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Toyota Corolla Hybrid Auto Van.  (There should be move car-seat-delete vans). 

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Guigiaro recycling theme:

Porsche Tapiro 1970

Concept Flashback - 1970 Volkswagen Porsche Tapiro by ItalDesign

 

Maserati Boomerang 1971

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On 6/21/2022 at 5:40 PM, Alan_Green said:

Toyota Corolla Hybrid Auto Van.  (There should be move car-seat-delete vans). 

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Supposedly a high proportion of Japanese estate cars are used as delivery vans, so this seems logical.

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6 minutes ago, Datsuncog said:

^^ The peculiarly monickered Honda Stepwgn, I think...

People always think they're JDM but they're actually WDM

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15 hours ago, New POD said:

@paulplom@Mally

no engine problems on these 😂🤣😄🤔😭😢

This was my preferred method of transport at Sunny Beach FWD and they Fly.

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Transit engine is now fine, it seems.

 

 

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I have a request.

I saw a 'Chinese' knockoff suv, it looked like the arse end of a HRV. But made of much crapper plastic and it was called a Lyecant or something. 🤷🏻‍♂️

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22 minutes ago, Aston Martin said:

I have a request.

I saw a 'Chinese' knockoff suv, it looked like the arse end of a HRV. But made of much crapper plastic and it was called a Lyecant or something. 🤷🏻‍♂️

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?

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Are they the ones with some sort of weird lease only agreement for driving them, no sales at all?

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Yeah it was on Baltic plates.(Ok, foreign plates. No idea where)

 

But the fact you can always tell it's a Chinese car. 🤔

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"main dealer supplied, 3 months w'ty" 54 reg. 

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On 12/05/2022 at 16:48, bunglebus said:

Just saw one of these - Lynk and Co

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8 hours ago, Aston Martin said:

That's the one.

The one I saw was also on foreign plates - possibly Belgian

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On 19/06/2022 at 18:45, bunglebus said:

This my friends, is a Honda Spike

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2 hours ago, GrumpyCat said:

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Looks like the same thing to me, and says Spike on the back. Why's it listed as a Mobilo?

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14 hours ago, Metal Guru said:

What fugly cars. Can’t believe the original was worse. Maybach were mentioned , they seem to be carrying on this theme even today.

Spohn started out building 'normal' cars before the war. The Maybach Zeppelin was an incredible bit of advanced design for the mid-30s when Europe was going mad for this sort of thing.

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They also did more conventional things which are quite attractive in a German sort of way

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It just turned out that after WW2, American GIs would pay good money to have custom-built cars made for them, and the more eye-catching and outrageous they were the better. So, blame the Americans for the postwar horrors.

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Will Vauxhall Opel try and stop them using the name to avoid confusion? After all they're similar cars.

Ford had similar concerns about people confusing the Ford Sierra

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With the Dutton Sierra, so similar were they

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In 1979, Dutton launched the Dutton Sierra, an Escort-based estate car with off-road looks. Three years later, the Ford Motor Company decided to use the Sierra name on their Cortina/Taunus replacement, and served Dutton with a legal writ demanding that they stop using the name. At a case in the High Court in London, though, Dutton won the right to continue with the name on kit cars, as the judge ruled that they were a separate category from assembled cars.

 

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5 minutes ago, bunglebus said:

Will Vauxhall Opel try and stop them using the name to avoid confusion? After all they're similar cars.

Ford had similar concerns about people confusing the Ford Sierra

HUM 761K - 1971 Dutton Sierra Kit Car | homer----simpson | Flickr

With the Dutton Sierra, so similar were they

Lot 62 - 1983 Ford Sierra 1.6 L

 

See the Ford/Monteverdi situation as well, google translate:

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The production of the Sierra ceased in 1982 when the Chrysler Dodge Aspen as well as the Plymouth Volare was established. Subsequently sold Monteverdi the rights to the name "Sierra" to the Ford Group, which the successor to the Ford Taunus was the name. According to recent press reports, Monteverdi for a fee of five Swiss francs for each manufactured Ford Sierra received.

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Plus the GM Sierra pickup. Holden sold the viva in Australia (Corsa/Adam).

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