Cars you didn't know existed until very recently.

[bunglebus]

Celica notchback

 

[adw1977]

16 hours ago, egg said:

Just Italy I think for tax reasons...

Yeah, Italy got lots of small engined versions of cars, including the Opel Kadett (Mark 1 Astra) with a 1.0 engine. 

[sutty2006]

What in the name of all thats shite is this?!!!!! Spotted today in a car park near home. It’s an Isuzu of some sort. Never seen one before, ever. Obviously a jap import as there’s a pointless mirror on the front wing. 

[sheffcortinacentre]

Used to know a couple of people who had those celicas one that colour the other a red one.

[Aston Martin]

Yes, can I lose all of the structural integrity that I didn't have in the first place?

[GeordieInExile]

On 10/10/2020 at 10:36 AM, sutty2006 said:

What in the name of all thats shite is this?!!!!! Spotted today in a car park near home. It’s an Isuzu of some sort. Never seen one before, ever. Obviously a jap import as there’s a pointless mirror on the front wing. 

I remember a group test in Auto Express back in the day of 'real-life concepts' - this, the Renault Spider and, erm, a couple of others I've forgotten.

[face]

13 hours ago, Aston Martin said:

Yes, can I lose all of the structural integrity that I didn't have in the first place?

OGGETTI

[Tenmil Socket]

Was behind one of these yesterday, looked alright.

 

[motorpunk]

13 hours ago, Aston Martin said:

Yes, can I lose all of the structural integrity that I didn't have in the first place?

That’s another one for my fantasy garage that I never knew existed.

[Aston Martin]

1 hour ago, motorpunk said:

That’s another one for my fantasy garage that I never knew existed.

Theres a few for sale....

[Volksy]

On 10/1/2020 at 7:12 PM, martc said:

 

Separated at birth?

 

The Leganza was a development (and shrunk down version) of the Jaguar Kensington, a still born project from Ital Design

[cort1977]

This thing.

https://www.volkswagen.co.uk/new/t-roc-cabriolet.html?adchan=sem&campaign=model&adgroup=brand&publisher=google&adpl=google&country=GB&language=en&gclsrc=aw.ds&&gclid=CjwKCAjwkoz7BRBPEiwAeKw3q_sS7qKi0bI-0T19gvn1XO8Lk0ToYDOgb61ndnUK4hSIn4L5bw6PRhoC418QAvD_BwE&mkwid=s_464694718318_vw t roc convertible_e_c&mtid=vdvv2y1xd0&slid=&product_id=

Not that I give a shit but they claim it's the world's first convertible SUV which is blatantly untrue.  I can think of the Nisaan Murano convertible and whatever that crappy range rover thing was for a start.

[Tenmil Socket]

15 minutes ago, cort1977 said:

This thing.

https://www.volkswagen.co.uk/new/t-roc-cabriolet.html?adchan=sem&campaign=model&adgroup=brand&publisher=google&adpl=google&country=GB&language=en&gclsrc=aw.ds&&gclid=CjwKCAjwkoz7BRBPEiwAeKw3q_sS7qKi0bI-0T19gvn1XO8Lk0ToYDOgb61ndnUK4hSIn4L5bw6PRhoC418QAvD_BwE&mkwid=s_464694718318_vw t roc convertible_e_c&mtid=vdvv2y1xd0&slid=&product_id=

Not that I give a shit but they claim it's the world's first convertible SUV which is blatantly untrue.  I can think of the Nisaan Murano convertible and whatever that crappy range rover thing was for a start.

The model name sounds like a cross between a dinosaur and a wrestler. I mean the names of some cars these days... take the Mokka for example. 

[17-Coffees]

The worst thing about that is they killed off the drop top Golf in favor of this, as well as killing off the manual Golf R. They even make an R model of the T-Rok..think a Golf R on stilts and generally a worse drive(But costing more)

 

So let's go back to 2012 when VW was last a bit silly, the Golf R convertible! The AWD, Turbo 4-pot, manual droptop hatchback that cost £40k! 

