Cars you didn't know existed until very recently.

[wuvvum]

This was a new one on me - estate version of the Mk2 Saab 9-5.

[NorfolkNWeigh]

6 minutes ago, wuvvum said:

This was a new one on me - estate version of the Mk2 Saab 9-5.

I think some have been finished and registered since Saab went Tits up, even though they were never launched.

[tul66]

4 hours ago, sdkrc said:

A concept car but still worth sharing, the Volvo 540

 

[Landy Mann]

2 hours ago, NorfolkNWeigh said:

I think some have been finished and registered since Saab went Tits up, even though they were never launched.

I can't find the link but I'm sure there was an article or Saab forum thread detailing the effort to road register and TuV the escaped estates. It wasn't easy lots of paperwork involved.

[bunglebus]

Came across a site with loads of Jap car brochures. Got to be tons of tat we either didn't get to see or dissolved before they became etched in our memories. Serious rabbit hole warning.

http://www.en.japanclassic.ru/booklets

Daihatsu Naked anyone?

How about a Honda N-Box

Honda Quint?

Toyota Allex

There are loads. I'll leave you to explore

 

 

 

[High Jetter]

12 hours ago, bunglebus said:

Came across a site with loads of Jap car brochures. Got to be tons of tat we either didn't get to see or dissolved before they became etched in our memories. Serious rabbit hole warning.

http://www.en.japanclassic.ru/booklets

Honda Quint?

We got that in the UK, as the Honda Quintet. Also badged Rover Quintet in some markets, the first Ronda.

[Richard_FM]

15 minutes ago, High Jetter said:

We got that in the UK, as the Honda Quintet. Also badged Rover Quintet in some markets, the first Ronda.

I think it was Rover badged in New Zealand.

[Adrian_pt]

On 11/7/2020 at 11:40 PM, bunglebus said:

Came across a site with loads of Jap car brochures. Got to be tons of tat we either didn't get to see or dissolved before they became etched in our memories. Serious rabbit hole warning.

http://www.en.japanclassic.ru/booklets

Looks suspiciously like Sid James and Charles Hawtrey advertising the Suzuki Mighty Boy - which, to be fair, does have a bit of a Carry On ring to it. 

[bunglebus]

Another from that site, Toyota Briska is a cool little truck

 

 

[bunglebus]

Pass the eye bleach, it's the Toyota Classic

 

[bunglebus]

Toyota Corsa - way before Opel used it?

 

[bunglebus]

Somewhat terrifying Toyota Deliboy brochure

 

[bunglebus]

Early Toyota Dynas are funky looking things

 

 

[bunglebus]

Toyota Mega Cruiser - Humvee influence?

 

 

[bunglebus]

Toyota Origin is retro done right

 

[bunglebus]

Political correctness be damned, it's the Toyota Spade

 

[bunglebus]

Toyota Sprinter Coupés 60s-70's

Think one just appeared on the WTF thread

 

[bunglebus]

Another cool commercial, Toyota Stout - guess this evolved into the HiLux, don't remember a crew cab though

 

[bunglebus]

I bet there are virtually no 50s Toyoace trucks left

 

[bunglebus]

Japanese car designers were only allowed to use rulers when drawing up the 1982 Vista

 

[bunglebus]

Christ this one's ugly - reminds me of those US Postal Service vans

 

[sdkrc]

Fiat Premio

[martc]

1 hour ago, bunglebus said:

Toyota Corsa - way before Opel used it?

I just had to look this up, mainly because there was a familiar look to them - Toyota did beat Opel to if but only by 4 years, the Toyota Corsa was introduced in 1978, the Opel in 1982. And why did they look familiar? - because they were sold as Tercels here. The Toyota Corsa name was only used in Japan

40 minutes ago, bunglebus said:

Toyota Sprinter Coupés 60s-70's

And the Sprinters - early ones were Corolla based and later ones were Tercel hatchbacks. Confusingly, some (Tercel) Sprinter/Corsa hatchbacks were also sold as Corrollas in Japan. Toyota first used the Sprinter name in 1968, British Rail in 1984 and Mercedes in 1995

[egg]

Gaz Volga Siber - based on Chrysler Sebring platform

[MorrisItalSLX]

8 hours ago, bunglebus said:

Japanese car designers were only allowed to use rulers when drawing up the 1982 Vista

 

First generation Camry in international markets.

[Spiny Norman]

Saloons based on hatchbacks seems a pretty common theme so I wasn't that surprised when I saw one of these in an Australian film the other night.

[Richard_FM]

Saloons based on hatchbacks seem to be popular in Latin America, especially when they are 2 door saloons.

[Lacquer Peel]

Lolwhat 

 

 

[juular]

On 10/28/2020 at 8:26 PM, angle said:

They also had the CAL-1, a 'utility sports coupe', a bit like a Celica-based El Camino with some speedboat mixed in. It had a teak paneled rear deck with a rumble seat, and the panels were removable to turn it into a pickup. Obviously. 

Hory sheet. That el-celica is the coolest thing I've ever seen and I urgently want one. Did they ever get made in numbers?

[somewhatfoolish]

10 hours ago, juular said:

Hory sheet. That el-celica is the coolest thing I've ever seen and I urgently want one. Did they ever get made in numbers?

looks like it was only a concept.