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Don't know why the link didn't work. It's there now. Dapster said:
By the late 80's, German tuners Shultz would do you a 190E "City" - a 2.6 petrol 190E front end, shortened wheelbase and a W124 tail grafted to the back.
Love thatI have a vague recollection of seeing that photo before.. You can almost hear the 'Spandau Ballet' (Gold) coming out of the stereo - although her shoulder pads are wider than the seats.
Red Devil said:
52classic said:
CallMeLegend said:
Red Devil said:
Extra Brownie points if you know what this is. 
Begging for a 600cc motorcycle engine, that's what that is.The right answer was given by AndrewCrown several pages back.
The next starter for 10.
Edited by Red Devil on Wednesday 18th March 15:52
Odd when you think about it, but it took Mercedes - the oldest car car maker - nearly 40 years to be build a Golf
( Yes I know that there wouldn't have been a business case for it in terms of production capacity, sales volume, return on investment in for a Merc of that size & price in the 70s and 80s. And when they did decide to get into that market you can admire the - perhaps misguided - imagination and innovation that went into the one-box A-Classes. So there must have been some humble pie when they sat down to design the 2011 A-Class and decided "We'll just do what everyone else is doing then" )
( Yes I know that there wouldn't have been a business case for it in terms of production capacity, sales volume, return on investment in for a Merc of that size & price in the 70s and 80s. And when they did decide to get into that market you can admire the - perhaps misguided - imagination and innovation that went into the one-box A-Classes. So there must have been some humble pie when they sat down to design the 2011 A-Class and decided "We'll just do what everyone else is doing then" )
I think I might have cracked it this time... Wooda80 said:
Odd when you think about it, but it took Mercedes - the oldest car car maker - nearly 40 years to be build a Golf
( Yes I know that there wouldn't have been a business case for it in terms of production capacity, sales volume, return on investment in for a Merc of that size & price in the 70s and 80s. And when they did decide to get into that market you can admire the - perhaps misguided - imagination and innovation that went into the one-box A-Classes. So there must have been some humble pie when they sat down to design the 2011 A-Class and decided "We'll just do what everyone else is doing then" )
They wanted to reduce the average age of a Mercedes buyer when they started again on the A Class, hence doing the same as everyone else.( Yes I know that there wouldn't have been a business case for it in terms of production capacity, sales volume, return on investment in for a Merc of that size & price in the 70s and 80s. And when they did decide to get into that market you can admire the - perhaps misguided - imagination and innovation that went into the one-box A-Classes. So there must have been some humble pie when they sat down to design the 2011 A-Class and decided "We'll just do what everyone else is doing then" )
eldar said:
Ares said:
Suspect thats the badge, not the grill.
But this is the new crash protection. ALL manufacturers are going for big grills.
I can’t work out how a large grille would help in crash protection. Seems counterintuitive.But this is the new crash protection. ALL manufacturers are going for big grills.
Fast Bug said:
Toyota Comfort, designed for use as a taxi cab in Japan which seems sensible enough.
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But then TRD decided to supercharge it and make 59 of them. Bonkers the Japanese sometimes
Toyota did this with their Century flagship. This is the Century GRMN:...
But then TRD decided to supercharge it and make 59 of them. Bonkers the Japanese sometimes
Currently a one-off for Toyoda-san...
Ares said:
eldar said:
Ares said:
Suspect thats the badge, not the grill.
But this is the new crash protection. ALL manufacturers are going for big grills.
I can’t work out how a large grille would help in crash protection. Seems counterintuitive.But this is the new crash protection. ALL manufacturers are going for big grills.
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