Cars you didn't know existed until very recently.

[barefoot]

According to the Telegraph it is.

'Roy Campbell, will be taking his beloved Bug to King’s Cross for the twice-yearly Classic Car Boot Sale, alongside his ultra-rare Bond WB 120, a striking prototype coupé.'

https://12ft.io/proxy?q=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.telegraph.co.uk%2Fcars%2Fclassic%2Fbond-bug-shape-things-come%2F

Hopefully that'll open, but if it doesn't use the 12ft.io proxy thing.

But it seems they're wrong & you're correct, it's a White & Best 120

https://drive-my.com/1963-wb-120-road-test/

 

[cort1977]

  On 11/03/2023 at 16:19, timolloyd said:

Allowing the Germans to build anything with tracks in the early 60s would have caused some nervousness, I suspect. 

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Just to be pedantic, the first German-built Leopard tanks entered service in the mid-60s.  Presumably the allies were OK with it as long as they were pointing East.

[FakeConcern]

Just saw this Mokealike kit car today (on my spotter thread ) not seen one before

I rather like it a Jimini2 apparently

[horriblemercedes]

  On 15/03/2023 at 19:46, cort1977 said:

Just to be pedantic, the first German-built Leopard tanks entered service in the mid-60s.  Presumably the allies were OK with it as long as they were pointing East.

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As that Germany had joined NATO in 1955, I'd imagine that was all part of it! 

[MiniMinorMk3]

  On 15/03/2023 at 19:24, barefoot said:

According to the Telegraph it is.

'Roy Campbell, will be taking his beloved Bug to King’s Cross for the twice-yearly Classic Car Boot Sale, alongside his ultra-rare Bond WB 120, a striking prototype coupé.'

https://12ft.io/proxy?q=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.telegraph.co.uk%2Fcars%2Fclassic%2Fbond-bug-shape-things-come%2F

Hopefully that'll open, but if it doesn't use the 12ft.io proxy thing.

But it seems they're wrong & you're correct, it's a White & Best 120

https://drive-my.com/1963-wb-120-road-test/

 

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Shock, horror. Newspaper prints fake news.

[Remspoor]

Canoo. Made in the USA various bodies styles which are powered by electrickery. These are life style vehicles evidently.

https://www.canoo.com/

[Ld0595]

  On 08/03/2023 at 22:37, RoverFolkUs said:

MK1 Honda CR-V's without a spare wheel or even the holder

Saw one in a Sainsbury's car park this evening, in a very flat and faded red/pink

Wish I'd papped it now, struggling to find pictures online, it wasn't the MK2 like the one above, it was an old preface MK1 and it looked so wrong!

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Saw one of these today in Mallaig in all places! It looked so... Wrong!

[bunglebus]

Peugeot Ion - seen today

Along with a Honda Jazz Crosstar

[Austat]

Healey Elliot models:

Healey Abbott Drophead Coupé:

 

[lesapandre]

Similar Duncan Healey - bodied by Duncan Industries. Few made.

[bunglebus]

Cor, it's the Nissan Ariya

[Datsuncog]

  On 21/03/2023 at 10:04, bunglebus said:

Cor, it's the Nissan Ariya

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Oh yes, I think I saw an early prototype of that a while ago.

[MiniMinorMk3]

They reviewed it on Auto Mondial last Sunday. I skipped through that bit of the program.

[Metal Guru]

  On 21/03/2023 at 15:34, Datsuncog said:

Oh yes, I think I saw an early prototype of that a while ago.

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Wow, another anonymous looking SUV! Just what the Nissan range needed.

[martc]

1956 Oldsmobile Golden Rocket.

[Metal Guru]

  On 22/03/2023 at 07:04, martc said:

1956 Oldsmobile Golden Rocket.

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I’d imagine that would do well for the pedestrian NCAP rating.

[chaseracer]

  On 22/03/2023 at 08:56, Metal Guru said:

I’d imagine that would do well for the pedestrian NCAP rating.

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Yes - several could be impaled on each point!

[HarmonicCheeseburger]

Daihatsu TA-X80

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Two crucial things happened in early 1987. One, I was born, which is important for this story to exist. Two, the Daihatsu TA-X80 was unveiled at the Tokyo Motor Show. Daihatsu still rolls out good stuff at what’s now called the Tokyo Auto Salon, rocking up in recent years with an array of kei cars cute enough to make you lose your actual mind. But back in the late ’80s, the combination of a threat of nuclear water and an asset price bubble that made people rich in Japan turned Daihatsu’s ambitions more seductive.

 

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The TA-X80, sadly, didn’t really feed into anything. It just appeared like a beautiful, bubbly mayfly and then was gone from the Daihatsu concept library in favor of things it might actually sell. Now, Daihatsu makes adorable tiny vans and kei cars—and while the TA-X80 wasn’t exactly big at 153 inches long—it is definitely a few sizes up on most of its 2021 siblings.

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Still, just look at it. Think of the sunset streaking pink across the sky, all 128 horsepower from its 1.0-liter, turbocharged V6 stretching like the shadows down the open road, the radio crackling to life in what passed for an infotainment deck back then, and an ’80s classic fills the interior as we drive into the night.

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[MiniMinorMk3]

Subaru FF-1 1300G

[High Jetter]

I can see both Honda and Toyota in that front end. Must be uber rare over here.

[bunglebus]

Just passed a Hyundai Bayon

 

[goosey]

[Leyland Worldmaster]

  On 24/03/2023 at 10:41, goosey said:

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Some kind of prototype? Looks like a potential scoop photo! 😎 

[goosey]

  On 24/03/2023 at 11:04, Leyland Worldmaster said:

Some kind of prototype? Looks like a potential scoop photo! 😎 

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Ford Everest, i think

[Metal Guru]

  On 24/03/2023 at 11:33, goosey said:

Ford Everest, i think

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New Explorer?

[RayMK]

That reminded me:  A few years ago I noticed a Ford Flex locally.  It looked Range Rover size and I liked its unfussy styling.  Have never seen another one.

Photo courtesy of Wiki.

 

[horriblemercedes]

  On 24/03/2023 at 15:39, RayMK said:

That reminded me:  A few years ago I noticed a Ford Flex locally.  It looked Range Rover size and I liked its unfussy styling.  Have never seen another one.

Photo courtesy of Wiki.

 

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I only knew of these because Schmidt drove one in New Girl

[sdkrc]

From @bunglebus's Flickr album of NEC pics

Wikipedia sends you down a terrifying rabbit hole of utterly appalling shitboxes. Here's the 4*4 version

 

[High Jetter]

Linky to the pics?

[sdkrc]

  On 25/03/2023 at 00:30, High Jetter said:

Linky to the pics?

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https://flic.kr/s/aHBqjAx8UT