2MB Posted April 3, 2015 Share Posted April 3, 2015 I was also shocked* to learn of the existence of the ford ecosport when dropping a van off at a dealership. It took it being parked next to the equally shit kuga to know they were two different things. See also transit courier Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lukas Posted April 4, 2015 Share Posted April 4, 2015 The Ecosport is a south-american-Ford, built and developed for the south american markets. That´s why it has a backdoor like an old RAV4, that´s why the suspension is not up to Fords european standards and thats why the whole car feels very cheap and filthy. No 2WD too, so useless. But Ford does not have a small SUV and as this market is exploding at the moment, they are importing the Ecosport as a fill-in. Timewaster 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
M'coli Posted April 4, 2015 Share Posted April 4, 2015 and as this market is exploding at the moment, they are importing the Ecosport as a fill-in. Would it be rude to hope that the buyers are ensconced within these monstrosities whilst they are exploding??!! mercrocker 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pshome Posted April 4, 2015 Share Posted April 4, 2015 Name stolen to gain some glamour? DS20, Junkman, inconsistant and 2 others 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Largactil Posted April 5, 2015 Share Posted April 5, 2015 Spotted a few of these locally (in Ireland) - Did the Astra Saloon (née Belmont) make the UK in it's current guise? JohnDeere 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Timewaster Posted April 5, 2015 Share Posted April 5, 2015 Nissan Ebro... A new one on me Our local greengrocers had a blue one from new until it was as rotten as their pears. They were on sale until the Vanette arrived. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Skut Posted April 10, 2015 Share Posted April 10, 2015 Saw one of these in this colour. Initially got very excited thinking it was some Chinese Brilliance Beauty leopard thing. But its a a Lexus RCF which is a new one on me. I thought it had had an accident until i realised its supposed to look like that. Junkman 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
2MB Posted April 10, 2015 Share Posted April 10, 2015 ^ it does seem to be a modern trend to style cars like badly stretched virtual forms. They just look like shit attempts at 'real time damage' in early playstation racing games Pillock and RoadworkUK 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mercrocker Posted April 10, 2015 Share Posted April 10, 2015 ^ it does seem to be a modern trend to style cars like badly stretched virtual forms. They just look like shit FTFY Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Timewaster Posted April 10, 2015 Share Posted April 10, 2015 That Lexus is another new design with creases and swage lines that either don't go anywhere or don't line up.My company Focus has them and in the right light you would swear someone had backed in to it and driven off. Incidentally my iPad corrected that to read "sewage lines". How did it know? Rusty_Rocket and inconsistant 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Negative Creep Posted April 10, 2015 Share Posted April 10, 2015 The Ecosport is a south-american-Ford, built and developed for the south american markets. That´s why it has a backdoor like an old RAV4, that´s why the suspension is not up to Fords european standards and thats why the whole car feels very cheap and filthy. No 2WD too, so useless. But Ford does not have a small SUV and as this market is exploding at the moment, they are importing the Ecosport as a fill-in. Someone at work has one in black - looks bloody hideous and she's already on about replacing it. THe Lexus does work well in the flesh though, especially dark colours Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
inconsistant Posted April 11, 2015 Share Posted April 11, 2015 Spotted an old (80s?) Mazda 929 yesterday in France. did it come to the UK too as I didn't realise they did anything bigger than a 626 other than the Xedos stuff? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kinkersaab Posted April 11, 2015 Share Posted April 11, 2015 we certainly got the 929 estate, local garage had one as a school taxi back in the day. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
