AnnoyingPentium Posted June 17, 2022 Share Posted June 17, 2022 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. Aston Martin 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aston Martin Posted June 17, 2022 Share Posted June 17, 2022 41 minutes ago, AnnoyingPentium said: My mate's Mum has a 10 reg one of these, facelift model, RHD. Bizarre. Cool. I've never seen a UK one. So I assumed Euro only. AnnoyingPentium 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AnnoyingPentium Posted June 17, 2022 Share Posted June 17, 2022 3 minutes ago, Aston Martin said: Cool. I've never seen a UK one. So I assumed Euro only. Could be imported. I'll get a photo next time I'm up at John's. Aston Martin 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Datsuncog Posted June 17, 2022 Share Posted June 17, 2022 Misread that as "my mate's mum has 10 of these" - and I was about to enquire why she wasn't on here... coachie, Aston Martin, Remspoor and 3 others 1 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
D.E Posted June 17, 2022 Share Posted June 17, 2022 19 hours ago, Inspiral_Mondays said: The company that made the 928 estate also put an innocent Mk1 Golf onto a 928 chassis, this is the result: Ah, the whacky creations of Artz! They also made a Corvette disguised as a Kadett GSI and an Opel Lotus Calibra. garethj, Leyland Worldmaster, Remspoor and 3 others 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RoadworkUK Posted June 17, 2022 Share Posted June 17, 2022 The Artz and VW Golf side-by-side comparo looks rather like comparing the Matchbox and Majorette 1:64 models. OM646, garethj and Snake Charmer 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Missy Charm Posted June 17, 2022 Share Posted June 17, 2022 3 hours ago, AnnoyingPentium said: Could be imported. I'll get a photo next time I'm up at John's. https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/284857838834?hash=item4252d9acf2:g:j2IAAOSwFKdiq~uo There's one for sale on Ebay. Perhaps they were an official model, but just not very popular. AnnoyingPentium 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AnnoyingPentium Posted June 17, 2022 Share Posted June 17, 2022 Just now, Missy Charm said: https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/284857838834?hash=item4252d9acf2:g:j2IAAOSwFKdiq~uo There's one for sale on Ebay. Perhaps they were an official model, but just not very popular. Same colour as John's Mum's one and everything. The reg on theirs starts on KE though, IIRC, I've not really paid much attention to it as the rear end of the thing does make me a little nauseous... 🤣 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Austat Posted June 19, 2022 Share Posted June 19, 2022 Dauphine Alfa Romeo: Yoss and egg 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Richard_FM Posted June 19, 2022 Share Posted June 19, 2022 5 hours ago, Austat said: Dauphine Alfa Romeo: I wonder what the story is behind that!? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr Pastry Posted June 19, 2022 Share Posted June 19, 2022 10 minutes ago, Richard_FM said: I wonder what the story is behind that!? IIRC it was just a regular Dauphine, built under licence or badge engineered by Alfa. Remspoor and RayMK 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Richard_FM Posted June 19, 2022 Share Posted June 19, 2022 8 minutes ago, Mr Pastry said: IIRC it was just a regular Dauphine, built under licence or badge engineered by Alfa. Right, I wasn't sure if it was one of those odd badge engineered car that seemed to be common in some parts of the world. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bunglebus Posted June 19, 2022 Share Posted June 19, 2022 This my friends, is a Honda Spike AnnoyingPentium, Remspoor and Yoss 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
J W Pepper Posted June 19, 2022 Share Posted June 19, 2022 Suzuki Swace, basically a rebadged Corolla AnnoyingPentium and mk2_craig 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Remspoor Posted June 19, 2022 Share Posted June 19, 2022 10 hours ago, Austat said: Dauphine Alfa Romeo: whoops. