Car manufacturers that did something wild
Discussion
sjc said:
I was about to suggest MG Rover for painting their cars in chromaflair along with Nissan ( I know TVR did it, but their trademark is doing something wild) You knocked that out the park.
I want one of these
Edited by talksthetorque on Saturday 31st August 10:45
sjc said:
Unfortunately electric only though. 
But with those looks and especially if they keep the "lambo" style doors and for only £30 it will sell like hot cakes. It will be this generation Capri. Cheap sports coupe that everybody will have.
How about Nissan?
Back in the early 2000s their range of dull but dependable hatchbacks was doing nothing in the market. The P12 Primera flopped in the market and the Almera was getting lost in a sea of Ford Focuses and VW Golfs.
So, they scrapped the Almera and replaced it with a hatchback based on the Mégane platform. Except they did something really quite odd with it at the time - they jacked it up to give a quasi-SUV silhouette, but with none of the off-road capability, gound clearance or complexity. Essentially, they'd just taken a hatchback and given it a needlessly high centre of mass.
The Qashqai might be the ultimate in white-goods motoring now, but it's hard to remember what a risk Nissan were taking with it at the time. There was pretty much nothing else on the market that was similar. Against everyone's expectations it was a roaring success and set the template that everyone else spent the next decade furiously catching up with.
Back in the early 2000s their range of dull but dependable hatchbacks was doing nothing in the market. The P12 Primera flopped in the market and the Almera was getting lost in a sea of Ford Focuses and VW Golfs.
So, they scrapped the Almera and replaced it with a hatchback based on the Mégane platform. Except they did something really quite odd with it at the time - they jacked it up to give a quasi-SUV silhouette, but with none of the off-road capability, gound clearance or complexity. Essentially, they'd just taken a hatchback and given it a needlessly high centre of mass.
The Qashqai might be the ultimate in white-goods motoring now, but it's hard to remember what a risk Nissan were taking with it at the time. There was pretty much nothing else on the market that was similar. Against everyone's expectations it was a roaring success and set the template that everyone else spent the next decade furiously catching up with.
Shifter1 said:
sjc said:
Unfortunately electric only though. But with those looks and especially if they keep the "lambo" style doors and for only £30 it will sell like hot cakes. It will be this generation Capri. Cheap sports coupe that everybody will have.
Shifter1 said:
sjc said:
Unfortunately electric only though. But with those looks and especially if they keep the "lambo" style doors and for only £30 it will sell like hot cakes. It will be this generation Capri. Cheap sports coupe that everybody will have.
sjc said:
Shame the new ( now old) Griifith doesn't look like that..
Well to be honest, despite not being a big fan of the new Griifith design, it's a totally different car. So it's difficult to make a comparison. The Griifith is a 2 seater sports car. That MG seems more of a coupe GT. And as much as I find the Griifith lackluster I would probably still go with it over this MG.I wonder if the Griifith will ever go into production. I'm not up to date on the latest news and predictions.
legless said:
How about Nissan?
Back in the early 2000s their range of dull but dependable hatchbacks was doing nothing in the market.
Well they also had the 200SX in the uk. In the home market they’d had loads of out there vehicles, BE1, S Cargo and Figaro. They’d also launched the original Cube and had a host of oddball models in their line up. They just didn’t ship them over here which was a shameBack in the early 2000s their range of dull but dependable hatchbacks was doing nothing in the market.
legless said:
How about Nissan?
Back in the early 2000s their range of dull but dependable hatchbacks was doing nothing in the market. The P12 Primera flopped in the market and the Almera was getting lost in a sea of Ford Focuses and VW Golfs.
So, they scrapped the Almera and replaced it with a hatchback based on the Mégane platform. Except they did something really quite odd with it at the time - they jacked it up to give a quasi-SUV silhouette, but with none of the off-road capability, gound clearance or complexity. Essentially, they'd just taken a hatchback and given it a needlessly high centre of mass.
The Qashqai might be the ultimate in white-goods motoring now, but it's hard to remember what a risk Nissan were taking with it at the time. There was pretty much nothing else on the market that was similar. Against everyone's expectations it was a roaring success and set the template that everyone else spent the next decade furiously catching up with.
