Cars you didn't know existed...
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ajprice said:
Roewe 750, the Chinese Rover 75 (not a Chinese rip off copy, the actual 75, but the Chinese market version.)
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roewe_750
No not Roewe - see the grillehttps://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roewe_750
MG
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SAIC_Motor
ajprice said:
Jeenyus161 said:
Saw this oddity this morning, I actually quite like it. It looks how I imagine a LEGO car would look like if they ever made an actual car.
Nissan
Petrol
1995 Registered
Other than that - no idea! Come on PHers, its your time to shine!
Google search on the number plate found this https://www.flickr.com/photos/gtrjackoplus/3155975...Nissan
Petrol
1995 Registered
Other than that - no idea! Come on PHers, its your time to shine!
Nissan Rasheen. Based on a Sunny floorpan.
lowdrag said:
IIRC this is the car bought by the Jaguar Heritage Trust back in the 90's. I was at the auction and it went for £40,000 even back then.
On the subject of the Camry, they were mightily expensive in the UK back in the 80s but so solidly built. Like the used Legends and Lexus, they were bought by the Indians who knew a good thing when they saw one. Boring to drive, but lasted and lasted but there seem to be only around 50 left now. Like the Accord, they were withdrawn from the UK market, the Camry last century.
On the subject of the Camry, they were mightily expensive in the UK back in the 80s but so solidly built. Like the used Legends and Lexus, they were bought by the Indians who knew a good thing when they saw one. Boring to drive, but lasted and lasted but there seem to be only around 50 left now. Like the Accord, they were withdrawn from the UK market, the Camry last century.
lowdrag said:
IIRC this is the car bought by the Jaguar Heritage Trust back in the 90's. I was at the auction and it went for £40,000 even back then.
On the subject of the Camry, they were mightily expensive in the UK back in the 80s but so solidly built. Like the used Legends and Lexus, they were bought by the Indians who knew a good thing when they saw one. Boring to drive, but lasted and lasted but there seem to be only around 50 left now. Like the Accord, they were withdrawn from the UK market, the Camry last century.
My grandad had a 1987 Camry that he bought when it was two years old. He sold it in 2003, but I have fond memories of that car. Pretty well specced for a car from 1987 as well. Never saw many about, even when they were current! On the subject of the Camry, they were mightily expensive in the UK back in the 80s but so solidly built. Like the used Legends and Lexus, they were bought by the Indians who knew a good thing when they saw one. Boring to drive, but lasted and lasted but there seem to be only around 50 left now. Like the Accord, they were withdrawn from the UK market, the Camry last century.
LuS1fer said:
One of, if not the original tall people carrier. I quite fancied one, at the time.
A friend's mum had a Prairie when we were at school and despite looking like a lunchbox we adored it because of the amount of space in it for 'lifts'. I think we had seven fifth-formers in it at one point.
essdaytwelve said:
Looks like slick shooting brake with the roof in the "normal" position.https://www.popularmechanics.com/cars/a16197/toyot...
Carloss Fandango said:
Kaiser Darrin from 1954...
Unusual name and unusual car - with doors that slid horizontally into the body.
Apparently, the doors were unreliable so file under "Ideas that didn't work".
More here.
I'd never heard of it until one was used in The Man In The High Castle - clips on YouTube.
That is a beauty. The only thing that lets it down is the soft top, which looks awkwardly proportioned and too big. It looks like they wanted it level with the top of the window, but realised that made it too cramped so they extended upwards. I doubt you would drive it in the wet though anyway and if I could afford that it would have a garage and I would drive with the doors open, like a UPS driver.Unusual name and unusual car - with doors that slid horizontally into the body.
Apparently, the doors were unreliable so file under "Ideas that didn't work".
More here.
I'd never heard of it until one was used in The Man In The High Castle - clips on YouTube.
Rostfritt said:
That is a beauty. The only thing that lets it down is the soft top, which looks awkwardly proportioned and too big. It looks like they wanted it level with the top of the window, but realised that made it too cramped so they extended upwards. I doubt you would drive it in the wet though anyway and if I could afford that it would have a garage and I would drive with the doors open, like a UPS driver.
It definitely looks better with the roof down but it seems to be a "marmite car": Some love it, some hate it.I think it looks striking but, to me, the wheels look lost in those wheel arches. No doubt because I'm judging it by modern standards.
Genuine 1946 Healey apparently.
Looks more like kit car from 1975 in GRP, trying to look like a car from 1946, failing badly, and based on a Hillman Hunter.
https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Healey/164041957719?has...
Looks more like kit car from 1975 in GRP, trying to look like a car from 1946, failing badly, and based on a Hillman Hunter.
https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Healey/164041957719?has...
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