Cars you didn't know existed until very recently.

[High Jetter]

Might suit a certain J R Mogg, Esq.

[AnnoyingPentium]

2 hours ago, D.E said:

Daihatsu Mira Milano concept.  For people who want to wear a top hat in their car?

Is that not for the Pope?

[bunglebus]

It looks like the illegitimate child of a Charade and a 2CV

[horriblemercedes]

The distinction "A Monaro is not a Vauxhall" is exactly the same as the distinction "a Mustang is not a Ford UK car"

Vauxhall is just a brand name that at that time was used by GM for a particular market. It's like listing all the Ford products that are not built by Ford UK.

[martc]

14 hours ago, High Jetter said:

Might suit a certain J R Mogg, Esq.

'I wouldn't be seen dead in one of those new fangled horseless carriages'.

And it's The Right Honourable Jacob Rees Mogg to you.

[Leyland Worldmaster]

11 minutes ago, martc said:

'I wouldn't be seen dead in one of those new fangled horseless carriages'

One would like to respectfully disagree; you were observed travelling in comfort earlier in your career:

 

[martc]

5 minutes ago, Leyland Worldmaster said:

One would like to respectfully disagree; you were observed travelling in comfort earlier in your career:

 

I'd not been to one of Uncle Boris's parties and was not tired and emotional. It didn't happen, nothing to see here, fake news. And I can't say anything else until the report into my not travelling in a car is published.

[Austat]

1967 Alfa Romeo Giulia Severtail by Carrozzeria Casale:

[Remspoor]

Peugeot 305 V6 Group B Rally car.

PRV, V6- 2500cc- 250hp 2 x twin carburettors- RWD.

 

[Crackers]

On 03/06/2022 at 13:43, Remspoor said:

Peugeot 305 V6 Group B Rally car.

PRV, V6- 2500cc- 250hp 2 x twin carburettors- RWD.

 

Phwoar.

I have much want for that.

[GR8 PL8 M8]

On 06/06/2022 at 17:36, HarmonicCheeseburger said:

BMW ZBF-7er

A 7 series concept. 

That explains a lot actually.

[martc]

Wartburg Melkus RS1000. 101 where made in Dresden between 1969 and 1979, it had a fibreglass body, a tuned Wartburg 353 engine, with 3 carburettors rather than the usual one and a Barkus 5 speed gearbox. It developed 68hp and could do 165 km/h. Very decadent.

[martc]

Bernardet-Remondini, built from 1935 to '39 it featured streamlined lines, front wheel drive and fully independent suspension.

[quicksilver]

Yesterday I spotted a transporter loaded with these weird little vans that look like previous-gen Transits shrunk in the wash and had no idea what they were.

Meet the DFSK EC35, a cheap and cheerful electric van from those Chinese folks who used to make the little trucks with the BMW-style grilles.

[mk2_craig]

Dead cert futureshite? I was yesterday years old when I learned that a current shape Focus saloon existed. 
 

[AnnoyingPentium]

5 minutes ago, mk2_craig said:

Dead cert futureshite? I was yesterday years old when I learned that a current shape Focus saloon existed. 
 

I quite like it.

[bunglebus]

On 08/06/2022 at 19:46, martc said:

Wartburg Melkus RS1000. 101 where made in Dresden between 1969 and 1979, it had a fibreglass body, a tuned Wartburg 353 engine, with 3 carburettors rather than the usual one and a Barkus 5 speed gearbox. It developed 68hp and could do 165 km/h. Very decadent.

And despite its obscurity, @Datsuncogfound me one!

[Three Speed]

I went to a car show in Devon on Sunday and saw this XL1 diesel electric hybrid. Had no recollection of them before but a search suggests they are known to some Shiters here. 250 built. The owner of this one was very protective as it seems the interior can get very scratched because it is made of lightweight fragile material. So he was fending off kids who wanted to climb in. He said it does 150mpg.

[SteersWithThrottle]

On 6/6/2022 at 5:36 PM, HarmonicCheeseburger said:

BMW ZBF-7er

A 7 series concept. 

LINK

[Aston Martin]

Slightly odd. I saw a Belgian plated and turns out Euro-only.

 

Facelift Hyundai John Matrix.

[mk2_craig]

2 hours ago, Aston Martin said:

Slightly odd. I saw a Belgian plated and turns out Euro-only.

 

Facelift Hyundai John Matrix.

Wow, nice use of black paint to disguise that step in the window line.

[Aston Martin]

8 minutes ago, mk2_craig said:

Wow, nice use of black paint to disguise that step in the window line.

It does make it slightly less boring, however it's now generic.

[Crackers]

5 hours ago, Aston Martin said:

Slightly odd. I saw a Belgian plated and turns out Euro-only.

 

Facelift Hyundai John Matrix.

My god. That's.... horrifying. 

[barrett]

On 6/8/2022 at 7:47 PM, martc said:

Bernardet-Remondini, built from 1935 to '39 it featured streamlined lines, front wheel drive and fully independent suspension.

Transverse FWD I believe... Only learned about this the other day via IG, and I thought I knew every 1930s techno-streamliner. Turns out nobody else has heard of it either - comissioned an article on it, but the people with all the documents relating to the project won't play ball because they're working on a book about Jonghi motorcycles, to which this is connected. So look out for a big French-language Jonghi book in the next couple of years for the full story, I guess...

[martc]

And Jonghi motorbikes are  brand I've never heard of - some interesting looking bollides, particularly when compared to the British equivalents...

This, or...

This?

[Inspiral_Mondays]

Porsche 928 Estate. Apparently 20 of these things were made.

 

[High Jetter]

Why? It's no GTE.

[Inspiral_Mondays]

The company that made the 928 estate also put an innocent Mk1 Golf onto a 928 chassis, this is the result:

[chaseracer]

20 hours ago, Inspiral_Mondays said:

Porsche 928 Estate. Apparently 20 of these things were made.

 

Blimey... that makes an Allegro estate look well-proportioned.

[AnnoyingPentium]

On 6/14/2022 at 6:30 PM, Aston Martin said:

Slightly odd. I saw a Belgian plated and turns out Euro-only.

 

Facelift Hyundai John Matrix.

My mate's Mum has a 10 reg one of these, facelift model, RHD. Bizarre.