Cars you didn't know existed until very recently.

[Supernaut]

Anyway, I can't take too much credit for this as I found it on reddit.

 

The 1935 Monaco Trossi.

 

 

- Space frame design

- Adjustable dampers

- 8 cylinder, 16 piston 2 stroke 4 litre twin supercharged radial engine

- Front wheel drive.

 

[AlabamaShrimp]

You can get the Accord Coupe with the 2.0 4 cylinder and a manual. About 150hp IIRC.

 

I once bought one sight unseen on ebay in Manchester. Went to view it and the clutch was utterly fucked, so I refused it on the spot and got my money back from the chancer.

Honestly thought they were all automatics. The only ones (three) I've seen were.

[Supernaut]

Honestly thought they were all automatics. The only ones (three) I've seen were.

Part of me would still like to find a half-decent Accord Coupe 2.0 manual. They have a very nice interior and the huge sunroof is nice.

 

However, I now have another 90s Coupe with a nice interior and a sunroof and a 2.0 making about 150hp (admittedly it's an automatic).

[davocano]

Today I saw a Nissan Vanette with LDV Cub badging. I never knew etc.

[martc]

Anyway, I can't take too much credit for this as I found it on reddit.

 

The 1935 Monaco Trossi.

 

 

- Space frame design

- Adjustable dampers

- 8 cylinder, 16 piston 2 stroke 4 litre twin supercharged radial engine

- Front wheel drive.

- Spectacular oil leak

 

[lesapandre]

Prototype Studebaker designed by Porsche in the 50's. Front engined V6. Known as the 542. Never went into production.

[cort1977]

2018 Ford Escort in China

 

 

"Essentially it is a cheap car cobbled together from Ford’s parts bin."

 

Sounds great.

[RayMK]

2018 Ford Escort in China

 

"Essentially it is a cheap car cobbled together from Ford’s parts bin."

 

Sounds great.

 

Not being a Ford fan, I have no idea why, but I like that. I also like the Ka+.  Maybe it is because they have not thrown in too much pretentious electronic nonsense and have remembered that suspension is there to mask the state of the road from your fillings.  

[somewhatfoolish]

Anyway, I can't take too much credit for this as I found it on reddit.

 

The 1935 Monaco Trossi.

 

 

- Space frame design

- Adjustable dampers

- 8 cylinder, 16 piston 2 stroke 4 litre twin supercharged radial engine

- Front wheel drive.

 

You can probably add hero levels of understeer to that list; it would be like driving a beetle backwards.

[Sir Snipes]

A bettle with a ww2 fighter plane engine!

[flat4alfa]

OGGI CSS

 

 

The fastest Fiat 127 derivative, because ran on ethanol

[cms206]

I passed an Alfa 4x4 this morning on an 18-plate. I planned to take a photo but I've just remembered I saw it.

 

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[flat4alfa]

Stelvio.  No need to photo as they DO advertise them on the telly and have sold a fair few...

 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y3xK405DgPc

 

...Well, 214 in the UK for 2017 and I must have seen about ten thus far.  Come to think of it they are shocking figures!  Prime discounted autoshite come 2028

[cros]

Ford Pampa 4x4. Trouble with this thread is that someone might not have known the Pampa existed before me, but I'm buggered if I'm searching through a million previous posts to check. Back to the Pampa, a Renault 12 based thing based on the second generation Corcel which Ford had been producing since it took over the French firm's South American operation.

[cros]

Today I saw a Nissan Vanette with LDV Cub badging. I never knew etc.

That must have enriched your life. Those vans always held some kind of miserable fascination for me. I bet they searched long and hard for bits they could leave off on the LDV version.

[DodgyBastard]

Spotted this recently, don't think I've ever seen one and haven't a clue what it is.

 

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[oldcars]

I like that. Mot check site says Isuzu 117 coupe. Never seen or heard of them before.

[Tadhg Tiogar]

I like that. Mot check site says Isuzu 117 coupe. Never seen or heard of them before.

Never sold here, I think. This would be one of maybe two or three personal imports brought in over the last few years.

