Cars you didn't know existed until very recently.

[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 ! ...

[EyesWeldedShut]

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

Malta

https://www.maltapark.com/item/details/9863544

Drive that back? Epic thread.

(I don't think I've ever seen one of these on UK plates???)

[Remspoor]

Austin A40. Registered and used in USA with hydrogen bottles were mounted on the roof- Batteries located under the bonnet. A Battery Hybrid car.

https://www.researchgate.net/publication/237258441_The_Safe_and_Economic_Revival_of_Alkaline_HydrogenAir_Fuel_Cells_with_Circulating_Electrolytes_Recommended_for_Vehicles_Using_Battery_Hybrid_Systems_and_H2_from_Ammonia_Crackers#pf4

[adw1977]

Because who wouldn't want a cylinder of Hydrogen a few inches above their head?

[Spottedlaurel]

3 hours ago, EyesWeldedShut said:

https://www.maltapark.com/item/details/9863544

Drive that back? Epic thread.

(I don't think I've ever seen one of these on UK plates???)

I had one on my driveway for a while, found by @greengartside in a local scrapyard and @Mr_Bo11ox bravely tried to get DVLA to lift the Certificate of Destruction. Sadly no go, and it eventually got sold to a guy who needed the parts for restoration of a rotary-engined RX4.

 

Even by the standards of Japanese cars of the time it had some intriguing/bonkers detailing.

[Datsuncog]

Ah, I wondered what became of that scrapyard save 929 - sad that it wasn't possible to rescind the CoD, given its immense rarity, but good that it managed to help other cars live on anyway!