Cars you didn't know existed until very recently.

[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.

[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.

[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. 

[Aston Martin]

On 5/6/2020 at 12:39 PM, chaseracer said:

Is that a Lotus Elise screen?

 

And morette 206 headlights.

[GeordieInExile]

Getting a strong Punto MK1 vibe from the front of that Pondicherry.

[Yoss]

A friend of mine who likes his Fiats once told me the design of the Matiz was offered to Fiat but they rejected it going with their own 500 (a few years later, but I think it was in the design phase). Whilst we can't argue with the success of the new 500 I can't help thinking the Matiz is more of a true successor to the original, the new one being rather overbloated, to my eyes at least. 

 

I can't verify this, it's one of those a bloke down the pub said stories but it sounds quite feasible. 

[martc]

1 hour ago, Yoss said:

A friend of mine who likes his Fiats once told me the design of the Matiz was offered to Fiat but they rejected it going with their own 500 (a few years later, but I think it was in the design phase). Whilst we can't argue with the success of the new 500 I can't help thinking the Matiz is more of a true successor to the original, the new one being rather overbloated, to my eyes at least. 

 

I can't verify this, it's one of those a bloke down the pub said stories but it sounds quite feasible. 

The Matiz was designed by Giugiaro aka Italdesign. The design was called the Lucciola - made from recycled materials and powered by an electric motor. There's no mention of FIATs involvement on Italdesign's website but other sites claim the work was for FIAT who wanted to reintroduce the 500  (Cinquecento) of yore. Here's the full SP straight from the horses mouth -

https://www.italdesign.it/project/lucciola/

FIAT were in fact already making the Cinquecento (designed by Ermanno Cressoni) when the Lucciola was released. As FIAT were not interested in it the design was offered to Daewoo who snapped it up.

Some more chat here -

https://drivetribe.com/p/giugiaros-rejected-concept-which-ajb24UKJR_qsSQfDlQwfug?iid=MQCLo0wJQ7260chWi1pFfA

 

 

 

[Richard_FM]

The Yugo Sana was based on design study by Pininfarina for the Fiat Tipo iirc. 

[17-Coffees]

I never knew about this till a few mins ago...

Electric 190E! 

[Snipes]

Oh wow FIVE seats?!