That's a good point. Nissan were nowhere in the UK when the Qashqai came out. In fact the lease company I now work for owes it's early success to the Qashqai. No other lease companies wanted them but we took thousands of them at a massive discount and priced them so cheap that you couldn't say no.Back in the early 2000s their range of dull but dependable hatchbacks was doing nothing in the market. The P12 Primera flopped in the market and the Almera was getting lost in a sea of Ford Focuses and VW Golfs.
So, they scrapped the Almera and replaced it with a hatchback based on the Mégane platform. Except they did something really quite odd with it at the time - they jacked it up to give a quasi-SUV silhouette, but with none of the off-road capability, gound clearance or complexity. Essentially, they'd just taken a hatchback and given it a needlessly high centre of mass.
The Qashqai might be the ultimate in white-goods motoring now, but it's hard to remember what a risk Nissan were taking with it at the time. There was pretty much nothing else on the market that was similar. Against everyone's expectations it was a roaring success and set the template that everyone else spent the next decade furiously catching up with.
The Princess was pretty wild. Can't think of another car that ever looked quite like it and the rear lights never looked like they were designed for the car.
It also had a transverse 6 cylinder engine in top HLS guise.
What was weird is that it wasn't even a hatchback until they made it into the Ambassador.
The peashooter exhaust was always peculiar too.
My father had one and it was cavernous inside.
It also had a transverse 6 cylinder engine in top HLS guise.
What was weird is that it wasn't even a hatchback until they made it into the Ambassador.
The peashooter exhaust was always peculiar too.
My father had one and it was cavernous inside.
LuS1fer said:
The engine was mid-mounted. The 6 was more a deliberate attempt to cash in on the Tyrrell F1 car's outrageous appearance.
As for purple cars, they used to be popular but if you want to see truly gross purple paint schemes, look at used Bentley Arnage on Auto trader.
I have a vague recollection of an illustration suggesting a key advantage was resistance to aquaplaning. The frontmost tyres clearing water out of the way, allowing the second row to maintain contact and steering.As for purple cars, they used to be popular but if you want to see truly gross purple paint schemes, look at used Bentley Arnage on Auto trader.
fooby said:
Renault Twingo? Rear engined small hot hatch. Certainly something different in today's market.
Loads of mad JDM cars and vans although probably quite normal in Japan. Nissan Cube, Mazda Autozam, Nissan Elgrand etc.
VWs latest ID range also looks to be quite insane.
It's just a Smart car in a different dressLoads of mad JDM cars and vans although probably quite normal in Japan. Nissan Cube, Mazda Autozam, Nissan Elgrand etc.
VWs latest ID range also looks to be quite insane.
Edited by fooby on Thursday 29th August 22:34
LuS1fer said:
The Princess was pretty wild. Can't think of another car that ever looked quite like it and the rear lights never looked like they were designed for the car.
It also had a transverse 6 cylinder engine in top HLS guise.
What was weird is that it wasn't even a hatchback until they made it into the Ambassador.
The peashooter exhaust was always peculiar too.
My father had one and it was cavernous inside.
Philistine that I am, I'd love to see someone like Stanceworks do one of these over.It also had a transverse 6 cylinder engine in top HLS guise.
What was weird is that it wasn't even a hatchback until they made it into the Ambassador.
The peashooter exhaust was always peculiar too.
My father had one and it was cavernous inside.
thebigmacmoomin said:
fooby said:
Renault Twingo? Rear engined small hot hatch. Certainly something different in today's market.
Loads of mad JDM cars and vans although probably quite normal in Japan. Nissan Cube, Mazda Autozam, Nissan Elgrand etc.
VWs latest ID range also looks to be quite insane.
It's just a Smart car in a different dressLoads of mad JDM cars and vans although probably quite normal in Japan. Nissan Cube, Mazda Autozam, Nissan Elgrand etc.
VWs latest ID range also looks to be quite insane.
Edited by fooby on Thursday 29th August 22:34
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