MisterH Posted December 2, 2021 Share Posted December 2, 2021 31 minutes ago, RoadworkUK said: Ah, Sir must never have seen the film Taxi. One viewing and experience of the sounds from those two Benzes will indelibly etch the 500E on your psyche. Does it say something about me that I find that extremely relaxing to watch? Smooth euro-beats while watching some amazing scenes of French Tat chaseracer, SteersWithThrottle and RoadworkUK 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RoadworkUK Posted December 2, 2021 Share Posted December 2, 2021 Not at all. I could virtually bathe in it. Could happily watch it in a loop for the rest of my life. MisterH 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gtd2000 Posted December 2, 2021 Share Posted December 2, 2021 I didn't know these existed with an Italian badge on them until yesterday when looking at Facebook Marketplace Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
High Jetter Posted December 2, 2021 Share Posted December 2, 2021 2 minutes ago, gtd2000 said: I didn't know these existed with an Italian badge on them until yesterday when looking at Facebook Marketplace An '08 one is my daily driver. It's an Italian built van that sometimes wore a Daihatsu badge. Got the link? catsinthewelder 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gtd2000 Posted December 2, 2021 Share Posted December 2, 2021 30 minutes ago, High Jetter said: An '08 one is my daily driver. It's an Italian built van that sometimes wore a Daihatsu badge. Got the link? Here you go: https://www.facebook.com/marketplace/item/1005489860026397/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
High Jetter Posted December 2, 2021 Share Posted December 2, 2021 Thanks. Might, but other end of the island. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dan_ZTT Posted December 4, 2021 Share Posted December 4, 2021 Knew of this but first I've seen in the metal, Lambo Urus. Not a huge fan. Expensive plate, poor parking. About what I'd expect for one of these. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
greengartside Posted December 5, 2021 Share Posted December 5, 2021 Here’s something that I’ve never seen or heard of until today. A 2012 Dongfeng Sokon Automobile (or DFSK for short) Loadhopper pickup truck. Powered by a 1.3i Petrol engine of unknown origin. These are Chinese-made and shipped over whole to the UK for distribution here. Not a very good seller by all accounts. Rather too much like a BMW at the front which may have upset the Germans a bit. Datsuncog and bunglebus 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
High Jetter Posted December 5, 2021 Share Posted December 5, 2021 Vile, nasty things. Best avoided. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bunglebus Posted December 5, 2021 Share Posted December 5, 2021 I've seen a few vans and pickups with the BMW-esque grilles. Always thought they were an aftermarket thing Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dobloseven Posted December 5, 2021 Share Posted December 5, 2021 Wonder if a BMW badge would fit on the bonnet. MSport logo on the tailgate and jobs a good'un! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Metal Guru Posted December 5, 2021 Share Posted December 5, 2021 On 01/12/2021 at 12:55, martc said: Ssangyong will also be a tad annoyed as well... Ssangyong Tivoli Some Chinese shite Tbf most Chinese stuff looks ok these days. 10 years ago it looked like they made lookalikes from someone’s description rather than an actual photo or a real car. Chinese whispers? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bunglebus Posted December 6, 2021 Share Posted December 6, 2021 On 05/12/2021 at 00:01, greengartside said: Dongfeng Sokon Automobile I spy, with my little eye, something beginning with Dong... Dyslexic Viking and greengartside 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Leyland Worldmaster Posted December 6, 2021 Share Posted December 6, 2021 Fucking hell! This is really rather special! 👍 👍 👍 😎 😎 😎 MisterH 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Austat Posted December 7, 2021 Share Posted December 7, 2021 The Dalniks (a.k.a Dalnik Karosa), the motorcycle/car vehicles built by Czechoslovakian bus manufacturer Karosa in the 1960's : (Above: The 1965 Dalnik Karosa) (Below: A few other Dalnik models) Yoss, catsinthewelder, martc and 5 others 8 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JimH Posted December 7, 2021 Share Posted December 7, 2021 Lash up that was going to go nowhere but looking at things Sonett lead me to this. What do you do when you are banging your head on what power you can extract from a two-stroke triple? Well, you turn it through 90 degrees and squeeze another one in. LightBulbFun, Dyslexic Viking, Asimo and 6 others 9 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bunglebus Posted December 8, 2021 Share Posted December 8, 2021 I need to see the engineering behind that Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
