Cars you didn't know existed until very recently.

[Austat]

Nissan 1400 Bakkie, built in South Africa for 37 years with production ending in 2008!

[Snake Charmer]

https://fb.watch/br61W3NjPd/

 

[Snake Charmer]

On 2/25/2022 at 4:08 PM, Remspoor said:

Rizovari DX-11 only car made by this Dutch company.

A pig ugly car based on a VW.

 

Inspiration?

[Dick Longbridge]

Anyone ever seen one of these in the metal? 

I wonder how many sold?

Are there any left?

[georgeinabz]

Nissan 1400 Bakkie, built in South Africa for 37 years with production ending in 2008!

Am I alone in thinking definitely missing small picks up in this country , I think this is the only one on the market although it looks like a homemade botch.

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[Sham]

I used to really like the small pickups. Seemed most manufacturers did one at one time..

Those 4x4 that seem to be made for angry little men.. what's the point? If you want a load bed that high up, you may as well put a roof rack on a car.

[Pete-M]

2 hours ago, georgeinabz said:

Am I alone in thinking definitely missing small picks up in this country , I think this is the only one on the market although it looks like a homemade botch.

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[AndaBoss]

AMC Concord.

Saw this in the flesh and had to research what it was

[GR8 PL8 M8]

7 hours ago, Snake Charmer said:

They couldn't have made it look more dangerous in that first advert if they'd tried!

[Metal Guru]

Looks like a Range Rover compared to the press launch of the Sinclair C5.

[Chris2cv]

10 hours ago, Metal Guru said:

Looks like a Range Rover compared to the press launch of the Sinclair C5.

My Dad and Sir Clive Sinclair rode them down Orpington High Street many years ago on some sort of promotion. He says that it was terrifying!  

I still keep looking at them on Ebay though!

[11001010]

Fiat Ritmo Villa d'Este by Introzzi 1979

 

[Leyland Worldmaster]

4 minutes ago, 11001010 said:

Fiat Ritmo Villa d'Este by Introzzi 1979

 

That thing on the back makes it look like a SWB American Hearse! 😅

Edited February 28, 2022 by Leyland Worldmaster
Penguins.

[Timewaster]

On 27/02/2022 at 14:27, Sham said:

I used to really like the small pickups. Seemed most manufacturers did one at one time..

Those 4x4 that seem to be made for angry little men.. what's the point? If you want a load bed that high up, you may as well put a roof rack on a car.

I wonder why normal pick ups have died out? 

All the builder's merchants seem to deliver these days, maybe that's why there is less demand for a car that will carry a ton bag of sand? 

The trend for Rangers and Hiluxes as company "vans" as a tax dodge seems to be dying off. Has that loophole been closed? 

[PhilA]

44 minutes ago, Leyland Worldmaster said:

That thing on the back makes it look like a SWB American Hearse! 😅

"Landau bar", it has a name.

[PhilA]

On 2/25/2022 at 12:16 PM, Timewaster said:

If they imported the 4x4 version I'd probably buy one for work. 

But they don't. 

I can't help read that and think they just removed Texas from Texarkana.

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Texarkana,_Texas

Phil

[georgeinabz]

I wonder why normal pick ups have died out? 
All the builder's merchants seem to deliver these days, maybe that's why there is less demand for a car that will carry a ton bag of sand? 
The trend for Rangers and Hiluxes as company "vans" as a tax dodge seems to be dying off. Has that loophole been closed? 

Emissions has done in most of them, I think only hilux , izuzi and ssangyong the only current ones , Ranger on old stock only and considering returning with the new version , as far as the tax dodge I think people have got fed up bouncing around at 25mpg when really a nice SUV would be better suited for their family.


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[somewhatfoolish]

On 2/27/2022 at 11:53 AM, Snake Charmer said:

Inspiration?

Epic; they've based it on a Metro too.

On 2/27/2022 at 11:18 AM, Snake Charmer said:

https://fb.watch/br61W3NjPd/

The way they've made it look about the same height as the axle of the HGV that's about to rear-end them and spin them under the wheels of the routemaster is an interesting reversal of the usual gigantism employed by advertising execs. It also looks like both occupants are double amputees, which they probably would be in a front-end crunch.

[Leyland Worldmaster]

1 hour ago, PhilA said:

"Landau bar", it has a name.

Everyday is a school day! 😎👍

[georgeinabz]

A yank tuned Horizon , would have been interesting to have seen over here

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[Leyland Worldmaster]

2 hours ago, PhilA said:

"Landau bar", it has a name.

Actually, I've been watching a lot of Edds Auto Reviews recently and I've learned loads of new American automotive terms. A really good YT channel. 

I really liked the "Malaise Era" series. 

😎👍

[PhilA]

16 minutes ago, Leyland Worldmaster said:

Actually, I've been watching a lot of Edds Auto Reviews recently and I've learned loads of new American automotive terms. A really good YT channel. 

I really liked the "Malaise Era" series. 

😎👍

Goes along with the fact you can still buy vinyl landau bar looking stickers.

 

Classy.

