Cars you didn't know existed until very recently.

[lesapandre]

10 minutes ago, quicksilver said:

It didn't stop Jensen from trying to work with BMC though. This isn't as I first thought a Crayford ADO16 but a one-off Jensen convertible based on the 1100 Countryman. Jensen built it speculatively, showed it to BMC and told them "we can build this for you". BMC's reply was "no thanks, we're not interested" so that was the end of it until Crayford came along a few years later.

 

 

That is a pity - dear old BMC - probably better engineered than the Crayford stuff - the rear looks particularly good presumably to gain lateral rigidity.

Jensen did go on to assemble the Sunbeam Tiger for Rootes - production of up to 300 cars per week. 

Jensen was a bigger operation than some suppose. The loss of the Tiger contract and the under-developed Jensen Healey really eroded their balance-sheet.

In a way they were a manufacturer without a market - as others took-up their best ideas and did them more cheaply.

[Muniphobia]

Jensen made the P1800 for Volvo until Volvo had problems with the quality control and moved the production back to Sweden.

[MiniMinorMk3]

12 hours ago, Lord Sterling said:

Nissan Autech Zagato Stelvio AZ1

Don't much like the floor mats in it.

Give me a jiffy and I'll see if I can get some proper OEM ones....

Looks like a cut and shut of a Silvia Coupe and a Lancia Beta Coupe.

[Westbay]

What is that bulge on the righthand wing/bonnet ??

[MorrisItalSLX]

21 minutes ago, Westbay said:

What is that bulge on the righthand wing/bonnet ??

I think there is a bulge on both sides concealing the wing mirrors.

Maybe this is where Vauxhall got the idea from for the Vectra?

[Remspoor]

MG Windsor. I love* that British connection don't you?🤣

Loving the headlamps in the bumpers too! (not)

Looks like it has been released in India, maybe Australia too.  According to this Spanish report heading for Europe too .

https://www.motor.es/noticias/mg-windsor-ev-2024104227.html

 

[Metal Guru]

1 hour ago, Remspoor said:

MG Windsor. I love* that British connection don't you?🤣

Loving the headlamps in the bumpers too! (not)

Looks like it has been released in India, maybe Australia too.  According to this Spanish report heading for Europe too .

https://www.motor.es/noticias/mg-windsor-ev-2024104227.html

 

If I’d have seen that without badges, I would have said  Fiat have resurrected the Multipla. 

[GeorgeB]

22 hours ago, Tayne said:

 

 

If you need to know about the quirks and features.

 

 

Wow, he is annoying!

[lesapandre]

14 hours ago, Remspoor said:

MG Windsor. I love* that British connection don't you?🤣

Loving the headlamps in the bumpers too! (not)

Looks like it has been released in India, maybe Australia too.  According to this Spanish report heading for Europe too .

https://www.motor.es/noticias/mg-windsor-ev-2024104227.html

 

Looks like a 10 yo Picasso with the lights swapped about.

[quicksilver]

Never seen one of these before.

Suzuki Hustler - some sort of JDM kei crossover thing.

[LightBulbFun]

23 minutes ago, quicksilver said:

Never seen one of these before.

Suzuki Hustler - some sort of JDM kei crossover thing.

at first glance I thought it was one of those Citroen Ami Class Chinese EV's you can get from Aliexpress and the such like....

[MiniMort]

2 hours ago, quicksilver said:

Never seen one of these before.

Suzuki Hustler - some sort of JDM kei crossover thing.

These were everywhere when I went to Japan earlier this year. Quite cute in the flesh, particularly when they have the HUSTLER badging across the bonnet!

As I recall, they also did a non-kei version called the S-Presso.

[agent]

1 hour ago, MiniMort said:

These were everywhere when I went to Japan earlier this year. Quite cute in the flesh, particularly when they have the HUSTLER badging across the bonnet!

As I recall, they also did a non-kei version called the S-Presso.

Non kei version is the Xbee, which is basically the same thing but scaled up a bit and with the styling fudged about a little.

The S-presso is a different thing and I believe an indian market special? (and south america going off the picture I found). Probably a good contender for this thread too, Suzuki seem to have tons of random cheap things they only sell in specific countries that you'd never hear of otherwise.

[GR8 PL8 M8]

On 02/10/2024 at 08:44, Remspoor said:

MG Windsor. I love* that British connection don't you?🤣

Loving the headlamps in the bumpers too! (not)

Looks like it has been released in India, maybe Australia too.  According to this Spanish report heading for Europe too .

https://www.motor.es/noticias/mg-windsor-ev-2024104227.html

The "W" in "WINDSOR" is a flipped "M" and I can't unsee it.

I'm going to call them the Mingesor in my head from now on.

[Remspoor]

XEV Yoyo. An electric city car.

https://www.xevcars.com/yoyo

 

 

[Remspoor]

Eli Zero, another city electric thing.

https://eli.world/eli-zero

[Remspoor]

KGM Torres. Not electric or a city car. But it is a Ssangyong !

https://www.kgm-motors.co.uk/new-cars/all-new-torres/

 

[lesapandre]

24 minutes ago, Remspoor said:

KGM Torres. Not electric or a city car. But it is a Ssangyong !

https://www.kgm-motors.co.uk/new-cars/all-new-torres/

 

JLR are really going to have to get their act together- because all these cloned SUV are going to erode their business. That is a very nice bit of design - if you like that kind of thing.

[bunglebus]

57 minutes ago, Remspoor said:

XEV Yoyo. An electric city car.

https://www.xevcars.com/yoyo

 

 

Is that one of those trouser leg ironing boards on the side? Useful!

[Remspoor]

3 hours ago, bunglebus said:

Is that one of those trouser leg ironing boards on the side? Useful!

Go faster plank?

[martc]

5 hours ago, Remspoor said:

KGM Torres. Not electric or a city car. But it is a Ssangyong !

KGM is the new name for SSangYong.

[martc]

The VAZ-21043-33 pick-up. This slightly foxed one is in Damascus, it has a locally made canopy.

[martc]

Did you know they made VW's in Bosnia Herzegovina? No, neither did I. They were made by TAS (Tvornica Automobila Sarajevo), note the TAS badge on the grille.

One for the Rozzershite thread.

They were exported across Eastern Europe.

[Muniphobia]

6 hours ago, martc said:

Looks like a still from the Boznian version of Bullseye, "Now look at what you could have won"

[High Jetter]

6 hours ago, martc said:

The VAZ-21043-33 pick-up. This slightly foxed one is in Damascus, it has a locally made canopy.

It's a Fiat 124?

[Metal Guru]

18 hours ago, lesapandre said:

JLR are really going to have to get their act together- because all these cloned SUV are going to erode their business. That is a very nice bit of design - if you like that kind of thing.

Shame it’s got a 1.5 petrol engine that does about 30mpg. Looks way better than anything they’ve done before.

[chaseracer]

10 hours ago, High Jetter said:

It's a Fiat 124?

If you go back far enough, yes.  And squint.  A lot... 😉

[bunglebus]

Saw a Bessacarr compact motorhome earlier, pic doesn't do justice to how short the wheelbase is

[lesapandre]

Nasty rear overhang - that's going to catch a few people out. Looks a plastic monstrosity and probably the price of a small flat. Bessavoided 😂

[Metal Guru]

11 hours ago, lesapandre said:

Nasty rear overhang - that's going to catch a few people out. Looks a plastic monstrosity and probably the price of a small flat. Bessavoided 😂

The rear overhang will catch on a rock on the Bealach na Ba (NC500) and catapult them to their deaths.