Cars you didn't know existed until very recently.

[RoadworkUK]

18 hours ago, barrett said:

Hey, that SA Viva hatch thingy is an entirely new one for me! Nice work

Ditto. Here's to more of this kind of thing on this thread.

[JeeExEll]

On 3/10/2020 at 7:42 AM, bunglebus said:

Ginetta GRS

 

'Based on a donor Hillman Hunter'.   That's not something you hear everyday.

[Tenmil Socket]

Polo Sprint

[bunglebus]

FB_IMG_1584043763377 by RS, on Flickr

FB_IMG_1584043766818 by RS, on Flickr

FB_IMG_1584043769756 by RS, on Flickr

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/IKA-Renault_Torino

[Austat]

1971 Isuzu Bellett Sport Wagon by Tom Tjaarda:

[bunglebus]

Looks like a MK1 Capri got rear ended by a Scimitar 

[Sir Snipes]

Looks a bit like an Elite

[Tenmil Socket]

Audi Spyder

[bunglebus]

3 hours ago, Sir Snipes said:

Looks a bit like an Elite

I thought that after I posted it!

[Tenmil Socket]

[ProgRocker]

6 minutes ago, Tenmil Socket said:

Lynx Eventer??

[bunglebus]

[sheffcortinacentre]

Know doubt the seller will have wanted to much  for an enthusiast to save it so the banger boys will have been over the moon to get to destroy a rarity.

I know it's Thiers to do with as these please, I just don't understood how you can get pride from destroying something .

[chaseracer]

That's Hednesford Raceway, just up the road from Chaseracer Towers.  By all accounts, the Eventer was utterly hanging.  @Pieman may know more.

[chaseracer]

Have we had the Ford Corcel yet?

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ford_Corcel

https://www.curbsideclassic.com/uncategorized/cohort-sighting-ford-corcel-an-undignified-retirement/

[egg]

On 3/7/2020 at 1:06 AM, Alan_Green said:

Xpeng g3

Wonder what they based the interior on...

[bunglebus]

This just appeared on Facebook

 

[Pieman]

1 hour ago, chaseracer said:

That's Hednesford Raceway, just up the road from Chaseracer Towers.  By all accounts, the Eventer was utterly hanging.  @Pieman may know more.

The Eventer was raced in January 2000 at Hednesford by Marc Watkins - perhaps thankfully the only Eventer ever to be bangered.  It took part in the first ever North v South "Civil War" event, and secured the overall win for the North by winning the last event of the day.

[Magnificent Rustbucket]

I'm surprised an Eventer was ever cheap enough to be bangered. I don't remember them being down to 'throw away' money like the ordinary XJ-S and the XJ saloons. I guess the man was prepared to spend a bit to race a rarity.

[Sir Snipes]

Maybe it was only fit for the oval, for one reason or another?

[Austat]

Hillman Minx Californian:

[Austat]

On 3/14/2020 at 7:46 AM, chaseracer said:

Have we had the Ford Corcel yet?

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ford_Corcel

https://www.curbsideclassic.com/uncategorized/cohort-sighting-ford-corcel-an-undignified-retirement/

Essentially a Renault 12 under the skin. The similarities are more obvious with the 4 door version:

 

[Remspoor]

 

[Andy F]

This just appeared on Facebook market place. Yikes, I think it was as startled to see me looking at it  as I was looking at it! Lancia Thesis. This one was a 2.4 jtd 2005 for £800. Luckily I can't find the advert now 

Guessing it's based on an Alfa 166

[Remspoor]

22 hours ago, Andy F said:

This just appeared on Facebook market place. Yikes, I think it was as startled to see me looking at it  as I was looking at it! Lancia Thesis. This one was a 2.4 jtd 2005 for £800. Luckily I can't find the advert now 

Guessing it's based on an Alfa 166

Maybe because the UK has not seen a Lancia sold new for many many years.

Thesis was designed with its own chassis. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lancia_Thesis

You can purchase this far more expensive example.

https://www.carandclassic.co.uk/car/C1168082

[outlaw118]

On 3/13/2020 at 8:25 PM, sheffcortinacentre said:

I know it's Thiers to do with as these please, I just don't understood how you can get pride from destroying something .

 

On 3/13/2020 at 10:37 PM, Pieman said:

The Eventer was raced in January 2000 at Hednesford by Marc Watkins - perhaps thankfully the only Eventer ever to be bangered.  It took part in the first ever North v South "Civil War" event, and secured the overall win for the North by winning the last event of the day.

 

On 3/13/2020 at 11:37 PM, Magnificent Rustbucket said:

I'm surprised an Eventer was ever cheap enough to be bangered. I don't remember them being down to 'throw away' money like the ordinary XJ-S and the XJ saloons. I guess the man was prepared to spend a bit to race a rarity.

 

On 3/14/2020 at 7:16 AM, Sir Snipes said:

Maybe it was only fit for the oval, for one reason or another

I was there. I don't know how much the driver paid for it, but it was ABSOLUTELY hanging. The photo above makes it look a lot better than it was; to say the floor was ventilated would be an understatement. Welding had been done, but only to make it safer than a wet paper bag.

 

Yeah, I get the consternation "It should have been saved" etc, but it would have cost an absolute fortune, and bearing in mind it was 20 years ago, it wouldn't have made economic sense. And there's always the arguement that if someone was that bothered, they should have bought it themselves.

Whatever, I can see both sides; personally I was a little uneasy watching it race, but ultimately he was racing for Tha' Norf, so I was more interested in seeing it get mullered! To be fair Having something unusual would mostly be the same as tying a target to your arse.....

[outlaw118]

Laydees and gentlemen, I give you The Vortex Phantom!

Looks a bit like a downsized McClaren, with Rover 620ti RIMZ.

Currently on t'bay

https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/HAND-BUILT-KIT-CLASSIC-RARE-VORTEX-PHANTOM-GTR-V6-HONDA-RACE-TRACK-ROAD-CAR/274297650264?hash=item3fdd69fc58:g:JkUAAOSwkXBeOXQB

[Heidel_Kakao]

No it isn't a Mitsukoa Motors abomination but an actual factory car, the Subaru Impreza Casa Blanca. A posh rally car, JDM only and apparently 5000 made.

[Austat]

1969 Dornier Delta II:

[Austat]

General Motors XP-833 prototype (perhaps inspiration for the design of the Chevette?):