Cars you didn't know existed until very recently.

[bunglebus]

Chrysler Pacifica

 

 

Seat Arona

 

 

Hyundai iX20

 

 

Jaguar XJL

 

 

Facelifted Chrsysler 300c

 

[egg]

From a search, they have been mentioned on AS before - but the Replicar Cursor - made in Kent - in fact just a couple of miles from where I grew up in the 80's is new to me - how I've never heard of them before, I don't know!

 

 

[davocano]

Since I've started paying more attention to modern cars, I have discovered there is a slightly taller Golf, called the Golf Plus. I fail to see the point of it.

 

This particular example doubles as a bird lavatory.

 

[quicksilver]

IIRC the advertising tagline for the Golf Plus was actually "like a Golf but bigger". If that's the best they could come up it says it all really. In other VAG news, I don't think I had ever seen a Seat Arona before but there were two of them parked opposite one another at work this afternoon. Not bad looking cars but I don't like the name as it's too similar to the old Seat Arosa.

[myglaren]

Barazooi.

 

Is what was splattered on the bonnet.

behind me in traffic so nofoto.

 

The letters seemed mis-spaced the "I" miles away from the last "O" and the first "O" had some kind of an accent making it look almost like a "Q".

 

Was a big, white shabby looking Landroverish thing.

Can't find an image of one.

[vulgalour]

myglaren:  I thought you might have meant a Santana since they're quite Land Rover-y and in looking for examples I found a car I didn't know about.  Bonus.

 

I give you the Santana 300.

 

It's not a Suzuki Vitara, honest.

[stormee]

Since I've started paying more attention to modern cars, I have discovered there is a slightly taller Golf, called the Golf Plus. I fail to see the point of it.

 

This particular example doubles as a bird lavatory.

 

golf_plus.jpg

This is particularly popular among the older generation, my dad has one, easy entry and driving position are the reasons to buy one. If you don't like Benz's B-class, this is your car.

[myglaren]

myglaren:  I thought you might have meant a Santana since they're quite Land Rover-y and in looking for examples I found a car I didn't know about.  Bonus.

 

I give you the Santana 300.

 

It's not a Suzuki Vitara, honest.

Seemed even bigger and uglier than that with the name spelled across the front Range Rover style.

Didn't see a badge on it.

[holdyerhandout]

Since I've started paying more attention to modern cars, I have discovered there is a slightly taller Golf, called the Golf Plus. I fail to see the point of it.

 

This particular example doubles as a bird lavatory.

 

golf_plus.jpg

And that one has been replaced by this the 'sport van ' which I only found for the first time when I thought this rental Golf is 'kinda funny looking'.  I can't imagine what sport it'sgood at other than top hat wearing

 

 

 

[martc]

golf sv.jpg

And that one has been replaced by this the 'sport van ' which I only found for the first time when I thought this rental Golf is 'kinda funny looking'.  I can't imagine what sport it'sgood at other than top hat wearing

 

They're used for ferrying this lot too and from Ascot...

 

[Datsuncog]

One that popped up today in the results page while conducting an online search for something totally different...

 

 

 

Fairchild ESV (Experimental Safety Vehicle)

 

Nope, me neither.

[martc]

Just had a quick google about the Fairchild ESV - lots of details here... https://www.hemmings.com/blog/article/fairchild-republics-experimental-safety-vehicle/

 

In the 70's there was increasing concern about people being impaled inside their own cars during accidents and many auto and technological companies had a stab at a 'safe' car, the ESV being one of them. A notable feature was the extending front bumper...

 

[LightBulbFun]

reminds me of this MGB GT

 

 

https://www.flickr.com/photos/quicksilver_coaches/27075562820

 

http://www.mgb-stuff.org.uk/ssv.htm

 

im curious how they implemented the copy the lights thing...

[Datsuncog]

Hey, thanks for that link - some really great info there.

 

Seems that the Fairchild, rather than being a car manufacturer's concept of a safety vehicle, was a concerted attempt by the State of New York to partner with an aircraft manufacturer to see whether jet aircraft safety principles could be applied to passenger vehicles. It was never intended for sale, but rather the two examples built (at a cost of $2.2m each) were tested to destruction in the furtherance of data to pass on to other manufacturers in the hope of improving road safety and lowering the horrendous death tolls of the late 1960s and early 1970s.

 

So, amongst others, the following innovative features and devices we take for granted today were introduced, developed or otherwise proven beneficial on the Fairchild ESVs:

• airbags;
• anti-lock brakes (certainly commercially available before this, but largely on sports and specialist cars like the Jensen Interceptor FF);
• high-level brake lights;
• extension of beefy A-pillars further in front of occupants, to avoid them bending inwards and stabbing the luckless driver and passenger;
• padded interiors using soft plastics, rather than painted steel and chrome trim all over the dashboard to turn the fascia into a landmine for occupants in the event of a smash;
• dash binnacles where all system lights go on at startup, self-test and switch off if all's ok - but remain lit if there's a problem. Based on the system used for jet fighters, your EML woes all started here, folks.
• five-point aircraft-style harness for child seats;
• head restraints for all seats;
• positioning of the fuel filler on the side of the car, rather than the centre of the rear panel.

