Cars you didn't know existed until very recently.

[jon.k]

I saw one of these on British plates this morning (I think this is what it was. It was LHD). Vw Atlas.

[bunglebus]

What the AI generated hell are these supposed to be?

[Verysleepyboy]

4 hours ago, bunglebus said:

What the AI generated hell are these supposed to be?

Seen those adverts recently as well and was trying to work out which cars the AI have cutnshut together - the yellow one looks like a bit Daf 44? with a Mk1 Fiesta grill and the green one a Fiat 126 with a Shogun Pinin front end?

[lesapandre]

On 03/04/2025 at 08:04, bunglebus said:

What the AI generated hell are these supposed to be?

Bit of Anadol in there too.

[RoadworkUK]

Those adverts make zero sense without depicting a car that at least looks slightly like the car they're talking about.

[sheffcortinacentre]

Probably copyright,etc.

[lesapandre]

On 04/04/2025 at 22:01, sheffcortinacentre said:

Probably copyright,etc.

Or having angry manufacturers of the bangers featured.

[myglaren]

Not so much that I was unaware of it's existence but that it preceded Bristol with the location of the spare wheel

 

 

[Remspoor]

Caruna Spider, which this Dutch site says is a Frankenstein. I think they are being kind.

https://www.klassiekerweb.nl/verhalen/caruna-spider-zwitserse-frankenstein/

The brand has been brought up before, some years ago in this thread.

That was only for a Peugeot based car.

The company also undertook work to convert a Mercedes 380 SL. This one belonged to the Dutch royal family. Evidently used for the vacation villa in Italy.

 

 

 

 

[bunglebus]

New Renault 5

[bunglebus]

New Prius

[bunglebus]

Saw a 50th anniversary Seicento in France, don't think we got those at home

[bramz7]

I think they were badged as a 600 by this point, for whatever reason. That colour is supposedly 'Ivory Charleston'. So, posh beige. 

[Remspoor]

On 07/04/2025 at 08:55, bunglebus said:

New Renault 5

 

On 07/04/2025 at 17:43, bunglebus said:

New Prius

Are you saying you did not know these existed ? Where have you been?

[bunglebus]

France. Saw something a while back about the 5 but not the Prius.

I don't take much notice of new car news, just occasionally see something I don't recognise 

 

[bunglebus]

On 07/04/2025 at 16:51, bramz7 said:

I think they were badged as a 600 by this point, for whatever reason. That colour is supposedly 'Ivory Charleston'. So, posh beige. 

It was indeed badged as a 600

[myglaren]

 

 

 

[Remspoor]

Muntz. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Muntz_Car_Company

 

[Remspoor]

Apollo 3500 GT https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Apollo_GT

 

[IronStar]

Lada Samara diesel. Apparently 1.5 Peugeot 1.5 TUD5 unit.

 

 

[lesapandre]

On 08/04/2025 at 18:27, myglaren said:

 

 

 

Will it start?

[lesapandre]

On 08/04/2025 at 17:44, Remspoor said:

 

Are you saying you did not know these existed ? Where have you been?

Probably Autoshite - but I know what he means. You see something in a magazine and then you experience it in the wild.

Bit like women.

Quite different. 😂

[lesapandre]

On 07/04/2025 at 16:43, bunglebus said:

New Prius

Wew. That is bland and fussy and fugly.

Though gold cars seem to be making a comeback.

[Bear]

https://www.facebook.com/marketplace/item/2483725588683748/

WTF engine is that? Four cams, belt, overhead... is it a Lancia one? Alfa Romeo (maybe an Alfa badge on the back?)

[Stinkwheel]

Its just a normal later model 2.0 & 2.5 lancia engine i think

[Stinkwheel]

Just now, Stinkwheel said:

Its just a normal later model 2.0 & 2.5 lancia engine i think

Ignore me, even i can see thats different to the one i posted

 

[MiniMinorMk3]

1 hour ago, Bear said:

https://www.facebook.com/marketplace/item/2483725588683748/

WTF engine is that? Four cams, belt, overhead... is it a Lancia one? Alfa Romeo (maybe an Alfa badge on the back?)

 

 

 

 

 

 

Alfa 33 16v engine

 

[lesapandre]

How much is it? I have no access to Facebook.

Looks like a one off home made [ it's a kit see below] - but there is a bit of a Dennis Adams (Marcos) feel to it.

[Lord Sterling]

I was busy looking up something on Google Street View when I spotted this:

Did some digging and apparently these things are a thing:

Peugeot 307 XRAD van or something. I was aware of the 205 XRAD:

Even worse, the 307 is also available as a saloon:

As an aside, the silver 307 XRAD appears to have a council notice on it on 2018. Shame it was probably the only British-plated one in existence from what I can find. The rest (on the Internet) are all Irish-plated ones.

[Spottedlaurel]

I knew about the Renault 14, and the Safrane, but the 14 Safrane is a new one to me:

 

I rather doubt any of the 900 are still around, but maybe one of those aluminium plaques survives in a drawer on a toolbox somewhere? I picked up this brochure over the weekend.

Found a Flickr photo of a German import model in NL taken a few years ago.