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I had the misfortune to be stuck in traffic behind one of these for what seemed like hours last friday.

 

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and that strange bulge in the tailgate started to look reminicent of something, but what?

 

It took a while, but I think it is this:

 

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Spotted any other shite reminicent styling on moderns?

Fiat 500 / Bini / S-type / Beetle excluded obviously 8)

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I'm a big fan of the original Mk1 CR-V but that one and even more so the latest incarnations are just plain hideous.  I preferred 80s/90s Hondas - neat, simple styling inside and out and good solid engineering.  They seem to be going in the opposite direction lately. 

 

Often thought the depressingly bland Mk1 Almera reminded me of something...

 

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The current Volvo V70 has a lot of Volvo 245 influences if you look closely :)

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Actually this, especially from behind...

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...reminds me of this, which I'm sure was deliberate!

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You want ADO16 lookeylikey, you want '90s Corolla...

 

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;)

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Mk 1 Ka indicators always remind me of 105E Anglebox ones...

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New Volvo V40 has the kink in the waistline like the P1800S and a tailgate like the P1800ES..

 

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Citroen Airmax Crosstrainer B pillar looks very familiar....

 

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What about the original Honda CRV 3 door? Look at the square back end and then at a Volvo 850 estate's rump....

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You're thinking HRV, there was no three door CRV.

 

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Yeah I sit down corrected kru, awfully familiar aren't they?

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As Mr Partridge rightly pointed out on another thread, it has been Mr Loewys birthday.    Here are two he had a hand in for the Loewky-Alike thread....They are fairly close together in the Observers Book of Automobiles too, thanks to alphabetic kinship!

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I might be stretching "familiar" a bit here...

 

Tatra 613, the first incarnation

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VW 412, it's the headlights and indicators that does it, but the way the creases to the flat surfaces are done is very familiar too.

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But from the back, a later 613

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I knew there was something familiar about the British Leyland ECV3 concept car someone posted a picture of a while back, Charlie2555's Greek spotted thread solved the riddle.

 

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I spent about 10 minutes driving behind this the other day:

 

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Thinking it was one of these:

 

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I was quite taken aback when I finally realised what it was.

 

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I had the misfortune to be stuck in traffic behind one of these for what seemed like hours last friday.

 

wallpaper-Honda_CR-V-3.jpg

 

and that strange bulge in the tailgate started to look reminicent of something, but what?

 

It took a while, but I think it is this:

 

Austin%201100%20MkI%20rear.jpg

 

You know where normal blokes look at one of those inkblot pictures and usually see a gaping flange?  This is the autoshite version where you look at something and see an ADO16

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Mk 1 Ka indicators always remind me of 105E Anglebox ones...

 

Sitting in an early Ka really reminded me of my Anglia. I don't know whether it was deliberate, but there were a lot of similarities.

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Sitting in an early Ka really reminded me of my Anglia. I don't know whether it was deliberate, but there were a lot of similarities.

The engine, for one...

 

:wink:

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Every single new MPV thingys look the same. Doesn't matter who makes them it's always big gaping mouth and thin headlights that stretch the length of Yorkshire with a kick up the rear wheel arch.

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You want ADO16 lookeylikey, you want '90s Corolla...

 

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;)

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