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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. 

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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?

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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.

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On 11/11/2020 at 7:33 PM, Lacquer Peel said:

Lolwhat 

 

 

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I like the combination of fancy folding roof and poverty spec unpainted bumpers.

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On 11/10/2020 at 11:34 AM, bunglebus said:

 

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Is that grey thing not just a Chevy Suburban with a Toyota grille tacked on?

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Probably just Japan respecting* copyright laws, most of their earlier automobiles were copies of western stuff

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Isn’t the Japanese word for learn and copy one and the same ? Or so I was told anyway 😂

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On 11/11/2020 at 7:33 PM, Lacquer Peel said:

Lolwhat 

 

 

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I think they’re genuine Bauer conversions. They’re an interesting company and have done weird stuff that doesn’t seem to make any sense. I like it.

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The Suzuki Swace. According to Wiki it's a mildly restyled Corolla available in Europe only. And only in estate form here at least. I can see these being popular*.

Wait a sec, I think these are being built in Derby too having read an Autocar article quickly! Welcome Suzuki to UK manufacturing!

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Mazda Chantez, was going to have a small rotary engine under 660cc to meet with Kei-car regulations but ended up with a two stroke:

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On 11/16/2020 at 3:30 PM, Slappy said:

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The Suzuki Swace. According to Wiki it's a mildly restyled Corolla available in Europe only. And only in estate form here at least. I can see these being popular*.

Wait a sec, I think these are being built in Derby too having read an Autocar article quickly! Welcome Suzuki to UK manufacturing!

I actually looked at this as a possible replacement for our venerable Fiat Panda which, following glowing praise on this very website, has landed us with an eye watering bill due to the rear shock absorbers, handbrake cable, waterpump, front brakes and battery all requiring replacement in quick succession. The Swace is only available as a full hybrid and uses the Toyota hybrid system, as it is basically a Corolla. I‘m a big fan of this system for city cars and there are some unbelievable leasing deals to be had here in Germany. Unfortunately, it turns out Mrs I is not keen on cars which won‘t let you select which gear to use, and even less keen on cars that won‘t even let you select which engine.

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This months Craptical Plastics has a Yak Yeoman in it... 
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Never heard of one of them before... and bloody hell do I want one now!! 
 

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Nobe 100

Coming to you from Estonia.

https://mynobe.com/

If a "start-up" like this can make something like this.  I ask the question why could not Dyson produce a EV car? He gave all sorts of excuses why not.

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Standard Atlas was badged as a Triumph in USA .

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19 hours ago, brownnova said:

Yak Yeoman

That's almost what I said when I saw it.

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3 hours ago, Remspoor said:

Nobe 100

Coming to you from Estonia.

https://mynobe.com/

If a "start-up" like this can make something like this.  I ask the question why could not Dyson produce a EV car? He gave all sorts of excuses why not.

Yep, that's prominently displayed on a wall in line of sight from the main bus station in Tallin.

 

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To be honest I knew about this one, but I bet there's a fair few parishioners unaware of the RAP Pulse. I read about a Mk1 in a copy of Motorcycle International from the 80's, someone in London was importing them (they were made in the USA) to order. The Mk1 had a Yamaha XS400 engine making it a tadge underpowered, the outrider wheels, which were supposed to just balance it when stopped, hit the road frequently causing it to rock from side to side and the turning circle was pathetic. No reverse gear.  The article mentioned a Mk2 with a Gold Wing engine - which would certainly improve performance and also had a reverse. The very first ones were called 'Litestars', about 360 were made.

Anyhow, feast your eyes - car or bike? Or plane? The bodystyles seem to alter as some have tailplanes and fins, others have pop up headlights.

PULSE 1985 AUTOCYCLE MOTORCYCLE PULSE LITESTAR RARE ...Probably a  Mk1

Pulse specificationsI think this one is a Mk2.

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More details here - http://www.autocycles.org/index.html

 

 

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I think I saw one of those in the background of Back to the future II.

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Yep

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There's a red one visible for a moment too

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Probably this one from Robocop

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White one briefly seen in LA Story

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Emme 422T, sometimes hailed as the Brazilian Lotus...

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A company bought Lotus's leftover stock of 4-pot engines from the Esprit, then slapped them into a design that looked a little too much like the Volvo EEC concept. Despit all the Lotus badges I fail to find any evidence of lotus involvement other than the engines...

It sold as well as you'd expect, due to lawsuits and the fact alot of parts would need to have imported from the Uk to brazil...

 

 

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On 11/28/2020 at 11:53 PM, 17-Coffees said:

Emme 422T, sometimes hailed as the Brazilian Lotus...

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A company bought Lotus's leftover stock of 4-pot engines from the Esprit, then slapped them into a design that looked a little too much like the Volvo EEC concept. Despit all the Lotus badges I fail to find any evidence of lotus involvement other than the engines...

It sold as well as you'd expect, due to lawsuits and the fact alot of parts would need to have imported from the Uk to brazil...

 

 

Looks like the sort of thing a 1990s movie production company would make out of an old Ford Taurus as “Generic Car of Future”

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Sure someone was discussing the lack of car size pickups recently. Drove past a Nissan dealer today, don't know if they're all electric of if you get a dinosaur juice version 

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On 11/28/2020 at 7:53 PM, 17-Coffees said:

Emme 422T, sometimes hailed as the Brazilian Lotus...

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A company bought Lotus's leftover stock of 4-pot engines from the Esprit, then slapped them into a design that looked a little too much like the Volvo EEC concept. Despit all the Lotus badges I fail to find any evidence of lotus involvement other than the engines...

It sold as well as you'd expect, due to lawsuits and the fact alot of parts would need to have imported from the Uk to brazil...

 

 

My first reaction was that it must be a Chinese knock-off of a Volvo S80. The South American motor industry continues to surprise and fascinate.

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