Cars you didn't know existed until very recently.

[SteersWithThrottle]

 

[Austat]

Wolseley 24/80, an Australian-market 15/60 with a 2.4L I6 unit:

[angle]

On 4/19/2021 at 6:02 PM, Asimo said:

Allard should have stayed with Cadillac power. Villiers - pfff!

 

My parents neighbour's one does ok with Chevrolet power, mind. Think he was disappointed he couldn't quite crack 200mph with it though. 

 

[STUNO]

3 hours ago, Austat said:

Wolseley 24/80, an Australian-market 15/60 with a 2.4L I6 unit:

This could be my one ! The same colour and interior. I bought it in Sydney and it was traded in Canberra at the BMC dealer for a new Mini K 1100 in 1970

[Austat]

3 hours ago, STUNO said:

This could be my one ! The same colour and interior. I bought it in Sydney and it was traded in Canberra at the BMC dealer for a new Mini K 1100 in 1970

The Victorian H-plate dates to the early 60's, if it was re-registered in Victoria in the early 70's it would be on an L-plate or a late-issue K-plate, so it's unlikely that it's your previous one. That being said, it could be on a private plate that's period correct (I see fairly new cars with plates from the 90's on them). Got any photos of the Wolseley or the K1100 Mini?

[STUNO]

17 hours ago, Austat said:

The Victorian H-plate dates to the early 60's, if it was re-registered in Victoria in the early 70's it would be on an L-plate or a late-issue K-plate, so it's unlikely that it's your previous one. That being said, it could be on a private plate that's period correct (I see fairly new cars with plates from the 90's on them). Got any photos of the Wolseley or the K1100 Mini?

You took me a bit too literally ! Mine was manual trans, and the one here has an "Automatic" badge on the boot lid. I think I have one photo of each, both slides , put away somewhere. The mini pic was taken on a new years day, sitting in the snow south of Canberra. Will look for them.

[Austat]

1964 BMW Hurricane Concept:

[bunglebus]

Very un-BMW, if you'd told me it was a Fiat or an Alfa I would have believed you

[wuvvum]

This was a new one on me.  The Muji Car 1000, a poverty-spec K11 Micra-based car only available online.

[Tayne]

7 hours ago, Austat said:

1964 BMW Hurricane Concept:

 

 

 

Anyone else see E86 Z4 coupe in that rear end?

 

[somewhatfoolish]

I'm seeing a Marcos GT, also of ~1964.

[Austat]

Citroen 2CV Radar:

 

[Billy - Medhurst]

On 10/1/2020 at 7:27 AM, Remspoor said:

Lancia Lybra,

https://www.milanuncios.com/lancia-de-segunda-mano/lybra.htm

https://www.ooyyo.com/france/lancia-lybra-occasion-a-vendre/c=CDA31D7114D38565111BFB6FBA0D355BFDA11D6617F286/

https://www.marktplaats.nl/l/auto-s/lancia/f/lybra-sw/910/

The forbidden fruit of UK.

Just looking up these on here and found this post. Found a Lancia Lybra Estate abandoned to a driveway with soggy tyres and moss near here. Looks cool in my eyes.

[Remspoor]

A bit of a special. Wonder how many were actually made.              6 wheeled Espace.

 

[bunglebus]

Huandu CAC6430 and brethren. Looks familiar...

[chaseracer]

7 hours ago, bunglebus said:

Huandu CAC6430 and brethren. Looks familiar...

https://chinacarhistory.com/2020/04/13/the-morris-ital-made-in-china/

[SteersWithThrottle]

On 6/11/2021 at 11:25 AM, Austat said:

1964 BMW Hurricane Concept:

I'm seeing a car with alloy wheels in the first pic, and wires in the second. Quite odd...

The tyres on the rear alloys look slightly wider. I wonder if they had to change it because of handling issues? The back wheels in both pics have quite strong negative camber for a road car.

[bunglebus]

Lada 21018 and 20109 (Riva), with factory Wankel

[myglaren]

Never occurred to me that there might be a stretch XM

[martc]

2 hours ago, myglaren said:

Never occurred to me that there might be a stretch XM

Possibly an attempt at modernising the small, but prestigious, East German 'General Secretary of the Socialist Unity Party of Germany and Chairman of the National Defence Council' market. A cut throat market that saw Citroen in direct competition with Volvo.

https://www.auto-motor-und-sport.de/reise/honeckers-dienstwagen-die-extravaganz-des-vorsitzenden/

[AnthonyG]

On 6/11/2021 at 6:34 PM, wuvvum said:

This was a new one on me.  The Muji Car 1000, a poverty-spec K11 Micra-based car only available online.

I read about this recently, MUJI were/are a sort of basic fashion retailer. Imagine a car from Primark! 

I love the ‘an car’ grille - 100% solid effort there. 

[somewhatfoolish]

On 6/18/2021 at 1:24 AM, bunglebus said:

Huandu CAC6430 and brethren. Looks familiar...

Do they still steer like laden VLCCs?

[ChinaTom]

A few 4x4 versions of that Chinese Ital found their way onto military owned tobacco plantations in QuJing and ZunYi. If only there was a sense of pride in crap vehicles over there - I bet there are few crumbling away in derelict buildings in remote areas.

[Adrian_pt]

The Fiat 131 Marengo was a new one on me - two-door estate sold as a commercial vehicle for a couple of years.  Lonsdales must be on every street corner by comparison.

[outlaw118]

On 6/21/2021 at 10:27 AM, myglaren said:

Never occurred to me that there might be a stretch XM

The "boot" part looks more like the arse end of a 605? 

[Austat]

Trident Clipper, Venturer, & Tycoon:

[Austat]

Ghia 450 SS:

[Austat]

Pars Khodro Sepand PK:

A Renault 5 with a Kia Pride floorplan (hence the widebody yo). Built in Iran from 1994 to 2005.

[Timewaster]

On 6/26/2021 at 3:56 PM, HarmonicCheeseburger said:

 

Nope not a Mercedes a unlicensed North Korean knock off named the Kaengsaeng 88.

 

I doubt North Korea had the technology to produce copies of 190s.

I would be more inclined to believe that they acquired a few and stuck their own badges on and paraded them about as an example of their output for propaganda. 

[martc]

5 hours ago, Timewaster said:

I doubt North Korea had the technology to produce copies of 190s.

I would be more inclined to believe that they acquired a few and stuck their own badges on and paraded them about as an example of their output for propaganda. 

This has sent me down a rabbit hole. The Kaengsaeng 88 was made at the Sungri factory,  as a direct copy of the 190, but without the heating system! It was also not air tight and was prone to flooding and/or intake of dust in to the seating area. 

Here's an interesting article on the North Korean car industry - https://chinacarhistory.com/2018/05/15/cars-of-the-dprk-north-korea/

They mainly make Chinese cars under licence, but there was at least one other attempt at out Mercedesing Mercedes via SSangyong with the DPRK version of the Ssangyong Chairman, itself based on the MB w124 - the Pyonghwa Zunma

There's plenty of DPRK cars you won't recognise, being Chinese, but here's two you might -

Hwiparam means 'Whistle' in Korean

They first made the FIAT Siena followed by the Doblo. Now FIAT is well known for setting up factories in less than democratic countries; the two models above were made from kits imported from Vietnam. The factory in Vietnam is a joint venture with FIAT but I can't determine whether the kits sent to North Korea were officially sanctioned or not.