Cars you didn't know existed until very recently.

[Madman Of The People]

15 hours ago, FakeConcern said:

I know it's just an add on, but I'd love one of these...

 

 

Simpson Sportique?  Looks to have been designed by Homer Simpson!

 

 

[Austat]

Volkswagen Vento:

[cort1977]

On 4/6/2022 at 7:07 PM, Leyland Worldmaster said:

https://www.classicdriver.com/en/article/cars/bmw-garmisch-returns-a-tribute-marcello-gandini

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Very interesting, thanks for that.

The car museum in Turin where they showed the recreation to Gandini is well worth a visit.

[artdjones]

8 hours ago, Austat said:

Volkswagen Vento:

They were quite common in Ireland. My brother had a 1.9D that was quite a good buy. The VR6 was quite a car, as it was fast, but very boring looking.

[garethj]

One that I was going to post in the Cars & Girls & Blokes thread.  Apparently a special bodied Jaguar?

[Metal Guru]

5 hours ago, artdjones said:

They were quite common in Ireland. My brother had a 1.9D that was quite a good buy. The VR6 was quite a car, as it was fast, but very boring looking.

It was the Jetta but renamed when the Golf Mark it was based on was updated.,and later became the Bora and then back to Jetta in subsequent revisions.

[barrett]

13 hours ago, garethj said:

One that I was going to post in the Cars & Girls & Blokes thread.  Apparently a special bodied Jaguar?

One of three (or possibly four) XK140s built in this style by Ghia. I think this is car No.2, the others all have air scoops on the bonnet

[garethj]

11 minutes ago, barrett said:

One of three (or possibly four) XK140s built in this style by Ghia. I think this is car No.2, the others all have air scoops on the bonnet

I guessed it was XK-based as they have a separate chassis, didn’t realise Ghia made some.  Good spot!

[barrett]

1 hour ago, garethj said:

I guessed it was XK-based as they have a separate chassis, didn’t realise Ghia made some.  Good spot!

Ghia also did a couple of XKs in the 'Supersonic' style

The Swiss firm Ghia-Aigle also had a go at an XK140 by Michelotti

And an XK150, the last car they built, which to me looks like Michelotti, but Urban says it's Pietro Frua

They also did a handful of Mk VIIs.

Always useful to have this book on hand (for showing off to men on the internet), although a lot of it should be taken with a pinch of salt

 

[Austat]

Toyota Curren:

 

[RoverFolkUs]

Saw a 2008 Hyundai Accent today. 

I had no idea we got a new generation of them over here, never seen one online or in person until now

They must be few and far between, most internet images are from abroad

It looked like this:

[quicksilver]

1 hour ago, RoverFolkUs said:

Saw a 2008 Hyundai Accent today. 

I had no idea we got a new generation of them over here, never seen one online or in person until now

They must be few and far between, most internet images are from abroad

It looked like this:

I saw one of those on Dutch plates over here a few years ago. Someone told me at the time that they were sold here very briefly but I've never seen a RHD one.

[jmsguzzi]

1 hour ago, RoverFolkUs said:

Saw a 2008 Hyundai Accent today. 

I had no idea we got a new generation of them over here, never seen one online or in person until now

They must be few and far between, most internet images are from abroad

It looked like this:

Think they were called the Accent Atlantic or something like that 

[RoverFolkUs]

There's only two for sale on Gumtree so that must prove how uncommon they are, it's a bit of an oddball car, can't imagine parts are easy to come by on demand!

[D.E]

Also available in saloon flavour for extra blandness:

[Supernaut]

I think they were only sold in the UK for something stupid like 1 or 2 years.

[OM646]

5 hours ago, RoverFolkUs said:

Saw a 2008 Hyundai Accent today. 

I had no idea we got a new generation of them over here, never seen one online or in person until now

They must be few and far between, most internet images are from abroad

It looked like this:

Saw one of those here in Portugal as well. Found it odd because, well, the Getz, and later, the i20, were a thing around here

[RoverFolkUs]

4 minutes ago, OM646 said:

Saw one of those here in Portugal as well. Found it odd because, well, the Getz, and later, the i20, were a thing around here

I suppose that's why it didn't sell very well as the i10 and i20 quickly gained popularity around that sort of time

[OM646]

6 minutes ago, RoverFolkUs said:

I suppose that's why it didn't sell very well as the i10 and i20 quickly gained popularity around that sort of time

Even the Getz. By the time it launched, the Accent quickly became irrelevant in the market here, since the Getz had a much more European bodystyle

[RoverFolkUs]

6 minutes ago, OM646 said:

Even the Getz. By the time it launched, the Accent quickly became irrelevant in the market here, since the Getz had a much more European bodystyle

That's a good point, there are still a fair few getz's about so they were fairly popular

Looking at that saloon above it's kind of like things such as the Fiesta saloon that were cut out for the Asian/American market

The 3 door hatchback reminds me of a proton savvy the more I look at it

[wuvvum]

There's usually a couple of Accent Atlantics on eBay, but as mentioned they were only sold here for about 10 minutes between the old Accent finally being sent to the glue factory and the I20 being introduced, and IIRC they were only available as a 3 door with a 1.3 petrol so demand wasn't high.

[Timewaster]

. With cars like that Hyundai it makes you wonder how many started life as demonstrators or daily hire cars rather than being actually chosen by a paying customer? 

 

When I worked at a Peugeot dealer, the only XE or GE models I ever saw were courtesy cars for the service dept.

[RoverFolkUs]

According to the extremely* trustworthy howmanyleft... 

There were just under 1000 of them registered in the UK

And just under 650 of them remain licensed. 

I think 65% survival after 15 years has got to be pretty good going!? Especially when you consider some will inevitably be written off etc through no fault of the car itself

[Remspoor]

Was this a full production or a one off?

 

[egg]

I was a bit obsessed with Hyundai Atlantic Autos for a short while before we got the i10. There's only 300 odd of those.

 

[Aston Martin]

On 06/04/2022 at 19:07, Leyland Worldmaster said:

https://www.classicdriver.com/en/article/cars/bmw-garmisch-returns-a-tribute-marcello-gandini

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That's the new M4.

 

 

[NorfolkNWeigh]

21 minutes ago, Remspoor said:

Was this a full production or a one off?

 

One off , the basket was for Gianni Agnelli’s skis, if my memory is correct.

[Yoss]

41 minutes ago, Remspoor said:

Was this a full production or a one off?

 

That's bloody lovely. With alloy wheels and hubcaps for the double win. 

[Bear]

[Supernaut]

17 hours ago, RichardK said:

What are they, then?