AnthonyG Posted October 7 Share Posted October 7 On 9/30/2021 at 12:51 AM, Austat said: Nissan Laurel C130-EV: One of them, imported and put on an ‘75 N plate or similar, with that silly little green bit at the front, would be just brilliant. I wouldn’t be able to go very far in it, obviously. I expect going over 25mph gave you a range of about 7 miles. LightBulbFun 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AnthonyG Posted October 7 Share Posted October 7 On 10/6/2021 at 9:34 AM, MJK 24 said: I knew Alfa made commercials up to approx the late 60’s. Completely unaware mainland Europe were getting them until the very end of the 80’s though! A clear Fiat / Iveco base. I wonder what the point was?! I guess another outlet for sales, and more guaranteed volume for the SEVEL JV/factories that built them. No idea what Alfa’s market share of the Italian LCV market was, but even if they only shifted 5000 a year it’s worth tooling up for the grille, badges, and maybe some odd plastic ‘Alfa’ bits like a steering wheel centre. Fiat didn’t buy Alfa until about 86/87, so at least the bottom two would have been the result of an agreement/contract between two separate companies, although I can well expect Italian govt involvement in the arrangement. Lancia built commercials as well, and I think that bit was bought by another truck company when Fiat purchased the cars business in the late 1960s. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ChinaTom Posted October 8 Share Posted October 8 On 10/6/2021 at 6:52 AM, Austat said: Toyota Kijang & the Toyota Tamaraw, both for the Indonesian market: I used to get from my hotel to the airport in these - just taxis you hail and jump in the back of and squeeze in with about 20 people. 1duck 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EightMegs Posted October 8 Share Posted October 8 On 9/27/2021 at 4:15 PM, JimH said: Only just found out about this. I assume from the little front plate and general wet soap in the raininess it is some JDM thing. But what? They're really just Toyota Paseos with gull wing doors. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pieman Posted October 9 Share Posted October 9 Just how many different models of Toyota are there? One for every nation on Earth? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Austat Posted October 9 Share Posted October 9 Borgward P100: Yoss, wuvvum, Remspoor and 1 other 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Austat Posted October 9 Share Posted October 9 Borgward/Lloyd Arabella: bunglebus, Yoss and catsinthewelder 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pieman Posted October 13 Share Posted October 13 This apparently is called a Naza Sutera. I know absolutely nothing about it other than this one got banger raced earlier this year. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MisterH Posted October 13 Share Posted October 13 38 minutes ago, Pieman said: This apparently is called a Naza Sutera. I know absolutely nothing about it other than this one got banger raced earlier this year. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Naza_Sutera https://www.autoexpress.co.uk/car-reviews/16486/naza-sutera Handling by Lotus it seems... Remspoor, face and Yoss 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bunglebus Posted October 13 Share Posted October 13 A few concept cars I've found: Vaz-Porsche 2103 Remspoor and Yoss 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bunglebus Posted October 13 Share Posted October 13 1973 Izh Start 1975 Izh Start You can even get a 1:43 one JeeExEll, garethj, Remspoor and 2 others 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bunglebus Posted October 13 Share Posted October 13 VW Corrado Magnum Nullzwei, Yoss and garethj 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
High Jetter Posted October 13 Share Posted October 13 1 hour ago, bunglebus said: VW Corrado Magnum Express breadvan. bunglebus and Yoss 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vulgalour Posted October 13 Share Posted October 13 Seat's version of the Polo estate. Never knew this was a thing until earlier today. sdkrc and timolloyd 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Remspoor Posted October 14 Share Posted October 14 21 hours ago, vulgalour said: Seat's version of the Polo estate. Never knew this was a thing until earlier today. I have always thought they look like Astra 3rd gen estates. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dobloseven Posted October 14 Share Posted October 14 21 hours ago, vulgalour said: Seat's version of the Polo estate. Never knew this was a thing until earlier today. It was actually the other way round. That's a Seat Cordoba Vario.The Cordoba was the saloon /estate version of the Ibiza. It was sold as a Polo estate,and I think saloon, as well.But different to the Polo hatch, being closer to the Golf in size. Son had one for a while. Really liked it. Paid 500 quid for it and had a hell of a lot of use out of it. Very economical too, with a 90hp1.9 Tdi engine. Coprolalia, sdkrc and vulgalour 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Yoss Posted October 14 Share Posted October 14 51 minutes ago, Dobloseven said: It was actually the other way round. That's a Seat Cordoba Vario.The Cordoba was the saloon /estate version