More cars you didn't know existed...

[Every day a journey]

The ‘new’ (not sure how new) FIAT Panda

[Mammasaid]

Every day a journey said:

The new (not sure how new) FIAT Panda

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FIAT Grande Panda, cousin of the VX Frontera, Citroen eC3, etc.

Notable for having a captive charging cable in the nose and iconography of the Lingotto test track all over.

[DodgyGeezer]

from the classics spotted thread...

Elderly said:

[Glitzy Mitzy]

andrewcliffe said:

The Toyota Curren is basically the Toyota Celica's plain sister, and didn't get 4WD or turbocharger.

But it did have a boot! Possibly best described as the 'Ford Orion of the Toyota Celica line'. Did we get Celica convertibles over here? If so, we'd have received some variant of the Curren.

[donkmeister]

DodgyGeezer said:

from the classics spotted thread...

Elderly said:

I saw Steyr-Puch and assumed these would be 4wd.

[donkmeister]

Glitzy Mitzy said:

But it did have a boot! Possibly best described as the 'Ford Orion of the Toyota Celica line'. Did we get Celica convertibles over here? If so, we'd have received some variant of the Curren.

Every Celica cabrio I've seen (all two of them) were JDM imports.

It's interesting because it looks like Toyota (and to a lesser extent Mazda) did a wide range of convertibles that were never available in the UK despite us being a well-known lover of convertibles. Sure the MR2 and MX5, but apart from that, nothing.

(There might have been a Mazda 121 back in the Ford Fiesta twin days)

Edited by donkmeister on Saturday 28th February 15:43

[generationx]

donkmeister said:

Glitzy Mitzy said:

But it did have a boot! Possibly best described as the 'Ford Orion of the Toyota Celica line'. Did we get Celica convertibles over here? If so, we'd have received some variant of the Curren.

Every Celica cabrio I've seen (all two of them) were JDM imports.

It's interesting because it looks like Toyota (and to a lesser extent Mazda) did a wide range of convertibles that were never available in the UK despite us being a well-known lover of convertibles. Sure the MR2 and MX5, but apart from that, nothing.

(There might have been a Mazda 121 back in the Ford Fiesta twin days)

Edited by donkmeister on Saturday 28th February 15:43

All “official” Celica convertibles were, I believe, converted in America by the American Sunroof Company

[macron]

I posted this elsewhere.

[biggbn]

donkmeister said:

Glitzy Mitzy said:

But it did have a boot! Possibly best described as the 'Ford Orion of the Toyota Celica line'. Did we get Celica convertibles over here? If so, we'd have received some variant of the Curren.

Every Celica cabrio I've seen (all two of them) were JDM imports.

It's interesting because it looks like Toyota (and to a lesser extent Mazda) did a wide range of convertibles that were never available in the UK despite us being a well-known lover of convertibles. Sure the MR2 and MX5, but apart from that, nothing.

(There might have been a Mazda 121 back in the Ford Fiesta twin days)

Edited by donkmeister on Saturday 28th February 15:43

You got the 'cute' bubble shaped 121 with a 2cv style soft top...I wanted one for ages. I've seen a few Celica softops, always feel they are undervalued, never seem advertised for much when they come up.

Or that was the case fairly recently

[Josemartinez]

I found out today that they made a Targa Lamborghini Diablo. How did I not know this, not that they are ever going to be in my budget barring a lottery win

https://www.autotrader.co.uk/car-details/202512188...

[thebigmacmoomin]

ajprice said:

Thanks to a BTCC team announcement, I just found out that Ford still make a 4 door Focus

Not in the UK though.

[ajprice]

thebigmacmoomin said:

ajprice said:

Thanks to a BTCC team announcement, I just found out that Ford still make a 4 door Focus

Not in the UK though.

Which is why I didn't know it existed .

[SimonTheSailor]

Twin Turbo Jag ?

[Mark-C]

SimonTheSailor said:

Twin Turbo Jag ?

All rendered pointless by having the standard autobox i think ...

[5lab]

Mark-C said:

SimonTheSailor said:

Twin Turbo Jag ?

All rendered pointless by having the standard autobox i think ...

has there ever been a car with a worse ratio of acceleration to top speed? 170 is pretty rapid but 5.9 to 60 is not

[SpudLink]

5lab said:

Mark-C said:

SimonTheSailor said:

Twin Turbo Jag ?

All rendered pointless by having the standard autobox i think ...

has there ever been a car with a worse ratio of acceleration to top speed? 170 is pretty rapid but 5.9 to 60 is not

In 1990 that acceleration wasn’t bad.

More importantly, how does it accelerate for real world overtaking? When you’re doing 45 and pull out hoping for a quick pass without the ‘box hunting for the correct gear.

[Matt_T]

SpudLink said:

5lab said:

Mark-C said:

SimonTheSailor said:

Twin Turbo Jag ?

All rendered pointless by having the standard autobox i think ...

has there ever been a car with a worse ratio of acceleration to top speed? 170 is pretty rapid but 5.9 to 60 is not

In 1990 that acceleration wasn t bad.

It was faster than a 1990 Porsche 964 tiptronic! 5.9 is very fast for that period!

[seefarr]

Healy Enigma is a new one on me:

https://www.pistonheads.com/buy/auction/19938511

[C5_Steve]

seefarr said:

Healy Enigma is a new one on me:

https://www.pistonheads.com/buy/auction/19938511

Wow there's alot going on there. Mini at the front, Micra at the back!

[ian_c_uk]

C5_Steve said:

seefarr said:

Healy Enigma is a new one on me:

https://www.pistonheads.com/buy/auction/19938511

Wow there's alot going on there. Mini at the front, Micra at the back!

…and NC MX5 in the middle, looking at those doors.