Cars you didn't know existed until very recently.

[catsinthewelder]

Aye that's the badger,  it looked short for some reason and I saw the a on the badge and thought a class.

[Felly Magic]

I know someone who bought a Shitan van. They weren't too happy when i told em its a jumped up Renner Kangoo with a few grand added to the price

[Roverageous]

Seat Exeo

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I walk passed one most days and I thought it said Exed until I tried to google it now.

You know some retail chains move stock between locations and subsidiaries based on best before dates? This is what VAG did with these.

 

"Yes, Sir, they're still perfectly usable, it's just the gearknobs are going a bit cheesy."

 

 

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[Felly Magic]

I remember seeing an Exeo about 5 years ago, manager of the local Morryways drove one. Poundland Audi A4 with what quality it had removed.

[Lacquer Peel]

The reason for Mercedes Citans existing is Mercedes' excellent commercial vehicle service, I'm sure they run 24 hour workshops or certainly late shifts at the Mercedes CV garage a mile from here - less downtime, moar profit.

[Asimo]

What Emperors buy for their daughters: the Toyota Century Cabriolet.

 

 

This would be quite an upgrade from the MR2. (£8k on ebay)

[UmBongo]

The first Batmobile.

 

Apparently.

 

 

It's based on a 1956 Oldsmobile 88.

[Mirkin]

Cool, never seen that one before.

[Lord Sterling]

This, as taken by GoldScotland on Flickr:

 

[Rusty Pelican]

Hot headed BX 4TC

 

[406V6]

Cars I didn't know existed - near enough everything that our hero Nigel Bickle buys.

[Ghosty]

E46 3 series available with wheeltrims on the continent.

02 plated Mazda 121 - facelifted mk4 Fiesta version.

Non-metallic paint, grey plastic bumpers and wheeltrims on an 03 plate X-Trail.

[Vince70]

The first Batmobile.

 

Apparently.

 

 

It's based on a 1956 Oldsmobile 88.

I Thought it was an experimental two seater cabriolet version of an Allegro III with that front end.

[Alan_Green]

 

02 plated Mazda 121 - facelifted mk4 Fiesta version.

 

This was mine. Just a Fiesta with a different badge. Grill was a bit different.

[explosive-cabbage]

Panda Van. I had no idea until I saw this one last week:

 

 

Aye, a 4x4 version of one of these would be awesome for over-landing!

[trigger]

Cars I didn't know existed - near enough everything that our hero Nigel Bickle buys.

 

I'm aware of most cars but that Seat Bocanegra that he recently bought was a new model to me.

[Ghosty]

This was mine. Just a Fiesta with a different badge. Grill was a bit different.

Yep - more black plastic trim on the corners. I was well aware of these, it's just I'd never seen one later than V-plate in that shape. What I didn't know is that there was also a facelift version with the different lights. I've only ever seen one.

like this: 

[DSdriver]

Cars I didn't know existed - near enough everything that our hero Nigel Bickle buys.

 

I had to check through five pages to see if anyone else thought the same as me. I should have started from the newest post and worked back.

[Owain71]

Renault Fuego convertible (one-off concept) by Heuliez...

 

 

 

 

 

...and Subaru XT convertible, a period US-market local conversion that looks good enough to be factory:

 

 

[Wilko220]

That Fuego convertible looks fantastic!

[Lord Sterling]

^^^ There was also a Renault 25 cabriolet:

 

[HH-R]

What was the story with those Mazda 121s? I know Ford had some sort of involvement with Mazda at the time but they seemed pretty pointless - only ever seen a handful?

[mrcitroen]

What was the story with those Mazda 121s? I know Ford had some sort of involvement with Mazda at the time but they seemed pretty pointless - only ever seen a handful?

They were made for people like us so that in the future we have instant shite.

[barrett]

I believe it has something to do with import quotas. Only so many cars built in Japan can be sold in EU countries, so instead of building an entire factory in Scunthorpe you just slap your badge on a car that is already built here.

Or I could be talking out of my arse as usual.

[xtriple]

Didn't Ford own about 60% of Mazda at that time?

[Felly Magic]

Vauxhall Cavalier Cesaro V6's! Basically an LS with sports seats and alloys, and a 24v 170bhp lump in the snout, and only available in shit colours like white and red and blue

[Slappy]

Funnily enough I saw my first one of facelifted 121s on the 31st, only to find that I've been beaten to it by 4 days... I'd seen a fair few sad face versions, and just assumed they'd never carried over. I guess the Demio/2 must have been sold not long after they started selling the smiley version, and cut their losses. I'm sure there was still a fair chunk of Ford tech for a few years after (including the just-revised Mazda 2).

[Asimo]

Petrol Transits are not what they once were: 275 horsepower!

 

[AnthonyG]

Re Fiestas and 121s, Mazda Europe desperately needed sensible cars to sell after their 'mad' phase when even their bread and butter cars went all wacky and different - for example, the 323 five-door coupe with frameless doors and a bizarre (post Kia Pride shape) 'bubble' 121 saloon that looked a bit like an early take on the Micra K12. Of the bubble 121 they must have sold about 3 in the UK as from memory it was only offered as a saloon. Most Mazda dealers started getting Kia franchises at about this time!!

 

It's like Mazda honchos saw the Nissan Figaro, S-cargo and Pao and thought that was the direction of Japanese cars for the 1990s. If it wasn't for the MX5, and Ford taking effective control in about 1995, Mazda would be dead now. A Ford man was even parachuted in to run the company in the mid 1990s a first for a postwar Jap company. Hence the dull as ditchwater 323 and 626 that were launched about 97/98.

 

I have never seen one of those facelifted Fezza121s, I didn't know they offered them over here, Demios started in 1999 and were quite funky for the time (well, funkier than a Fezza121).

[R9UKE]

RenaultSport Clio Exclusive edition. These little beauties were the pocket rocket 172 Clio, but in Scarab Green and a cream leather interior only. Superb compromise of sportiness and luxury. There were only 172 made. All numbered and most have been bastardised by now.