Cars you didn't know existed until very recently.

[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.

[DoctorRetro]

Saw a couple of these in Germany, awesome!

 

Weissman I believe. Very cool, but a pig to drive apparently.

[sheffcortinacentre]

Reminds me of the tempo matador front engined truck

[GeordieInExile]

MK1 Mégane estate. Loads of them in Central Europe even now.

[pshome]

Spotted today,

upside down Reliant, reborn Isetta????

 

 

 

[pshome]

One thing I can promise a teenager, when you show up with this at your new girlfriend's, it's over.

[Supernaut]

Wow! You actually found one in the wild!

 

I remember reading about these on Jalopnik a while ago. They also have a stupidly low power restriction on them, too. Something like 20hp or thereabouts.

[Aston Martin]

https://jalopnik.com/theres-actually-a-decent-reason-why-germans-will-spend-1794673235

 

20bhp lol

[bunglebus]

Citroen C3 XTR

 

[somewhatfoolish]

About as stable as an Italian government and not enough power to get out of it's own way. Shite rating - 24 carat. 

[vulgalour]

They spelled ALIENATOR wrong on the back of that Fiat.

[LightBulbFun]

Oh so its fine when they daily a 20 Horse power 3 wheeler

 

but when I want to daily a 20 horse power 3 wheeler everyone looks at me funny 

[Sir Snipes]

Citroen C3 XTR

 

VX do an Adam with the streetwise gear and TBH I think it looks alright!

[jumpingjehovahs]

VX do an Adam with the streetwise gear and TBH I think it looks alright!

I discovered the other day that they do this Viva too, I think it looks pretty cool

 

 

 

 

 

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[vulgalour]

Whenever I see modern cars with unpainted bumpers I think they've been in a crash and cheaply repaired with parts from Poland via eBay.

[Bfg]

.

 

Austin A40 Sports

https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Austin-A40-Sports/233204359685?

[bramz7]

Citroen C3 XTR

 

See I think that looks alright. There was also a Polo with similar treatment, as well as the Streetwise. All a bit lambasted when new, but clearly prematurity was the issue.

[vulgalour]

What they told you: These unpainted plastics will protect your paint from parking scrapes and save you a fortune in repairs, your car will be worth more when you trade it in.

 

What they meant: We need to cut costs somewhere, what if we just didn't paint the bits that don't rust?

 

Ford took it to new levels with the Ka, which they decided only needed painting where you could actually see the paint with the car fully assembled.

[GeordieInExile]

The fact the Viva bumpers don't match really annoys me.