Cars you didn't know existed until very recently.

[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.

[EyesWeldedShut]

19 hours ago, bunglebus said:

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

Yesterday I learned of two things I never knew existed:

1) McLaren build campers
2) They're not campers - they are 4x4 Sports Homes

Saw one of these on a 74 plate in the wild* yesterday. Pretty sure it costs more than a house.

*the 'wild' being McDonalds car park, Abergavenny (Centre of the Universe). He was edging in as we went out - it was bad enough in a MWB Boxer - I wonder if this thing has all wheel steering as well as AWD cos it's feckin' HUGE 

[Supernaut]

8 hours ago, Metal Guru said:

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

I was about to say "good!"

But... The NC500 is already bad enough with all the litter from campervan wankers. We don't need actual bits of campervan added to the litter...

[catsinthewelder]

Not such a new thing, I saw this yesterday and wasn't sure if it was old enough for the spots thread.

At least the overhang is more sensible.

[EyesWeldedShut]

34 minutes ago, catsinthewelder said:

Not such a new thing, I saw this yesterday and wasn't sure if it was old enough for the spots thread.

At least the overhang is more sensible.

That's rather neat tbh - I think I rather like it.

[Metal Guru]

1 hour ago, EyesWeldedShut said:

Yesterday I learned of two things I never knew existed:

1) McLaren build campers
2) They're not campers - they are 4x4 Sports Homes

Saw one of these on a 74 plate in the wild* yesterday. Pretty sure it costs more than a house.

*the 'wild' being McDonalds car park, Abergavenny (Centre of the Universe). He was edging in as we went out - it was bad enough in a MWB Boxer - I wonder if this thing has all wheel steering as well as AWD cos it's feckin' HUGE 

Watch out for some homemade copy cats based on an ex Amazon van with 400, 000 miles on it.

[MiniMinorMk3]

4 hours ago, EyesWeldedShut said:

Yesterday I learned of two things I never knew existed:

1) McLaren build campers
2) They're not campers - they are 4x4 Sports Homes

Saw one of these on a 74 plate in the wild* yesterday. Pretty sure it costs more than a house.

*the 'wild' being McDonalds car park, Abergavenny (Centre of the Universe). He was edging in as we went out - it was bad enough in a MWB Boxer - I wonder if this thing has all wheel steering as well as AWD cos it's feckin' HUGE 

 

McLaren do not build motorhomes.

Mclaren (note lower case L) Sportshomes build campers. They are nothing to do with the orange racing cars of the supercars from Woking.

Motorhome Conversions | Sportshome Conversions | Mclaren (mclarensportshomes.co.uk)

[MiniMinorMk3]

Fiat Strada Sporting Pickup

[EyesWeldedShut]

7 minutes ago, MiniMinorMk3 said:

McLaren do not build motorhomes.

Mclaren (note lower case L) Sportshomes build campers. They are nothing to do with the orange racing cars of the supercars from Woking.

Motorhome Conversions | Sportshome Conversions | Mclaren (mclarensportshomes.co.uk)

Ahhh - my quick GoogleFoo earlier did suggest that they were kind of the same peeps - perhaps some deliberate obfuscation or AI stupidness?
My wallet is not in the market for either though - I'd happily take the cash alternative   

[martc]

The products of the crazily named Christian de Leotard, who specialised in adding an extra axle to assorted chod...

https://www.largus.fr/actualite-automobile/christian-de-leotard-le-specialiste-francais-des-voitures-a-6-roues-10632405.html

[martc]

I quote - 'A Brazilian made Chevrolet 500 (sometimes badged as a GMC500) for the Argentinian market, based on an Opel and sold through the Renault network, carrying an American badge and spotted in Syria.' The plastic top is locally made.

Can anyone hazard a guess as to what Opel is under all this? A Rekord?

[Remspoor]

Renault 3. Like a 4 but less power.

Video in French use subtitles and auto translate if you need it.

Renault 3: essai d'une survivante.

[MiniMinorMk3]

CITROEN Jumpy Type HG

[MiniMinorMk3]

1 hour ago, martc said:

I quote - 'A Brazilian made Chevrolet 500 (sometimes badged as a GMC500) for the Argentinian market, based on an Opel and sold through the Renault network, carrying an American badge and spotted in Syria.' The plastic top is locally made.

Can anyone hazard a guess as to what Opel is under all this? A Rekord?

It's based on the Kadett C/Chevette.

Full storey here

CC Global: The Brazilian Chevette - Curbside Classic

[EyesWeldedShut]

2 hours ago, MiniMinorMk3 said:

It's based on the Kadett C/Chevette.

Full storey here

CC Global: The Brazilian Chevette - Curbside Classic

So it's like a Father Dougal Rekord then?