini Clubman?

I see one of these in the mornings on the way to work, in dark blue. For a big box, its quite nice looking actually.

[bencollins]

nsmith1180 said:

Id be very Vehi-Cross if you parked that anywhere I could see it.

FULL lol, THX

[Polrules]

Good topic, Mazda Cosmo anyone? Rotary powered coolness...

[Ari]

Not sure if any do still exist, but I'd like to nominate the Talbot Tagora as a car probably very few people have ever heard of.

[Harji]

Polrules said:

Good topic, Mazda Cosmo anyone? Rotary powered coolness...

That is mega cool.

[HeatonNorris]

VW 1500

[Ari]

Or if you want something a lot sexier, how about a Monteverdi?

[CTS86]

Dr G said:

Passat Alltrack; just spotted on Autotrader (only one on there) thinking it was some obscure Spanish left hooker from the 90s.

Nope, brand spanking new:

Strangely enough I too didn't know this existed until about 20 minutes ago when I was on the VW site looking at Passat estates.

I actually quite like the look of it.

[dutchgray]

Harji said:

Polrules said:

Good topic, Mazda Cosmo anyone? Rotary powered coolness...

That is mega cool.

Their 90's exec saloon, 3 rotor powered so has quite a lot of performance available but I suspect most are gone.

[nsmith1180]

ajprice said:

At Oulton Park this weekend watching the Britcar and Smart racing. No idea what either of these cars are from the Britcar Endurance races. I don't recognise 18 as a Noble, Ginetta or anything else similar, and 2 might be a track day kit car similar to an Ultima. Any ideas? Other cars in the race were the likes of Ferrari F430 and 458, TVR Sagaris, Mosler, Lotus Evora and Exige.

Edited by ajprice on Tuesday 26th June 10:30

The #2 is the Aquila CR1. It ran at the BC24 last year, or rather it went out on track, came in for repairs, went out on track, came in for .......

Effectively, it is a prototype style car with a FOOKING HUGE LS7 in the back. The team spent most of Saturday morning cutting more cooling holes in the engine cover because they were worried about the engine. It was 2-3 seconds a lap quicker than a Mosler round the Arena layout.

The #18 is a Chevron GR8 IIRC, cant remember who runs it.

ETA: didnt spot the other two Answers.

The Aquila got the pole at the 24 by the way but I seem to remember it not really making a splash at the finish. It was running IIRC, defying the bets we had in the press room. Most said it would last a couple of hours. I bet on it blowing up on the formation lap.

Edited by nsmith1180 on Tuesday 26th June 23:40

[dharte]

I discovered the Lynx Eventer recently through a thread on PH:




Search is down so can't find the thread atm...

[bikerstu]

HeatonNorris said:

VW 1500

Is that the same as that Saab coup thing from the 90's?

[Trommel]

It's the same as an Hillman Avenger so unlikely ...