warch Posted September 28, 2022 Share Posted September 28, 2022 16 hours ago, Missy Charm said: One of these was parked in my road the other day; not seen it before so don't think it belongs to a neighbour. It's gone now. Was badged as a Megane Classic, which is presumably French for Orion. 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 Tenmil Socket and warren t claim 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pieman Posted September 28, 2022 Share Posted September 28, 2022 Hatchloons, as I once saw them called on either here or Twatter a long time ago. warch 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GeordieInExile Posted September 28, 2022 Share Posted September 28, 2022 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. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Remspoor Posted September 28, 2022 Share Posted September 28, 2022 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 Blake's Den 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tenmil Socket Posted September 28, 2022 Share Posted September 28, 2022 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. warch 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Snake Charmer Posted September 28, 2022 Share Posted September 28, 2022 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? bunglebus 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Missy Charm Posted September 28, 2022 Share Posted September 28, 2022 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. warren t claim, Rightnider, sdkrc and 6 others 9 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Muniphobia Posted September 28, 2022 Share Posted September 28, 2022 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 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
catsinthewelder Posted September 29, 2022 Share Posted September 29, 2022 The current Mazda 3 looks great as a saloon. Muniphobia, ProgRocker and Tenmil Socket 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Asimo Posted September 29, 2022 Share Posted September 29, 2022 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. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Metal Guru Posted September 30, 2022 Share Posted September 30, 2022 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. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bunglebus Posted October 1, 2022 Share Posted October 1, 2022 Biagini Passo somewhatfoolish, Datsuncog, warch and 2 others 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Supernaut Posted October 1, 2022 Share Posted October 1, 2022 Looks like a VW Golf County convertible. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bunglebus Posted October 1, 2022 Share Posted October 1, 2022 Pretty much exactly what it is, except the Country was a 5 door MK2 Supernaut 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DavieW Posted October 3, 2022 Share Posted October 3, 2022 I was behind a DS9 this morning. Never seen one before. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Remspoor Posted October 3, 2022 Share Posted October 3, 2022 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. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
High Jetter Posted October 3, 2022 Share Posted October 3, 2022 4 hours ago, DavieW said: I was behind a DS9 this morning. Never seen one before. Yeah, they're quick. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Metal Guru Posted October 4, 2022 Share Posted October 4, 2022 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?” Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
martc Posted October 4, 2022 Share Posted October 4, 2022 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 bunglebus, Rust Collector, Dyslexic Viking and 1 other 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wuvvum Posted October 4, 2022 Share Posted October 4, 2022 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. warren t claim 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
artdjones Posted October 4, 2022 Share Posted October 4, 2022 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. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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sheffcortinacentre Posted October 4, 2022 Share Posted October 4, 2022 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. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Remspoor Posted October 6, 2022 Share Posted October 6, 2022 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/ 11001010 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
crapcarcollector Posted October 9, 2022 Share Posted October 9, 2022 Maybe I’ve been living under a rock, but I never knew a saloon MG6 was a thing….Sent from my iPad using Tapatalk Pro ProgRocker 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jmsguzzi Posted October 9, 2022 Share Posted October 9, 2022 3 hours ago, crapcarcollector said: Maybe I’ve been living under a rock, but I never knew a saloon MG6 was a thing…. Sent from my iPad using Tapatalk Pro They call it the Magnette lesapandre 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
crapcarcollector Posted October 9, 2022 Share Posted October 9, 2022 Indeed…..Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Yoss Posted October 9, 2022 Share Posted October 9, 2022 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. Remspoor, LightBulbFun and chaseracer 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Noel Tidybeard Posted October 9, 2022 Share Posted October 9, 2022 civic 10 loon is a rare beastie as well Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
delux Posted October 9, 2022 Share Posted October 9, 2022 10 hours ago, jmsguzzi said: They call it the Magnette As in 'Fanny...'? DavieW 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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