Cars you didn't know existed until very recently.

[chaseracer]

^^ Has that Contessa got the engine in the back?

[flat4alfa]

That it be.

[STUNO]

Hino, former assemblers of Renault in Japan, decided to make their own cars.

They were very similar to rear-engined Renaults .

[flat4alfa]

This Buick Skylark series!

 

Where have you been, my lovely?

 

 as seen on the 'bay

[vulgalour]

So that's what happens if you make the front of a Viva pedestrian-safe.  I had always* wondered.

[RayMK]

That Skylark has managed to retain a nice unbroken line to the side rubbing strips.  Most cars with them have bits carved out so that opening the doors does not cause the strips to foul near the hinge end and as a result look untidy.   I cannot see any other feature worthy of praise.

[Matt]

I cannot see any other feature worthy of praise.

 

It looks like they designed a completely unnoteworthy car and thought 'shit, we have to fix this' just for some to say 'I've got it! Lets put a bump between the headlights!'.

[vulgalour]

Looks  a bit like a DAF.

 

I have no point of reference for the rear.

 

It's a Ford Anglia Torino.  Bit of an odd one this, it's  car I do know about but keep forgetting and being reminded of, like tonight, entirely randomly.  So I'm sticking it in here because I keep rediscovering it as though it's an entirely new car to me.

[RayMK]

 

The Isuzu Piazza. It was it launched in 1980, so it must have been the very first car which didn't have an A-pillar visible to the outside, instead having the front door frame brought right next to the windshield. DeLoreans and 3rd gen Accords used that structure, as did E36 BMWs, but it seems that carmakers have abandoned that idea now. Honda went back to visible A-pillars in 1990 and so did BMW with the E46. Too much wind noise?

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Possibly, though crash testing is the more likely reason.  BMWs are still quite good regarding slim pillars - perhaps they use high strength materials and/or put more effort into their design than the competition in general who appear to need girder sized pillars fashioned from recycled bean cans.

[17-Coffees]

GOONA...

 

No, not THAT type...the 1976 Chevrolet Chevelle Laguna! 

 

 

Found that while browsing for for classic US Shite. Did not disappoint. 

 

Link for ad here.

[Lacquer Peel]

[vulgalour]

Could that Laguna be to do with the Laguna Seca raceway?

[Madman Of The People]

It looks like they designed a completely unnoteworthy car and thought 'shit, we have to fix this' just for some to say 'I've got it! Lets put a bump between the headlights!'.

 

 

The 1992-97 Buick Skylark was a completely forgettable car over here.

 

As for that distinctive beak, GM fixed that for the 1996 facelift, making the car even more forgettable.

 

 

[cros]

What was that?

[FiatPhil]

I have no point of reference for the rear.

 

The inset panel around the top of the boot area looked to me like a Michelotti design, so I googled the model which confirmed that it was designed by Giovanni Michelotti, this is similar to some of his other designs; the Triumph Toldeo, DAF 44, Alfa Romeo 2600 Berlina de Luxe and others.

[Lukas]

So only all the new cars look like each other. 

[Jazoli]

Saw a couple of these last week

 

 

I thought they were quite nice

 

[spartacus]

Could that Laguna be to do with the Laguna Seca raceway?

Wiki reckons it's name is honouring a California beach resort. A similar thing to the Malibu. It's probably right, Laguna Seca is a twisty circuit and this car is more NASCAR orientated.

[cros]

Its some kind of Citroen and it looks horrible. Help me out here...

[Lacquer Peel]

C-Elysee. I think it's made in China. edit: wrong, it's made in Spain for the European market

 

http://jalopnik.com/the-citroen-c-elysee-is-the-worst-car-ive-ever-driven-1610354632

[r.welfare]

Also available as Peugeot 301

[cros]

What a dire thing. Do they bother to change the grille for the Pug version? Hardy seems worth the trouble.

[Faker]

Sabre sprint

[SOUL]

[Felly Magic]

I bet that would go down well in Ireland where they seem to like saloons

[richardthestag]

The 1992-97 Buick Skylark was a completely forgettable car over here.

 

As for that distinctive beak, GM fixed that for the 1996 facelift, making the car even more forgettable.

 

 

 

Look at the qwaletay fit of grill and headlights to the pos.

 

Barry approach to parts bin special

[chaseracer]

That Fiat and Indo-VW above.  Small cars, relatively lightweight, yet (like most non-French things these days larger than a Smart) five-bolt hubs.

 

Why?

[RayMK]

Well, at least the five bolts are on 10 spoke alloys.  It makes me go all uneasy when four bolts are on 5 or 7 spoke alloys. 

[cros]

Do these things get different faces for different countries?

[cros]

4 wheel drive Alfa looks better than most of this ilk.