Cars you didn't know existed until very recently.

[5speedracer]

The other week I was up at the local MAN dealership to collect parts, and saw what at first I though was a modded VW Crafter with a MAN grill.

Nope, it turns out MAN have branched out into vans.

 

The MAN TGE.

VW badge engineering strikes again. Wonder how they're priced?

[Tayne]

They got their money's worth out of that cab.

 

VW Worker by Tayne, on Flickr

[chaseracer]

VW badge engineering strikes again. Wonder how they're priced?

 

Excessively.

 

press-release_IP-17-3502_en.htm

[Ghosty]

Somewhere down the line a man will buy a MAN van and use said MAN van to run a man and van business out of his MAN van.

[Sir Snipes]

Well that looks like a mk1 Prius but I don’t recognise the badge or the language on the reg plate.

[Lacquer Peel]

Saipa Tiba from Iran, it's vaguely based on a Kia Pride.

[quicksilver]

Plahcrab

It's a prototype that's been restored and will be on the club stand on the NEC. I had no idea such a thing ever existed, much less that it has survived.

 

Plahwedge

Didn't know Gaydon had this hidden away until it appeared in the new building..

 

 

 

[egg]

Auburn Domingo was new to me today from the tat thread.

[Tayne]

I was behind one of these in traffic tonight.

 

 

 

Its a Toyota Noah.

 

It might look big but its narrower and shorted than a Zafira (taller obvs) and can seat up to eight so you can put your kids in two by two.

[JeeExEll]

^^^

"Right kids, you'd better behave yourselves, we've a long journey ahead today on the motorway.

First one to play up goes in the BAD CHAIR".

[AMC Rebel]

Not exactly - but I was following what looked like a Hyundai Coupe but was badged as a  Tuscani with no visible Hyundai badges - turns out it's called Tuscani in some markets. Dunno if the owner had rebadged it or it was an import of some kind.

[MorrisItalSLX]

Plahcrab

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It's a prototype that's been restored and will be on the club stand on the NEC. I had no idea such a thing ever existed, much less that it has survived.

 

Back end looks to be the same as the Aussie produced Austin Kimberly/Tasman

 

[TataBobu]

No idea what these are, just appeared on YouTube today

 

 

Portaro, it's a portuguese made Aro 244 et co. The second most successful model made in Portugal, after UMM.

[Matt]

Apparently Hyundai facelifted the Getz at some point. I hadn't noticed until I saw one the other day and I thought the headlights were different somehow but couldn't really put my finger on it. I just looked at a photo of them side by side and only then noticed the grille and front bumper are different.

 

[Aston Martin]

I love Brazil, they graft new faces on old cars.

 

 

Old C3 Picasso, with the new C3 face.

 

 

Also the Uno... with a Panda Mk1 grille. Its a MK3 Panda, with 1980's plastic interior.

 

 

 

 

 

Ford Ka +Sedan

 

[sheffcortinacentre]

Isnt the last one a fiesta? As saloon versions have been avl on older versions abroad.

[Tayne]

Not sure, have a shonky pic from Valparaiso, 7 years ago.

 

Fiesta Saloon by Tayne, on Flickr 

[Cleon-Fonte]

It's a Ford Figo, designed for South American and Indian markets but which is now coming to Europe in hatchback form as the third generation Ka.

 

 

 

[D Spares & Tyres]

Today I followed what looked like a Hilux but it had Fiat badges???

[martc]

Today I followed what looked like a Hilux but it had Fiat badges???

 That'll be a FIAT Fullback, which is based on a Mitsubishi L200. By 'based' I mean it's a swapping the badge and a few bits of trim job.

 

[quicksilver]

Thanks to bramz7's continually amazing Flickr site my life has now been enriched by new-found knowledge of the Innocenti Koral. A badge-engineered Yugo 55 for the Italian market complete with 'Innocenti made by Zastava' badges, it sounds mega shite.

[chaseracer]

 That'll be a FIAT Fullback...

 

RichardK of this electronic parish has one.

[AnthonyG]

Love those Vanden Plas prototypes. Apparently there was a VP version of the Austin 3 litre planned as well, I think the BL merger called time on that.

 

Say what you like about BMC/ BL, they never threw anything away - it just got shoved in a tunnel underneath Longbridge for a rainy day.

[cros]

The Syrena Microbus prototype has eluded me until a couple of minutes ago.

It's an ugly bugger but no worse than Nissan Cube type gargoyles so I'd say it was ahead of its time.

[Negative Creep]

SAN Storm, an Indian made 2 seat roadster

 

 

https://www.autotrader.co.uk/classified/advert/201709139271022?radius=1500&make=SAN&advertising-location=at_cars&sort=sponsored&postcode=hd97nw&onesearchad=Used&onesearchad=Nearly%20New&onesearchad=New&page=1

[Eddie Honda]

I seem to remember something about Reliant wanting to import them back in the day.

[Sloth in a bowl]

4WD CVT DAF Rallycross, possibly the coolest thing I have seen this year.

It was so quick that first they gave everybody else a head start, then they banned it outright.

https://www.carthrottle.com/post/we73k36/

 

 

[mercrocker]

Stuck in traffic next to one of these tonight......Never seen or heard of one before but quite a pretty thing. 

 

 

[LessThanEqual]

I saw one of these on the road today on a 65 plate.

 

 

Proton Suprima S. Had no clue you could get such a new Proton in the UK. Only 10 on the road according to How Many Left.

[barrett]

Stuck in traffic next to one of these tonight......Never seen or heard of one before but quite a pretty thing.

 

 

Hyundai-Tuscani.jpg

That's just a Hyundai Coupe with a different badge, Shirley?

Classic WHAT IS POINT import?