barrett Posted December 8, 2021 Share Posted December 8, 2021 11 minutes ago, bunglebus said: I need to see the engineering behind that There are quite a few articles about this online, but none of them actually explain how it works. Frustrating. I can't really get my head round two transverse crankshafts being connected to a single longitudinal gearbox. Those engines have a really uneven idle, and I can imagine a lot of disparity in engine speed between the two when you're not giving it throttle. I'd love to see some drawings of how it all works. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aotb Posted December 8, 2021 Share Posted December 8, 2021 It's (or was when I was there a few years ago) at the SAAB museum in Trollhättan. It's very odd. JimH 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
High Jetter Posted December 8, 2021 Share Posted December 8, 2021 One for the Y tho thread. Asimo and LightBulbFun 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sdkrc Posted December 8, 2021 Share Posted December 8, 2021 Sipani Montana D.E, Austat, Datsuncog and 3 others 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
High Jetter Posted December 8, 2021 Share Posted December 8, 2021 Dolphin? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sdkrc Posted December 9, 2021 Share Posted December 9, 2021 It's the replacement for the Dolphin. Sexier, squarer and smothered with doors Crackers and Snake Charmer 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Metal Guru Posted December 9, 2021 Share Posted December 9, 2021 1 hour ago, High Jetter said: Dolphin? Is that a rebadged Reliant Kitten? Remspoor 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rod/b Posted December 9, 2021 Share Posted December 9, 2021 6 hours ago, Metal Guru said: Is that a rebadged Reliant Kitten? Licence built Kitten by Sipani in India. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
High Jetter Posted December 9, 2021 Share Posted December 9, 2021 Didn't know that, thanks. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Noel Tidybeard Posted December 10, 2021 Share Posted December 10, 2021 On 05/12/2021 at 09:16, Dobloseven said: Wonder if a BMW badge would fit on the bonnet. MSport logo on the tailgate and jobs a good'un! yes it does there's at least one been done Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pieman Posted December 10, 2021 Share Posted December 10, 2021 These look like ordinary MR2s, don't they? But what's this? Yep, that's a K Series engine - according to a thread I've just read on RR, four MR2s were fitted with said engines to be used as test mules for the upcoming MGF! Sadly* all were scrapped at the end of testing. LightBulbFun, D.E, MisterH and 10 others 13 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
17-Coffees Posted December 10, 2021 Share Posted December 10, 2021 Only know of this thanks to Autocar on Facebook bringing it to my attention... The 2022 Mazda 2! Yes,It's a rebadged Yaris! As some of you will know, this sort of badge engineering is fairly common in Japan, Daihatsu have a Camry & Mazda have a Jimny to name 2, if we get fully into K cars then it's common place. Im amazed to see Toyota trying it over here, but it's working alreday with Suzuki and the Corolla Estate & Rav4 in there range! It also neatly goes fully circle, because Toyota did sell a rebadged Mazda 2 saloon under the Scion range a while back! MrGTI6, Austat, warch and 3 others 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheOtherStu Posted December 10, 2021 Share Posted December 10, 2021 5 hours ago, Pieman said: These look like ordinary MR2s, don't they? But what's this? Yep, that's a K Series engine - according to a thread I've just read on RR, four MR2s were fitted with said engines to be used as test mules for the upcoming MGF! Sadly* all were scrapped at the end of testing. Do you have any more details? I think this would be of much interest to MR2DC. You're probably aware that there are a fair few Roadsters and the odd Mk2 with K20s in too, Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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