More cars you didn't know existed...

More cars you didn't know existed...

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Fermit

13,054 posts

101 months

Wednesday 8th February 2023
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Mammasaid said:
Mr Roper said:
The seats, they're fantastic!!!

Being so flamboyant they're completely at odds with the rest of the interior, which is a sea of blandness.

Dashnine

1,328 posts

51 months

Wednesday 8th February 2023
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ajprice said:
cjs racing. said:
Took this picture myself, preparing to put it in the misbadged thread.

Until I was educated otherwise a few hours ago.

Had no idea this was a legit model.

Still slightly misbadged because the standard car wasn't badged as a Mustang hehe
It’s the wrong design V8 badge too, and they weren’t fitted on the boot of the Rover V8s, just on the wings. So crack on with the misbadged thread!

Having just bought a genuine badge for my MG ZT 260 V8 which should have a badge on the boot (and the wings), it also goes on the left…. Pedant mode over.


(not my 260 - this one has the tail lights from the later Chinese cars)


Edited by Dashnine on Wednesday 8th February 14:16

Hobbes003

97 posts

55 months

Wednesday 8th February 2023
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eldar said:
Looks to be fair degree of Talbot Samba DNA there.
It was a hatchback version of the Fiat 128. Later models had cosmetic changes, but remained based on the Fiat design.

Matt Cup

3,165 posts

105 months

Wednesday 8th February 2023
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Dashnine said:
ajprice said:
cjs racing. said:
Took this picture myself, preparing to put it in the misbadged thread.

Until I was educated otherwise a few hours ago.

Had no idea this was a legit model.

Still slightly misbadged because the standard car wasn't badged as a Mustang hehe
It’s the wrong design V8 badge too, and they weren’t fitted on the boot of the Rover V8s, just on the wings. So crack on with the misbadged thread!

Having just bought a genuine badge for my MG ZT 260 V8 which should have a badge on the boot (and the wings), it also goes on the left…. Pedant mode over.


(not my 260 - this one has the tail lights from the later Chinese cars)


Edited by Dashnine on Wednesday 8th February 14:16
Thought something looked different, then noticed your last comment. They look quite good those lights and freshen it up a little.

F1GTRUeno

6,365 posts

219 months

Wednesday 8th February 2023
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gruffgriff said:
P5BNij said:
1968 Bentley by Pininfarina...
I admit to referring to the googliberary to confirm, Opel Diplomat headlights. Blooming inspired choice, so right for that glorious front. Such a lovely thing
The front is by far and away the worst part of that car.

rodericb

6,787 posts

127 months

Thursday 9th February 2023
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F1GTRUeno said:
gruffgriff said:
P5BNij said:
1968 Bentley by Pininfarina...
I admit to referring to the googliberary to confirm, Opel Diplomat headlights. Blooming inspired choice, so right for that glorious front. Such a lovely thing
The front is by far and away the worst part of that car.
Those headlights certainly look different enough to be different and they just add that little touch of something to it. Throw "interesting" things at it, just a touch more than is tasteful. Then stop. It's therefore more than the usual but not extravagant.

These giant RR coupes (and the Camargue is the same) have a certain "immensity" to them. Like a B1-B Lancer.

What a rad car.

shakotan

10,715 posts

197 months

Thursday 9th February 2023
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Matt Cup said:
Zastava Koral In. The "modernized" Yugo for 2002-2008

Unlike previous Yugo models which most had old Fiat engines, this one got a Peugeot 1124cc fuel injected petrol engine with 60 hp, and was one of the fastest Yugos you could get, unlike previous models that had 45 or 55 hp. In addition it got "Modernized styling upgrades" This was one of the last Yugos to ever be produced.



The top-of-the-range of the old Yugo was a 65, with the 1.3 version of the Fiat SOHC, pushing out 65hp, so more power than the PSA unit. Was also fuel injected in its final years in use.

