Cars you didn't know existed until very recently.

[bunglebus]

Think we might have had this before, but I saw a Santana just now

[Bazfr69]

39 minutes ago, bunglebus said:

Think we might have had this before, but I saw a Santana just now

Must be a Spanish/European thing, I remember the Suzuki Samurai being badged Santana in some markets. 
My 1.0L was a Santana but the 1.3 I had a few years later was a Samurai. 😵‍💫

I recall the Defender having something similar happen to it but I wasn’t aware they still sold them that way. 

[quicksilver]

11 minutes ago, Bazfr69 said:

Must be a Spanish/European thing, I remember the Suzuki Samurai being badged Santana in some markets. 
My 1.0L was a Santana but the 1.3 I had a few years later was a Samurai. 😵‍💫

I recall the Defender having something similar happen to it but I wasn’t aware they still sold them that way. 

Santanas are more like Series Landies than Defenders as they still had leaf springs and latterly Iveco engines, and were also known as the Iveco Massif. Suzuki Samurais were also made under license by Santana, both Spanish and Japanese-built versions being sold here (hence the different names), and IIRC the soft-top Jimny was a Santana product although sold here as a Suzuki.

[bunglebus]

Saw a Honda E NY 1 earlier, nice colour

[Bazfr69]

16 minutes ago, bunglebus said:

Saw a Honda E NY 1 earlier, nice colour

It is but I’d consider its overall looks ‘challenging’ and under 200 mile range in something like that just isn’t good enough anymore imo. 

[bunglebus]

Good god

[sheffcortinacentre]

That's one god damn ugly car boy!

[High Jetter]

Ogilvie design?

[sheffcortinacentre]

What, Ian ogilvie? Or did you mean ugilvie?

[Austat]

1977 Volvo 244 DLS, made for the East German market.

[MiniMinorMk3]

On 27/07/2020 at 17:42, warch said:

Apologies if this has already been posted (couldn't be arsed to check 140 odd pages of this thread, but the Kiwi built Trekka (not the 4wd Kangoo) surely deserves a place here.

CUUUUTE! I absolutely love it, especially as it's such a blatant Land Rover rip off (albeit 2wd). It's like a little boy trying to convince people, he's a grown up. I AM A LAND ROVER, I AM!

 

 

The Trekka was the only vehicle produced in New Zealand. It was based on the Skoda Octavia Combi

TESTING A TREKKA - Classic Driver

[Remspoor]

23 hours ago, MiniMinorMk3 said:

The Trekka was the only vehicle produced in New Zealand. It was based on the Skoda Octavia Combi

TESTING A TREKKA - Classic Driver

4 years ago.

 

[High Jetter]

Brubaker Box. 1970s!

[egg]

Morgan Midsummer special edition - building 50 (slowly) all sold out.

https://www.pistonheads.com/news/ph-britishcars/jaw-dropping-morgan-midsummer-unveiled/48530

[Bfg]

^ Looks like an AI generated kit car based on the Burlington but with an old Marcos tail-end, games console steering, wooden-boat cockpit surround, and no suspension travel..  Sorry not at all "jaw-dropping" for me.

[Asimo]

“Eye-popping looks”

Y tho?

[egg]

Y tho looks I'd say!

Dacon 828

[SunnySouth]

On 21/07/2024 at 23:12, angle said:

Yeah, I knew X-Trails existed. I didn't know they made an X-Trail GT with a 280bhp Silvia engine, and now I really want one. 

I bet that handles *very well indeed*… Or something.

[EyesWeldedShut]

1 hour ago, Asimo said:

“Eye-popping looks”

Y tho?

Fugly sells these days?

[catsinthewelder]

FOTU special!

I think this is a Toyota quick delivery, but if it is then either Wikipedia is wrong or its late plate madness.

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

Toyota Sienta 

A sort of 7 seater Yaris.

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

 

[martc]

Lada X-2 Concept car, 1984

https://upsway.wixsite.com/my-site-8/1982-lada-x-2-concept-1

[SEATMad]

I might be living under a rock here but saw one of these the other day. After a quick google search looks like I wont be seeing many more either

[martc]

Various Casalini Sulky's. The pick-up has a 635cc Mitsubishi diesel engine.

Casalini are still with us, still making micro-cars - https://www.casalini.eu/home/?lang=en

(not applicable in the UK)

[Remspoor]

1 hour ago, martc said:

Various Casalini Sulky's. The pick-up has a 635cc Mitsubishi diesel engine.

Casalini are still with us, still making micro-cars - https://www.casalini.eu/home/?lang=en

(not applicable in the UK)

 

[egg]

The Hammond collection had a Sulky

[somewhatfoolish]

On 10/07/2024 at 11:40, Remspoor said:

The Tuga. Made in Portugal. Car or bike?

https://tugainnovations.com/thetuga/

A Stanley Argson for the 2020s.

[NorfolkNWeigh]

On 31/07/2024 at 12:45, SEATMad said:

I might be living under a rock here but saw one of these the other day. After a quick google search looks like I wont be seeing many more either

We even had a dealer round the corner to me, for a couple months…

 

it’s an old Land Rover place that occasionally gets rebranded by some unlucky company , before Fisker it was Cazoo.

[wesacosa]

a 1.9 Peugeot 205 Rallye for the German/swiss market 

 

German / Swiss Version

In September 1990 (once production of the original 205 Rallye had stopped), Peugeot introduced a somewhat diluted iteration for the German and Swiss markets (where the 1.3-litre carb-fed engine had not met emissions regulations).

 

To make this latest iteration suitably eco-friendly, Peugeot took the Rallye bodyshell and fitted the iron block 1.9-litre Type XU9J1 engine which was both catalysed and fuel-injected (Bosch L-Jetronic).

 

These motors displaced 1905cc thanks to a bore and stroke of 83mm and 88mm respectively. With a compression ratio of 8.4:1, peak output was 105bhp at 6000rpm and 103lb-ft at 3000rpm.

 

Like the rest of the 1991 model year range, the German-market Rallye featured clear instead of amber front indicators and redesigned tail light clusters with the reverse light was moved down to the bumper.  

 

As a consequence of its heavier engine, performance was not quite on a par with the original Rallye although the extra torque made the German / Swiss version easier to drive.

 

1000 examples were built by the time production ended in August 1992

[egg]

The 1993 "Hotzenblitz", a semi-convertible EV with removable fabric doors and a drawer-trunk. 140 were made between 93-96

Info sketchy.

[somewhatfoolish]

They stole that wiper off a bus. Want one.