Cars you didn't know existed until very recently.

[lesapandre]

12 hours ago, egg said:

Mazda Versia. JDM only. Looks like a Japanese Ford Fusion.

 

Bit of Fiat 500L vibe there too...

[Madman Of The People]

16 hours ago, egg said:

Mazda Versia. JDM only. Looks like a Japanese Ford Fusion.

 

 

 

Miniature Mk I Porsche Cayenne?

 

[artdjones]

22 hours ago, egg said:

Mazda Versia. JDM only. Looks like a Japanese Ford Fusion.

 

Except it doesn't give off the very staid vibe of the Fusion.

[High Jetter]

2 hours ago, artdjones said:

Except it doesn't give off the very staid vibe of the Fusion.

Mazda. Zoom zoom

[GR8 PL8 M8]

AC Schnitzer X-Road BMW 325xi

I walked past this exact car in Brussels earlier this year with barely a second glance; I just assumed that it was a model that they got in Europe that we didn't get in the UK.

It was only when I got home that I began to question why BMW wouldn't sell an Audi Allroad equivalent here that I uncovered the truth - only 25 X-Roads were built!

This particular one has over 300,000km on it and was for sale as of 2 months ago for an unnamed price.

[Metal Guru]

6 hours ago, GR8 PL8 M8 said:

AC Schnitzer X-Road BMW 325xi

I walked past this exact car in Brussels earlier this year with barely a second glance; I just assumed that it was a model that they got in Europe that we didn't get in the UK.

It was only when I got home that I began to question why BMW wouldn't sell an Audi Allroad equivalent here that I uncovered the truth - only 25 X-Roads were built!

This particular one has over 300,000km on it and was for sale as of 2 months ago for an unnamed price.

Much better than an X3.

[MiniMinorMk3]

From Standard in India

 

[MiniMinorMk3]

And another from Standard in India

[martc]

Russian PM Viktor Chernomyrdin drives the first Chevrolet Blazer car 'produced' at the Yelabuzh Automobile Plant. In 1995, the authorities of Russia and Tatarstan organised a joint venture with the GM to 'assemble' Chevrolet Blazer SUVs at Yelabuga in Tatarstan. But this wasn't a US Blazer but the Brazilian built version. And assemble actually meant adding the bumpers, seats, mirrors and lights to the almost finished cars coming from Brazil, the bumpers, seats, mirrors and lights being stored in the boot of the car when shipped from South America. It wasn't a success and the factory turned to assemble* Vectras.

[High Jetter]

6 hours ago, MiniMinorMk3 said:

From Standard in India

 

4 door Herald! Why not?

[artdjones]

7 hours ago, MiniMinorMk3 said:

And another from Standard in India

They didn't sell well, and Rimmer Brothers bought a large consignment of factory panels years later, and sold them in the UK.

[Soundwave]

9 hours ago, MiniMinorMk3 said:

From Standard in India

 

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

[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