Cars you didn't know existed until very recently.

[ETCHY]

14 hours ago, MiniMinorMk3 said:

From Standard in India

 

Those doors look damned small..

[MiniMinorMk3]

14 hours ago, High Jetter said:

4 door Herald! Why not?

It's a bit more than a Herald with 4 doors

12 hours ago, Soundwave said:

The lighting in that photograph makes its headlights look like cartoon eyes. Combined with the bonnet/wings it looks fucking annoyed about something.

That's one of those artist impression type artworks.

6 hours ago, ETCHY said:

Those doors look damned small..

The doors are a bit bigger on the actual car and you can see that the wheelbase is longer that a Herald.

There's a long thread on this website about the restoration of that car here

1974 Standard Gazel - Restoration - Team-BHP

[lesapandre]

21 hours ago, MiniMinorMk3 said:

It's a bit more than a Herald with 4 doors

That's one of those artist impression type artworks.

The doors are a bit bigger on the actual car and you can see that the wheelbase is longer that a Herald.

There's a long thread on this website about the restoration of that car here

1974 Standard Gazel - Restoration - Team-BHP

Seems like a sensible way forward for dear old Standard/Triumph - but in the usual muddled way of the UK motor industry they just went ahead and produced a different car to compete with one they were already making - the 1500/Toledo which they made in FWD and then changed to RWD. Genius.

A 4-dr Herald looks a useful thing. I can imagine that would have sold quite well. Really suited to developing countries as could be made from multiple small pressings.

Are they still making Morris Minor parts in Sri Lanka?

[bunglebus]

Dynamo Taxi

[MiniMinorMk3]

1954 Chicagoan

[MiniMinorMk3]

[High Jetter]

^^^ I wonder what the turning circle on that is!

[MiniMinorMk3]

Chevrolet 1300/1900 Saloon

Chevrolet 1300/1900 Hatch

[MiniMinorMk3]

Envoy Epic (Canadian market Viva)

[Shep Shepherd]

The Toyota Spade♠, a car which I saw for the first time when trucking down the M40 yesterday:

Yes, that's the same car in both photos

Not really sure what to make of it, to be honest.

[sheffcortinacentre]

7 hours ago, High Jetter said:

^^^ I wonder what the turning circle on that is!

Similar to a super tanker.

[Metal Guru]

7 hours ago, Shep Shepherd said:

The Toyota Spade♠, a car which I saw for the first time when trucking down the M40 yesterday:

Yes, that's the same car in both photos

Not really sure what to make of it, to be honest.

Please tell  me they badged the top of the range model “Ace”.

[timolloyd]

No, a Spade is a Spade.

[MiniMinorMk3]

21 hours ago, Shep Shepherd said:

The Toyota Spade♠, a car which I saw for the first time when trucking down the M40 yesterday:

Yes, that's the same car in both photos

Not really sure what to make of it, to be honest.

Some bean cans.

[EyesWeldedShut]

Two door 'Goona - never seen one of these before 

[vulgalour]

Eadon Green Zeclat.

It's £550,000-1,000,000 and they put those wheels and that grille on it.  Obviously I want one and it would look great next to my Mitsuoka Orochi or similar that I'd definitely have if money was no object.

 

[High Jetter]

3 hours ago, EyesWeldedShut said:

Two door 'Goona - never seen one of these before 

Sheltered life

[bunglebus]

New Kia Kona with rear lights in a very strange place - ideally placed to get broken in a minor bump

[egg]

16 hours ago, High Jetter said:

Sheltered life

I find them highly desirable in 3.5 V6 form.

Anyways, some Dutch people built a one off Boxster shooting break.

https://www.carmagazine.co.uk/car-news/first-official-pictures/porsche/boxster-shooting-brake/

[MiniMinorMk3]

1960 Mercedes W118/W119 170

[Metal Guru]

1 hour ago, egg said:

I find them highly desirable in 3.5 V6 form.

Anyways, some Dutch people built a one off Boxster shooting break.

https://www.carmagazine.co.uk/car-news/first-official-pictures/porsche/boxster-shooting-brake/

That’s great. I don’t like convertibles and the Cayman tries too hard to look like a 911. 

[Remspoor]

Yangwang U8

 

 

[GeordieInExile]

On 24/03/2024 at 21:35, vulgalour said:

Eadon Green Zeclat.

It's £550,000-1,000,000 and they put those wheels and that grille on it.  Obviously I want one and it would look great next to my Mitsuoka Orochi or similar that I'd definitely have if money was no object.

 

Why not just have a Morgan Aero 8 and save yourself the guts of a million quid...?

[quicksilver]

On 28/02/2024 at 21:14, bunglebus said:

The new Ssangyong Tivoli

So new it's now apparently a KGM. Anyway the door handles aren't at the same height which is annoying

There's a 2018 Ssangyong Tivoli parked opposite my window at the moment. No idea what it was so I had to look it up and I didn't even realise Ssangyong are still selling cars here.

[horriblemercedes]

1 minute ago, quicksilver said:

There's a 2018 Ssangyong Tivoli parked opposite my window at the moment. No idea what it was so I had to look it up and I didn't even realise Ssangyong are still selling cars here.

Unfortunately they're now called KGM....incredibly bland compared to the SsangYong name that has just disappeared

 

https://www.kgm-motors.co.uk/

[Remspoor]

Still Ssangyong here in Spain.

https://www.ssangyong.es/

 

[AnthonyG]

On 24/03/2024 at 19:39, EyesWeldedShut said:

Two door 'Goona - never seen one of these before 

Short-lived competitor to the 407 Coupe. Launched 2009 and dropped 2011, over here anyway. 

I’m not sure even Renault know why they bothered, it’s a nice looking thing though. Definitely more attractive than a 407. 

[High Jetter]

33 minutes ago, AnthonyG said:

Definitely more attractive than a 407. 

That's one for the controversial facts thread IMHO

[EyesWeldedShut]

8 hours ago, AnthonyG said:

Short-lived competitor to the 407 Coupe. Launched 2009 and dropped 2011, over here anyway. 

I’m not sure even Renault know why they bothered, it’s a nice looking thing though. Definitely more attractive than a 407. 

Funnily enough - FB Marketplace just offered up a white one - maybe trying to tell me something
I'd give it better marks for looks than the 407 too  - definitely a better looking back end.
 

[Supernaut]

It's not much of an achievement for it to be better looking than the 407 coupe and its basking shark mouth.

The 406 coupe, though? Still perfect.