Cars you didn't know existed until very recently.

[Remspoor]

Whilst watching the old BBC series Clochemerle this appeared.

Nothing on the https://www.imcdb.org/ it does not even list the show. Reverse image search suggests an Alfa, but there are differences.

A mystery.

[Yoss]

17 minutes ago, Remspoor said:

Whilst watching the old BBC series Clochemerle this appeared.

Nothing on the https://www.imcdb.org/ it does not even list the show. Reverse image search suggests an Alfa, but there are differences.

A mystery.

Google lens says Rosengart Super Traction. 

[MiniMinorMk3]

1 hour ago, Remspoor said:

Whilst watching the old BBC series Clochemerle this appeared.

 

 

A mystery.

 

1 hour ago, Yoss said:

Google lens says Rosengart Super Traction. 

Rosengart Supertraction, the first forgotten - Vintage News

[Remspoor]

1 hour ago, MiniMinorMk3 said:

 

Rosengart Supertraction, the first forgotten - Vintage News

 

2 hours ago, Yoss said:

Google lens says Rosengart Super Traction. 

Thank you both. It is not  a car I have seen before.

[vulgalour]

2003  Volkswagen Polo Classic.  I don't think we got these in saloon form like this one from South Africa.

[High Jetter]

4 minutes ago, vulgalour said:

2003  Volkswagen Polo Classic.  I don't think we got these in saloon form like this one from South Africa.

Fortunately

[lesapandre]

Front is like a shrunk-in-the-wash E Class Mercedes.

[Wibble]

38 minutes ago, vulgalour said:

2003  Volkswagen Polo Classic.  I don't think we got these in saloon form like this one from South Africa.

We did get the earlier version

[Snipes]

I had one in red around 2003 I guess. Wasn't a bad little car tbh.

[Peter C]

Six cylinder Marina coupe from down-under.

[barrett]

Somebody just rocked up in one of these

Any ideas? Me neither. Apparently it's a Corvette! A lovely mix of horrible supercar styling and American engineering & quality. Deeply embarrassing stuff all round.

[lesapandre]

I quite like that. If its a ZR1 it's good for 215 mph.

[lesapandre]

18 hours ago, Peter C said:

Six cylinder Marina coupe from down-under.

Very 'Datsun' front end. Shows where a restyle of the Marina could have gone in the UK.

[Remspoor]

Dongfeng Box

https://www.dongfeng-global.com/vehicleModel/box

And just to confuse things there is a Dongfeng Nanon Box , this is also badged as Dacia Spring or maybe the Renault City K-ZE.

[JeeExEll]

On 28/04/2025 at 18:23, Peter C said:

Six cylinder Marina coupe from down-under.

If the 1800 B-series was well-known for understeer I hate to think how a 6-cylinder one would handle. But if you're doing 1000 mile trips on an open road that really doesn't matter.

See also 4.1 straight-6 Australian Cortinas.

[garethj]

On 11/04/2025 at 12:32, Remspoor said:

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

 

I wrote about this when I did a slot car version, a really interesting car.

http://www.chase-cars.com/bodyshells/1965-el-dorado-racer/
 

Also used as the baddie’s car in The Love Bug

[nev_jr]

Saw a couple of these as hires on holiday recently, but what in the kentucky fried fuck is it? 

 

[SmokinWaffle]

1 hour ago, nev_jr said:

Saw a couple of these as hires on holiday recently, but what in the kentucky fried fuck is it? 

 

Mitsuoka roadster innit? 

https://english.kyodonews.net/news/2018/02/336236b51cd0-mitsuoka-unveils-fully-restyled-himiko-convertible.html

[sheffcortinacentre]

A mess init.

[Metal Guru]

16 minutes ago, sheffcortinacentre said:

A mess init.

Obviously playing Chinese whispers at the design centre.

[Yoss]

9 hours ago, nev_jr said:

Saw a couple of these as hires on holiday recently, but what in the kentucky fried fuck is it? 

 

 

7 hours ago, SmokinWaffle said:

Mitsuoka roadster innit? 

https://english.kyodonews.net/news/2018/02/336236b51cd0-mitsuoka-unveils-fully-restyled-himiko-convertible.html

Google lens says it is a Hurtan Grand Albaycin. Built in Spain, which makes sense as all the pictures on Google are in Spain, but based on an MX5. 

Some look a bit tacky. 

And some are more tacky than others. 

[Yoss]

There is also a Hurtan Author which is quite obviously a PT Cruiser. 

Warning, eye bleach may be needed after viewing the next picture. 

Also available as a convertible. 

Dashboard is barely changed, they just stuck a bit of wood on. 

Chrysler. 

Hurtan 

[Supernaut]

49 minutes ago, Yoss said:

There is also a Hurtan Author which is quite obviously a PT Cruiser. 

Warning, eye bleach may be needed after viewing the next picture. 

Also available as a convertible. 

Dashboard is barely changed, they just stuck a bit of wood on. 

Chrysler. 

Hurtan 

It's Hurtan my eyes to look at it.

[nev_jr]

 

2 hours ago, Yoss said:

Warning, eye bleach may be needed after viewing the next picture. 

I was warned, yet I still chose to look... what an idiotic boob I was about 12-15 seconds ago.

[Dobloseven]

On 24/04/2025 at 08:27, Sir Snipes said:

I had one in red around 2003 I guess. Wasn't a bad little car tbh.

That isn't really a Polo as such.It's a rebranded SEAT Cordoba,which was sold in saloon and estate form as a Volkswagen.The hatchback version was the SEAT Ibiza,and there was an Inca van.Which was also sold as a VW Caddy,which I think our Zelandeth had a WAV one of.Confused yet?Son had one of the (Vario) estates.It's a bigger wider car than the contemporary Polo hatches.

[Madman Of The People]

7 hours ago, Yoss said:

 

Chrysler. 

Hurtan 

 

I love how they just glued a badge on top of the Chrysler logo! 

 

[Yoss]

2 hours ago, Madman Of The People said:

 

I love how they just glued a badge on top of the Chrysler logo! 

 

I think they were hoping you wouldn't notice that! 

I'm struggling to find what they are charging for these things. I've found one of the MX5 based ones second hand in the UAE, that well known land of taste and style. At around £123000. I've no idea if that is more or less than the list price as their own website doesn't show prices. 

[bunglebus]

This popped up on Flickr with no description. Google results seem to say Citroen 350

[Split_Pin]

2 hours ago, bunglebus said:

This popped up on Flickr with no description. Google results seem to say Citroen 350

There's one rotting g outside a Citroen specialist somewhere in the UK.

[Split_Pin]

One of these popped up on a Spanish Facebook page I follow 'Roads, Yesterday and Today':

Seat 600 Furgoneta Costa. What a cool little van. No doubt any survivors today would be turned into hipster coffee stands.

On my Balearic family holidays as a kid in the mid 1990s, I saw many unusual commercial and 'holiday' variants of cars. I remember (and I think we've had) seeing an Emelba Chato and a Citroen Ami Service. Despite seeing many, many ex rental Seat 600s (they did well to survive into the mid 1990s) I surprisingly didn't see this commercial variant. The car versions were probably quite late examples from the early 1970s, these look quite a bit older.