Cars you didn't know existed until very recently.

[MiniMinorMk3]

The 1304 was a larger engined version of the 1004. I bet you can guess the engine sizes.

[Metal Guru]

9 hours ago, MiniMinorMk3 said:

The 1304 was a larger engined version of the 1004. I bet you can guess the engine sizes.

13 litres and 10 litres. Wow! They must have shifted!

[artdjones]

Some of the  larger models were sold with a BMW identity after the takeover, as seen here.

[Remspoor]

Nissan renamed the Twizzy for the market in the USA.

 

[AnthonyG]

I did know that Studebaker were still going in the late 50s, but I didn’t know they offered a price leader/poverty spec model named the ‘Scotsman’. And yes, that name was chosen to emphasise the low price and frugality of running it. 

 

Sold better than expected, including one to FD Roosevelt’s (wartime president) widow Eleanor. 

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Studebaker_Scotsman

[4wheeledstool]

Toyota Echo - looks a bit Yarisy

(and a bit of a shitbox)

[Metal Guru]

4 hours ago, 4wheeledstool said:

Toyota Echo - looks a bit Yarisy

(and a bit of a shitbox)

Looks like the front half and the back half were designed by different people who never met before it was actually put together.

[Spurious]

On 2/1/2023 at 8:44 PM, AnthonyG said:

I did know that Studebaker were still going in the late 50s, but I didn’t know they offered a price leader/poverty spec model named the ‘Scotsman’. And yes, that name was chosen to emphasise the low price and frugality of running it. 

 

Sold better than expected, including one to FD Roosevelt’s (wartime president) widow Eleanor. 

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Studebaker_Scotsman

36mpg! That's impressive for a yank lump with no aerodynamics and a slush box automatic. 

[Missy Charm]

33 minutes ago, Spurious said:

36mpg! That's impressive for a yank lump with no aerodynamics and a slush box automatic. 

I'd imagine the 36 mpg quoted applied to the manual gearbox version - still impressive, though.  Studebaker were oddly pro manual for an American car maker.  

[Stinkwheel]

Studebaker were oddly pro manual for an American car maker.  

American auto popularity was nearly always down to the buyer, virtually every yank had the tick box for manual, almost all US cars were ordered on tick box spec 30’s through to 80’s, so the auto preoccupation was from drivers not manufacturers

[MiniMinorMk3]

1952 Pinninfarina Beetle replacement

It took VW another 9 years to introduce the Type-3

[bunglebus]

6 hours ago, Metal Guru said:

Looks like the front half and the back half were designed by different people who never met before it was actually put together.

[Leyland Worldmaster]

14 hours ago, 4wheeledstool said:

Toyota Echo - looks a bit Yarisy

(and a bit of a shitbox)

Yaris Coupé! 😎 😎 😎 

[sheffcortinacentre]

3 hours ago, bunglebus said:

Ah the Skoda cut n shut.

[quicksilver]

17 hours ago, Leyland Worldmaster said:

Yaris Coupé! 😎 😎 😎 

Gen 1 Prius coupe surely? It looks like someone forgot to put the back doors on a Prius.

[Leyland Worldmaster]

6 hours ago, quicksilver said:

Gen 1 Prius coupe surely? It looks like someone forgot to put the back doors on a Prius.

The driver's door looks an awful lot like a Yaris Mk1 door; albeit cleverly disguised with black vinyl. 🧐

[Madman Of The People]

The Toyota Echo was a booted Mk I Yaris sold in North America.  It came in two-door and four-door versions.  In Japan it was called the Toyota Platz.

 

It was certainly no looker!

 

 

[Leyland Worldmaster]

SEAT Chato:

https://driventowrite.com/2021/06/10/going-up-emelba-chato-profile/#more-72392

[adw1977]

22 hours ago, Leyland Worldmaster said:

SEAT Chato:

https://driventowrite.com/2021/06/10/going-up-emelba-chato-profile/#more-72392

I think that needs the image saving for posterity.

Same length as a Panda, but 1.8m tall!

[bunglebus]

On 11/09/2022 at 19:29, bunglebus said:

OK this is weirding me out now. Is that some awful Panda on steroids creation?

I feel ill

And a MEGAIBIZA

 

17 hours ago, adw1977 said:

I think that needs the image saving for posterity.

Same length as a Panda, but 1.8m tall!

All the way back on p218

[adw1977]

You would think I'd remember seeing that before!

[ProgRocker]

On 07/02/2023 at 06:20, 4wheeledstool said:

Toyota Echo - looks a bit Yarisy

Robin Williams' character drove one of these in the film 'One Hour Photo'.

RIP Robin. 

[Metal Guru]

On 14/02/2023 at 20:11, adw1977 said:

I think that needs the image saving for posterity.

Same length as a Panda, but 1.8m tall!

Falls into the “I’d rather go on the bus” catagory.

[egg]

I didn't know until today that Bertone made a prototype X1/9 'spider' in 1980. Source Car Design Archives - hope these aren't just photoshop?

[Skut]

FSO Combi. If you could get that with a K-series that'd be just about perfect.

[Timewaster]

7 hours ago, egg said:

I didn't know until today that Bertone made a prototype X1/9 'spider' in 1980. Source Car Design Archives - hope these aren't just photoshop?

I looked at that 2 or 3 times before I realised what was wrong. 

Of course, there never was a open top X1/9

[MiniMinorMk3]

19 hours ago, egg said:

I didn't know until today that Bertone made a prototype X1/9 'spider' in 1980. Source Car Design Archives - hope these aren't just photoshop?

Interesting that it is missing the black inserts between the bumpers and the body.

[egg]

Well here's an interesting discovery

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My name is Tim Barton, and my partner (Dave Anders) and I built 33 "LITTLE SISTER" X19 topless conversions. Our company in 1979-1980 converted production cars to full convertibles, targas, T-Tops, etc. We were the first to do Mini Truck ragtops, and won the first SUPERBOWL OF MOTOCROSS with two converted Toyota Trucks.

[Pieman]

Spotted one of these on the road earlier today.
 

Blaze F Longtail, a cross-eyed kit car based on an MGF.  Never heard of one before.

[High Jetter]

I'd not heard of a Rover P6 VIP until reading the latest PC. Only 77 made, apparently. (Yes, VIP not VDP)