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Missy Charm Posted June 19, 2022 Share Posted June 19, 2022 Following on from the Astra body on a Corvette chassis, here's the 1975 Corvette hatchback. It wasn't an official model, but conversions were done on a semi-official basis on new cars by a coachbuilder. It's rather better resolved, visually speaking, than the German efforts with the Astra and the Porsche estate. In fact, it's a very elegant car. Supernaut, Remspoor, Datsuncog and 6 others 9 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spurious Posted June 19, 2022 Share Posted June 19, 2022 20 minutes ago, J W Pepper said: Suzuki Swace, basically a rebadged Corolla Nice too inside. Sat in the back of an Uber one and it wasn't a bad place to sit. Infotainment looked good too. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Timewaster Posted June 19, 2022 Share Posted June 19, 2022 2 hours ago, J W Pepper said: Suzuki Swace, basically a rebadged Corolla The one I saw even had Toyota hybrid badges same as a Prius. J W Pepper 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GeordieInExile Posted June 19, 2022 Share Posted June 19, 2022 On 6/14/2022 at 8:42 PM, mk2_craig said: Wow, nice use of black paint to disguise that step in the window line. I saw one of these yesterday and tbh I thought the black bit made it look even worse than the original version! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
artdjones Posted June 19, 2022 Share Posted June 19, 2022 8 hours ago, Richard_FM said: I wonder what the story is behind that!? Alfa also built the R4 under licence for a while. Austat, mk2_craig, adw1977 and 4 others 7 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Richard_FM Posted June 19, 2022 Share Posted June 19, 2022 1 hour ago, Timewaster said: The one I saw even had Toyota hybrid badges same as a Prius. You can get a Mazda 2 hybrid which is more or less a Toyota Yaris rebadged. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
artdjones Posted June 20, 2022 Share Posted June 20, 2022 13 hours ago, artdjones said: Alfa also built the R4 under licence for a while. I didn't realize it, but they actually built 41000 of these over two years, then the tax policy of the Italian government changed, so they stopped production. My suspicion would be that Fiat leaned on the government to do that, as they have always had a lot of political influence. And for all the appeal of the Fiat 500 and 600, the R4 is a far superior car for every day use and practicality than either of them. In fact it's probably the best of all the "people's cars."So Fiat would be looking at a large loss of sales if production had continued. JeeExEll, Dyslexic Viking, egg and 1 other 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alan_Green Posted June 21, 2022 Share Posted June 21, 2022 Toyota Corolla Hybrid Auto Van. (There should be move car-seat-delete vans). Remspoor, Asimo, Dyslexic Viking and 5 others 7 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bicycle repairman Posted June 21, 2022 Share Posted June 21, 2022 to early ones lol Low Horatio gearbox 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SteersWithThrottle Posted June 22, 2022 Share Posted June 22, 2022 Guigiaro recycling theme: Porsche Tapiro 1970 Maserati Boomerang 1971 Remspoor, Datsuncog, cort1977 and 3 others 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Richard_FM Posted June 22, 2022 Share Posted June 22, 2022 On 6/21/2022 at 5:40 PM, Alan_Green said: Toyota Corolla Hybrid Auto Van. (There should be move car-seat-delete vans). Supposedly a high proportion of Japanese estate cars are used as delivery vans, so this seems logical. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bunglebus Posted June 23, 2022 Share Posted June 23, 2022 No idea Remspoor 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Datsuncog Posted June 23, 2022 Share Posted June 23, 2022 ^^ The peculiarly monickered Honda Stepwgn, I think... bunglebus 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
horriblemercedes Posted June 23, 2022 Share Posted June 23, 2022 6 minutes ago, Datsuncog said: ^^ The peculiarly monickered Honda Stepwgn, I think... People always think they're JDM but they're actually WDM Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bunglebus Posted June 23, 2022 Share Posted June 23, 2022 Well I presume you all know about Supervan I And Supervan II And Supervan III No, This one: Well now there's: https://www.thedrive.com/news/new-ford-supervan-is-a-1973-hp-electric-racer-in-cargo-van-form?utm_source=The+Drive&utm_campaign=d65e02613b-EMAIL_CAMPAIGN_2022_06_23_08_11&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_c50d691831-d65e02613b-180015433 sheffcortinacentre, Remspoor, JeeExEll and 2 others 4 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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