 

[Pieman]

On 10/10/2020 at 10:38 AM, Tayne said:

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Isuzu_VehiCROSS
 

 

Appropriate name, cos I would be VehiCross if you parked that ugly thing anywhere that I could see it.

[egg]

7 hours ago, Tenmil Socket said:

Was behind one of these yesterday, looked alright.

Suzuki Kizashi, bit of a sales flop I think only sold for a short while, depreciating nicely. I hope someone here gets one soon!

[martc]

4 hours ago, cort1977 said:

This thing.

Not that I give a shit but they claim it's the world's first convertible SUV which is blatantly untrue.  I can think of the Nisaan Murano convertible and whatever that crappy range rover thing was for a start.

it's not even the first one they've made...

Parked next to another claim for the 'first'.

[lesapandre]

4 hours ago, Pieman said:

Appropriate name, cos I would be VehiCross if you parked that ugly thing anywhere that I could see it.

The point about these is how early they are in that style. This is a hugely influential design - in that sort of sports off-road style. Horrible but influential.  The Nissan Juke for example did not arrive 'till 2010.

[Remspoor]

This thing.

Also a link to the Dutch vid referred to in the above.  Here it looks more like a trailer. 😀

 

[Aston Martin]

6 hours ago, 17-Coffees said:

The worst thing about that is they killed off the drop top Golf in favor of this, as well as killing off the manual Golf R. They even make an R model of the T-Rok..think a Golf R on stilts and generally a worse drive(But costing more)

 

So let's go back to 2012 when VW was last a bit silly, the Golf R convertible! The AWD, Turbo 4-pot, manual droptop hatchback that cost £40k! 

 

 

It got dropped to £32k within weeks.

[Magic]

5 hours ago, egg said:

Suzuki Kizashi, bit of a sales flop I think only sold for a short while, depreciating nicely. I hope someone here gets one soon!

Probably a bit new for these parts. Mate of mine bought a 2013 one about a year ago. Weird thing! 2.4 Sport ... has a CVT. 😮

[davocano]

Earlier this week, I found myself trapped in traffic behind a Rolls-Royce Cullinan. No photo as I wouldn't want to inflict it on anyone with a morning head. Think two giant Duplo bricks with metallic paint.

Later, I found out there's a wallet-Barry version with the catchy* moniker of "Novitec Cullinan Overdose by SPOFEC".

"Overdose" FFS

[Austat]

1974 Fiat 127 Village concept by Bertone:

[horriblemercedes]

On 10/14/2020 at 3:29 PM, 17-Coffees said:

The worst thing about that is they killed off the drop top Golf in favor of this, as well as killing off the manual Golf R. They even make an R model of the T-Rok..think a Golf R on stilts and generally a worse drive(But costing more)

 

So let's go back to 2012 when VW was last a bit silly, the Golf R convertible! The AWD, Turbo 4-pot, manual droptop hatchback that cost £40k! 

 

I thought the convertibles version lost AWD because of under-body bracing that meant they couldn't fit the diff or propshaft or something? 

[17-Coffees]

I just checked and you are correct! I admittedly though they were still AWD, kinda looses part of its buzz for me...4-pot turbo nutter manual AWD Drop top is a crazy mix!

[Quintus]

Celica notchback
 

I've seen one of these when I was out on delivery. It had obviously been sat on someone's drive for a while because the MOT history showed it as very low mileage for an early 80s car.

The best thing about it? The two tone brown/gold bodywork. Can't seem to find a pic on my phone though!

Sent from my Moto G (5) using Tapatalk

[Austat]

Fiat 127 Team, some sought of obscure Special Edition I believe:

[FakeConcern]

Out of the blue I got followed on Instagram by this Russian

He posts all sorts of interesting stuff much of which I've never seen before.

Here is a selection, but have a look at the link for more information about each car...

Lada

Datsun

Gaz

Toyota

Nissan

UAZ

Apparently in russian "Bukhanka" means loaf of bread

 

Instagram https://www.instagram.com/papparules/

[Jamie]

206 plus. 206 with a 207 front end 

 

[loserone]

Here's one I took a picture of last month

Look how upset he is at seeing the thing