STUNO Posted April 11, 2015 Share Posted April 11, 2015 Toyota Corsa Cynthia HillmanImp 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AnthonyG Posted April 11, 2015 Share Posted April 11, 2015 Spotted a few of these locally (in Ireland) - Did the Astra Saloon (née Belmont) make the UK in it's current guise? No, not in the UK. Searching on the U.S. Ford site for info on the new Mustang, I discovered there is a saloon version of the current Focus as well. Sadly not one of the Fiesta though, which would be epically shite. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tayne Posted April 11, 2015 Share Posted April 11, 2015 There is a Fiesta saloon, I think I have a picture of one somewhere... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tayne Posted April 11, 2015 Share Posted April 11, 2015 This may be an older one, I saw this in Chile in 2010. Fiesta Saloon by Tayne, on Flickr This is the current model, not the different rear window. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wuvvum Posted April 11, 2015 Share Posted April 11, 2015 I saw a new shape Mitsubishi Mirage on the road today, the first one I've seen. Looks a bit like the old Colt at the front, and like a Daewoo Matiz with a mild case of gigantism from the back. Needless to say, it was being driven unnecessarily slowly by an old giffer. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pillock Posted April 14, 2015 Share Posted April 14, 2015 1996 Nissan Rasheen by SKW1982, on Flickr stillOrange, Inspector Morose and brickwall 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lukas Posted April 15, 2015 Share Posted April 15, 2015 The Mitsubishi Attrage is one of the most unknown and horrible looking cars on the market at the moment. Officially sold in Austria, but nobody knows why... Lacquer Peel and Junkman 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tooSavvy Posted April 15, 2015 Share Posted April 15, 2015 Hey!! Corrrrrr.... Proton just gotta put a badge on THAT TS AnthonyG, Junkman, martc and 1 other 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vin Posted April 15, 2015 Share Posted April 15, 2015 Nissan Ebro... A new one on me Just turned up for sale in the next villageimage.jpg Our local greengrocers had a blue one from new until it was as rotten as their pears. They were on sale until the Vanette arrived. Ah, the Ebro Trade. Our local fruit and veg shop also had one in the late eighties/early nineties. It was white and very rusty... All that front Nissan badging on that camper isn't original on an Ebro of that vintage. From what I remember, going by the fruit and veg example, the only mention of Nissan was on the bottom of one of the rear doors were it said in a smaller script underneath EBRO, 'powered by Nissan' or something similar... The fruit and veg one was identical to this, without the roof rack, and RHD obviously... Edit, - In fact 'Spottedlaurel', formerly of this parish, spotted a D plated one here on his Flickr, you can make out the Nissan badge on the door... Links -> https://flic.kr/p/bDjaZv https://flic.kr/p/bDjb3X Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cros Posted April 15, 2015 Share Posted April 15, 2015 Nissan Ebro... A new one on me Just turned up for sale in the next villageimage.jpgI think I saw that outside the pub at Barrowden last year. I've seen plenty of them in Spain, but that didn't stop me from thinking it was a T25 that had been subjected to some new bastardisation beyond my understanding. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
martc Posted April 15, 2015 Share Posted April 15, 2015 http://uk.smart.com/uk/en/index/smart-forfour-453.html#showme.ccindex=0I'm quite unsuccessful at posting pics, but I had the unlucky experience of seeing a brand new Smart ForFour this weekend. It looks like an early prototype for the FIAT500L which was rejected by FIAT because it looked "crap". Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Junkman Posted April 15, 2015 Share Posted April 15, 2015 The Mitsubishi Attrage is one of the most unknown and horrible looking cars on the market at the moment. Officially sold in Austria, but nobody knows why... WANT! Is it available in beige? brickwall and Stanky 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tooSavvy Posted April 15, 2015 Share Posted April 15, 2015 Two way shootout - the Mizzie vs. Savvy(withaboot) Vomit points galore to be awarded TS Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lukas Posted April 15, 2015 Share Posted April 15, 2015 WANT! Is it available in beige? Don´t think so. http://www.gebrauchtwagen.at/ergebnis_suche.php?fahrzeugnummer=&marke=Mitsubishi&modell=Attrage&treibstoff=0&bj_von=von&bj_bis=bis&kw_von=&kw_bis=&lst_eh=1&km_von=von&km_bis=bis&preis_von=von&preis_bis=bis&submit=&quicksearch=1&aussenfarbe=0&sucheland=0&bundesland=Alle...&x=61&y=14 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cros Posted April 15, 2015 Share Posted April 15, 2015 J4 with what looked like some Nissan/Ebro running gear. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
STUNO Posted April 15, 2015 Share Posted April 15, 2015 Town Box Wide Saw one advertised for sale.For some reason computer will not allow photos today or links so you will have to imagine what the town box looks like. Lacquer Peel 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
STUNO Posted April 15, 2015 Share Posted April 15, 2015 Computer behaving very badly today , It may have to be set fire to. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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