Cars you didn't know existed until very recently.

[RoadworkUK]

Not at all. I could virtually bathe in it. Could happily watch it in a loop for the rest of my life.

[gtd2000]

I didn't know these existed with an Italian badge on them until yesterday when looking at Facebook  Marketplace

[High Jetter]

2 minutes ago, gtd2000 said:

I didn't know these existed with an Italian badge on them until yesterday when looking at Facebook  Marketplace

An '08 one is my daily driver. It's an Italian built van that sometimes wore a Daihatsu badge. Got the link?

[gtd2000]

30 minutes ago, High Jetter said:

An '08 one is my daily driver. It's an Italian built van that sometimes wore a Daihatsu badge. Got the link?

Here you go:

https://www.facebook.com/marketplace/item/1005489860026397/

[High Jetter]

Thanks. Might, but other end of the island.

[Dan_ZTT]

Knew of this but first I've seen in the metal, Lambo Urus. Not a huge fan.

Expensive plate, poor parking. About what I'd expect for one of these.

[greengartside]

Here’s something that I’ve never seen or heard of until today.

A 2012 Dongfeng Sokon Automobile (or DFSK for short) Loadhopper pickup truck. Powered by a 1.3i Petrol engine of unknown origin. These are Chinese-made and shipped over whole to the UK for distribution here. Not a very good seller by all accounts. Rather too much like a BMW at the front which may have upset the Germans a bit.

[High Jetter]

Vile, nasty things. Best avoided.

[bunglebus]

I've seen a few vans and pickups with the BMW-esque grilles. Always thought they were an aftermarket thing 

[Dobloseven]

Wonder if a BMW badge would fit on the bonnet. MSport logo on the tailgate and jobs a good'un! 

[Metal Guru]

On 01/12/2021 at 12:55, martc said:

Ssangyong will also be a tad annoyed as well...

Ssangyong Tivoli

Some Chinese shite

 

Tbf most Chinese stuff looks ok these days. 10 years ago it looked like they made lookalikes from someone’s description rather than an actual photo or a real car. Chinese whispers?

[bunglebus]

On 05/12/2021 at 00:01, greengartside said:

Dongfeng Sokon Automobile

I spy, with my little eye, something beginning with Dong...

[Leyland Worldmaster]

Fucking hell! This is really rather special! 👍 👍 👍 😎 😎 😎 

[Austat]

The Dalniks (a.k.a Dalnik Karosa), the motorcycle/car vehicles built by Czechoslovakian bus manufacturer Karosa in the 1960's : 

(Above: The 1965 Dalnik Karosa)

(Below: A few other Dalnik models)

 

[JimH]

Lash up that was going to go nowhere but looking at things Sonett lead me to this. 

What do you do when you are banging your head on what power you can extract from a two-stroke triple? Well, you turn it through 90 degrees and squeeze another one in.

 

[bunglebus]

I need to see the engineering behind that 

[barrett]

11 minutes ago, bunglebus said:

I need to see the engineering behind that 

There are quite a few articles about this online, but none of them actually explain how it works. Frustrating. I can't really get my head round two transverse crankshafts being connected to a single longitudinal gearbox. Those engines have a really uneven idle, and I can imagine a lot of disparity in engine speed between the two when you're not giving it throttle. I'd love to see some drawings of how it all works.

[aotb]

It's (or was when I was there a few years ago) at the SAAB museum in Trollhättan. It's very odd.

[High Jetter]

One for the Y tho thread.

[sdkrc]

Sipani Montana

[High Jetter]

Dolphin?

[sdkrc]

It's the replacement for the Dolphin.

Sexier, squarer and smothered with doors

[Metal Guru]

1 hour ago, High Jetter said:

Dolphin?

Is that a rebadged Reliant Kitten?

[Rod/b]

6 hours ago, Metal Guru said:

Is that a rebadged Reliant Kitten?

Licence built Kitten by Sipani in India.

[High Jetter]

Didn't know that, thanks.

[Noel Tidybeard]

On 05/12/2021 at 09:16, Dobloseven said:

Wonder if a BMW badge would fit on the bonnet. MSport logo on the tailgate and jobs a good'un! 

yes it does there's at least one been done

[Pieman]

These look like ordinary MR2s, don't they?

But what's this?

Yep, that's a K Series engine - according to a thread I've just read on RR, four MR2s were fitted with said engines to be used as test mules for the upcoming MGF!  Sadly* all were scrapped at the end of testing.

[17-Coffees]

Only know of this thanks to Autocar on Facebook bringing it to my attention...

The 2022 Mazda 2!

Yes,It's a rebadged Yaris!

As some of you will know, this sort of badge engineering is fairly common in Japan, Daihatsu have a Camry &  Mazda have a Jimny to name 2, if we get fully into K cars then it's common place.

Im amazed to see Toyota trying it over here, but it's working alreday with Suzuki and the Corolla Estate & Rav4 in there range!

 

It also neatly goes fully circle, because Toyota did sell a rebadged Mazda 2 saloon under the Scion range a while back! 

[TheOtherStu]

5 hours ago, Pieman said:

These look like ordinary MR2s, don't they?

But what's this?

Yep, that's a K Series engine - according to a thread I've just read on RR, four MR2s were fitted with said engines to be used as test mules for the upcoming MGF!  Sadly* all were scrapped at the end of testing.

Do you have any more details? I think this would be of much interest to MR2DC.
You're probably aware that there are a fair few Roadsters and the odd Mk2 with K20s in too,

[artdjones]

A Bristol 406 Zagato. Like someone said earlier, Zagato designs don't fit together. This looks like a weird cut and shut.