Cars you didn't know existed until very recently.

[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.

[bunglebus]

  On 02/08/2020 at 20:36, angle said:

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

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Except it's a two-door. I have seen pictures of factory 2 door Onions but Google says no these days, only home-made ones. The story at the time was something like three were made. If anyone still has Max Power mags one came up for sale in the back once

[bunglebus]

  On 02/08/2020 at 22:04, GeordieInExile said:

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

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Volkswagen 1500. Not to be confused with the Volkswagen 1500 from the 60s/70s

[angle]

  On 03/08/2020 at 06:33, bunglebus said:

Except it's a two-door. I have seen pictures of factory 2 door Onions but Google says no these days, only home-made ones. The story at the time was something like three were made. If anyone still has Max Power mags one came up for sale in the back once

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From Wikipedia:

Although heavily based in the second generation of the European Ford Orion, it has a unique body style, being a two-door sedan with a higher rear design and horizontal tail lights. The two cars are also mechanically different, and while the Orion was only available in the four-door body style, the Verona was only available with two doors. It lacked some features available in the Orion, for example the folding rear seats, to reduce production costs.

Apparently either available with a 1.6  litre Ford engine based on the Renault Cleon-Fonte, or a 1.8 VW engine. It replaced the extremely shite looking Ford Del Rey, which appears to be a Cortina / Renault 12 mashup:

[Mr_Bo11ox]

  On 01/08/2020 at 00:08, Austat said:

Fiat 125 S Coupe Samantha by Vignale:

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Jensen Interceptor doors on these! 

[JeeExEll]

The TVR Tina.  A what??  Based on the Imp, obv.

Some stuff about it here, history involved Gerry Marshall the racing driver.

https://www.silverstoneauctions.com/events/2017-auctions/nec-classic-motor-show-sale-2017/nec-classic-motor-show-sale-2017-sale/2pm-saturday-cars/1967-tvr-tina-prototype

[sheffcortinacentre]

At least one of the factory 2 Dr Orion's survives in Ireland as a rwd rally car ( manta running gear I believe).now belongs to the son  (fiesta wrc driver) of original driver,there's some YouTube footage of it.

I'm sure there was a pic of the boxer Barry Maguigan driving one in a rally ( possibly circuit of Ireland) in the mid 80's it was a MK1.

Love this sorta stuff. Was lead to believe the Delray was Renault 12 based, whereas the Apollo/Verona was MK4 escort based.

[Tamworthbay]

  On 03/08/2020 at 09:13, JeeExEll said:

The TVR Tina.  A what??  Based on the Imp, obv.

Some stuff about it here, history involved Gerry Marshall the racing driver.

https://www.silverstoneauctions.com/events/2017-auctions/nec-classic-motor-show-sale-2017/nec-classic-motor-show-sale-2017-sale/2pm-saturday-cars/1967-tvr-tina-prototype

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Prototype named after the designers kid. Practical classics rebuilt it before they went all gentrified and have Porsche  cayennes and similar shit in.

[davocano]

  On 29/07/2020 at 17:26, bunglebus said:

Ah Gurgel. They make some truly weird shit.

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Like a (hypothetical) Metro Streetwise, a Peugeot J7 and a Merc C126.

For ginormous children.

[adw1977]

  On 03/08/2020 at 06:36, bunglebus said:

Volkswagen 1500. Not to be confused with the Volkswagen 1500 from the 60s/70s

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Based on the Hillman Avenger?

[sheffcortinacentre]

Yes

[Austat]

  On 03/08/2020 at 09:13, JeeExEll said:

The TVR Tina.  A what??  Based on the Imp, obv.

Some stuff about it here, history involved Gerry Marshall the racing driver.

https://www.silverstoneauctions.com/events/2017-auctions/nec-classic-motor-show-sale-2017/nec-classic-motor-show-sale-2017-sale/2pm-saturday-cars/1967-tvr-tina-prototype

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Reminds me of the Capri concept drawings:

[17-Coffees]

I’ve taken a shine to Hybrids and EV’s over the last few years, so to carry in from the CityStormer Golf the other day I bring you this...

The Cadillac ELR! 
It’s a essentially a coupe of the Chevy Volt/Vauxhall’s Ampera. It sold rather badly with shy of 3000 sold in 3 years. 

Personally rather like it, having that oh-so-angular Cadillac styling rather well! 

[Ghosty]

  On 21/07/2020 at 15:20, Remspoor said:

Where as in  the UK they hit the horn and swear a lot!

 

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Watching that lead me to another video on their channel. 

And this at 9:00:

 


Streetwise Commerce?! 

Google suggests this is homebrew. 

[Tayne]

  On 04/08/2020 at 23:12, 17-Coffees said:

I’ve taken a shine to Hybrids and EV’s over the last few years, so to carry in from the CityStormer Golf the other day I bring you this...

The Cadillac ELR! 
It’s a essentially a coupe of the Chevy Volt/Vauxhall’s Ampera. It sold rather badly with shy of 3000 sold in 3 years. 

Personally rather like it, having that oh-so-angular Cadillac styling rather well! 

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Poor selling because it was too expensive I believe.

 

 

[GeordieInExile]

Been looking at Tissier-modified Citroens. Awesome.

 

[Remspoor]

Never knew about the Reliant  FW11.

even more surprised to see the link between it and the Citroen BX

https://www.aronline.co.uk/concepts-and-prototypes/concepts-sd2-redux-an-anglo-italian-french-lesson/

[chaseracer]

I really REALLY want the Alouette to have landed there, and not been carefully placed in some sensible way.

[SteersWithThrottle]

I remember a mad bugger called Andy Saunders regularly having his modified cars featured in Street Machine in the 80s and 90s.

This CX low loader stuck in my mind:

 

 

Here's his take on a 2CV, nobody better show this to DollyWobbler, he might faint...

[High Jetter]

That's wrong. Very wrong.

[Ghosty]

I'm sick of the sight of that 2CV. 

[bunglebus]

  On 05/08/2020 at 20:03, SteersWithThrottle said:

This CX low loader stuck in my mind:

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Assorta Transporter and Runaground if my memory serves - Citroen hydraulics put to good use to improve the angle of the bed when loading.

[Austat]

Volvo 1800 ESC Viking (Coggiola) concept:

[egg]

Iranian Saipa 151.

http://www.saipacorp.com/en/allproducts/saipa/saipa151

Yes it is.