Cars you didn't know existed until very recently.

[RayMK]

So... just like the old Tipo then?

 

We use our '94 Tipo 1.4ie regularly.  Yes, unremarkable but roomy and practical.

[Datsuncog]

You should see the Tiida in saloon form(shudder). Make way for Noddy!

 

Yup... all the ones I've seen in Belfast have been saloons! Was half-wondering whether it was some form of new paramilitary 'community justice' measure - offenders are given a choice of being beaten with baseball bats, or driving round in a Tiida for a month...

 

It's worth them making the Fluence for the Irish market as it's a Megane back to the B pillar except for the grille and bumper. No problem to incorporate the rhd panels into the shell instead of LHD. A pretty good seller here-lots as taxis. We thought of buying a top spec diesel one for my wife, until a Megane estate came up at the right price.

 

Oh yeah, I've seen tons of them in Dublin as taxis and a fair few up north as southern-plated hire cars - it just surprises me that because they're such strong sellers in ROI, there appears to be no push by Renault UK to market them over the border. Since they're building RHD examples anyway! Though didn't I also hear they're Samsungs first and foremost, re-badged as Renaults?

[NorfolkNWeigh]

 

 

Shame it's a one-off

You say that...

[RayMK]

Four doors, no roof and rusty sills.  I bet the scuttle is a blur at anything more than walking pace.

[bunglebus]

They've re-styled the Cocktus, how exciting*

 

[chaseracer]

Fiat Tipo.  No, no, not that one.  THIS one.

 

I've never seen one in person, or if I have I've probably mistaken it for something else like a Golf or whatever. They've been on sale since 2015, we didn't get them until 2016, apparently.

 

Metric shitload of the damn things around the West Mids, for some reason.

[TataBobu]

I've driven one of those (new Tipo) for about a week. Estate. Diesel. Grimmer inside than a Sandero. At least it was a rental.

[cros]

b

 

I saw one of these deformities outside a garage near Leatherhead on Saturday. I'd rather have a boil on my helmet.

[chaseracer]

BINI lights.  How original!*  Is that an MX-5 under there somewhere?

[Inspector Morose]

Or BMW Z3?

[Supernaut]

Aye, I've seen photos of those before.

 

It's a Mitsuoka thing based on a Mk3 MX-5.

[cros]

Ah, that would explain what it was doing as the main exhibit at a Mazda garage, T. Whites. There's so much money around there I suppose there's a big demand for tasteless gargoyles like this. Imagine what a cunt you'd feel if anyone saw you driving the thing.

[Tadhg Tiogar]

Or BMW Z3?

 

No, that was a Bertini

 

I think the fella behind it only managed to put three cars together before giving up.

[bunglebus]

Kia Niro anyone? No?

 

[NorfolkNWeigh]

No, that was a Bertini

 

I think the fella behind it only managed to put three cars together before giving up.

They fucked up a Z3M to mk a one of those, geniuses.

[Tadhg Tiogar]

They fucked up a Z3M to mk a one of those, geniuses.

Sometimes, y'know, the dream and the reality are two completely different things.... Just ask Harris Mann what they did to his design for the Allegro.

[SierraMikeHotel]

Sometimes, y'know, the dream and the reality are two completely different things.... Just ask Harris Mann what they did to his design for the Allegro.

 

Those early drawings look bloody brilliant.  I do feel for Mann, seeing what it turned into.

 

Here is a Rolls Royce of some sort.  Custom jobbie, or is this an actual factory car?  Yes that coupé actually is bigger than a Volvo V70.

 

 

While the photo is terrible, I quite like the juxtaposition of Rolls Royce and Primark here!

 

 

(Photos taken while passenger)

[chaseracer]

It is.

 

I would.

 

Don't have.

[Jim Bergerac]

b

 

I saw one of these deformities outside a garage near Leatherhead on Saturday. I'd rather have a boil on my helmet.

 

 

Yours for fifty-four thousand pounds: https://www.honestjohn.co.uk/carbycar/mitsuoka/roadster-2015/

 

You could get 100 MGFs for that.

[LessThanEqual]

Fiat Talento. Definitely* not a Vivaro or Trafic.

 

[catsinthewelder]

Looking at similar items to the written off Insight on the news 24 thread I saw this

 

 

A Honda S660 Kei car

 

And while looking for a Rental car in Bulgaria I was offered this for 2 euros a day

 

[Tadhg Tiogar]

.....While the photo is terrible, I quite like the juxtaposition of Rolls Royce and Primark here!

 

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(Photos taken while passenger)

 

As Dolly Parton reportedly said: "It costs a lot of money to look this cheap!"

[martc]

And while looking for a Rental car in Bulgaria I was offered this for 2 euros a day

 

 

 

 2 euros a day!! At todays exchange rate thats £1.77, or £646.05 per year. Who needs a PCP - just permantnly hire this. Or is that not how car hiring works? And you'd need to be in Bulgaria.

[3VOM]

Looking at similar items to the written off Insight on the news 24 thread I saw this

 

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A Honda S660 Kei car

 

Was this to replace the Beat or its successors?

[bunglebus]

Fiat Fullback. Fallback? It is Italian after all.

​Well actually it's Japanese but they don't retreat very often

 

[Aston Martin]

They've re-styled the Cocktus, how exciting*

 

You should have set fire to the POS... or smashed your door into their door and teach Citroen a lesson.

[sutty2006]

Fiat Tipo. No, no, not that one. THIS one.

 

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I've never seen one in person, or if I have I've probably mistaken it for something else like a Golf or whatever. They've been on sale since 2015, we didn't get them until 2016, apparently.

[sutty2006]

I followed one of these briefly the other day. I was momentarily horrified by its lack of Italian boringness.

[bunglebus]

Different shape Nissan Gloria I'd not seen before. JDM only I think

 

[yellowperil]

That looks a bit like a Bristol, only nicer.