Cars you didn't know existed until very recently.

[wuvvum]

I'll admit the brand has nothing like the cachet of the builder of such awesome cars as the MG 1300 or whatever they called that one based on the Austin Cambridge but surely not even a second tier brand such as Aston Martin could survive such stupidity.

 

 

I've only ever seen two of those in the wild - one outside Roma Termini station, and the other in the arse end of Lincolnshire just up the road from Skattrd's.

 

Weren't they some kind of scam / loophole thing to bring the average emissions of the Aston range within the legal limits?

[Supernaut]

 

Weren't they some kind of scam / loophole thing to bring the average emissions of the Aston range within the legal limits?

Precisely. Rebadged and fettled Toyota iQ.

[NorfolkNWeigh]

No, you must be mistaken. Look it says so here on the Aston Martin Heritage site;

 

Initially only available to existing Aston owners, it was envisaged that when they all had one sales would be opened up to everyone , or at least 4,000 per year- the anticipated production capacity.

 

Well, that went well 300 were sold worldwide, and only one of them is worth having, this one, with its Factory fitted V8 Vantage engine.

[JimH]

I sort of kind of knew these existed but I had forgotten how odd they looked. While I was searching for other AC heaps to be rude about I was reminded of the Scott Sociable and its slightly odd wheel layout. The more you look at it the less you believe that it stayed upright.

 

[NorfolkNWeigh]

I sort of kind of knew these existed but I had forgotten how odd they looked. While I was searching for other AC heaps to be rude about I was reminded of the Scott Sociable and its slightly odd wheel layout. The more you look at it the less you believe that it stayed upright.

 

Reminds me of the Hannu and Arne balancing act from 85(?)

[Snipes]

No, you must be mistaken. Look it says so here on the Aston Martin Heritage site;

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Initially only available to existing Aston owners, it was envisaged that when they all had one sales would be opened up to everyone , or at least 4,000 per year- the anticipated production capacity.

 

Well, that went well 300 were sold worldwide, and only one of them is worth having, this one, with its Factory fitted V8 Vantage engine.

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Even that V8 is probably hopeless. All that power in such a short wheelbase. Waste of a V8 really.

[Felly Magic]

Not messing about

 

 

Last Throw Of The Dice.

 

 

 

OMG an Allard Clipper!

[mercrocker]

MG van, eh?   Whatever would they have thought back in the day? 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

[bunglebus]

The Mighty falling, yesterday.

 

 

 

 

I've been in one of these!

[bunglebus]

Reminds me of the Hannu and Arne balancing act from 85(?)image.jpeg

 

[Bfg]

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"Michelotti came up with this TR6 replacement, but we got the wedge"

[bunglebus]

Saw a couple of these in Germany, awesome!

 

[17-Coffees]

It sees the whole thing that Aston did with the Toyota IQ is now redundant, I.E taking a 'eco' model from another manufacture and calling it your own, as it turns out due to EU rules manufacturers can team up/make a deal with another manufacture to get around it!

 

Why Fiat/Chrysler have 'teamed up' with Tesla...

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-47845971

 

*Not 100% on topic, but since talk of the Aston Cygnet is on the page...

 

For the record, I'd 100% rock a Cygnet! 

[NorfolkNWeigh]

For the record, I'd 100% rock a Cygnet!

 

The cheapest way to that today on Autotrader is £32,000!

There are

7 DB9s

16 DB7s

20 Vantages

CHEAPER than that IQ with a grille.

[Aston Martin]

The best looking car ever made, for under £35 the 406 Coupe. I've just seen one on French plates and it looked like a facelift. Confused as it looked factory.

 

Here she is.

[bunglebus]

VW Ameo. Sexy.

 

[bunglebus]

Suzuki S-Cross. Yuk.

 

[Snipes]

The best looking car ever made, for under £35 the 406 Coupe. I've just seen one on French plates and it looked like a facelift. Confused as it looked factory.

 

Here she is.

I remember them being slated because Peugeot toned down the design from the original concept.

[Timewaster]

Suzuki S-Cross. Yuk.

 

See a few of these about locally. They are hideous.

[FakeConcern]

Nissan Sunny. I don't remember ever seeing one like this before

 

At National Trust Arts & Crafts Philip Webb designed Standon today.

 

 

A handsome vehicle anyway

 

 

Mrs Concern's Moodus luckily out of shot.

[Supernaut]

Import, going by the square plates. Never seen a Sunny in that shape before!

[bunglebus]

Thought I knew all the obscure air cooled VWs, but the Mitra is a new one on me! It has a 1600 air cooled engine mounted in the front...

 

 

 

 

 

Googling that led to this little goldmine;

 

[chodweaver]

'Helicak'?

 

[vulgalour]

Speaking of air-cooled oddities, I knew about the VW Gol, what I didn't know about was the Gol Furgao, which is the van version.  That said, I suspect the Furgao version was actually the later watercooled 1.6 rather than the air cooled Beetle derived 1.3 since I've only been able to find reference to the larger engined cars in van form.

 

[vulgalour]

http://www.lexicarbrasil.com.br/ is a little treasure trove of obscure-to-us stuff, popped up when looking for Gol info.  Amongst their gems is the Diaseta which seems very much in the same vein as the Argentinian Ford Falcon from the 80s.

 

[Felly Magic]

Holy Pineapples, a front engined VW bay window! Imagine turning up at a Dubfest with one

[Supernaut]

indeed US size plates and the tacked on under the bumper rear fog very strongly suggests import

With it being RHD I'd be more inclined to say Japanese size square plates...

[JimH]

Holy Pineapples, a front engined VW bay window! Imagine turning up at a Dubfest with one

 

I'm going to guess that with a flat four air-cooled engine under your seat and the brochure bragging that it is the "basic transporter" you wouldn't be able to hear any of the comments made by others.

 

It certainly doesnt look like driver comfort was high up the list of priorities on the design document.

[MorrisItalSLX]

Nissan Sunny. I don't remember ever seeing one like this before

 

At National Trust Arts & Crafts Philip Webb designed Standon today.

 

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A handsome vehicle anyway

 

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Mrs Concern's Moodus luckily out of shot.

 

There are heaps of these in Timor Leste running around as taxis, all brush painted yellow with bodywork made of wob and crossed fingers.

[mercrocker]

http://www.lexicarbrasil.com.br/ is a little treasure trove of obscure-to-us stuff, popped up when looking for Gol info.  Amongst their gems is the Diaseta which seems very much in the same vein as the Argentinian Ford Falcon from the 80s.

 

 

 

Note how quickly the salesman is scribbling down Chris Spedding's order before he changes his mind and records a song about motorcycles instead.