Cars that never made the light of day

[Dapster]

sleepera6 said:

Love the Safrane, estate even more so

A handsome car indeed.

[Butter Face]

That is awesome.

[2172cc]

How about the Talbot Horizon Lotus with mid mounted Turbo Esprit power?
https://rallygroupbshrine.org/the-group-b-cars/gro...
Or indeed the Citroen Visa Lotus?
https://rallygroupbshrine.org/the-group-b-cars/gro...

Edited by 2172cc on Sunday 22 July 10:45

[Pommy]

Dapster said:

sleepera6 said:

Love the Safrane, estate even more so

A handsome car indeed.

That shape in that colour looks like a vibrator

[cuprabob]

Pommy said:

That shape in that colour looks like a vibrator

We'll take your word for that

[Pommy]

cuprabob said:

Pommy said:

That shape in that colour looks like a vibrator

We'll take your word for that

Show your wife, see what she says...

[ajprice]

Looking back at some of the 2012 posts...

tbc said:

Audi R7 Saloon

This ended up as the Audi A7 didn't it?

Number 5 said:

gforceg said:

4key said:

Shooting brake TT

No wonder this didn't get made as an Audi. It's a Scirocco!

Edited by gforceg on Sunday 23 December 14:02

He's got a point!

Now that the Scirocco won't have a direct replacement (its going EV), would Audi fill the gap with a version of the current or next Audi TT?

[whatmoretyres]

I'm surprised this never made it, would have made a decent spider v6

[Jim the Sunderer]

Jaguar X300 coupe



Jaguar XJ shooting brake



I suppose they were too skint to make the coupe and their market was only old greezer company directors that didn't want an estate car.

[The Turbonator]

whatmoretyres said:

I'm surprised this never made it, would have made a decent spider v6

That's not a car, that's porn! That is fking gorgeous!!!!!

[parabolica]

I know it make no real-world sense, but I would have loved to see the Caddy Ceil go into production:



Or its arguably prettier sister the 16 coupe:

Edited by parabolica on Sunday 22 July 11:47

[rodericb]

E65Ross said:

BMW Nazcar would have been nice - don't think BMW have ever really done a supercar or even a super-sports car before like Mercedes or Audi have.

That was built by Italdesign yeah? As for BMW supercars - no love for the M1? Yes Lamborghini and all that but still, BMW supercar!

[twizellb]

Or a Rover 75 Coupe.

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That's so good looking, such a shame it never made it to the showrooms

[RATATTAK]

parabolica said:

I know it make no real-world sense, but I would have loved to see the Caddy Ceil go into production:

Shades of the Studebaker Avanti there

[E65Ross]

rodericb said:

E65Ross said:

BMW Nazcar would have been nice - don't think BMW have ever really done a supercar or even a super-sports car before like Mercedes or Audi have.

That was built by Italdesign yeah? As for BMW supercars - no love for the M1? Yes Lamborghini and all that but still, BMW supercar!

Not sure how I forgot about the M1! Although they haven't made a suoercar since..... Like the Merc SLS or now the AMG GT or the Audi R8.

[grumpy52]

Vauxhall had an FE Victor with a Holden V8 , got binned when the baulkhead and A posts cracked after testing on the ripple road at Millbrook due to the weight and torque of the V8 .
The Viva GT was originally designed with lovely negative camber front suspension but got changed because a higher up didn't like the looks .
They also built some CF vans with 2.3ltr magnum engines and a few with 4 wheel drive .
The engines were later modified to run on cheapo petrol for the ambulance service and the 4x4 s were dropped .

[OMNIO]

twizellb said:

Or a Rover 75 Coupe.

That's so good looking, such a shame it never made it to the showrooms

Got a bit of "wraith" about it.

[Derventio]

+1 for the Rover 75 Coupe. With the V8.

I would also like to ad this:

https://www.aronline.co.uk/concepts/mg-concepts/mg-zt-t-four-wheel-drive-prototype/

I think a MGZT or Rover 75 estate with all wheel drive would have tempted many country folk out of there Subarus. Particularly a diesel variant.

IIRC, the first Freelander used a Rover 200 Floorpan. (I know they built a Meastro van Mule with the Freelander running gear.) I wonder why they never gave the Streetwise proper 4 wheel drive?

Edited by Derventio on Monday 23 July 13:27

[Hazuki]

OMNIO said:

twizellb said:

Or a Rover 75 Coupe.

That's so good looking, such a shame it never made it to the showrooms

Got a bit of "wraith" about it.

Anyone handy with a welder? 2500 hours of cutting and shutting a Rover 75, and an MG.

https://the75andztclub.co.uk/forum/showthread.php?...

Edited by Hazuki on Monday 23 July 16:44

[Jim the Sunderer]

Derventio said:

+1 for the Rover 75 Coupe. With the V8.

I would also like to ad this:

https://www.aronline.co.uk/concepts/mg-concepts/mg-zt-t-four-wheel-drive-prototype/

I think a MGZT or Rover 75 estate with all wheel drive would have tempted many country folk out of there Subarus. Particularly a diesel variant.

IIRC, the first Freelander used a Rover 200 Floorpan. (I know they built a Meastro van Mule with the Freelander running gear.) I wonder why they never gave the Streetwise proper 4 wheel drive?

Edited by Derventio on Monday 23 July 13:27

The rumour was when Rover and Land Rover were separated Rover was forbidden from using 4 wheel drive systems in their cars.