Cars you didn't know existed until very recently.

[AnnoyingPentium]

3 minutes ago, Leyland Worldmaster said:

Toyota Celica Headlamps? 🤔 

I was brought up around ST205's I'd say so.

[Rod/b]

Rover Metro door mirrors too. 

[Austat]

Sunbeam 1250 TC, Avengers for the French, Italian, and Dutch markets:

[Metal Guru]

2 hours ago, Austat said:

Sunbeam 1250 TC, Avengers for the French, Italian, and Dutch markets:

Did they ever have Starsky and Hutch paint jobs?

[STUNO]

On 12/30/2021 at 12:46 PM, Austat said:

Vauxhall Cresta PA Friary Estate:

Elizabeth II with family in her Vauxhall

[Vantman]

GLAS  GG 2600  V8

 

 

 

[chaseracer]

10 hours ago, quicksilver said:

That is err...interesting. The unfinished last one recently sold for a mere £888 after sitting in Barrie Price's garage for 30 years. He didn't give up though and tried again in 1998 with the 30/230, but only the one prototype was ever made. That's perhaps for the best as it looks like a Marcos had a one-night stand with a Jag S-type.

Is the silver one not a tarted MX5?

[Remspoor]

45 minutes ago, Vantman said:

GLAS  GG 2600  V8

 

 

 

Glas  where known as Goggomobil. BMW purchased the company. I know that car in the avert as a BMW.

[lesapandre]

8 hours ago, Austat said:

Sunbeam 1250 TC, Avengers for the French, Italian, and Dutch markets:

Apparently:

"One of the first advantages of the entry
 of England into the Common Market."

[Sham]

2 minutes ago, lesapandre said:

Apparently:

"One of the first advantages of the entry
 of England into the Common Market."

I doubt they saw it that way.

[quicksilver]

2 hours ago, chaseracer said:

Is the silver one not a tarted MX5?

It does look like one but apparently not. Designed by Jim Randle (not one of his better efforts) and all bespoke aluminium with a Vauxhall V6. Hard to tell but I suspect it's a fair bit bigger than an MX5.

[AndaBoss]

4 hours ago, Vantman said:

GLAS  GG 2600  V8

 

 

 

I didn't know GLAS were sold in the UK. Were the BMW badged GLASes after they brought them ever sold here?

[MrGTI6]

On 12/31/2021 at 8:33 PM, AnnoyingPentium said:

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

Really comfortable cars. I briefly had one a couple of years ago and it had a five-cylinder Volvo engine.

[Austat]

The Alpha Supersega, an EV from California:

 

[chaseracer]

On 02/01/2022 at 09:40, lesapandre said:

Apparently:

"One of the first advantages of the entry
 of England into the Common Market."

 

On 02/01/2022 at 09:42, Sham said:

I doubt they saw it that way.

The last 'family' holiday with the parents was to Brittany in 1982.  One chap in a Sunbeam 1500 was very excited to see our bright red Avenger...

[bunglebus]

ARO. This RHD one popped up on a Facebook urbex post 

[warren t claim]

On 1/2/2022 at 8:06 AM, STUNO said:

Elizabeth II with family in her Vauxhall

TRIGGER WARNING. Pic also features Prince Andrew

[High Jetter]

R U sure?

[Austat]

1967 ISO-Ford 20M TS Coupé:

[warch]

9 hours ago, bunglebus said:

ARO. This RHD one popped up on a Facebook urbex post 

A 240? 

I'm sure I mentioned it before, but I love obscure Euro 4x4s, like the Foers Ibex, VW Itlis, the old Duster, the UMM Alter, and Steyr Daimler Puch Haflinger. 

I've just discovered the Volvo C303 (below), from the boxy land tank design era. The Swedish do have some unfeasibly sexy looking military designs, like the S Tank and Saab Viggen (which was based* on the 900).

[sierraman]

13 hours ago, bunglebus said:

ARO. This RHD one popped up on a Facebook urbex post 

Thought they were extinct! Just need to find a Lonsdale YD41. 

[Dobloseven]

On 1/2/2022 at 4:04 PM, MrGTI6 said:

Really comfortable cars. I briefly had one a couple of years ago and it had a five-cylinder Volvo engine.

Well, every days a school day. Obviously knew about the Safrane, but didn't know about the Volvo engine. Also that they used transverse engines. Assumed they'd be end on, like their 25 predecessors. 

[MisterH]

Pontiac Astre Formula

At last, not just an American car I like, but actually want. Only made 67. Typical

 

 

[warren t claim]

On 1/4/2022 at 10:50 PM, bunglebus said:

ARO. This RHD one popped up on a Facebook urbex post 

See also Portaro, the Portuguese version.

[MisterH]

On 1/5/2022 at 3:51 AM, Austat said:

1967 ISO-Ford 20M TS Coupé:

Ah yes, my godfather in the South of France spent years trying to buy one he found sat in a dealership forecourt over there. Bright red gone matte, and what looked like home painted white stripes on the top it was a bit of a mess but the guy was asking 20k for it 🙄

[sheffcortinacentre]

On 1/6/2022 at 8:14 PM, MisterH said:

Pontiac Astre Formula

At last, not just an American car I like, but actually want. Only made 67. Typical

 

 

Just get a Chevy Vega &a black marker &make your own.

[GeordieInExile]

On 1/6/2022 at 8:14 PM, MisterH said:

Pontiac Astre Formula

At last, not just an American car I like, but actually want. Only made 67. Typical

 

 

Looks like someone described a Jag XJS to an American over the phone and this was the result.

[PhilA]

9 hours ago, GeordieInExile said:

Looks like someone described a Jag XJS to an American over the phone and this was the result.

With the usual American habit of a wheelbase borrowed from something a few years older, to save money.

[bangernomics]

Looks like a manta b to my eye.

[PhilA]

On 12/19/2021 at 2:25 AM, Schaefft said:

The DS9 is weirdly intriguing to me, shame they don't sell it with the most powerful engine here. I could see myself owning one for a 20th of it's original price in 3 years (they are surprisingly pricey).

That quote made me think- is that some sort of weird governmental mandate? 

Austin did the same thing too, sold the big engines to Australia and South Africa and left the 1098 versions to the UK.

Chrysler sell their cars there, but fit only a 2 litre diesel instead of the 5.7 hemi V8. 

What's that all about?