Cars you didn't know existed until very recently.

[Bear]

2 minutes ago, chaseracer said:

ISTR @RichardK running one of these, back in the dim&distant...

2017-2019 when you could lease a 180bhp AWD automatic euro 6 pickup with nice handling and only £1000 deposit £199/month 😭

I miss it. I wanted to keep it for long-term, buying back at the end of the lease, but "life". Only did 8,000 miles but I'd got a 40K contract (so not £199/month) - month after I picked it up I started at Parkers and had to drive test cars 😂

[lesapandre]

21 hours ago, Remspoor said:

When travelling through France I saw two cabs sitting on the ground in a sort of junk field.  I wondered what they were.

French military 4x4 with coil springs and portal axles powered by a Ford-derived 110HP V8 flathead engine of 4.2 litres. 

Plenty about in France if you fancy one - not expensive. Max speed about 55mph.

[ProgRocker]

Matford

[chaseracer]

7 hours ago, ProgRocker said:

Matford

Bet that could tell some tales...

[MiniMinorMk3]

On 02/11/2022 at 17:43, MiniMinorMk3 said:

A couple more that cropped up in an article on the interwebs

The Intermaccanica Murena 429GT

1 Of 10 Ever Made: The 1969 Intermeccanica Murena 429 GT (silodrome.com)

 

 

 

[sdkrc]

Saxo electrique. 

Marginally interesting conversion thread in here. 

https://openinverter.org/forum/viewtopic.php?t=4837

[bunglebus]

Internet rabbit hole led me to this, an AMG version of the 1990s MB commercial series, with up to 120odd BHP

Cool, no?

Well Brabus weren't getting left out, so they had a go too

[Dyslexic Viking]

Datsun Sado

[RoadworkUK]

Looks masochistic.

[Metal Guru]

6 hours ago, RoadworkUK said:

Looks masochistic.

I think it’s more Sad than anything.

[Adrian_pt]

This Tata was a new one on me. Malta, this afternoon.

[17-Coffees]

A joint venture between two manufactures, the Hupmobile Skylark  and Graham Hollywood...

The Skylark...

And the Hollywood...

 

Does that basic body look somewhat familiar? If it does then it's because both cars are based on the bodywork of the Cord 812! But now RWD and sporting inline-6's! 

[barrett]

I always say this whenever they're mentioned, but I'm pretty sure the Graham Hollywood (great stage name) is probably the only instance where a model was replaced by a design which was older than the car it was replacing... which just shows how modern the Cord was, although obviously it's diluted a bit in Graham form

[Aston Martin]

Ford F250 saloon for Brazil, I believe it's a tax thing.

 

https://www.carscoops.com/2021/01/tropical-cabines-ford-f250-super-duty-sedan-is-the-brazilian-equivalent-of-the-aznom-palladium/

 

 

 

[Urko]

6 minutes ago, Aston Martin said:

Ford F250 saloon for Brazil, I believe it's a tax thing.

 

https://www.carscoops.com/2021/01/tropical-cabines-ford-f250-super-duty-sedan-is-the-brazilian-equivalent-of-the-aznom-palladium/

 

 

 

Christ on a bike!

[adw1977]

Looks like Focus Mk1 saloon rear lights.

[Wibble]

Also looks like a bad model mock up.

[Datsuncog]

12 hours ago, Aston Martin said:

I believe it's a tax thing.

It sure ain't a style thing...

[Captain Mainwaring]

Looks like something SsangYong forgot to draw.

[sdkrc]

The Japanese grafting old frontends onto new cars

[Aston Martin]

8 minutes ago, sdkrc said:

The Japanese grafting old frontends onto new cars

 

Search "Buddy"

[horriblemercedes]

[sdkrc]

12 minutes ago, Aston Martin said:

 

Search "Buddy"

This Norwegian lad?

[Datsuncog]

13 minutes ago, Aston Martin said:

 

Search "Buddy"

Works for me.

[Aston Martin]

You can all sod off. 😢

[motorpunk]

On 09/02/2025 at 19:19, Adrian_pt said:

This Tata was a new one on me. Malta, this afternoon.

Safari? I think that, in their death throes, Rover dealers were given a few of these to try and sell alongside the ShittyRover.

[Adrian_pt]

4 hours ago, motorpunk said:

Safari? I think that, in their death throes, Rover dealers were given a few of these to try and sell alongside the ShittyRover.

Tata Sumo apparently, Saw a few more over there - indeed, quite a few Tatas of all types. In the UK we had the Safari and the earlier Gurkha, which must be well nigh extinct by now. Plus the Loadbeta pickups, which I think were a little bit thicker on the ground but started dissolving as soon as they left the factory floor. Years since I've seen one here.

 

[High Jetter]

1 hour ago, Adrian_pt said:

Tata Sumo apparently, Saw a few more over there - indeed, quite a few Tatas of all types. In the UK we had the Safari and the earlier Gurkha, which must be well nigh extinct by now. Plus the Loadbeta pickups, which I think were a little bit thicker on the ground but started dissolving as soon as they left the factory floor. Years since I've seen one here.

 

Tata = goodbye, surely?

[RoadworkUK]

One Tata I'd never been aware of was the Tata "Estate"

Looks like a Merc S124 as if it was poorly described over a crackly phone line. Based on the guts of a pick-up, with a 68bhp Pug diesel.

 

 

[Westbay]

Three-quater front view , quick first thought P38 ! ...