More cars you didn't know existed...

[Doofus]

deeen said:

Thanks! Never heard of it! If only someone had told BL UK, before they spent all those pounds developing the Maxi...

They were CKDs from BL, weren't they?

[Jader1973]

finlo said:

deeen said:

PomBstard said:

Morris 1500 - Australian model based on the ADO16. Brown, natch....

Ok and what's the beige car in front of it? Some kind of 4 door estate (that I never knew existed)?

Australian Morris Nomad.

Yup - the offspring of an Austin 1500 and a Maxi:





BMC Australia made some oddball localised stuff e.g. 6 cylinder Marinas.

I think the oddest is the Austin Tasman / Kimberley which were based off the Austin 1800


They also made an 1800 ute

[Jader1973]

Doofus said:

deeen said:

Thanks! Never heard of it! If only someone had told BL UK, before they spent all those pounds developing the Maxi...

They were CKDs from BL, weren't they?

No, they were made locally as far as I can tell. I think NZ assembled from CKD but also imported complete cars from Aus.

[ajprice]

HubNut went to Australia a while back, and did a lot of videos on his YouTube on Australian market cars like the Kimberley.

[Hobbes003]

Kawasicki said:

I don’t think it’s a destructive test. They load the tyre and then sweep it through a few different steering angles, measuring what cornering force is generated.

They still have to account for the possibility of a blowout, though.

[anonymous-user]

ajprice said:

HubNut went to Australia a while back, and did a lot of videos on his YouTube on Australian market cars like the Kimberley.

Was just going to mention this chap but couldn’t mind his channel name ! He has a old invalid car he restored also :-)

[eldar]

Iwantafusca said:

Was just going to mention this chap but couldn’t mind his channel name ! He has a old invalid car he restored also :-)

Semi restored would be more accurate. Like most of his cars, a classic bodger, but very watchable

[LanceRS]

What amazes me is that BL products from the Colonies looked worse than the ones we had!

[Kawasicki]

Hobbes003 said:

Kawasicki said:

I don’t think it’s a destructive test. They load the tyre and then sweep it through a few different steering angles, measuring what cornering force is generated.

They still have to account for the possibility of a blowout, though.

The stress/loads put through the tyre are very low compared to a drum test...so the chances of a blowout are very low.

[Kawasicki]

The Jimenez Novia

Hope it’s not a repost. Mid 90’s hypercar... 4.1l, W16 powered, 560 horsepower, air cooled, max revs 10,000 rpm. Design started 1985, ten years later one whipped along the Autobahn at 237mph... 3 years earlier and a few mph slower than the McLaren F1.

[Bodo]

Kawasicki said:

The Jimenez Novia

...

Wikipedia: The Novia is powered by a mid mounted 4.1L W16 engine that was made by combining four Yamaha FZR1000 1.0 liter 4 cylinder motorcycle engines. It has 4 rows of cylinders with 4 cylinders in each row and a total of 80 valves (5 valves per cylinder). It also uses two crankshafts, unlike the W16 found in the Bugatti Veyron.

Marvellous!

Edited by Bodo on Monday 15th February 21:28

[Kawasicki]

Bodo said:

Kawasicki said:

The Jimenez Novia

...

Wikipedia: The Novia is powered by a mid mounted 4.1L W16 engine that was made by combining four Yamaha FZR1000 1.0 liter 4 cylinder motorcycle engines. It has 4 rows of cylinders with 4 cylinders in each row and a total of 80 valves (5 valves per cylinder). It also uses two crankshafts, unlike the W16 found in the Bugatti Veyron.

Marvellous!

What an engine...

[Bodo]

snap!

[Kawasicki]

Bodo said:

snap!

[LuS1fer]

Kawasicki said:

The Jimenez Novia

Hope it’s not a repost. Mid 90’s hypercar... 4.1l, W16 powered, 560 horsepower, air cooled, max revs 10,000 rpm. Design started 1985, ten years later one whipped along the Autobahn at 237mph... 3 years earlier and a few mph slower than the McLaren F1.

The Callaway Sledgehammer Corvette did just shy of 255mph in 1988.

[ambuletz]

I've just learnt about this.. the new toyota Glanza.



Only it's not even a toyota.. but a rebadged suzuki Baleno. wtf? I'd feel pretty cheated buying a toyota, for it to be a suzuki underneath.

[ajprice]

ambuletz said:

I've just learnt about this.. the new toyota Glanza.



Only it's not even a toyota.. but a rebadged suzuki Baleno. wtf? I'd feel pretty cheated buying a toyota, for it to be a suzuki underneath.

Maybe it's an exchange deal for the Suzuki Corolla Swace

[carlove]

ambuletz said:

I've just learnt about this.. the new toyota Glanza.



Only it's not even a toyota.. but a rebadged suzuki Baleno. wtf? I'd feel pretty cheated buying a toyota, for it to be a suzuki underneath.

Suzuki have recently released the Swace and Across, a rebadged Corolla and Rav-4



I believe Suzuki want Toyota’s hybrid technology and Toyota want a slice of Suzuki’s success in India.

ETA - I’ve been beaten too it with the Swace, but at least I can add the Across.

Edited by carlove on Tuesday 16th February 15:55

[Triumph Man]

LanceRS said:

What amazes me is that BL products from the Colonies looked worse than the ones we had!

I have a hankering after a Leyland P76, which I think look great (in a kind of shonky way)

[Derventio]

I actually like the idea of a six pot Marina. Just because....
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kpBCJJ3TFbc