More cars you didn't know existed...

[jdw100]

You may not be familiar with these offerings from Toyota, Nissan and Wuling.

Had a sit in a couple of Wulings on display at malls. Good value - loads of kit etc. Nice place to sit for £15,000.

I was seriously thinking about one as the CR-V we have is not worth £10,000 more, in my opinion.

The Vellfire is about £60,000. Neighbour has one. Its okay.

[Dapster]

HTP99 said:

This sort of thing I find odd, why would VW allow their badge to be associated with a Ford, what's wrong with a Errr........... VW?!

VW have form.

1982 - what product could you badge up as a VW and sell in Argentina which would show your brand in the best possible light - you know, high quality, reasonable cost, unburstable reliability, thoroughly modern? You got it...

[rodericb]

jdw100 said:

You may not be familiar with these offerings from Toyota, Nissan and Wuling.

Had a sit in a couple of Wulings on display at malls. Good value - loads of kit etc. Nice place to sit for £15,000.

I was seriously thinking about one as the CR-V we have is not worth £10,000 more, in my opinion.

The Vellfire is about £60,000. Neighbour has one. Its okay.

Are the Wuling or the CR-V made OS or in Indo? No love for the venerable old Kajang Innova?

[StescoG66]

jdw100 said:

You lucky, lucky thing.........

[uk1988]

SuperNads said:

I was a little thrown off seeing both of these yesterday, the Suzuki Swace and Suzuki Across which are literally rebadged Corollas and RAV4s!

I came across the Suzuki Across on Autotrader when I was having a random browse the other day - nearly spat out my drink when I saw they were asking £45k for a bland rav-4 lookalike with a Suzuki badge. However, it appears to be a PHEV which probably explains the premium. For me, explaining is certainly not the same as justifying though - they will really struggle to get Brits into 45k Suzuki’s, even with PCP. About 10 years ago they launched the Kizashi - a family saloon to rival Insignias etc. At 20-odd grand 10 years ago it seemed expensive for a Suzuki and only came with a petrol engine - needless to say I’ve seen about 4 in the decade since.

[Xenoous]

Went to the garage last week, and the sight of an unknown car was driving me crazy. I spent hours navigating websites and forums looking for this supercar.

Nope, turns out it's a car built in a shed for fairly affordable money. I give you the Contera MD1

[Nerdherder]

... said:

Volkswagen Viloran, a minivan for the Chinese market.

The more grille the better? Ugh..

[Civpilot]

Veeayt said:

Aspark Owl, a Giapponese (designed by Italians) EV supercar. 0-60 in 1.9, 400 km/h (250mph), 2000hp 200nm, range 280 miles.

I'll leave judgements to you gents

The front and rear of that car both look really nice.

It's just a shame they changed the scale on the design drawings and didn't tell the guys building the final car

[Don1]

Xenoous said:

Went to the garage last week, and the sight of an unknown car was driving me crazy. I spent hours navigating websites and forums looking for this supercar.

Nope, turns out it's a car built in a shed for fairly affordable money. I give you the Contera MD1

It doesn't look.... Terrible?

[67Dino]

Don1 said:

Xenoous said:

Went to the garage last week, and the sight of an unknown car was driving me crazy. I spent hours navigating websites and forums looking for this supercar.

Nope, turns out it's a car built in a shed for fairly affordable money. I give you the Contera MD1

It doesn't look.... Terrible?

Looks like a baby Ferrari 360 to me. Aw, bless.

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Nerdherder said:

... said:

Volkswagen Viloran, a minivan for the Chinese market.

The more grille the better? Ugh..

I'm not a fan of big grilles either, but honestly I think it looks great.

[Matt Cup]

Dacia MD87

[talksthetorque]

Matt Cup said:

Dacia MD87

Is that a bit of a Renault 12 front door and wing?

[MarkwG]

talksthetorque said:

Matt Cup said:

Dacia MD87

Is that a bit of a Renault 12 front door and wing?

Would make sense, they were licence built in Romania, badged as Dacia 1300.

[Fast Bug]

Dacia of that era are based on Renault's

[talksthetorque]

(Got to take the small victories when you can)

[Dapster]

MarkwG said:

Would make sense, they were licence built in Romania, badged as Dacia 1300.

They were called the Denem in the UK



Loving the imaginary in the bottom right pic - family leaving their substantial home counties house, Dad, the CEO of Megabank getting into his yellow XJ-S and mum taking the kids to their reassuringly expensive private school in the new Dacia Denem - ooookaaaayyyyyy....

Edited by Dapster on Thursday 15th April 22:49

[Charlie1986]

... said:

I'm not a fan of big grilles either, but honestly I think it looks great.

I’m liking this too

[ajprice]

I'm not sure what this 2 door Fiat Strada/Ritmo is, or whether it's real or photoshopped, but the image has a Pistonheads tag on it. Any ideas?

[PartsMonkey]

Dapster said:

MarkwG said:

Would make sense, they were licence built in Romania, badged as Dacia 1300.

They were called the Denem in the UK



Loving the imaginary in the bottom right pic - family leaving their substantial home counties house, Dad, the CEO of Megabank getting into his yellow XJ-S and mum taking the kids to their reassuringly expensive private school in the new Dacia Denem - ooookaaaayyyyyy....

Edited by Dapster on Thursday 15th April 22:49

I'm trying to imagine how the meeting went when they worked out the language to be used:

"Right Kev, we need to put a brochure together for the funny Datsun thing?"

"Datsun, Dave?"

"Sorry Kev, Day-ceeaa? Dakiya?"

"I think it's pronounced Dach-ah"

"Whatever, we need to put a tagline at the top and so far I've got "The very _____ Denim"

"What about Spacious?"

"Nah"

"Economical"?

"No"

"Well Equipped?"

"God no!"

"Pretty?"

"Have you seen it?"

"Fair Point"

"I've got it!"

"What"

"The very acceptable Denim"

"Good enough. Pub?"