Cars you didn't know existed until very recently.

[LightBulbFun]

some french sans permis thing is my best guess!

[GeordieInExile]

How come we never got the Lada Oka here? A little 650cc city car with boxy Cinquecento-esque looks which cost less than anything else on the road... surely there'd have been a market.

[RoadworkUK]

8 hours ago, Floatylight said:

Any ideas??
 

Not just around the corner from the Station Inn in Church Stretton, by any chance?

[Floatylight]

Not just around the corner from the Station Inn in Church Stretton, by any chance?

Yes, taken by my BIL who works out that way.

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[RoadworkUK]

7 hours ago, Floatylight said:

Yes, taken by my BIL who works out that way.
 

Ha! I meant to take a snap of that after eating a pub lunch there a few months ago, but totally forgot to. I live two hundred miles away, so there's little danger of me passing it again any time soon.

[vulgalour]

That beige thing is a Stevens. http://www.stevensvehicles.co.uk/

[bunglebus]

Saw a Proton CamPro Gen 2 earlier

 

[wuvvum]

20 hours ago, quicksilver said:

At last weekend's FOD gathering, I was sitting with @catsinthewelder in his Safrane and we were reading the handbook. Near the back are a couple of pages describing the 4x4 version, which I never knew existed and must be pretty much extinct now. A big old Renault with a complex 4WD system, WCPGW?

I think the Safrane Biturbo was 4WD.

[vulgalour]

2 turbos AND four wheel drive on a Renault?  That's brave.

[Yoss]

14 hours ago, GeordieInExile said:

How come we never got the Lada Oka here? A little 650cc city car with boxy Cinquecento-esque looks which cost less than anything else on the road... surely there'd have been a market.

 

Lada Oka. 

Apparently developed with Fiat as a replacement for the 126 (says a Google translated Wikipedia page) which is why it looks a bit like a Cinquecento. 

Also came as a tiny tiny van. 

[JeeExEll]

[JeeExEll]

 

Sort of based on the Riley 1.5.

[JeeExEll]

Also available, powered by a straight 6 version of the B-series.

[STUNO]

12 hours ago, JeeExEll said:

Also available, powered by a straight 6 version of the B-series.

I had the Wolseley version of this for a few years . Wolseley 24/80. traded at larke Hoskins in Canberra for a  new Mini K Deluxe 1100 (radio and heater optional extras in the Deluxe ), but it went well.

[17-Coffees]

We all know the Lada Niva, but i only just found out it was sold as a pick up as well...

I want one, oh so very much!  100% a lotto win to buy a brand new one, although it seem's they stopped making this spec. (but the 3 and 5 door's are still being made!)

Also it's pointing out that its no longer called the Niva, just called the 'Lada 4x4'.

[sheffcortinacentre]

There were quite a few different body configurations over the years.

[ProgRocker]

6 hours ago, 17-Coffees said:

Also it's pointing out that its no longer called the Niva, just called the 'Lada 4x4'.

I believe Chevrolet now own the 'Niva' name, so Lada has to use '4x4' instead.

These Lada 4x4s can be bought in the UK as an import. Failing that, they are still being sold in Germany. 

[chaseracer]

This is the Lancer EVO, then...?

(sorry...)

?

[lesapandre]

American Motors AMX/3. 1969.

[lesapandre]

Glenfrome - built in Bristol. Inset door an interesting detail. Only one built. They went on to customise Range Rovers.

[lesapandre]

Another Glenfrome - Range Rover based. Glenfrome started around 1975 with the Delta and finished customising around 1986.

[lesapandre]

Every despot or mother-in-law should own one.

[quicksilver]

This was in the car park at the BL rally. I thought the GT badge looked like a Halfords stick-on special but it turns out a Sierra GT is a thing. Seemingly not very highly thought of in OSF circles as it's just a tarted up LX introduced towards the end of the Sierra's life.

[sheffcortinacentre]

Mate had a blue EST one.

[lesapandre]

3 hours ago, quicksilver said:

This was in the car park at the BL rally. I thought the GT badge looked like a Halfords stick-on special but it turns out a Sierra GT is a thing. Seemingly not very highly thought of in OSF circles as it's just a tarted up LX introduced towards the end of the Sierra's life.

Black painted B and C posts standard as well? Not seen that before.

[lesapandre]

Glenfrome Ashton.

[lesapandre]

And the Portway. Ashton and Portway are both names of places in Bristol where these were made. Most of this stuff was probably built to order and exported to the Middle East - a tricky operation  cashflow-wise if you are buying a Range Rover and then cutting it up. Company did not do this for long - interesting vehicles if you can find one. 

[puddlethumper]

Shit pic of a model I'd never heard of. A Seat Keyah. Turns out Seat don't do a Keyah.

I tend to think it's the owners name after seeing the number plate. K3YOH. Back to the drawing board.

[Supernaut]

Yeah, that's just a Leon.

[egg]

Did you know that the (originally Danish) electric City EL is still made in Germany for about £10k? I didn't.

Price list

http://www.cityel.de/images/pdf/CityEL-Neufahrzeug-Preisliste-Bestellformular.pdf

Website

http://www.cityel.de/

Want.

http://www.leicht-kfz-schippers.de/city-el.htm

Range between 40-100 miles, 50kph typical speed.