I remember seeing pics of BL's ESVs from the mid-70s (the Marina with a 'pedestrian scoop' front end remains a favourite), and also Fiat's attempts at the same (one of which spookily predicts the FSO Polonez) - as well as the Bricklin, which as far as I know was the only ESV marketed as such which made it into volume production, however shonkily...

[bramz7]

I found out yesterday that Iveco branded the 90s Daily as a Pegaso for a short time in Spain.

[STUNO]

This was quite a surprise today.

 

 

 

 

Can anyone name it ?

The answer will appear here in just a few hours after I have a snooze !

 

 

The answer......Unfortunately that Barret chappie has got it right.

It is exactly what he says, a 2001 Toyota Origin 3.0 Litre.. One of 1027 built to celebrate Toyota selling 50 million cars. Yours in NZ for only $27,650.00.

 

 

 

 

 

 

[Supernaut]

I have no idea but I want one!

[quicksilver]

It looks like the sort of crazy thing Mitsuoka would make out of a Nissan Primera or something. The back end seems to be a homage to the PA Cresta.

[barrett]

It's a Toyota Origin, retro-styled limited edition that took styling cues from the 1955 Crown as a sort of celebration of 55 years (I had to look up when it was launched, I'll admit) of Crown models. What country did you see that in?

[Datsuncog]

How the hell did I never notice these before?

 

 

Other than that no bugger bought them, obvs.

 

Not quite as elegant a design as the 406 Coupe, mind (which I believe started life as a Pininfarina sports concept produced for a Fiat project - but was then snapped up by Peugeot after the in-house Fiat project team, involving Chris Bangle, unexpectedly won the competition with the Fiat Coupe/Barchetta designs).

 

Still, in a few years a 407 Coupe is bound to be solid gold shite.

[Daviemck2006]

How the hell did I never notice these before?

 

20190330_094851.jpg

 

Other than that no bugger bought them, obvs.

 

Not quite as elegant a design as the 406 Coupe, mind (which I believe started life as a Pininfarina sports concept produced for a Fiat project - but was then snapped up by Peugeot after the in-house Fiat project team, involving Chris Bangle, unexpectedly won the competition with the Fiat Coupe/Barchetta designs).

 

Still, in a few years a 407 Coupe is bound to be solid gold shite.

I own one of these in 2.6 v6 hdi flavour. Its my Sunday car and a lovely thing. Ive had it for nearly 3 years and im not selling it, ever.

 

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[davocano]

This is particularly popular among the older generation, my dad has one, easy entry and driving position are the reasons to buy one. If you don't like Benz's B-class, this is your car.

 

No picture but last week I spotted a Ford Ka+. Another one for the growing market that is "people with dodgy limbs and joints".

[Aston Martin]

How the hell did I never notice these before?

 

20190330_094851.jpg

 

Other than that no bugger bought them, obvs.

 

Not quite as elegant a design as the 406 Coupe, mind (which I believe started life as a Pininfarina sports concept produced for a Fiat project - but was then snapped up by Peugeot after the in-house Fiat project team, involving Chris Bangle, unexpectedly won the competition with the Fiat Coupe/Barchetta designs).

 

Still, in a few years a 407 Coupe is bound to be solid gold shite.

 

£4,000,000 a year tax. They'll all be dead in about 18 months.

[Daviemck2006]

£4,000,000 a year tax. They'll all be dead in about 18 months.

Mine is free to tax. But then I would rather not be classed disabled at 55. Its also may be remapped, egr deleted and dpf might only get fitted for mot. This may make it go faster, but the main advantage is it now returns 35 to 40 mpg instead of its previous 25 on a good day

 

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[paulplom]

Wtf is it?

 

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[Supernaut]

Perodua Myvi.

 

[Datsuncog]

Wtf is it?

 

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Looks like a Perodua Myvi, a badge-engineered version of the Daihatsu Sirion?

 

 

Not common, I wouldn't have thought!

 

[EDIT: Daah, pipped!]

[Aston Martin]

Mine is free to tax. But then I would rather not be classed disabled at 55. Its also may be remapped, egr deleted and dpf might only get fitted for mot. This may make it go faster, but the main advantage is it now returns 35 to 40 mpg instead of its previous 25 on a good day

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If you lobbed a Ferrari badge on the back you'd fool most of the population. They do look fantastic.

[Mrs6C]

I walked from work to the Underground station today and came across this...

 

 

 

One of 20 imported to the UK, apparently...

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/BYD_e6#United_Kingdom

 

 

[jumpingjehovahs]

I walked from work to the Underground station today and came across this...

 

04-Apr-19 - BYD in Acton - front.jpg

 

04-Apr-19 - BYD in Acton - rear.jpg

 

One of 20 imported to the UK, apparently...

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/BYD_e6#United_Kingdom

Great find! These are guaranteed futurelectric shite

 

 

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