Cars you didn't know existed until very recently.

[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.

[Timewaster]

2 minutes ago, martc said:

 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. 

So I was partly right, they didn't have the technology! 

[somewhatfoolish]

8 hours ago, Austat said:

Pars Khodro Sepand PK:

 

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

That's... impressive parking. 

[bunglebus]

11 hours ago, Austat said:

Pars Khodro Sepand PK:

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

I have seen those before on t'internet, very interesting creation. I'd love to inspect where the two halves meet

[1duck]

Mitsubishi ASX ,  guess it is mitsubishis attempt at the nissan juke...looks alright tbh, but i'd never heard of them and now mitsu are pulling out of the european market i bet spares are fun.

[Crackers]

Leyland Eight GE:

A design study that took the 3500 V8 placed in the middle and a "functional" bodyshell for testing purposes. Apparently 0-60 in ~7 secs and would go on to 140mph - that's pretty respectable for 1968!

The body wasn't really given much thought looks-wise, it was designed purely to send air where it was needed, hold a reasonable amount of luggage, and give the occupants enough space. That said, with a bit of refinement, that would probably have looked like a pretty cool car.

The back end wants a bit of attention, it sort of looks like it's the wrong way round - the tailgate wants to be a bit higher IMO - but I'd drive that!

More on it here:

http://www.britishv8.org/Articles/Leyland-Eight-GE-Release.htm

[somewhatfoolish]

I'm not sure Spen King would have appreciated his efforts being disparaged thus; it wasn't a finished product by any means but nor was it a mule. Most references I've read call it the Rover BS(for buick sports).

[barrett]

Really? Everything I've ever read about that car over the years always makes the point that the body was just a rough lash-up to give an idea of how it could be packaged. It certainly doesn't look like it's been 'styled' in any way, it's a pig of a thing really. I'm sure there are drawings of what it might have looked like out there somewhere.

I've also never heard the 'Leyland Eight GS' name before, I've only ever known it as a Rover. Seems a bit confusing bringing back the name of Leyland's most embarrassing failure for a new project!

[Dobloseven]

3 hours ago, 1duck said:

Mitsubishi ASX ,  guess it is mitsubishis attempt at the nissan juke...looks alright tbh, but i'd never heard of them and now mitsu are pulling out of the european market i bet spares are fun.

The ASX was another joint venture with PSA. In some markets it was sold as a Peugeot 4008 and, I think, a Citroën C4 Crosser. They never made it over here, but the ASX sold quite well for a Mitsubishi. Daughters neighbour had one on Motability before it was replaced with an MG3. 

[MisterH]

Hindustan Contessa, turns out the FE Victor lived until 2002!!

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hindustan_Contessa