Cars you didn't know existed until very recently.

[Remspoor]

The Ora Cat.

 

[bunglebus]

 

[martc]

11 hours ago, bunglebus said:

Ora cat

Thanks for finding this, I'm after an electric car and the shortlist was Corsa or 208, but perhaps I'll be adding Ora. Can't find an official site on t'interweb at the moment which seems strange as they are supposed to be on sale early next year...

Incidently, before anyone says anything, I don't care that it's from Great Wall and it's a new brand with no UK track record, but they sell in the thousands at home and as far as electric cars go China is amongst the leaders. I'm not keen on the Cat name though, you can take the mick out of that.

[bunglebus]

On 26/07/2021 at 21:49, bunglebus said:

Ora Punk Cat - China obvs and totally not a Beetle

 

On 26/07/2021 at 22:12, bunglebus said:

The Lightening Cat is also totally not a Porsche either

 

5 minutes ago, martc said:

Thanks for finding this, I'm after an electric car and the shortlist was Corsa or 208, but perhaps I'll be adding Ora. Can't find an official site on t'interweb at the moment which seems strange as they are supposed to be on sale early next year...

I did post the other two before, I would think they can't sell those outside of China as they'd actually have to respect copyright laws. I quite like the Punk Cat

[Remspoor]

14 hours ago, Remspoor said:

The Ora Cat.

 

 

13 hours ago, bunglebus said:

 

Too late I had posted bout this before you. 😄

[Remspoor]

On 10/17/2021 at 2:30 PM, Austat said:

Renault Ondine, a more plush version of the Dauphine:

Found another version of the same body. This one is an EV. Year 1959

Henney Kilowatt

[Remspoor]

1 hour ago, martc said:

Thanks for finding this, I'm after an electric car and the shortlist was Corsa or 208, but perhaps I'll be adding Ora. Can't find an official site on t'interweb at the moment which seems strange as they are supposed to be on sale early next year...

Incidently, before anyone says anything, I don't care that it's from Great Wall and it's a new brand with no UK track record, but they sell in the thousands at home and as far as electric cars go China is amongst the leaders. I'm not keen on the Cat name though, you can take the mick out of that.

They are not taking orders yet. At the moment it is all about flooding social media to publicise the car and brand.

[chaseracer]

On 30/10/2021 at 02:05, 17-Coffees said:

Funny enough, it literally is just a jacked up Aston with an AMG V8 engine. 

Was a few of the 'Launch edition' ones up my way last year. So generic I only clicked as to what they were when stuck behind in traffic, otherwise I'd think it  would think it was generic SUV No4...

Tell me that's not just a re-panelled GLE 'coupé'...

[MisterH]

25 minutes ago, chaseracer said:

Tell me that's not just a re-panelled GLE 'coupé'...

That's not just a re-panelled GLE  'coupé'

[chaseracer]

EYETHANGYOO 😄

[MisterH]

1 hour ago, chaseracer said:

EYETHANGYOO 😄

 

[Leyland Worldmaster]

On 10/31/2021 at 2:42 PM, chaseracer said:

Tell me that's not just a re-panelled GLE 'coupé'...

In my eyes, that Ford Kuga looks like a type of Aston Martin Crossover type thingy:

[Leyland Worldmaster]

Anyhoo; back on topic:

https://blog.consumerguide.com/forgotten-concept-porsche-c88/

[Remspoor]

20 hours ago, Leyland Worldmaster said:

Anyhoo; back on topic:

https://blog.consumerguide.com/forgotten-concept-porsche-c88/

I thought the plate said EGG

[bunglebus]

Further proof that we ran out of car names in 1990, the Skoda Enyaq

[Leyland Worldmaster]

2 hours ago, bunglebus said:

Further proof that we ran out of car names in 1990, the Skoda Enyaq

Enya? Isn't she a singer? 🤔 

[tul66]

5 minutes ago, Leyland Worldmaster said:

Enya? Isn't she a singer? 🤔 

Not so's you'd notice.🙂

[Remspoor]

9 hours ago, Leyland Worldmaster said:

Enya? Isn't she a singer? 🤔 

Orinoco Flows Knows.

[nomiST]

Enya Q, Suzi's sister.

[Austat]

Citroën DS 19 Coupé GT Bossaert:

[Inspiral_Mondays]

39 minutes ago, Austat said:

Citroën DS 19 Coupé GT Bossaert:

Wow. I think I‘ve just found my perfect car.

[Tadhg Tiogar]

On 11/3/2021 at 7:10 AM, bunglebus said:

Further proof that we ran out of car names in 1990, the Skoda Enyaq

Maybe "Enyaq" is one of the many words that the Eskimos use for "shite".

[High Jetter]

I saw what I thought was a Nissan Cube in London the other day, but it had Suzuki badging. Can't seem to find it online.

[somewhatfoolish]

Alto Lapin? That's quite square.

Or a Hustler?

Bit of a rabbit hole with JDM stuff as they have so many submodels; also the XBee

And the Wagon R Smile

[High Jetter]

The last one looks most likely, but aren't they smaller than the cube?

[somewhatfoolish]

[High Jetter]

Ha! Was not!

[Remspoor]

The Aurus, a Bentley/Rolls copy from Russia.

At the point they talk about the infighting between designers and engineers and ending up with a ugly hippo. I thought about the Allegro.🙄.

 

[Leyland Worldmaster]

19 hours ago, Remspoor said:

The Aurus, a Bentley/Rolls copy from Russia.

At the point they talk about the infighting between designers and engineers and ending up with a ugly hippo. I thought about the Allegro.🙄.

 

It looks like a Chrysler 300C that has got it on with a RR Ghost. 

Still admire them for starting from scratch though. 

Also, the blunt honesty is refreshing. No flowery language used to describe the design and development. 

Thank foe sharing! 😎😎😎

[cort1977]

Today I learned that in the eighties NASA spent a lot of time developing a Chevrolet Celebrity powered by a Stirling engine.   Despite a very detailed paper on the vehicle there isn't actually a picture of it so here's a similar one.  Yes that is essentially a mk 2 Cavalier. 

They got it to be marginally quicker and fuel economy went from 27 to 41mpg.  It must have been a strange thing to drive though and require a period of warming up before it could move.

 19880002196.pdf (nasa.gov)

Apparently Stirling engines are still under consideration by NASA for deep space missions using Uranium-235 as a heat source.