Cars you didn't know existed until very recently.

[warch]

Apologies if this has already been posted (couldn't be arsed to check 140 odd pages of this thread, but the Kiwi built Trekka (not the 4wd Kangoo) surely deserves a place here.

CUUUUTE! I absolutely love it, especially as it's such a blatant Land Rover rip off (albeit 2wd). It's like a little boy trying to convince people, he's a grown up. I AM A LAND ROVER, I AM!

 

 

[Austat]

1980 Citroën CX Camping by CMS Aubercar:

http://www.citroenet.org.uk/passenger-cars/psa/cx/cx-15.html

What are the rear lights off? I was thinking they were off a Lancia Beta Coupé but the reverse lights are wider. 

[egg]

17 hours ago, warch said:

Apologies if this has already been posted (couldn't be arsed to check 140 odd pages of this thread, but the Kiwi built Trekka (not the 4wd Kangoo) surely deserves a place here.

Hubnut drove one in NZ on his channel.

[egg]

Apparently, there was the brief flirtation with the idea of a Renault 14 coupe! Ligier were involved apparently.

 

 

[Richard_FM]

24 minutes ago, egg said:

Apparently, there was the brief flirtation with the idea of a Renault 14 coupe! Ligier were involved apparently.

 

 

That's an interesting design even by 1970s French standards.

[adw1977]

I like the way they changed all the metalwork and glass but kept the rear light clusters.

[High Jetter]

Volvo, anyone? Look at that rear window

[Remspoor]

12 hours ago, High Jetter said:

Volvo, anyone? Look at that rear window

I thought that too.

[Wilko220]

[bunglebus]

Ah Gurgel. They make some truly weird shit.

[Three Speed]

weird shit indeed. This website tells you all about it- if you understand Portuguese.
http://www.gurgelbrasil.com/2SG/hipergurgel/GURGEL-MOTOR3-0484_PAG1.htm

I have never heard of Gurgel before. Fantastic  stuff. It all seems to be plastic-ish bodies around VW running gear and whatever they could use for windows and other stuff. Made in Brazil. 

[bangernomics]

Van and car screen looks the same

[Snipes]

On 7/28/2020 at 9:44 PM, egg said:

Apparently, there was the brief flirtation with the idea of a Renault 14 coupe! Ligier were involved apparently.

 

 

That looks like some woeful kit car that should be sat under a taup on somebody's drive in a comical state of disrepair. 

[Austat]

Tata Loadbeta:

[Austat]

VW Golf Country:

[Austat]

Fiat 850 Vignale:

[bunglebus]

6 hours ago, Austat said:

VW Golf Country:

There's at least one in the UK, seen it at a show. You can buy a Matchbox version too.

[Richard_FM]

I was surprised to see a Saab hearse conversion today.

[Austat]

Fiat 125 S Coupe Samantha by Vignale:

[SteersWithThrottle]

11 hours ago, Austat said:

Fiat 125 S Coupe Samantha by Vignale:

#notamiura

[Volksy]

Those Fiat Samanthas are such a pretty car, 

IIRC back in the early ninetys one was spotted rotting away in the long stay car park at Alicante Airport. Think it was in the spotted/rust in peace section of 'Your Classic' magazine. 

[Slowsilver]

16 hours ago, bunglebus said:

There's at least one in the UK, seen it at a show. You can buy a Matchbox version too.

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On 2/18/2019 at 7:58 PM, Slowsilver said:

Never seen one of these before.
Golf Country.
4 wheel drive Volkswagen Golf.
Raised ride height, underbody protection, front and rear bull bars.
British registration but left-hand drive.
I think they all were as they were allegedly never sold over here.
Seen outside the industrial unit opposite where I work on 22/01/2018 then a few more times in the next week or so. Not seen again since.
 

 

[Austat]

NSU-Fiat Jagst Riviera Vignale Cabrio:

[martc]

Shamelessly knicked form the Bikeshite thread. Never seen or heard of this one before. It's a Honda Cub EZ90 but not the old grunter your slightly seedy uncle used to ride; that would have been a C90. The EZ90 was made between 1990 and 96; it was sold in the USA primarily aimed at the 'put it on the rack at the back of your motorhome market'.

Your uncle the day before yesterday - c'mon son sit on the back an' 'old on.

[Lanciaman]

Can't get a copy of the pic but a 2008 panda 4x4.   A standard one but with the diesel engine.   Never knew they did these. Thought the diesel could only be had in the panda Cross.  In the uk anyway. 

https://www.gumtree.com/p/fiat/fiat-panda-4x4-turbo-diesel/1380368585

[17-Coffees]

This...

It looks like a generic ‘special edition’ Mk3 Golf yes? Well it’s not, it has 0 cylinders.
It’s an EV, limited run of next to bigger all, about 23hp and could just touch 60! 
 

Only found out as Grampian Transport Museum just got the example pictured! 

[Tayne]

You know there were electric mk1 and mk2 Golfs, don’t you?
 

https://dyler.com/posts/126/the-volkswagen-elektro-golf-an-electric-car-from-1976

[angle]

Oh I like these. Apparently by the mid 90s Ford and Volkswagen were struggling for market share in Brazil so they teamed up to use each others strengths. A sort of Arna / Cherry Europe situation. 

Which is why you can get a Volkswagen Apollo. Yeah, it's an Orion. 

Or how about a VW Pointer or Logus? Using the very latest in European technology, ie Mk5 Escort underpinnings. 

Ford went bigger - the Versailles and the Royale were Santana based. 

 

[GeordieInExile]

Those are so weird. Why didn't they just use their own IP instead of swapping...?

I'm reminded of the VW Hillman Hunter from Brazil. Which I'd really like one of.

[Richard_FM]

Latin America seems to get all sorts of odd rebranded cars, South Africa has also had some semantic oddballs.