More cars you didn't know existed...
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daqinggregg said:
Not sure if this has reached the shores of Angleterre yet. Excuse pictures, taken on cheapo phone.
Nio ET5
Side profile looks ok, almost like an estate car.
Semi sports hatch.
Front, typical EV.
Pillarless doors.
Bit short on storage space, no glove box.
Not at all a Taycan/Cayenne knock-off.Nio ET5
Side profile looks ok, almost like an estate car.
Semi sports hatch.
Front, typical EV.
Pillarless doors.
Bit short on storage space, no glove box.
eldar said:
Cortina, definitely! That's a Starcraft camper, brought to the discerning eighties motorhome enthusiast by the people behind the Spartan kit car and the Sherwood - an attempt to produce a Matra-Simca Rancho facsimile on Cortina running gear. I don't know if any Sherwoods were ever built, or whether they remained a figment of someone's rather fevered imagination.Oddly, the idea of a six-wheeler Ford campervan outlasted both the Cortina and the Starcraft company.
Coaster Alamor. I don't know what the trophy is for. Perhaps it's the Turner Prize...
If you prefer, there was also a coach built version:
Missy Charm said:
Cortina, definitely! That's a Starcraft camper, brought to the discerning eighties motorhome enthusiast by the people behind the Spartan kit car and the Sherwood - an attempt to produce a Matra-Simca Rancho facsimile on Cortina running gear. I don't know if any Sherwoods were ever built, or whether they remained a figment of someone's rather fevered imagination.
Oddly, the idea of a six-wheeler Ford campervan outlasted both the Cortina and the Starcraft company.
Coaster Alamor. I don't know what the trophy is for. Perhaps it's the Turner Prize...
If you prefer, there was also a coach built version:
Thanks for sharing. I Think. Oddly, the idea of a six-wheeler Ford campervan outlasted both the Cortina and the Starcraft company.
Coaster Alamor. I don't know what the trophy is for. Perhaps it's the Turner Prize...
If you prefer, there was also a coach built version:
Cybertruck of the early 2000's?
That rear camber would induce the need to replace the rear tyres at a concerning rate, double punishing that there are x4 of them!
nismocat said:
RATATTAK said:
biggbn said:
Sure there was an Alfasud estate that looked worryingly like an allegro estate!!
Alfasud GiardinettaWow, you are not wrong! What an abomination.
A new one for me today, another electric vehicle start up, Canoo who have a range of electric vans and pick up. I thought they looked really cool, they seem to have really challenged conventional car packaging with the benefits of a skateboard EV platform. Would definitely consider one when available here.
This was their first UK show, so no UK pricing yet.
Max5476 said:
A new one for me today, another electric vehicle start up, Canoo who have a range of electric vans and pick up. I thought they looked really cool, they seem to have really challenged conventional car packaging with the benefits of a skateboard EV platform. Would definitely consider one when available here.
This was their first UK show, so no UK pricing yet.
Interesting, I'd not heard of Canoo before. Apparently it's an American company which has been around for a few years. It recently bought the assets of defunct UK EV startup Arrival, according to Wikipedia. This was their first UK show, so no UK pricing yet.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Canoo
Max5476 said:
A new one for me today, another electric vehicle start up, Canoo who have a range of electric vans and pick up. I thought they looked really cool, they seem to have really challenged conventional car packaging with the benefits of a skateboard EV platform. Would definitely consider one when available here.
This was their first UK show, so no UK pricing yet.
Mr Peel said:
nismocat said:
RATATTAK said:
biggbn said:
Sure there was an Alfasud estate that looked worryingly like an allegro estate!!
Alfasud GiardinettaWow, you are not wrong! What an abomination.
Alfasud Giardinetta
Allegro Estate
It's odd. As a young teenage car addict , you noticed such minutiae - or at least I did. Or , actually, I didn't until Ford started making cars like the Escort , whose RH wiper's arc stopped vertically . But before then , very few, if any cars did so . Dad had sundry Anglias and Prefects , Rovers and Heralds etc and it wasn't until he bought a Dolomite (nice car , hilariously awful build quality ) that he got a car with 'proper' wipers . Of my own early cars - MG Midget , Riley 1300 , Clan Crusader , 2 CV and Escort van only the latter had proper wipers .
And most cars didn't have LHD pattern wipers per se -they had wipers which just described two semi circular arcs.
It is difficult to convey just how sexy my 18 year old self found the 'clap hand ' wipers on the Ferrari Dino . They were right up there with Avengers spec Diana Rigg
And most cars didn't have LHD pattern wipers per se -they had wipers which just described two semi circular arcs.
It is difficult to convey just how sexy my 18 year old self found the 'clap hand ' wipers on the Ferrari Dino . They were right up there with Avengers spec Diana Rigg
rodericb said:
Max5476 said:
A new one for me today, another electric vehicle start up, Canoo who have a range of electric vans and pick up. I thought they looked really cool, they seem to have really challenged conventional car packaging with the benefits of a skateboard EV platform. Would definitely consider one when available here.
This was their first UK show, so no UK pricing yet.
Jordie Barretts sock said:
Why did BL fit LHD wipers to all their cars?
Isn't it one of the few things that it shares with a Porsche 911 (or at least some of them)? I'm sure I read that the reasoning behind it on those was to clear the screen in front of the driver as quickly as possible, whereas with "RHD" wipers it clears the other side first.Gassing Station | General Gassing | Top of Page | What's New | My Stuff