Cars you didn't know existed until very recently.

[Snipes]

Just don’t google the later model, eugh!

Personally i like the “carina” Caldina. Top quack was apparently the 2.0 16v GE but most commonly the lean-burn FE.

[Junkman]

1955 Fiat 1100-103 Stabilimente Savio

 

 

Savio is an Italian coachbuilder since 1919.

Those 1100 wagons like the one shown above seem to have been produced in quite some numbers, going by google image search.

They were used by the Polizia and Carabinieri, but also privately.

 

Here is one used as a CSI carrier:

 

 

Despite I've never heard the name, Savio made quite a few cars I do know, among others a plethora of Fiat beach cars

and the relatively famous Fiat 125 Station Wagon.

 

 

 

The 600 Jungla is just one example of many beach cars they did:

 

[NorfolkNWeigh]

A mate of mine had a Mercedes W114 that had come by this route, bought in Germany in right-hand-drive and registered over here when he brought it home, so the reg plate made it look a few years younger than it actually was.

 

Nobody ever thought to change the headlamps in the intervening forty-odd years so people were always flashing at him.

Today I watched an episode of The Protectors and Harry Rule was in Spain driving what looked like a LHD Chrysler Valiant or something which I've yet to investigate- may well end up in this thread! Anyway he was in a chase with a beige forward control van that had Audi- well the four rings- badges front and rear.At first I thought it was one of those crazy Pegaso/ Sava Austin J4s with a prestige badge stuck on its Sherpa doors.

But of course Audi wasn't a posh brand in 1972 and it wasn't quite right.

No, it was a DKW F1000 L made in Spain by IMOSA, apparentlly.

These later became a Merc with a ' big block' 1300 to enable YankTank chasing

These had something to do with the MB100, I think - only stuff I could find is in Foreign .which went on to become a Ssangyong I'd never heard of.

 

Oh, and whilst I'm discovering light commercials that had secret foreign identities,

What's Spanish for Thruppenny bit ?

[Tadhg Tiogar]

.....which went on to become a Ssangyong I'd never heard of.

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....which in turn looks a bit like a Toyota LiteAce.

[cort1977]

Also sold as a Mercedes MB100D in Australia.  Bet Mercedes Australia were delighted about that one.

 

[vulgalour]

Looking like the big brother to the Renault Rodeo, the Auveraland A3 is a new one on me tonight.

 

[STUNO]

A bit more on the Toyota Blade and Blade Master mentioned earlier.

 

The lowly Blade

 

 

https://www.trademe.co.nz/motors/used-cars/toyota/auction-1534405940.htm?rsqid=6d793cd9b68042daac1d0876d6e07192

 

And the beast, the Blade Master

 

 

https://www.trademe.co.nz/motors/used-cars/toyota/auction-1492314413.htm?rsqid=6d793cd9b68042daac1d0876d6e07192

 

The only visual difference is the script MASTER on the lower right on the tailgate.

 

 

[Sudsprint]

Also sold as a Mercedes MB100D in Australia.  Bet Mercedes Australia were delighted about that one.

 

....these are everywhere as minibuses in Cambodia

[Skut]

Found out about this, another soviet ZAZ based creation. Created by an E Tairov. Must have been pretty handy at panel beating.

 

[Lacquer Peel]

Africa only Peugeot Pick-Up based on some Chinese knock off. What is point.

[bunglebus]

Saw a Nissan Pulsar today. Not the 90's JDM jobbie, one of these;

 

 

Probably been around for ages and I just haven't noticed, because they're so interesting*

[Magpie215]

Saw a Nissan Pulsar today. Not the 90's JDM jobbie, one of these;

 

 

Probably been around for ages and I just haven't noticed, because they're so interesting*

Just another bland box that blends into the sea of bleakness!!

[AlabamaShrimp]

Africa only Peugeot Pick-Up based on some Chinese knock off. What is point.

Cheap.

[chaseracer]

Today I watched an episode of The Protectors and Harry Rule was in Spain driving what looked like a LHD Chrysler Valiant or something...

 

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Barreiros_(manufacturer)

[NorfolkNWeigh]

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Barreiros_(manufacturer)

That's the badger!

[Snipes]

Africa only Peugeot Pick-Up based on some Chinese knock off. What is point.

Maybe some complex trade deal, intended to help Peugeot dominate* the Chinese market, required PSA buy some Chinese Tonka trucks and flog them on?

 

I actually don’t mind that pulsar. Wonder if they still have Nissan “N” model codes?

[cort1977]

Maybe but may just be badge engineering.   Would think Peugeot still has a big following in Africa due to the success of the 504 and 505 models there.  Nearly half a million 504s built in Nigeria up until 2006 Wikipedia informs me, you do see heaps of them over there still.

[bunglebus]

 

 

Yes it's a cut-down Imp, but sold as a conversion rather than home-brewed.

[bunglebus]

[STUNO]

Sorry but home made, these imp trucks ? were never sold by dealers here.

[bunglebus]

http://www.sunbeam.org.au/?p=314

[quicksilver]

That Imp truck is the most useless commercial vehicle ever. Look at the depth* of the load bed, and when it breaks down you have to take everything out to access the engine. What is point?

[STUNO]

It is a "rebuilt" car, the letter says as much, built by a village garage for a perceived local market. There was no Todd motors input into it.

[sutty2006]

So, todays cold and Mrs Sutty sent me out with the dog....... I was walking along the main road near to home when a car coming the opposite way caught my attention. A modern looking vehicle but with actual WING mirrors. I clocked the reg, and the badge, and almost tripped over the dog but it was worth it. A 2006 Toyota Crown. OMG these look so shite I actually want to bask in its shiteness......

 

Not the car, but exactly the same

 

 

I thought they stopped making the crown years ago, so this was most definately a shock to me!

 

[tooSavvy]

Sure this ^^ model was featured on here.. Hybrid power (but just for the AirCon?) recently...

 

TS

[sutty2006]

Sure this ^^ model was featured on here.. Hybrid power (but just for the AirCon?) recently...

 

TS

 

I did a small amount of googling and ebaying, they are a quite expensive "japanese mafia" kind of car, those seats look like lounge chairs and the toys that come with them are worthy of middle upper class epicness. The model up is the Toyota Century, with a whopping 5.0 V12!!!

 

https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/REDESIGNED-TOYOTA-CENTURY-GZG50-5-0-V12-JAPANESE-EQ-MAYBACH-ROLLS-ROYCE/352276967149?_trkparms=pageci%3A95a89c60-1c95-11e8-aa82-74dbd18087fb%7Cparentrq%3Adcdd3ce81610ab66ad3844b4ffff5016%7Ciid%3A1&_trksid=p2481888.c100675.m4236

[RoadworkUK]

Ah, the Crown and the Century are whole different kettles of fish. The Crown you saw is actually just a luxury version of the Toyota Comfort, which is popularly used as a Taxi. It's kind of a Toyota FX4, in a way, and was in production since '95. They've only just finished building them, as it happens - replaced by some high-roofed thing called the JPN Taxi.

 

It's still cool, anyway. So well done.

[martc]

JPN Taxi - a car I hadn't heard about until approx 30 seconds ago.

 

[AnthonyG]

My eyes! The Comfort was much nicer.

 

Does anyone in Japan wear top hats anymore anyway? All seems a bit pointless if they don’t...

[sutty2006]

They do like their mirrors far away dont they..... wonder if that will ever catch on...