[Missy Charm]

1 hour ago, georgeinabz said:

A yank tuned Horizon , would have been interesting to have seen over here

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The Dodge Omni, which that Shelby is a variant of, isn't actually a Talbot Horizon.  But it also is, in typical Chrysler fashion.  In the seventies American Chrysler needed a small car to replace their Hillman Avenger captive import, which had been sold in the States as the Plymouth Cricket, so looked to the European arm again.  They alighted on the then new Anglo-French Talbot/Simca/Chrysler Horizon and took the design back across the Atlantic. 

The car design underwent significant changes Stateside to federalise various bits and pieces, as well as fitment of conventional strut suspension at the front and a range of different engines including the American 2.2 that became the basis of the powerplant in the Shelby GLSH pictured.  The bodywork was altered in all sorts of ways to accommodate the American bits, which resulted in a car that was almost completely different to the European original yet looked almost exactly the same.  One has to wonder about corporate operations, sometimes.  

Could the Shelby have worked over here?  No reason it shouldn't have, other than that we've never taken to large displacement four cylinder engines and the lack of spares support for the 2.2.  The American Omni was also not engineered for RHD, presumably, as there was no reason to do so.  It's also likely that the car would have had to have been 'de-federalised', as we wouldn't have accepted certain of the US foibles, such as sealed beam headlights, the cars over there ended up with; such a process would have entailed making special bits for it, as the European Horizon body panels were changed to fit federal bumpers, meaning it would be unlikely that Euro type bumpers would bolt onto the American car.  

 

[High Jetter]

Oh, Carol! What a talent.

[georgeinabz]

The Dodge Omni, which that Shelby is a variant of, isn't actually a Talbot Horizon.  But it also is, in typical Chrysler fashion.  In the seventies American Chrysler needed a small car to replace their Hillman Avenger captive import, which had been sold in the States as the Plymouth Cricket, so looked to the European arm again.  They alighted on the then new Anglo-French Talbot/Simca/Chrysler Horizon and took the design back across the Atlantic. 
The car design underwent significant changes Stateside to federalise various bits and pieces, as well as fitment of conventional strut suspension at the front and a range of different engines including the American 2.2 that became the basis of the powerplant in the Shelby GLSH pictured.  The bodywork was altered in all sorts of ways to accommodate the American bits, which resulted in a car that was almost completely different to the European original yet looked almost exactly the same.  One has to wonder about corporate operations, sometimes.  
Could the Shelby have worked over here?  No reason it shouldn't have, other than that we've never taken to large displacement four cylinder engines and the lack of spares support for the 2.2.  The American Omni was also not engineered for RHD, presumably, as there was no reason to do so.  It's also likely that the car would have had to have been 'de-federalised', as we wouldn't have accepted certain of the US foibles, such as sealed beam headlights, the cars over there ended up with; such a process would have entailed making special bits for it, as the European Horizon body panels were changed to fit federal bumpers, meaning it would be unlikely that Euro type bumpers would bolt onto the American car.  
 

Didn't know that , thanks at 175bhp I would imagine more torque steer than a fast saab along with some good old 80s turbo lag.

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[Missy Charm]

11 hours ago, High Jetter said:

Oh, Carol! What a talent.

Carol is my middle name!  Well sort of...

[quicksilver]

You're not wrong, horrific torque steer apparently as I remember a quote from a contemporary road test that "the accelerator functions as a lane-change switch". With typical American understatement, GLH allegedly stood for Goes Like Hell and the even quicker GLH-S was Goes Like Hell - Some More!

[Leyland Worldmaster]

13 hours ago, PhilA said:

Goes along with the fact you can still buy vinyl landau bar looking stickers.

 

Classy.

I just remembered another term; Opera Lights. Always wondered what they were! 👍 👍 👍 😎 😎 😎 

[martc]

21 hours ago, Missy Charm said:

The Dodge Omni, which that Shelby is a variant of, isn't actually a Talbot Horizon.  But it also is, in typical Chrysler fashion.  In the seventies American Chrysler needed a small car to replace their Hillman Avenger captive import, which had been sold in the States as the Plymouth Cricket, so looked to the European arm again.  They alighted on the then new Anglo-French Talbot/Simca/Chrysler Horizon and took the design back across the Atlantic. 

The car design underwent significant changes Stateside to federalise various bits and pieces, as well as fitment of conventional strut suspension at the front and a range of different engines including the American 2.2 that became the basis of the powerplant in the Shelby GLSH pictured.  The bodywork was altered in all sorts of ways to accommodate the American bits, which resulted in a car that was almost completely different to the European original yet looked almost exactly the same.  One has to wonder about corporate operations, sometimes.  

Could the Shelby have worked over here?  No reason it shouldn't have, other than that we've never taken to large displacement four cylinder engines and the lack of spares support for the 2.2.  The American Omni was also not engineered for RHD, presumably, as there was no reason to do so.  It's also likely that the car would have had to have been 'de-federalised', as we wouldn't have accepted certain of the US foibles, such as sealed beam headlights, the cars over there ended up with; such a process would have entailed making special bits for it, as the European Horizon body panels were changed to fit federal bumpers, meaning it would be unlikely that Euro type bumpers would bolt onto the American car.  

 

And I bet they removed the tick tick of the tappets. They can't leave anything alone.

[twosmoke300]

12 hours ago, georgeinabz said:

Didn't know that , thanks at 175bhp I would imagine more torque steer than a fast saab along with some good old 80s turbo lag.

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Would it not be rear wheel drive ?