Weird car facts...

[MVDD]

A Ferrari F50 has the same clutch as the Masterati 4200...(quite a large price difference)

Porsche 993 front brake pads are the same as Ferrari 355 rears (...i'm 99%)

[LuS1fer]

Wierd is in fact spelt "weird"

[RicksAlfas]

stinkysteve said:

The traction control on my Alfa 159 doesn't control the traction or limit wheelspin.

It will eventually throttle back.
(Eventually).

Back on topic....
The wheelnuts on my Alfa 1750 are handed - RH thread on the right side and LH thread on the left.

[Galsia]

trickywoo said:

The body on a FWD Lotus Elan is 20% larger than intended due to a cockup in the (new) fiberglass laying up process.

IIRC when the first drawing was completed. The engineers decided to increase the wheelbase by two inches but ended up accidentally reducing it be 2 inches, making the wheelbase wrong by four inches.

[Tyre Smoke]

Pat H said:

My 1987 Lotus Esprit:

Triumph TR7 wiper motors
Austin Princess steering column
MGB interior door handles
Morris Marina exterior door handles
Cortina steering rack
Citroen CX wing mirrors
Land Rover clutch slave cylinder
Rover SD1 rear lamps
Citroen Maserati transmission

Beat that.

Yawn. My TVR Cerbera...........

[PHmember]

Nobody knows why people buy these:


Nobody!

[TTwiggy]

There's a lump of lead behind the front bumper of all audi TTs to counter the fact that the car's weight if off-balance (possibly due to gearbox, but I forget exactly what...)

[Urban Sports]

SaltyToe said:

PlainSpain said:

The Invicta S1 has VW Passat rear lights. (turned on their sides)

In similar vain

Mondeo


Noble


We all know that one though, right?

Aren't thay from the saloon not the hatch??

[deveng]

VW/Audi/skoda/seat etc are all the same cars and then craftily change a few panels and the badge on the front, then charge wildly different amounts for the same spec.

[J4CKO]

deveng said:

VW/Audi/skoda/seat etc are all the same cars and then craftily change a few panels and the badge on the front, then charge wildly different amounts for the same spec.

No, thats not correct, they adjust the ammount of "Imagine".

[thinfourth2]

PHmember said:

Nobody knows why people buy these:


Nobody!

Its RWD

Why wouldn't you

Well apart from being slow, wobbly and ugly

[RenesisEvo]

SaltyToe said:

A Lotus Elise has the same indictor/wiper stalks as a Vauxhall Corsa


Elise -

Some of the switchgear comes from the Peugeot 106.

The Morgan Aero 8 originally had front headlamps taken from the VW Beetle, but now uses MINI headlamps - the left-hand MINI lamp goes on the right of the Morgan, and vice-versa. Not really a weird fact though.

[98elise]

alfa pint said:

The Toyota MR2 Mk 1 used the electic window mechanism from the Fiat X1/9.

The X1/9 used the boot and engine release from a countach (or the other way round)

[Pat H]

Tyre Smoke said:

Pat H said:

My 1987 Lotus Esprit:

Triumph TR7 wiper motors
Austin Princess steering column
MGB interior door handles
Morris Marina exterior door handles
Cortina steering rack
Citroen CX wing mirrors
Land Rover clutch slave cylinder
Rover SD1 rear lamps
Citroen Maserati transmission

Beat that.

Yawn. My TVR Cerbera...........

I had a Griff 500 which had...

VW Corrado mirrors
VX Cavalier rear lamps
VX Corsa steering column
Rover engine
B&Q heater hose
Travis Perkins suspension
JCB handling
Thatched cottage build quality

[Harry Monk]

Rivalry between Triumph and Rover saw the Stag fitted with a specially developed 3.0-litre V8 rather than used the Buick-derived Rover V8. Rather than make the cylinder head out fo aluminium, as specified, workers at the Canley plant used wadded up copies of The Daily Mirror, mixed with water and metal swarf.

[Frimley111R]

The first car with a pump up lumbar support was the Sierra. (Which was what a Ford nerd said when he saw one on my Elise!)

[GKP]

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[seagrey]

Harry Monk said:

Rivalry between Triumph and Rover saw the Stag fitted with a specially developed 3.0-litre V8 rather than used the Buick-derived Rover V8. Rather than make the cylinder head out fo aluminium, as specified, workers at the Canley plant used wadded up copies of The Daily Mirror, mixed with water and metal swarf.

That would be funny if it werent true.

[FamilyDub]

A Grande Punto 1.9 'Sporting' diesel has the same torque output as a MKV Golf GTI - 207lb/ft

[pinchmeimdreamin]

Some french cars still work.