Cars you didn't know existed until very recently.

[Alusilber]

Saw a Saab 9-5(?) hearse and two stretched limos the other day. I've seen Volvo ones before, but never Saab...

[inconsistant]

SO SHORT

 

 

That's amazing.  Thank you for unearthing that.

 

[Mr Bump]

Isuzu crew cab long wheelbase. Longer than two Fiat Talenti stuck together.

 

Could have been used as the basis for a LWB Frontera - can you imagine?!

[John F]

^ ideal redneck wedding car

[vulgalour]

As if the Mazda 121 wasn't odd enough already, there's a van version.

 

 

[17-Coffees]

I knew Alfa Romeo made a few vans back in the 50's that look handsome in that oh-so-50's look that 90% of cars from the time have. 

 

But I never knew of the AR6 & AR8...

Essentially the Alfa Grill thrown onto the front of a First Gen Ducato & Ivico Daily...

 

The AR6...

 

And AR8...

[5speedracer]

As if the Mazda 121 wasn't odd enough already, there's a van version.

 

 

Fantastic rear window, like a mobile showroom.

 

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[Snipes]

I guess a Courier just wouldn't do.....?

[quicksilver]

Has anyone ever seen a Vauxhall Cascada? Glorified floppytop Astra with prices starting from almost 30 grand. You can still buy one new but is anybody actually doing so?

 

Edit: I posted this before reading the Peugeot/Vauxhall thread. The Cascada coincidentally gets a mention there: http://autoshite.com/topic/27218-peugeot-to-buy-vauxhall-opel/?p=1166443

[Lacquer Peel]

That looks so weird and wrong, but I bet it would be an absolute hoot to drive!

There was one at Sharpewood Spares near Huntly for a long time, it might still be there.

[Yoss]

Has anyone ever seen a Vauxhall Cascada? Glorified floppytop Astra with prices starting from almost 30 grand. You can still buy one new but is anybody actually doing so?

 

Edit: I posted this before reading the Peugeot/Vauxhall thread. The Cascada coincidentally gets a mention there: http://autoshite.com/topic/27218-peugeot-to-buy-vauxhall-opel/?p=1166443

I thought it was Omega based. It looks a bit big to be an Astra.

[quicksilver]

I thought it was Omegas based. It looks a bit big to be an Australian.

Autocar says Astra and it was launched in 2013 so long after the Omega bit the dust. Modern Astras are probably as big as a Cavalier though. MSN Cars have apparently declared the Cascada the worst value for money car you can buy in the UK now

 

Here's an official Vauxhall pic. Grey.

 

I guess Australian is an autocorrect fail for Astra and not a reference to the Vauxhall-badged Holdens we sometimes get over here. The Cascada might be a bloated lump but it's pretty small by Aussie standards.

[cort1977]

Sold here as a Buick apparently.   I've never seen one and I have seen two Nissan Murano convertibles in the wild...

[Yoss]

Autocar says Astra and it was launched in 2013 so long after the Omega bit the dust. Modern Astras are probably as big as a Cavalier though. MSN Cars have apparently declared the Cascada the worst value for money car you can buy in the UK now

 

Here's an official Vauxhall pic. Grey.

 

I guess Australian is an autocorrect fail for Astra and not a reference to the Vauxhall-badged Holdens we sometimes get over here. The Cascada might be a bloated lump but it's pretty small by Aussie standards.

Yeah, bloody autocorrect. I usually proofread before posting but was in a hurry but the human brain seems to be evolving to figure out what should have been said after autocorrect has fucked it up.

 

Anyway I meant Insignia not Omega but it doesn't really matter.

[Tayne]

I've seen a Cascada.

 

Just the one.

[bub2006]

Wasn't the cascade a coupe/floppytop vectra/insignia spin off?

[twosmoke300]

Yeh. Cascada is an insignia based soft top

[Junkman]

Sold here as a Buick apparently.

 

So when you buy a 23 year old Buick convertible in 2040 this is what you get?

Compare it with the 23 year old Buick convertible I bought in 1983!

[Norbert]

FSO Matiz.

Yes, *FSO* Matiz.

Yes, *that* FSO.

Seen a couple while out and about in Poland - Proper WTF reaction when I first saw one.

 

[tooSavvy]

^^^ YaY!! Top kwallitee* source of Proton SAVVY 'keep fit' window winder spares

 

 

TS

[vulgalour]

I love the story that the Matiz was originally penned to be the new Fiat 500, I hope it's true.  Certainly makes a lot of sense as the Matiz really is everything the old 500 was by being both brilliant and terrible at the same time.  Also, the Matiz still looks a little bit like a frog welly when painted green.

[17-Coffees]

I've seen a handful of Cascada's in Aberdeen.

I'm stupid enough to actually consider one when they drop to near shed money...

[Supernaut]

I've seen a handful of Cascada's in Aberdeen.

I'm stupid enough to actually consider one when they drop to near shed money...

 

Cascada also fits your taste in music.

[Slappy]

Even better, the Cascada has some hidden rear facing lights that emerge should the boot be open, like the Insignia estate. I noticed it on the M27 whlist someone was changing stuck on the hard shoulder. Had a WTF was that moment.

[cros]

Fiat LDV? Its just not possible to get a better name than this*.

Shitty place to break down though.

*FSO Matiz is close though..

[Bfg]

.

a ghost from the past..  'Ghost' Pontiacs.. with at least two different models made   

 

 

 

 

 

 

a little more here  and again .. here

Bfg

[quicksilver]

I've seen a Cascada.

 

Just the one.

I actually saw one the other day. It was blue and didn't look too bad, much better than the grey one Vauxhall's marketing department insisted on posing against drab backdrops in the rain to make it look as attractive* as possible. There's no way I'd pay anywhere near 30 grand for it though.

[Lacquer Peel]

 

Daewoo Honker 2000

[John F]

Honker...!

 

LOL!

[chaseracer]

So when you buy a 23 year old Buick convertible in 2040 this is what you get?

Compare it with the 23 year old Buick convertible I bought in 1983!

 

I googled "1994 buick convertible" to see what you'd get if you did that now...