of the Ibiza. It was sold as a Polo estate,and I think saloon, as well.But different to the Polo hatch, being closer to the Golf in size. Son had one for a while. Really liked it. Paid 500 quid for it and had a hell of a lot of use out of it. Very economical too, with a 90hp1.9 Tdi engine. Was also sold as a VW Caddy van possibly at the same time as they were sticking Caddy badges on Felicia pick ups. Saved them an awful lot of money having to develop their own small commercials, just pinch stuff from the sister brands and slap a VW badge on it. Not that that's anything new of course. Datsuncog 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bunglebus Posted October 14 Share Posted October 14 Just saw an ad for this (Hyundai) Genesis G80 martc, timolloyd and garethj 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
High Jetter Posted October 14 Share Posted October 14 Not so keen on the grille, but otherwise looks quite good. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
horriblemercedes Posted October 15 Share Posted October 15 4 hours ago, Dobloseven said: It was actually the other way round. That's a Seat Cordoba Vario.The Cordoba was the saloon /estate version of the Ibiza. It was sold as a Polo estate,and I think saloon, as well.But different to the Polo hatch, being closer to the Golf in size. Son had one for a while. Really liked it. Paid 500 quid for it and had a hell of a lot of use out of it. Very economical too, with a 90hp1.9 Tdi engine. First LHD car I ever drove was one of those, badged as a VW. I tell a lie, it was the second. It was the first manual LHD car I ever drove though Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Asimo Posted October 15 Share Posted October 15 Tailgate held open by magic ? Tailgate held open by motorbike forks ? At least the Maxi did the job properly with gas springs. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Yoss Posted October 15 Share Posted October 15 The above two I knew about. The next two I didn't. And then I found this. A very early development idea, I'm not sure if it's even a real car, probably just a mock up. Landcrab sized but looks like a Mini. I'd love to see this next a new Bini. I think they'd be almost identical. All the above courtesy of AROnline, the go to site for anything Leyland based. bunglebus 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bunglebus Posted October 15 Share Posted October 15 3 hours ago, Asimo said: Tailgate held open by magic ? Early Escort estates used a torsion spring rather than struts. Probably something similar Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Yoss Posted October 15 Share Posted October 15 That is actually an Austin 1100 estate tailgate on the 3 Litre. I don't know how it was kept open on the 1100 but I expect they used the same mechanism. The struts on the 1800 do look oversized but that must be a very heavy tailgate. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Datsuncog Posted October 15 Share Posted October 15 I think my late model Cortina estate (1981) still used some sort of spring arrangement for the tailgate - I don't remember there being any struts. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Leyland Worldmaster Posted October 15 Share Posted October 15 3 hours ago, Yoss said: The above two I knew about. The next two I didn't. And then I found this. A very early development idea, I'm not sure if it's even a real car, probably just a mock up. Landcrab sized but looks like a Mini. I'd love to see this next a new Bini. I think they'd be almost identical. All the above courtesy of AROnline, the go to site for anything Leyland based. The Mini Cuntryman looks quite similar in my head... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lesapandre Posted October 15 Share Posted October 15 1 hour ago, Leyland Worldmaster said: The Mini Cuntryman looks quite similar in my head... It is. BMW have copied the Nuffield/BMC design lexicon quite closely. There is quite a lot of 50's Morris Oxford in these designs too. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lesapandre Posted October 15 Share Posted October 15 2 hours ago, bunglebus said: Early Escort estates used a torsion spring rather than struts. Probably something similar Or a horizontal spring mechanism mounted in the roof. More expensive to engineer than simple gas struts. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lesapandre Posted October 15 Share Posted October 15 5 hours ago, Yoss said: The above two I knew about. The next two I didn't. And then I found this. A very early development idea, I'm not sure if it's even a real car, probably just a mock up. Landcrab sized but looks like a Mini. I'd love to see this next a new Bini. I think they'd be almost identical. All the above courtesy of AROnline, the go to site for anything Leyland based. The 1100 tailgate is by Crayford of Westerham. The frame is so flimsy and the ratchet stays so prone to sticking that a cracked rear window would have been a near inevitably. Yoss 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lesapandre Posted October 15 Share Posted October 15 ARO of Romania. They went bust in 2006. Nice no -nonsense design. MisterH, Yoss and Dyslexic Viking 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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