Cars you didn't know existed until very recently.

[SOUL]

Saw one of these the other day, taken me until now to work out what the frig it was. 

 

 

 

Thank god Fiat group are culling Lancia to Italy only. 

[RichardK]

Sold as Chrysler Delta here. Of course, one of those "cars people in the UK never realised exists" is the Mk 2 Lancia Delta - no, I don't know why it was never sold here, because they followed up the devastating success* of the Prisma with the Deadra, abandoning the hatchback sector 'cause, I mean, who would have wanted a follow up to the Integrale with a flared-arched, turbocharged, 3 door hot hatch...

 

The two-tone finishes always make me think of a particularly worrying kind of insect on the Lanciahrysler Deltas.

[cros]

Can't believe I didn't know about this little corker. Even worse than the 'Morris Major'.

[RichardK]

Cars most people I've met didn't know existed, but I had one...

 

http://www.renault-5.net/cleveland.htm

 

My second road-legal car - backup to the Chevette - and my first convertible, a habit I cannot kick. MBH 772V is probably long gone, but it was fun while it lasted.

[sierraman]

I park next to a Chrysler Delta at work, it looks nice but being a Lancia you just know the floor will be falling out of it in a few years.

[Hendry]

Saw one of these the other day, taken me until now to work out what the frig it was. 

 

 

 

Thank god Fiat group are culling Lancia to Italy only.

 

I have to be honest, I kinda like the look of that.

[RichardK]

I park next to a Chrysler Delta at work, it looks nice but being a Lancia you just know the floor will be falling out of it in a few years.

 

Ah, things have moved on a lot since then.

 

Now it's Chrysler/Fiat UK's insane parts pricing that will kill them off.

 

Example: Chrysler Voyager scuttle trim - I used to compare this to the SLK which was unfair, now I have a direct comparison.

 

Rubber bit fell off, so I thought I'd get a new one. £141+VAT. That's for the plastic grille with a stuck on rubber strip (you can't get the strip separately).

 

Same part was looking rough on my W210. There are two, as it's split for the single wiper mechanism, but grille & rubber bonded (SLK is one rubber strip, and a plastic part). £11 each, so £22 to replace both. The SLK was a fiver to replace the rubber strip.

 

Badges for the 300C were upwards of £65. The chrome strip on the rear bumper was just under £300 - for a bit of chromed plastic.

 

I don't even want to know what big things cost on them. The dealer tried to charge £24 for an oil filter.

[Lacquer Peel]

[Felly Magic]

Kia Rio saloon! Yes the mk1 Rio. See a battered one almost every day, left hooker, owned by a US Squaddie. Must be a true Autoshitesist to drive that thing

[Timewaster]

So why are Vauxhall pedalling re badged Renault vans when they had this at their disposal?

That's your CF3 right there.

[Bucketeer]

Honda Go(?)

 

 

[Alexg]

That's a Honda Logo with half the badge missing

[inconsistant]

Wasn't that the Logo in the UK?

 

Edit: ah yes! I think this was used to fluff the supermini market while we waited for the Jizz to appear. Sorry, Jazz.

[DVee8]

A lexus IS250 with a folding hardtop

[Asimo]

"Perentie" Land Rover as built for the Australian Army.

Why couldn't the British army have had these instead of their miserable, standard 'Rover?

 

 

Galvanised chassis, wider  at the rear so the spare wheel fits under the floor. 

 

 

3.9 litre NA Isuzu engine

[Tayne]

The best Perenties are the 6x6s.

They have an extra-wide cab and the turbo diesel 3.9 Isuzu engine.

[grc636]

some great cars on here 

cant get the picture up 

corsa b estate is wierd looking thing

and its a shame we dont get more saloons in this country

[Alan_Green]

Dacia Solenza: http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Car-Dacia-Solenza-/262038075961?rmvSB=true&_trkparms=aid%3D222007%26algo%3DSIC.MBE%26ao%3D1%26asc%3D32694%26meid%3D8d7d61d34ffc41008012e6d3a8e5e7f4%26pid%3D100005%26rk%3D1%26rkt%3D6%26sd%3D161826013608&_trksid=p2047675.l2557&clk_rvr_id=910290162912&nma=true&si=VIquAGEpg3%252FAnnzJj9KLHPloH30%253D&orig_cvip=true&rt=nc

[Bucketeer]

That's a Honda Logo with half the badge missing

Ta.

That also works here as I'd never heard of a Logo either.

 

 

some great cars on here 

cant get the picture up 

corsa b estate is wierd looking thing

and its a shame we dont get more saloons in this country

 

[vulgalour]

Challenging styling on that Solenza.

[vulgalour]

If you want a weird looking Corsa B (which I don't think the estate is, the proportions are pretty good on that) then you want the pick-up version.

 

 

 

 

Or weirder yet, the saloon.

[cms206]

My main issue with all Corsa Bs which have more than three doors is that the door handles are at different heights. Someone on here pointed it out years ago and it's made my shit itch since.

[Tayne]

The Corsa B saloons feel much bigger in the back.

I think its because of the longer wheelbase.

[inconsistant]

Spotted today... w the actual f is this?

 

 

[Eddie Honda]

Honda Fit Aria. (GD8/GD9), It's built on the Jizz floorpan.

[RichardK]

The Solenza - I thought was a short-lived Peugeot 309 variant. But the architecture of the body looks all wrong. WTAF is it?

[dollywobbler]

I introduce the MIA electric mini, minibus thing. Single, central driving position, three-seat bench in the back, 75-mile range. Saw one in France, which is where they were built, but a few made it to London. They're meant to be awful. Naturally, I want one.

[Jim Bergerac]

Here's a new one on me, the Santana 350:

 

Obviously a heavily facelifted Suzuki Vitara but these were made til about 2009 and were fitted with 1.6 and 2.0 HDI engines.

[Bucketeer]

Unsurprisingly there are quite a few of those Solenzas kicking about here in Eastern Europe.

They look grand in faded ex-taxi yellow.

 

 

 

I introduce the MIA electric mini, minibus thing. Single, central driving position, three-seat bench in the back, 75-mile range. Saw one in France, which is where they were built, but a few made it to London. They're meant to be awful. Naturally, I want one.

 

 

Me too.

 

 

[grc636]

simple I want one now