Cars you didn't know existed until very recently.

[Pieman]

Hatchloons, as I once saw them called on either here or Twatter a long time ago.

[GeordieInExile]

7 hours ago, warch said:

Saloon versions of popular hatchbacks were still being sold into the late 90s-early 00s for the three people a year who were still buying them. Small saloons are quite popular in Ireland and the EU, the UK is unusual as we prefer hatchbacks apparently. See also the contemporary Focus

and Astra

The Fabia was always my favourite one. Don't get many supermini based saloons for sale over here at all.

[Remspoor]

22 hours ago, Blake's Den said:

Yes, they were sold alongside the hatchback and the coupe. And of course the scenic. To be fair, a Mark 1 Mégane is a rare sight these days

and theses. Which the UK never got it seems

 

 

[Tenmil Socket]

8 hours ago, warch said:

Saloon versions of popular hatchbacks were still being sold into the late 90s-early 00s for the three people a year who were still buying them. Small saloons are quite popular in Ireland and the EU, the UK is unusual as we prefer hatchbacks apparently. See also the contemporary Focus

and Astra

The Focus saloon looks terrible but the Astra isn't too bad... Suppose it's like the Orion and the Belmont.

[Snake Charmer]

On 23/09/2022 at 21:08, bunglebus said:

 

Posted that the other day - but there seem to be two different shapes of rear door

Ordered according to rear seat passenger ass shape?

[Missy Charm]

11 hours ago, warch said:

Saloon versions of popular hatchbacks were still being sold into the late 90s-early 00s for the three people a year who were still buying them. Small saloons are quite popular in Ireland and the EU, the UK is unusual as we prefer hatchbacks apparently. See also the contemporary Focus

and Astra

I used to have a mark one Focus saloon.  It wasn't a great example of the breed, looked odd and didn't handle as well as the hatchback by virtue of being longer.  It was identical to the hatch in all other ways, however, although did get a lot of comments as people thought it was weird.  Incidentally we received mark two saloons as well as mark ones.  The mark two is a better looking car, almost a miniature Mondeo:

And on the subject of funny Focuses, what about the American mark two?  For some reason they didn't get the normal mark two Focus in the States; Ford instead decided to facelift the mark one, which was sold there in pretty much identical form to the European car, circa 2005 using all sorts of weird local bits and mark two engines.  The result wasn't great:

You can see the vague attempt at mark two styling, but it's patently still the older car.  They also sold that version as a sedan, which was better looking.  If anything it was prettier than our mark one Focus saloon:

In 2007 the Americans finally got a mark two, but again it wasn't the European mark two.  That time they got a completely different, locally styled car which came only in sedan and coupe body styles:

I suspect it was designed to look better as a small saloon than the European variant.  Anyway things went back to normal for the mark three, which was the same on both sides of the Atlantic other than a sedan variant continuing in the States.

 

[Muniphobia]

5 hours ago, Remspoor said:

and theses. Which the UK never got it seems

 

 

The one that we saw was in the green colour that seemed to be fairly popular on Megane Mk1's for a while

[catsinthewelder]

The current Mazda 3 looks great as a saloon.

[Asimo]

On 23/09/2022 at 21:08, bunglebus said:

there seem to be two different shapes of rear door

The left side rear door looks better, the right side looks to be shaped around the existing fuel filler position.

I think I prefer the door buttons on the right side to the flap handles on the left doors.

[Metal Guru]

Just watched an old repeat of “The Goodies”. I thought they went everywhere on a trandem  but they also had a Mini van. Never knew that.

[bunglebus]

Biagini Passo

[Supernaut]

Looks like a VW Golf County convertible.

[bunglebus]

Pretty much exactly what it is, except the Country was a 5 door MK2

[DavieW]

I was behind a DS9 this morning. Never seen one before. 

[Remspoor]

56 minutes ago, DavieW said:

I was behind a DS9 this morning. Never seen one before. 

You now what they say about French cars and their electrics. Well with this one it is not French. Made in China.

[High Jetter]

4 hours ago, DavieW said:

I was behind a DS9 this morning. Never seen one before. 

Yeah, they're quick.

[Metal Guru]

On 01/10/2022 at 19:38, bunglebus said:

Biagini Passo

Another old  Top Gear episode I missed. “ We thought there wasn’t enough choice of convertible 4x4s. I mean, How hard could it be?”

[martc]

Apparently this is a 'Wald und Weisen Pioneer', very nice; but I can't find any reference to it on t'interweb.

Wald und Weisen = forest and meadow

 

[wuvvum]

On the subject of unusual Ford saloons, a Mk4 Mondeo saloon drove past me yesterday.  I was dimly aware of their existence but I can't remember the last time I saw one on the road.

[artdjones]

5 minutes ago, wuvvum said:

On the subject of unusual Ford saloons, a Mk4 Mondeo saloon drove past me yesterday.  I was dimly aware of their existence but I can't remember the last time I saw one on the road.

Come to Ireland, they're a daily sight.

[artdjones]

[sheffcortinacentre]

54 minutes ago, martc said:

Apparently this is a 'Wald und Weisen Pioneer', very nice; but I can't find any reference to it on t'interweb.

Wald und Weisen = forest and meadow

 

There are/where a large number of body styles available on the lada Niva but this is unfamiliar to me too.

[Remspoor]

The make Teilhol has been written about a few times in this thread. However, I have just discovered that they made a egg* shaped electric car. The name is Citadine.

http://lautomobileancienne.com/decouverte-teilhol-citadine-historique/

 

[crapcarcollector]

Maybe I’ve been living under a rock, but I never knew a saloon MG6 was a thing….


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[jmsguzzi]

3 hours ago, crapcarcollector said:

Maybe I’ve been living under a rock, but I never knew a saloon MG6 was a thing….


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They call it the Magnette 

[crapcarcollector]

Indeed…..


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[Yoss]

Well there's a thing. I knew some were called Magnettes, I just thought it was a special edition or a fancy trim level. I never knew there were boots and hatchbacks. That's what this thread is for of course but I've learnt something today. 

[Noel Tidybeard]

civic 10 loon is a rare beastie as well

[delux]

10 hours ago, jmsguzzi said:

They call it the Magnette 

As in 'Fanny...'?

[Metal Guru]

7 hours ago, crapcarcollector said:

Indeed…..


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I feel old. I remember the original MG Magnette from the late 50s / early 60s. The police sometimes used them although mostly they had the Wolseley version.