Richard_FM Posted June 19 Share Posted June 19 1 hour ago, Timewaster said: The one I saw even had Toyota hybrid badges same as a Prius. You can get a Mazda 2 hybrid which is more or less a Toyota Yaris rebadged. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
artdjones Posted June 20 Share Posted June 20 13 hours ago, artdjones said: Alfa also built the R4 under licence for a while. I didn't realize it, but they actually built 41000 of these over two years, then the tax policy of the Italian government changed, so they stopped production. My suspicion would be that Fiat leaned on the government to do that, as they have always had a lot of political influence. And for all the appeal of the Fiat 500 and 600, the R4 is a far superior car for every day use and practicality than either of them. In fact it's probably the best of all the "people's cars."So Fiat would be looking at a large loss of sales if production had continued. JeeExEll, Dyslexic Viking, egg and 1 other 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alan_Green Posted June 21 Share Posted June 21 Toyota Corolla Hybrid Auto Van. (There should be move car-seat-delete vans). chaseracer, ProgRocker, privatewire and 5 others 7 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bicycle repairman Posted June 21 Share Posted June 21 to early ones lol Low Horatio gearbox 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SteersWithThrottle Posted June 22 Share Posted June 22 Guigiaro recycling theme: Porsche Tapiro 1970 Maserati Boomerang 1971 Datsuncog, Low Horatio gearbox, JeeExEll and 3 others 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Richard_FM Posted June 22 Share Posted June 22 On 6/21/2022 at 5:40 PM, Alan_Green said: Toyota Corolla Hybrid Auto Van. (There should be move car-seat-delete vans). Supposedly a high proportion of Japanese estate cars are used as delivery vans, so this seems logical. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bunglebus Posted June 23 Share Posted June 23 No idea Remspoor 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Datsuncog Posted June 23 Share Posted June 23 ^^ The peculiarly monickered Honda Stepwgn, I think... bunglebus 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
horriblemercedes Posted June 23 Share Posted June 23 6 minutes ago, Datsuncog said: ^^ The peculiarly monickered Honda Stepwgn, I think... People always think they're JDM but they're actually WDM Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bunglebus Posted June 23 Share Posted June 23 Well I presume you all know about Supervan I And Supervan II And Supervan III No, This one: Well now there's: https://www.thedrive.com/news/new-ford-supervan-is-a-1973-hp-electric-racer-in-cargo-van-form?utm_source=The+Drive&utm_campaign=d65e02613b-EMAIL_CAMPAIGN_2022_06_23_08_11&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_c50d691831-d65e02613b-180015433 puddlethumper, JeeExEll, chaseracer and 2 others 4 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
New POD Posted June 23 Share Posted June 23 @paulplom@Mally no engine problems on these 😂🤣😄🤔☹😭😢 twosmoke300 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mally Posted June 24 Share Posted June 24 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. Transit engine is now fine, it seems. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aston Martin Posted June 28 Share Posted June 28 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. 🤷🏻♂️ Remspoor 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sham Posted June 28 Share Posted June 28 9 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. 🤷🏻♂️ Wasn't one of these, was it? https://www.cnet.com/roadshow/news/honda-everus-ev-beijing-motor-show-auto-china-ridesharing/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jmsguzzi Posted June 28 Share Posted June 28 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. 🤷🏻♂️ ? Aston Martin 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aston Martin Posted June 28 Share Posted June 28 8 minutes ago, jmsguzzi said: ? That's the one. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GeordieInExile Posted June 28 Share Posted June 28 Are they the ones with some sort of weird lease only agreement for driving them, no sales at all? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chaseracer Posted June 28 Share Posted June 28 You can buy, apparently - just not in the UK yet. https://www.lynkco.com/en Aston Martin 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aston Martin Posted June 28 Share Posted June 28 Yeah it was on Baltic plates.(Ok, foreign plates. No idea where) But the fact you can always tell it's a Chinese car. 🤔 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GrumpyCat Posted June 28 Share Posted June 28 Oddball JDM... https://www.autotrader.co.uk/car-details/202111300097333?lat-long=52.4986256%2C 1.7467353&advertising-location=at_cars&model=Mobilio&page=1&make=Honda&include-delivery-option=on&sort=relevance Those rear lights seem poorly positioned. Remspoor and Fat_Pirate 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
High Jetter Posted June 28 Share Posted June 28 "main dealer supplied, 3 months w'ty" 54 reg. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bunglebus Posted June 28 Share Posted June 28 On 12/05/2022 at 16:48, bunglebus said: Just saw one of these - Lynk and Co 8 hours ago, Aston Martin said: That's the one. The one I saw was also on foreign plates - possibly Belgian Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bunglebus Posted June 28 Share Posted June 28 On 19/06/2022 at 18:45, bunglebus said: This my friends, is a Honda Spike 2 hours ago, GrumpyCat said: Looks like the same thing to me, and says Spike on the back. Why's it listed as a Mobilo? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Remspoor Posted June 29 Share Posted June 29 Not just one car but a whole webpage full of them. Spohn https://kustomrama.com/wiki/Spohn_Coachworks Austat, SteersWithThrottle, JeeExEll and 1 other 2 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Metal Guru Posted June 30 Share Posted June 30 6 hours ago, Remspoor said: Not just one car but a whole webpage full of them. Spohn https://kustomrama.com/wiki/Spohn_Coachworks What fugly cars. Can’t believe the original was worse. Maybach were mentioned , they seem to be carrying on this theme even today. Remspoor 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
barrett Posted June 30 Share Posted June 30 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. They also did more conventional things which are quite attractive in a German sort of way 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. egg, puddlethumper, SteersWithThrottle and 1 other 3 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Remspoor Posted June 30 Share Posted June 30 Another car, a Viva. No not that one: This one. Perodua Viva https://paultan.org/2007/05/11/new-perodua-viva-full-details-photos-and-price/ ProgRocker, bunglebus and Leyland Worldmaster 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bunglebus Posted June 30 Share Posted June 30 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 With the Dutton Sierra, so similar were they Quote 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. Datsuncog, RayMK and D.E 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
D.E Posted June 30 Share Posted June 30 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 With the Dutton Sierra, so similar were they See the Ford/Monteverdi situation as well, google translate: Quote 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. Austat and bunglebus 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sheffcortinacentre Posted June 30 Share Posted June 30 Plus the GM Sierra pickup. Holden sold the viva in Australia (Corsa/Adam). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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