More cars you didn't know existed...

More cars you didn't know existed...

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biggbn

23,342 posts

220 months

Sunday 25th July 2021
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churchie2856 said:
'Saabaru' = Saab 9-2X Aero (badge-engineered Subaru WRX)



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Like these!

biggbn

23,342 posts

220 months

Sunday 25th July 2021
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off_again said:
... said:




The Saab 9-7X, based on the Chevrolet Trailblazer and can be had with a 6.0 LS2 Corvette engine.
Yup, if you can find the 'Aero' model, it should have around 390BHP! Same engine that was in the Corvette of the same era. But they sold very few of the bigger engine version for some reason and most people bought the 6.0 in the Trailblazer SS model instead. Not a great car, but the SS was a bit of a sleeper when compared with other SUV's at the time. And being an LS2 engine, very simple to make small modifications to drive up power. Cheap here in the US too...
Like these too!!

flying-banana

257 posts

72 months

Sunday 25th July 2021
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MXRod said:
...I just WISH that this didn't exist

flying-banana

257 posts

72 months

Monday 26th July 2021
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Puddenchucker said:
Rover P6BS:




and P8:
Back in the late 60s & 70s my late father used to work quite closely with Leyland in its various guises...I remember him saying that the Rover SD1 was originally intended to be a Triumph (as a replacement for the 2000/2500), and the car that was supposed to be 'the new Rover' to replace the 2000/2200/3500 P6 was that good it would've seriously threatened the XJ6, and that wouldn't go down well internally, so it was canned...was this the P8? If so, then the car in the picture is probably a prototype/test mule...my father had said the 'new Rover' was a stylish car...

Mr Tidy

22,334 posts

127 months

Monday 26th July 2021
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flying-banana said:
Back in the late 60s & 70s my late father used to work quite closely with Leyland in its various guises...I remember him saying that the Rover SD1 was originally intended to be a Triumph (as a replacement for the 2000/2500), and the car that was supposed to be 'the new Rover' to replace the 2000/2200/3500 P6 was that good it would've seriously threatened the XJ6, and that wouldn't go down well internally, so it was canned...was this the P8? If so, then the car in the picture is probably a prototype/test mule...my father had said the 'new Rover' was a stylish car...
Well as a former P6B 3500S owner I reckon the SD1 was more than competitive with the 6 cylinder XJ6s, but that P8 looks about as minging as the P6BS!

Matt Cup

3,160 posts

104 months

Monday 26th July 2021
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ajprice said:
Matt Cup said:
New P.K.






Are those rear lights made for the car or from something else? I'm not sure.
I’m pretty sure they will be off something else, but I have no idea what.

Google [bot]

6,682 posts

181 months

Monday 26th July 2021
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AWD 2.5 twin-turbo V6 apparently.

A Winner Is You

24,980 posts

227 months

Monday 26th July 2021
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The Laforza aka Rayton-Fissore Magnum. An Italian luxury 4x4 mostly sold in the USA. With the looks of a giant Fiat Uno and those panel gaps, I can't think why it failed.




Also, whilst I knew the Vector W8 existed, I didn't know it had the most bat st crazy interior ever, made to look like a fighter aircraft cockpit.




seefarr

1,467 posts

186 months

Monday 26th July 2021
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A Winner Is You said:
Also, whilst I knew the Vector W8 existed, I didn't know it had the most bat st crazy interior ever, made to look like a fighter aircraft cockpit.
It didn't just look like it came from a fighter plane, it did come from a fighter plane (did someone say something about cost overruns?). There's an owner and former employee with a great thread on here:

https://www.pistonheads.com/gassing/topic.asp?t=17...

Vectorw8015 said:
S100HP said:
Any comments on the dash...

All of the switches and circuit breakers are MIL-SPEC. Same part numbers out of an F14 or F16 cockpit. The electroluminescent display was out of the 117A Stealth fighter.

TCEvo

12,710 posts

202 months

Monday 26th July 2021
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A Winner Is You said:
The Laforza aka Rayton-Fissore Magnum. An Italian luxury 4x4 mostly sold in the USA. With the looks of a giant Fiat Uno and those panel gaps, I can't think why it failed.
Doug DeMuro featured/reviewed a Laforza last month, interestingly quirky thing: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CqsdTOMF4uE&ab...



AndrewCrown

2,286 posts

114 months

Monday 26th July 2021
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Matt Cup said:
ajprice said:
Matt Cup said:
New P.K.






Are those rear lights made for the car or from something else? I'm not sure.
I’m pretty sure they will be off something else, but I have no idea what.
Interesting story here on these
https://driventowrite.com/2020/03/04/body-swopping...

A Winner Is You

24,980 posts

227 months

Monday 26th July 2021
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TCEvo said:
A Winner Is You said:
The Laforza aka Rayton-Fissore Magnum. An Italian luxury 4x4 mostly sold in the USA. With the looks of a giant Fiat Uno and those panel gaps, I can't think why it failed.
Doug DeMuro featured/reviewed a Laforza last month, interestingly quirky thing: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CqsdTOMF4uE&ab...
That was my introduction to this car, he could fill quite a few pages of this thread. Looks comfy enough, but that panel and light fittings wouldn't have passed Lada's QC.

ajprice

27,484 posts

196 months

Tuesday 3rd August 2021
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Nissan Platina. Mexican market Renault Clio saloon with Nissan badges and grille https://twitter.com/addict_car/status/142209733552...


KTF

9,805 posts

150 months

Tuesday 3rd August 2021
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Staying in Mexico...

The Fiat Mobi: https://www.fiat.com.mx/modelos/mobi/



And the Fiat Argo: https://www.fiat.com.mx/modelos/argo/


Triumph Man

8,691 posts

168 months

Tuesday 3rd August 2021
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A Winner Is You said:
The Laforza aka Rayton-Fissore Magnum. An Italian luxury 4x4 mostly sold in the USA. With the looks of a giant Fiat Uno and those panel gaps, I can't think why it failed.

Doug Demuro did a video on these

Truckosaurus

11,291 posts

284 months

Tuesday 3rd August 2021
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From: https://jalopnik.com/i-bet-you-cant-identify-every...

Every crossover/SUV that VW currently sells worldwide...


ajprice

27,484 posts

196 months

Tuesday 3rd August 2021
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Truckosaurus said:
From: https://jalopnik.com/i-bet-you-cant-identify-every...

Every crossover/SUV that VW currently sells worldwide...

According to this the Cross Up! may still be around new somewhere https://www.autoevolution.com/volkswagen/cross-up/



If the CrossFox counts as an SUV/Crossover so does this hehe

Jader1973

3,992 posts

200 months

Saturday 7th August 2021
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I found something I didn't know existed while I was browsing Japanese auctions for an Accord Euro R. To be honest, I wish I hadn't seen it, and I apologise in advance for the absolute horror that you are about to witness.

Ladies and gentlemen, the Mitsuoka Nuoera:





It used to be an Accord Euro frown

craig_m67

949 posts

188 months

Saturday 7th August 2021
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Arrrghh… upsets my trypophobia

anonymous-user

54 months

Saturday 7th August 2021
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Japanese Edsel lol.