Cars you didn't know existed until very recently.

[Madman Of The People]

It looks like they designed a completely unnoteworthy car and thought 'shit, we have to fix this' just for some to say 'I've got it! Lets put a bump between the headlights!'.

 

 

The 1992-97 Buick Skylark was a completely forgettable car over here.

 

As for that distinctive beak, GM fixed that for the 1996 facelift, making the car even more forgettable.

 

 

[cros]

What was that?

[FiatPhil]

I have no point of reference for the rear.

 

The inset panel around the top of the boot area looked to me like a Michelotti design, so I googled the model which confirmed that it was designed by Giovanni Michelotti, this is similar to some of his other designs; the Triumph Toldeo, DAF 44, Alfa Romeo 2600 Berlina de Luxe and others.

[Lukas]

So only all the new cars look like each other. 

[Jazoli]

Saw a couple of these last week

 

 

I thought they were quite nice

 

[spartacus]

Could that Laguna be to do with the Laguna Seca raceway?

Wiki reckons it's name is honouring a California beach resort. A similar thing to the Malibu. It's probably right, Laguna Seca is a twisty circuit and this car is more NASCAR orientated.

[cros]

Its some kind of Citroen and it looks horrible. Help me out here...

[Tayne]

C4 saloon?

[Lacquer Peel]

C-Elysee. I think it's made in China. edit: wrong, it's made in Spain for the European market

 

http://jalopnik.com/the-citroen-c-elysee-is-the-worst-car-ive-ever-driven-1610354632

[r.welfare]

Also available as Peugeot 301

[cros]

What a dire thing. Do they bother to change the grille for the Pug version? Hardy seems worth the trouble.

[Faker]

Sabre sprint

[SOUL]

[Felly Magic]

I bet that would go down well in Ireland where they seem to like saloons

[richardthestag]

The 1992-97 Buick Skylark was a completely forgettable car over here.

 

As for that distinctive beak, GM fixed that for the 1996 facelift, making the car even more forgettable.

 

 

 

Look at the qwaletay fit of grill and headlights to the pos.

 

Barry approach to parts bin special

[chaseracer]

That Fiat and Indo-VW above.  Small cars, relatively lightweight, yet (like most non-French things these days larger than a Smart) five-bolt hubs.

 

Why?

[RayMK]

Well, at least the five bolts are on 10 spoke alloys.  It makes me go all uneasy when four bolts are on 5 or 7 spoke alloys. 

[cros]

Do these things get different faces for different countries?

[cros]

4 wheel drive Alfa looks better than most of this ilk.

 

[cros]

I keep seeing some kind of booted Clio on Spanish roads but can't find any pictures.

I've also seen a few Linea's which look even worse in the flesh.

[Tayne]

I keep seeing some kind of booted Clio on Spanish roads but can't find any pictures.

 

The Clio saloon is badged as the Renault Thalia.

[cros]

There's another booted Regie then, maybe its called silver, though at my age who knows if I've got it right.

[Brodders]

I know I may be going against the grain here, but I actually quite like some of these small saloons.

 

They are slightly more interesting to look at than the hatchbacks they are based on (maybe because we never see them here) and they remind me of shite such as the Vauxhall Belmont and Ford Orion which used to be around.

[vulgalour]

I see these new car posts and I think "hmm, that looks like a VW" or in the case of the Citroen "hmm, that looks like a BMW" so I'm very confused that the VW Ameo looks like it was made in India by Russians for the Chinese market.

[quicksilver]

Saw this today and had no idea what it was. It's a Neckar Fiat Weinsberg, like a Fiat 500 with knobs on.

 

[17-Coffees]

I've known about the South African market Mini Mk3 for a while, essentially a Wolseley Hornet/ Riley Elf with the mini front end. (Personally, would love one.)

 

But never knew about the Wolseley 1000, which is another South African market car. Essentially just a Mini with the Wolseley Hornet front end...

Would also love one of these now!

[SOUL]

http://www.landwind.eu/en.html

 

 

Awful Chinese car being sold in Germany, Belgium and Netherlands.....

 

[cros]

http://www.landwind.eu/en.html

 

 

 

 

 

Awful Chinese car being sold in Germany, Belgium and Netherlands.....

 

This thread has now been soiled.

[saucedoctor]

That looks like an old A Class, with mumps.

[Junkman]

Saw this today and had no idea what it was. It's a Neckar Fiat Weinsberg, like a Fiat 500 with knobs on.

 

ONW122B.jpg

 

If it is produced after 1957, which it is, it's a Neckar Weinsberg 500 (without any 'Fiat' in its name).

From 1929 - 1957, Fiats produced under licence in Germany were called NSU-Fiat, because they were built in a factory in Heilbronn,

which had been purchased from NSU. After 1957, they were renamed Neckar, because NSU was meanwhile producing cars themselves

and thus disputed the use of their name by a Fiat licencee, which they had formerly not objected, since they only produced motorcycles.

 

Fiats (or rather Neckars), were built there until 1971, when all production of German built Fiats stopped, because Fiat refused to sell

the licences of the new Fiats 124, 125 and 128 to Neckar.

 

The following Fiat derivatives were built by Neckar:

 

Model - Variant of

 

Weinsberg - Fiat 500

 

 

 

 

Jagst - Fiat 600

 

 

 

Europa - Fiat 1100

 

 

1100 Millecento - Fiat 1100R

 

 

Panorama - Autobianchi Bianchina

 

 

Adria - Fiat 850

 

 

Mistral - Fiat 1300/1500

 

 

Riviera - Fiat 600