 

Spares availability must be interesting.

[JeeExEll]

Googling Isuzu 171 coupe brings up this.

 

Available 1968 - 81. Looks a bit Jensen-ey at the front with round headlamps.

 

Wiki says some had twin-cams and some also had fuel injection.

[JeeExEll]

One of these turned up in the Ebay thread yesterday.

Renault mini 4 S, from Uraguay.

 

And I'm not sure if this is a production model or a special. . .

[treehugger]

Googling Isuzu 171 coupe brings up this.

 

Available 1968 - 81. Looks a bit Jensen-ey at the front with round headlamps.

WTF?????? New one on me.

[quicksilver]

That must have enriched your life. Those vans always held some kind of miserable fascination for me. I bet they searched long and hard for bits they could leave off on the LDV version.

Someone down the street from me has an LDV Cub. I can often see it from my window but it's never there when I walk that way with a camera handy

[quicksilver]

I've just found my 1992 Observers Book of Cars. Among the assorted chod it features the Sao Penza, but the one pictured is a saloon. There's only a few Penza photos online and they're all hatchbacks so I had no idea it was ever available as a saloon. I wonder how many they sold?

 

A few pages back is something called the RJD Tempest, a supercharged Corvette made by Robert Jankel of Panther fame and supposedly capable of 200mph. Never heard of it.

[Skizzer]

Stelvio. No need to photo as they DO advertise them on the telly and have sold a fair few...

 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y3xK405DgPc

 

...Well, 214 in the UK for 2017 and I must have seen about ten thus far. Come to think of it they are shocking figures! Prime discounted autoshite come 2028

I had a Stelvio as a rental in Germany at Christmas.

 

 

I didn’t bond with it, ugly bloated thing and the ride was awful. It was quite fast though and steered well for a munty blob.

 

The interior looks ok in photos but is very plasticky. The letterbox shaped satnav shows 10 miles either side of you and 50 yards ahead, which makes it completely useless.

 

 

Verdict: modern toss. Brera is more comfortable, heaps better ergonomically (never thought I’d say that) and much more classy.

 

Spotted this recently, don't think I've ever seen one and haven't a clue what it is.

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Brilliant spot! I only know about these because Nigel Bickle has one (I think).

[Yoss]

Sounds like perfect Autoshite then. Has everything we look for in a car. We'll all be lusting after these in ten to fifteen years. Especially if they're only selling 214 a year.

[flat4alfa]

Brilliant spot! I only know about these because Nigel Bickle has one (I think).

Nigel's Isuzu 117

 

http://autoshite.com/topic/1023-add-117-to-make-3/?hl=isuzu

[Sir Snipes]

I had a Stelvio as a rental in Germany at Christmas.

 

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I didn’t bond with it, ugly bloated thing and the ride was awful. It was quite fast though and steered well for a munty blob.

 

The interior looks ok in photos but is very plasticky. The letterbox shaped satnav shows 10 miles either side of you and 50 yards ahead, which makes it completely useless.

 

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Verdict: modern toss. Brera is more comfortable, heaps better ergonomically (never thought I’d say that) and much more classy.

 

Brilliant spot! I only know about these because Nigel Bickle has one (I think).

 

Wow that does look very arkward doesn't it?

[Skizzer]

To be fair, they probably look better in a lighter colour, like metallic red. But this was Germany, so it was black.

 

Yoss is probably right about it being futureshite.

[robinmasters]

Delorean John.

It wouldn't have been flushed with success in their home market, and would probably have been panned by the critics. If Delorean had survived, to compete in the current market they'd need an SUV - the RestRoom.

[Yoss]

Yoss is probably right.

Ha ha, thought I'd quote that bit and show it to Mrs Yoss sometime when she'll decide I'm most definitely not.

 

Anyway back to the Alfa, think of it as Austin 3-Litre. Sold in very small numbers when new, scraped along the bottom of the depreciation curve for about 20 years (that's when we buy them) and are only now starting to pick up (but we would have sold it on long before that happens.