Cars you didn't know existed...

[carinaman]

psi310398 said:

CanAm said:

This is Germany. Their sausages are actually made of meat!

So VW would have you believe...

Their cheat recipe results in noxious emissions?

[psi310398]

carinaman said:

Their cheat recipe results in noxious emissions?

That's generally my experience with the curry sauce...

[Shakermaker]

AstonZagato said:

Vauxhall XVR concept

Unfortunately, this hasn't been too well cared for. It is part of the Vauxhall Heritage collection and its probably a 20-yard car, but up close the ravages of time has not been quite so kind to it.

Very cool though, in my opinion.

[SimonTheSailor]

[Matt Cup]

AC 3000 ME, looks like a British Fiat x1/9.



And a prototype which used the above chassis as the base.

Lincoln Quicksilver.


https://www.thetruthaboutcars.com/2018/02/rare-rid...

[Red Devil]

Matt Cup said:

AC 3000 ME, looks like a British Fiat x1/9.

A couple I took at Bicester Heritage in January this year.




https://www.ruotevecchie.org/ac-3000me-20171001/

[garryb]

ASA 1000GT

[TTOBES]

Looking at the Audi used car site at A3 Sportbacks...

The A1 CityCarver

Now however, I know it exists!

[BrettMRC]

SimonTheSailor said:

That's written how Trump sounds!

[Pothole]

AstonZagato said:

Vauxhall XVR concept

Corvette shagged a Cheetah?

[CanAm]

Pothole said:

AstonZagato said:

Vauxhall XVR concept

Corvette shagged a Cheetah?

But not bad looking for a car over 50 years old, that predated the Corvette C3.

Edited by CanAm on Wednesday 22 April 16:22

[Truckosaurus]

There are, of course, many short lived marques from the early days of motoring.

One I learned of today was BNC, a French manufacturer whose name stood for Bollack, Netter &co.

("Just off for a spin in the Bollack" )

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bollack_Netter_and_C...

[21st Century Man]

It really is the dogs.

[biggbn]

Red Devil said:

Matt Cup said:

AC 3000 ME, looks like a British Fiat x1/9.

A couple I took at Bicester Heritage in January this year.




https://www.ruotevecchie.org/ac-3000me-20171001/

Sure it ended up being manufactured in Scotland? Prototype was called Diablo believe it or not and designed by ex lola, I think, engineers in early seventies. Always liked them.

[Evercross]

biggbn said:

Matt Cup said:

AC 3000 ME, looks like a British Fiat x1/9.

Sure it ended up being manufactured in Scotland?

Yeah. In Hillington (of all places) for all of a year! AC Scotland developed an Alfa Busso engined version of the car just before they went bust.

[biggbn]

Evercross said:

biggbn said:

Matt Cup said:

AC 3000 ME, looks like a British Fiat x1/9.

Sure it ended up being manufactured in Scotland?

Yeah. In Hillington (of all places) for all of a year! AC Scotland developed an Alfa Busso engined version of the car just before they went bust.

Now that would have given the pedigree sound the shape deserved. The big Ford v6 was a bit of a bruiser.

[Red Devil]

biggbn said:

Red Devil said:

Matt Cup said:

AC 3000 ME, looks like a British Fiat x1/9.

A couple I took at Bicester Heritage in January this year.




https://www.ruotevecchie.org/ac-3000me-20171001/

Sure it ended up being manufactured in Scotland? Prototype was called Diablo believe it or not and designed by ex lola, I think, engineers in early seventies. Always liked them.

The Diablo prototype was conceived by Peter Bohanna and Robin Stables.
Bohanna had worked for Ford AVO on the GT40 bodywork and subsequently at Lola on the T70.
Which is where he and Stables met up.

Evercross said:

Yeah. In Hillington (of all places) for all of a year! AC Scotland developed an Alfa Busso engined version of the car just before they went bust.

https://classics.honestjohn.co.uk/reviews/ac/3000m...
https://carlightheritage.co.uk/the-carlight-herita...

[GC8]

Matt Cup said:

soxboy said:

Taken from my recently unearthed Daily Express World Cars 1986, I give you the Coleman Milne Sandringham:

A hearse for the alive and kicking.

They were chasing the niche necrophiliac market.

[Dapster]

GC8 said:

Matt Cup said:

soxboy said:

Taken from my recently unearthed Daily Express World Cars 1986, I give you the Coleman Milne Sandringham:

A hearse for the alive and kicking.

They were chasing the niche necrophiliac market.

The Sierra was all well and good for your council house necrophiliacs, but those from the right side of town needed something a bit more sophisticated, and both Shultz and Binz converted Merc estates (including this 6 door monstrosity) and I think, still do....

[Truckosaurus]

Dapster said:

They did something similar in the States to ferry people and their luggage out to the airport in the days before luxury minivans.



(from: https://jalopnik.com/massive-stretched-pontiac-sta... )