More cars you didn't know existed...

[Hobbes003]

Some of those concepts look cool, the Cayenne isn't one of them.

Here's a real Porsche multi-purpose vehicle from that era: the B32.

[Rostfritt]

Hobbes003 said:

Some of those concepts look cool, the Cayenne isn't one of them.

Here's a real Porsche multi-purpose vehicle from that era: the B32.

OK, that would be better than the mock-up, but the Cayenne is an incredibly ugly thing in the first place.

[saaby93]

Interesting link there to a Karmann Ghia type 34 - RHD too

[Derventio]

Erm... WTF!!!

[honda_exige]

I give you

The Toyota GR Yaris RS

An RS version of the GR4? Wow must be 300bhp+ at least.

Erm nope, front wheel drive 120bhp base model in the GR body shell with the fancy bumpers etc

https://toyota.jp/service/estimate/?car_name_en=GR...

[P5BNij]

saaby93 said:

Interesting link there to a Karmann Ghia type 34 - RHD too

Love these, for some reason the long, low rear deck hits the right spot for me.

[Mr Tidy]

They may be pretty, but dynamically they are still a 60s VW complete with the wheezy, whistly, nosiy and gutless flat 4 engine!

OK if you don't want to go anywhere though.

Edited by Mr Tidy on Friday 20th November 23:54

[Dapster]

Well, this is more a special edition I didn't know existed. The BMW Williams F1 Edition.

Apparently it was commissioned by Sytner Group as a dealer special. No mechanical workover at all, just the seats and plaque plus a few factory extras as standard. There were only 26 made, but 26 from across the range - there were a few M3s and even an X5 as well apparently. Such a weird "special" for BMW and Williams to put their names to - from the Ford school of shifting the last few unsold Fiestas in the 90s school of marketing!











https://www.historics.co.uk/buying/auctions/2019-0...

[Blown2CV]

Dapster said:

Well, this is more a special edition I didn't know existed. The BMW Williams F1 Edition.

Apparently it was commissioned by Sytner Group as a dealer special. No mechanical workover at all, just the seats and plaque plus a few factory extras as standard. There were only 26 made, but 26 from across the range - there were a few M3s and even an X5 as well apparently. Such a weird "special" for BMW and Williams to put their names to - from the Ford school of shifting the last few unsold Fiestas in the 90s school of marketing!











https://www.historics.co.uk/buying/auctions/2019-0...

when you say they commissioned it... is it not just that they stuck some decals on it and retrimmed the seats?

[Dapster]

Blown2CV said:

when you say they commissioned it... is it not just that they stuck some decals on it and retrimmed the seats?

Yes I don't think they troubled the production schedule with this one. "Commissioned" is a bit of marketing guff but they used the Williams logo so there would have been a lawyer or 2 involved so slightly more than sticking the badges on.

[Hobbes003]

Derventio said:

Erm... WTF!!!

Oh my word. I initially assumed that would be a Mitsuoka body kit, but apparently Mitsubishi thought this up by themselves - and sold 139 of them...

[saaby93]

Dapster said:

Blown2CV said:

when you say they commissioned it... is it not just that they stuck some decals on it and retrimmed the seats?

Yes I don't think they troubled the production schedule with this one. "Commissioned" is a bit of marketing guff but they used the Williams logo so there would have been a lawyer or 2 involved so slightly more than sticking the badges on.

Also which direction did the funding go?
Did Williams treat it as brand awareness and fund the scheme or did they receive a percentage of the markup to the customer?

[CanAm]

Hobbes003 said:

Oh my word. I initially assumed that would be a Mitsuoka body kit, but apparently Mitsubishi thought this up by themselves - and sold 139 of them...

When you make a homage to a London black cab, is The Flying Pug the best name you could come up with?

[Fast Bug]

Mr Tidy said:

They may be pretty, but dynamically they are still a 60s VW complete with the wheezy, whistly, nosiy and gutless flat 4 engine!

OK if you don't want to go anywhere though.

Edited by Mr Tidy on Friday 20th November 23:54

These will sit happily at 65ish all day long. You can always have a more powerful engine built for them if you wanted

[saaby93]

CanAm said:

Hobbes003 said:

Oh my word. I initially assumed that would be a Mitsuoka body kit, but apparently Mitsubishi thought this up by themselves - and sold 139 of them...

When you make a homage to a London black cab, is The Flying Pug the best name you could come up with?

wiki said:

Mitsubishi's rather ambitious sales literature for the Flying Pug indicated that the vehicle "sported the classic looks of a London taxi".

[CanAm]

Or was this a Japanese joke? You were supposed to say, "surely they mean Flying Pig?"
Like their Starion. "No, no, it really is Starion, even though we often pronounce L as R and our last coupe was the Colt. We really did mean Starion not Stallion".

[P5BNij]

Mr Tidy said:

They may be pretty, but dynamically they are still a 60s VW complete with the wheezy, whistly, nosiy and gutless flat 4 engine!

OK if you don't want to go anywhere though.

Edited by Mr Tidy on Friday 20th November 23:54

Oh I heartily agree, but they're still on 'ze list', about half way down below lots of Italian stuff!

[biggbn]

Fast Bug said:

These will sit happily at 65ish all day long. You can always have a more powerful engine built for them if you wanted

Loved all my air cooled motors, designed to be driven flat out all day long. I'd love another air cooled bug

[Blown2CV]

saaby93 said:

Dapster said:

Blown2CV said:

when you say they commissioned it... is it not just that they stuck some decals on it and retrimmed the seats?

Yes I don't think they troubled the production schedule with this one. "Commissioned" is a bit of marketing guff but they used the Williams logo so there would have been a lawyer or 2 involved so slightly more than sticking the badges on.

Also which direction did the funding go?
Did Williams treat it as brand awareness and fund the scheme or did they receive a percentage of the markup to the customer?

Well given that it’s on this thread, and that it was a dealer special edition, and that only 25 were ever made, I can’t imagine Williams got anything useful out of it.

[sjabrown]

Chris944_S2 said:

The Renault 900.
It had a 1.7l V8, but that's not the weirdest thing about this car.

Rear:


Front:


(no I didn't mix these up)

oooh almost a push-me-pull-you