Cars you didn't know existed until very recently.

[Austat]

The 2CV's Vietnamese cousin, the "Dalat":

[Volksy]

I vaguely remember these from my spanish childhood.

It does look like a Playmobile toy.

Behold the Ebro Jeep Viasa SV Toledo.

[Lord Sterling]

Circa 1930s Rytecraft Scootacar:

They also did a van version:

I want one.

[Remspoor]

Porsche B32. Total built 11.

 

[Inspiral_Mondays]

11 hours ago, Austat said:

Alfasud Giardinetta:

 

Nice one, I‘d forgotten those existed. I saw one for sale at a specialist dealer  in Germany ca. 1993 and remember looking in wonder at the crazy Alfasud ergonomics such as the heater fan being on the windscreen wiper stalk if memory serves correctly. It’s the only Giardinetta I think I‘ve ever seen on the road.

[barrett]

Pretty sure @Mr_Bo11ox used to have one of those

[Mr_Bo11ox]

Yes I did, had one in the early 90's - 'mine' popped up as a barn find on Facebook about a year ago so its still around, and looks just as shite as it did when i had it

[Volksy]

I've only ever seen one of those 'Suds in the flesh, was outside a small town Alfa dealer near Rimini. 

I must have a photo of it somewhere. 

[Austat]

4 hours ago, Mr_Bo11ox said:

Yes I did, had one in the early 90's - 'mine' popped up as a barn find on Facebook about a year ago so its still around, and looks just as shite as it did when i had it

Any photos of it?

[bunglebus]

This, is a Tri-Magnum

 

[Volksy]

Saw this on intagram earlier. Its based on a 1969 300SEL 6.3 Styled by Pininfarina

Kind of a mix of the Fiat 130 Coupe, Rolls Camague and a Mazda 929 Stacklight!

https://www.fanmercedesbenz.com/1969-mercedes-w109-300sel-6-3-coupe-pininfarina/

 

[vulgalour]

First thought:  They did a Skyhawk wagon on this platform?

Second thought:  I wonder if you can put the Skyhawk front on a Mk2 Cavalier to make a droopsnoot-alike that never was.

[Skizzer]

How cute is this?  It’s a 1967 Moretti 850 Sportiva Coupe, apparently. One of several tiny low volume sports cars based on the Fiat 850.

https://www.carandclassic.co.uk/car/C1223870

It’s a lot of money, obviously.

[vulgalour]

That's like a tiny baby little Iso Grifo.

[myglaren]

Not really a car but disguised as one

 

 

[bunglebus]

Yep it's a Sierra. But it only has one mirror. Weird Portuguese spec? Doesn't look broken off

 

FB_IMG_1588697942206 by RS, on Flickr

[chaseracer]

Is that a Lotus Elise screen?

[Richard_FM]

It reminds me of the Panther 6 which looked like lady Penelope's daily driver if Thunderbirds was brought back in the late 1970s.

[Sir Snipes]

2 hours ago, chaseracer said:

Is that a Lotus Elise screen?

Are those 206 Hella-style headlights?

[adw1977]

7 hours ago, bunglebus said:

Yep it's a Sierra. But it only has one mirror. Weird Portuguese spec? Doesn't look broken off

Early UK base Sierras had only one mirror as standard (someone presumably ticked the option box for a second one on GVG510Y) but of the dangly type.  That Portugese example seems to be the internally adjustable sort.

Being a police car, it could well be a non-standard spec.

[17-Coffees]

With the demise of the Lexus GS range, I did some looking. I know of the Mk2 having the 4.0 and 4.3 V8's, as well as the Mk3's having the 4.6 V8, but there's one spec I never knew of...

The Mk1 GS V8 AWD! 

Okay, that's because it never existed...as a Lexus. You could get the Mk1 Toyota Aristo with the LS400's 4.0 V8, and AWD! Sadly, a JDM only model. 

Annnd the real money shot!

 

Oooft! 

[martc]

28 minutes ago, 17-Coffees said:

With the demise of the Lexus GS range, I did some looking. I know of the Mk2 having the 4.0 and 4.3 V8's, as well as the Mk3's having the 4.6 V8, but there's one spec I never knew of...

The Mk1 GS V8 AWD! 

Okay, that's because it never existed...as a Lexus. You could get the Mk1 Toyota Aristo with the LS400's 4.0 V8, and AWD! Sadly, a JDM only model. 

 

Sold by Brave Auto - a comment on the characteristics required when faced with the first repair bill.

[rantingYoof]

Tsk, no Lexus of that generation volunteers a repair bill for anything mechanical. Blasphemy!



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[Remspoor]

Renault Wind

[Richard_FM]

9 minutes ago, Remspoor said:

Renault Wind

I remember Renault had a few weird cars in the range at one time which had to be culled from uk sales lists.

[Remspoor]

Just now, Richard_FM said:

I remember Renault had a few weird cars in the range at one time which had to be culled from uk sales lists.

I have never seen one in the many EU countries I have visited either.

[vulgalour]

Saw a Wind a few months ago.  They've got very strange proportions in person, much more so than in photographs.  Almost like when you see a car that's had a bodykit fitted to make it look lower without actually lowering it.

[Sir Snipes]

Yeah. Very high sided.

[Yoss]

There's one on my delivery. Because I see it nearly every day I forget how weird it looks then one day I'll look at it and the odd proportions hit me again. Not sure if it's too tall or too short. 

[Aston Martin]

Heuliez Pondicherry, the guys that built the 206cc etc.

 

It's an electric Matiz.