Cars you didn't know existed until very recently.

[0ldCh0d]

Have we had this yet?.....I saw one for the first time yesterday..The Ford KA+ (PLUS)...I had to look twice to make sure it was what I saw.

 

Basically a Fiat 500+..........& The size of an Astra H!!!

 

[quicksilver]

This part canvas semi floppytop 4x4 Pandamonium, never seen one before

 

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That's a Seat Panda Terra. There's at least one other over here that turned up at last year's Festival of the Unexceptional. Don't know much more about them though.

1982 Seat Panda Terra by Adam Floyd, on Flickr

[AlabamaShrimp]

I thought the Seat Terra was a small Panda based van?

[Felly Magic]

Been chatting to some Panda apologists, and it's had the guts from a mk2 Panda 4x4 plus a few other parts fitted to it

[wuvvum]

Related to that Toyota Tamaraw up there I saw a magnificently named Toyota Stallion pick up (bakkie) yesterday.   South African built version apparently.

Fun fact:  this was actually supposed to be called the Toyota Starion, but due to a misunderstanding during a phone call between Toyota's head office in Tokyo and their South African counterparts... oh, wait.

[Adrian_pt]

About as obscure as they come .... but what a beaut. 

[bunglebus]

Saw this in Germany, not sure if we have this model in the UK

 

[Aston Martin]

That's a Megane estate?

[Noel Tidybeard]

That's a Megane estate?

nah its biggerer than a migraine

[Jim Bergerac]

Aye, that's the replacement for the Laguna, not sold here.

[pshome]

Had this in front of me today, obviously eastward bound.

 

Label say "Ford Corsair GL", looks 90's Japanese and not like the Corsair i know of.

 

What is this?

 

[RayMK]

Had this in front of me today, obviously eastward bound.

 

Label say "Ford Corsair GL", looks 90's Japanese and not like the Corsair i know of.

 

What is this?

 

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Probably a Ford Corsair (UA Australia), a badge engineered Nissan Bluebird/Pintara 

https://readtiger.com/img/wkp/en/1989-1992_Ford_Corsair_(UA)_GL_sedan_02.jpg

 

PS: I had never heard of it either!

[pshome]

Strange to see this in Europe...

[MorrisItalSLX]

Had this in front of me today, obviously eastward bound.

 

Label say "Ford Corsair GL", looks 90's Japanese and not like the Corsair i know of.

 

What is this?

 

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These were an Australian bit of badge engineering thanks to the Button car plan

 

These were rare here because people just got the "real" version rather than the "fake" one

 

How it ended up outside of Australia is beyond me

[somewhatfoolish]

The Suzuki Every Joypop, which appears to be a Supercarry with a silly name and a Kei-compliant powertrain.

 

[somewhatfoolish]

What happens when an Alto is mugged by a corrugated tin shed.

 

[somewhatfoolish]

So much want; the Honda Life Step, although the velour-makeover-applied-with-a-shotgun-by-stevie-wonder needs ripping out.

 

[somewhatfoolish]

What Honda did before they went all sensible and built the Acty; air-cooled two cylinder commercials with enough payload for your sandwiches, a packet of monster munch and an apple, but only just. The TN7.

 

[somewhatfoolish]

The Suzuki Mighty Boy; mini pick-ups are much too practical, enough space for a bag of wine gums and the wiff's handbag is adequate. With bonus pogweasel.

 

[somewhatfoolish]

Suzuki's Alto Lapin. This looks like a lot of fun, albeit with the crash protection of a damp cardboard box. Wood.

 

 

[quicksilver]

More JDM weirdness I spotted today. Thought it was a Nissan Cube at first but no, it's a Toyota Blackbox.based on a Yaris.

2000 Toyota bB Blackbox by Adam Floyd, on Flickr

 

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Toyota_bB

[philibusmo]

Many of the above can be discovered by playing Gran Turismo 4 or visiting New Zealand

[spartacus]

Never seen one of these before.

[Snipes]

Never seen one of these before.

See them on eBay from time to time but never in the wild. Bigger than I had thought.

[Madman Of The People]

More JDM weirdness I spotted today. Thought it was a Nissan Cube at first but no, it's a Toyota Blackbox.based on a Yaris.

2000 Toyota bB Blackbox by Adam Floyd, on Flickr

 

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Toyota_bB

 

 

We had these in America, where it was known as the Scion xB.

 

Scion was conceived as Toyota's "youth" brand, intended to appeal to young, trendy, fashionable types.  Except Toyota soon discovered young people don't have any money for cars, so most xBs got bought by greying empty-nesters looking for a practical shopping trolley.  The tall, upright body made entry and egress easy for OAPs with aching joints and bad backs.  As to why Toyota thought young people would somehow be interested in a car that looked like the box it was shipped in is anybody's guess.

 

This failed marketing strategy is why Toyota USA eventually killed off the whole Scion brand.

[chaseracer]

...so most xBs got bought by greying empty-nesters looking for a practical shopping trolley.  The tall, upright body made entry and egress easy for OAPs with aching joints and bad backs.

 

Same thing happened over here with the Ford Fusion (the Fiesta on stilts, not the Yankee Mundano)

[JayW]

Can you guess what it is yet?

[spartacus]

Alfa 33 Sportwagon, maybe a 4x4.

[JayW]

Alfa 33 Sportwagon, maybe a 4x4.

Indeed!

 

Had no idea!

[spartacus]

You're possibly under 35?