F1GTRUeno

6,365 posts

219 months

Thursday 9th February 2023
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rodericb said:
F1GTRUeno said:
gruffgriff said:
P5BNij said:
1968 Bentley by Pininfarina...
I admit to referring to the googliberary to confirm, Opel Diplomat headlights. Blooming inspired choice, so right for that glorious front. Such a lovely thing
The front is by far and away the worst part of that car.
Those headlights certainly look different enough to be different and they just add that little touch of something to it. Throw "interesting" things at it, just a touch more than is tasteful. Then stop. It's therefore more than the usual but not extravagant.

These giant RR coupes (and the Camargue is the same) have a certain "immensity" to them. Like a B1-B Lancer.

What a rad car.
I certainly agree about the immensity and the radness of it. I just think that the front is a complete miss-match with the rest of it and looks very much like the car Homer designs in The Simpsons grafted onto a wonderful shape.

Can imagine a rockstar owning it and getting out of it in Soho with some wonderful crumpet in the passenger seat.

AndrewCrown

2,287 posts

115 months

Thursday 9th February 2023
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It is a one off design project with Pininfarina...by the legendary Tom Tjaarda

Fermit

13,054 posts

101 months

Thursday 9th February 2023
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AndrewCrown said:


It is a one off
Thankfully. So many awkward design details.

G-wiz

2,221 posts

27 months

Friday 10th February 2023
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Fermit said:
AndrewCrown said:


It is a one off
Thankfully. So many awkward design details.
Harsh.

Looks fantastic to me.

rodericb

6,787 posts

127 months

Saturday 11th February 2023
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F1GTRUeno said:
I certainly agree about the immensity and the radness of it. I just think that the front is a complete miss-match with the rest of it and looks very much like the car Homer designs in The Simpsons grafted onto a wonderful shape.

Can imagine a rockstar owning it and getting out of it in Soho with some wonderful crumpet in the passenger seat.
That's part of the radness. It's "I like this and I like that - they're variations of one thing which don't normally go together". Like Adidas x Gucci slippers:



BananaFama

4,404 posts

80 months

Saturday 11th February 2023
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AndrewCrown said:


It is a one off design project with Pininfarina...by the legendary Tom Tjaarda
I like this too , front raked a little like a BMW of the era that TT also designed , back end was designed to be like a Ferrari 250 SWB but apparently resembles a 330 GT .

Does it still exist ?...hope so.
Wikipedia mentions who acquired it but he is listed as being long time passed away

NomduJour

19,164 posts

260 months

Saturday 11th February 2023
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BananaFama said:
Does it still exist ?...hope so.
It does, was sold last year: https://www.goodingco.com/lot/1964-mercedes-benz-2...

BananaFama

4,404 posts

80 months

Saturday 11th February 2023
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NomduJour said:
BananaFama said:
Does it still exist ?...hope so.
It does, was sold last year: https://www.goodingco.com/lot/1964-mercedes-benz-2...
Thanks for that ,good price at $ 1.2M

AndrewCrown

2,287 posts

115 months

Saturday 11th February 2023
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And a rear shot

Mikebentley

6,149 posts

141 months

Saturday 11th February 2023
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I saw a couple of new ones to me yesterday and both new.
Audi A3 Saloon and a Volvo S60 saloon (hence the S).

I do 35k miles a year and have seen neither before. Both on 72 plates.

Flumpo

3,792 posts

74 months

Saturday 11th February 2023
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Mikebentley said:
I saw a couple of new ones to me yesterday and both new.
Audi A3 Saloon and a Volvo S60 saloon (hence the S).

I do 35k miles a year and have seen neither before. Both on 72 plates.
Are you saying you didn’t know there was such a car as the Volvo s60 and a3 saloon until yesterday or that you had just never seen one in person before?

Doofus

25,947 posts

174 months

Saturday 11th February 2023
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On which note I once saw an S60 XC. Only once, mind.

Still Mulling

12,525 posts

178 months

Saturday 11th February 2023
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Doofus said:
On which note I once saw an S60 XC. Only once, mind.
Now that must be a niche market! I wonder how many they’ve made?