Cars you didn't know existed until very recently.

[Yoss]

9 hours ago, Austat said:

1968 Alfa Romeo Carabo by Bertone:

Could only be Bertone. 

[Inspiral_Mondays]

On 9/16/2021 at 12:55 AM, barrett said:

A 234 is pretty near the top of my list of postwar British cars I actually want to own, or at least drive. It's also the only nice car A-S ever built. As above, the six was actually quite a bit less powerful and slower than the four, but I don't think you can be choosey today as there's something like a dozen left of all types. I have a Michelotti sketch of a re-styled proposal which I think did make it to the prototype stage, but the car-building arm of the company collapsed in part due to poor sales of the model and it was never built. I believe the alloy bits are in aircraft-grade Hiduminium, repairs of which would, I'd guess, make welding aluminium look like a piece of piss.

I also love the way they look, but I'm a weirdo

Great info, I‘d never heard of hiduminium. According to Wiki, ASM built car engines out of this stuff.

[Inspiral_Mondays]

19 hours ago, Austat said:

1968 Alfa Romeo Carabo by Bertone:

I had a Carabo back in the 70s. Here‘s a picture:

[Austat]

The Swiss market Ascona, an Opel Kadett B with a 1700 unit only available for the Swiss market:

[JeeExEll]

Citroen Sbarro looks like a 1989 kit-car based on the Princess.

'Transform your tired wedge into a modern car ready for the 90s, and beyond.

Send S.A.E. for more details' to P.K.C. grp Developments (est 1987).

Fibreglass cladding also now available for the Allegro Estate'.

[MisterH]

16 hours ago, HarmonicCheeseburger said:

Granted a concept but still...

The Peugeot 205 Verve 1984.

 

 

Whatever drugs they were on didn't work...

 

Otherwise we'd see loads of them 

[artdjones]

19 hours ago, HarmonicCheeseburger said:

Granted a concept but still...

The Peugeot 205 Verve 1984.

 

 

Heuliez had a go at a 309. It look better than the standard notchback.

[Timewaster]

There is a thread on RR of a DIY 309Gti Estate with an extended tailgate on the standard body. Looks brilliant. 

https://forum.retro-rides.org/thread/203017/1990-peugeot-309-touring-estate?page=3

 

 

[JimH]

Only just found out about this. 

 

I assume from the little front plate and general wet soap in the raininess it is some JDM thing. But what?  

[mintwth]

Toyota sera

[Pieman]

8 hours ago, Timewaster said:

There is a thread on RR of a DIY 309Gti Estate with an extended tailgate on the standard body. Looks brilliant. 

https://forum.retro-rides.org/thread/203017/1990-peugeot-309-touring-estate?page=3

 

 

I know the guys who built that - they've banger raced all sorts of weird rubbish over the last few years and deliberately try and race the most unsuitable cars for the sport.  Last one they raced was a homemade Peugeot 405 Estate stretched limo....

[Timewaster]

Without stirring up the old banger racing argument, you can't deny the ingenuity of some of them. 

I've not been to a race for donkeys years, but the spanner that went on between races was remarkable. 

I've seen them pinch bits of the tow car to get the race car going again. 

Of course it was easier then when everything was a Granada or Cortina. 

 

 

[bunglebus]

Yet another of the many faces of the Hillman Avenger

[Inspiral_Mondays]

Apparently this prototype was built by BMW. Has a sort of used look about it, so maybe it was built for testing or something.

[bunglebus]

From the front I thought it was a Baur

Yes I know that's an E21

[quicksilver]

Looks like it might have started life as a Baur. It has the look of a support vehicle for some sort of high-speed challenge.

[Sham]

That's funny, I thought it had the look of a bodged together pile of junk - but what do I know?

[bunglebus]

We need a puke emoji

 

[LightBulbFun]

18 minutes ago, HarmonicCheeseburger said:

The Ford F-250 Tropiclassic.

 

https://jalopnik.com/the-tropical-cabines-tropiclassic-is-a-strange-vehicle-1846241844

is it wrong that I actually kinda like that? in its so fugly it comes full circle?

I love how especially from the back it literally does look like someone just inflated a saloon car, it sort of reminds me of a Civvy version of the Presidential Limo (which makes sense since thats also based on a pickup truck platform)

the only thing id change with the above is give it a more car like nose LOL it would be hilarious to show up to some green lane event with it  

[mintwth]

58 minutes ago, HarmonicCheeseburger said:

The Ford F-250 Tropiclassic

I can't decide which end is supposed to be the front and which end is supposed to be the back.

If it wasn't for the lights, steering wheel and wing mirrors it'd be even harder to decide 

[Austat]

Nissan Laurel C130-EV:

[TheOtherStu]

6 hours ago, Austat said:

Nissan Laurel C130-EV:

That leads me onto the Nissan Altra. Definitely ahead of its time in 1998.

Used Lithium Ion batteries and had a range of 140m. Around the same as the new Honda E and the BMW Mini EV.

[artdjones]

On 9/29/2021 at 3:34 PM, HarmonicCheeseburger said:

Zijing Qingyuan Armored Spherical Cabin Electric Patrol Vehicle

https://carnewschina.com/2014/11/28/introducing-the-zijing-qingyuan-armored-sperical-cabin-electric-patrol-vehicle/

 

 

 

 

Which part houses the social credit level detector?

[MKT]

Isuzu Bighorn Lotus edition

[Pieman]

Engerauto Scorpion.  Unsurprisingly it's Brazilian, based on a Ford F1000.  I kinda wish I still didn't know about it.

[JeeExEll]

262 Solaire.

[JeeExEll]

Found these 2 random pics and thought it was just some old clown-car conversion.

But, fuck me, there are loads of them.  They were for real.

The Cadillac Seville Milan Hardtop / Roadster.

At least the handling and performance should be much improved, I think they'd be a bit of a laugh to drive.

But just look at the state of this . . . . .

[Austat]

Toyota Kijang & the Toyota Tamaraw, both for the Indonesian market: 

 

[steveo3002]

first time i ever saw one of these yesterday ...guess not that rare, ugly beast 

 

[MJK 24]

I knew Alfa made commercials up to approx the late 60’s.  Completely unaware mainland Europe were getting them until the very end of the 80’s though!  A clear Fiat / Iveco base.  I wonder what the point was?!