Cars you didn't know existed until very recently.

[bunglebus]

Suzuki LJ20. Never knew these came with a 360cc two stroke!

[bunglebus]

And finding that ^ lead me to this, the Hopestar ON360

It seems Suzuki didn't have a lot of knowledge of how to build a 4x4, so bought out a company that did and rebodied/re-engined theirs!

[chaseracer]

On 23/12/2021 at 09:13, tul66 said:

Looks like Vanden Plas Princess lights to me.

 

They are indeed.

[Remspoor]

Everyone knows of the Mazda 323, right.

Did you know they called them Allegros in Colombia?

https://listado.mercadolibre.com.co/mazda-allegro

[AndaBoss]

I didn't know there was a 5 door Austin Metro until right now

An Introduction to my *NEW CAR* - YouTube

 

 

[horriblemercedes]

36 minutes ago, AndaBoss said:

I didn't know there was a 5 door Austin Metro until right now

An Introduction to my *NEW CAR* - YouTube

 

 

Really? They were everywhere. I must have known a dozen people who had them over the years

[High Jetter]

Often the posher* versions were 5-dr only. Think they weren't as popular as the 3-dr.

[Wack]

Just having a look through some slides 

Any idea what this car is , the slide is dated 1961 Montreux 

[D.E]

19 minutes ago, Wack said:

Just having a look through some slides 

Any idea what this car is , the slide is dated 1961 Montreux 

1960 Chrysler Windsor.

[Wack]

49 minutes ago, D.E said:

1960 Chrysler Windsor.

That's definitely a car I'd never heard of 

[sheffcortinacentre]

Mate of mine has one here in Sheffield had it circa 20 years often weather is different at each end!

[Austat]

FNM 2150: 

 

[Peter C]

A Ford Figo, spotted in Mexico today.

 

[Remspoor]

4 hours ago, Peter C said:

A Ford Figo, spotted in Mexico today.

 

In India they were in trouble with the advert.

https://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-india-21921139

[AndaBoss]

19 hours ago, horriblemercedes said:

Really? They were everywhere. I must have known a dozen people who had them over the years

I was born after the last rover 100 left the factory🤣 and out of what I see today posted online I just see 3 door metros so assumed all were 3 doors.

 

Also was only a few months ago where I discovered the nova had a saloon and the marina had a coupe

 

[chaseracer]

Us old farts sometimes forget this!

[horriblemercedes]

1 hour ago, AndaBoss said:

I was born after the last rover 100 left the factory🤣 and out of what I see today posted online I just see 3 door metros so assumed all were 3 doors.

 

Also was only a few months ago where I discovered the nova had a saloon and the marina had a coupe

 

Fair enough 🤣 I think I just assumed you hadn't noticed them at the time!

I don't think that many people paid close attention to Metros when they were new

[anonymous user]

22 hours ago, Wack said:

Just having a look through some slides 

Any idea what this car is , the slide is dated 1961 Montreux 

Not the car, but is Montreux still where very rich people go to die?

[Austat]

Vauxhall Cresta PA Friary Estate:

[Hertz]

Have we had this yet? Just stumbled across it, never seen one before.  Cadillac CTS Coupe.

 

[AndaBoss]

Lea-Francis Ace of Spades

A 1980s attempt to revive Lea-Francis. To me it looks like similar to something Exner could have designed for Stutz

[chaseracer]

 Gosh, that's... visually challenging.  Metro  front lights, or Nova/Corsa A...?

[AnnoyingPentium]

19 minutes ago, chaseracer said:

Gosh, that's... visually challenging.

That's putting it mildly.

I'd never seen one of these sad looking little things until recently, a Perodua Kenari (that's a pic off Google) - I'm still trying to find something I like about it.

[Missy Charm]

1 hour ago, AndaBoss said:

Lea-Francis Ace of Spades

A 1980s attempt to revive Lea-Francis. To me it looks like similar to something Exner could have designed for Stutz

Looks like a Gangsta Rapper customised a Dutton Phaeton.  Hideous. 

[lesapandre]

5 hours ago, AndaBoss said:

Lea-Francis Ace of Spades

A 1980s attempt to revive Lea-Francis. To me it looks like similar to something Exner could have designed for Stutz

Barrie Price bought the company  in the 1960's when it went bust. He then sporadically made a few of these.  Still alive I think in his 90's now. 

Here he is interviewed about his life:

 

[AnnoyingPentium]

Renault Safrane. I didn't know it was a thing. I've got no recollection of ever seeing one either.

[High Jetter]

8 hours ago, AnnoyingPentium said:

That's putting it mildly.

I'd never seen one of these sad looking little things until recently, a Perodua Kenari (that's a pic off Google) - I'm still trying to find something I like about it.

Almost as practible as a Yaris Verso, in some markets.

[High Jetter]

3 hours ago, AnnoyingPentium said:

Renault Safrane. I didn't know it was a thing. I've got no recollection of ever seeing one either.

They didn't rust that quickly!

[warren t claim]

11 hours ago, Missy Charm said:

Looks like a Gangsta Rapper customised a Dutton Phaeton.  Hideous. 

Chris "Red Dwarf" Barrie described it more like a Joker card.

[Remspoor]

11 hours ago, AnnoyingPentium said:

Renault Safrane. I didn't know it was a thing. I've got no recollection of ever seeing one either.

Look at this channel. The man has two of them.

https://www.youtube.com/c/PETROLBLOG/videos