Cars you didn't know existed until very recently.

[Asimo]

Ah yes, the Subaru Tribeca, I suppose I did know it existed but now I have seen one, ( and noticed.) Possibly the last suv only available in petrol form in GB.



These remain curiously expensive for something that found less than a thousand buyers, has lots of popular competitors and features the full £500 road tax.

A bit of a munter of a car but I am a Subaru fan so might one day.

[Asimo]

 

Katar SIFFT 4x4

Polyester body on a Citröen 2CV chassis with Visa 650 engine and 4x4 transmission from Voisin) 
 

 

A few hundred built in the 1980s apparently.

 

These two are for sale on Leboncoin for more than Ã¢â€šÂ¬11000 each!

[STUNO]

Hillman IMP pressing of the scuttle has 4 holes... 2 for wipers + 2 for washers.

 

 

SWAPPED equally for LHD........

 

I feel yrr pain 

 

 

TS

 

 

Has nobody noticed the oil drip sheets thoughtfully provided for both these cars 

[jonny69]

Ha! They should put both the bonnets up for comedy completeness

[Tayne]

Ah yes, the Subaru Tribeca, I suppose I did know it existed but now I have seen one, ( and noticed.) Possibly the last suv only available in petrol form in GB.

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These remain curiously expensive for something that found less than a thousand buyers, has lots of popular competitors and features the full £500 road tax.

A bit of a munter of a car but I am a Subaru fan so might one day.

I believe a lot of then were fitted with lpg by the importers.

 

I knew someone up here who had one and when it suffered an lpg problem in Cornwall it was fixed under warranty by the subaru dealer down there.

[Junkman]

Today, I learned about some Phrench chod I didn't know before.
 
The first is Wimille.
 
Jean Pierre Wimille was a French racing driver, starting his career in the late 20s, and entering his first Grand Prix,
rather unsurprisingly the French one, in 1930.
After the war, he built and designed cars in Paris under the brand-name Wimille. Between 1946 and 1950 around eight cars were built,
at first with Citroën 11CV engines, later with Ford V8-engines.
Jean-Pierre Wimille died at the wheel of a Simca-Gordini during practice runs for the 1949 Buenos Aires Grand Prix.

This is the first type Wimille, with Citroen power:

 

 

 

And this is the second type, with Ford V8 power and styling by Philippe Charbonneaux, who later designed the Renault 16:

 

 

 

 

Note mid-mounted engines and central steering in both cars.

 

 

Next is aeroplane/pump/car manufacturer Salmson. I knew of the company and that they made cars, but had no idea they continued car manufacture after WWII.

The Salmson 2300 S is the last car they built, before completely turning to pump production in 1960:

 

 

 

[wuvvum]

This morning on the way into work I saw a 4-door saloon version of the last Hyundai Accent (the one that was only in production for about 10 minutes before being replaced by the I20).  Never seen one before, and doubt I'll see one again...

[Sloth in a bowl]

I may have seen hundreds of these before, but yesterday was the first time I ever noticed a SsangYong Korando, because it was parked next to us and the wife said, 'What's that badge?'

 

[wuvvum]

Can't say I've ever seen one of those either.  If you'd said Ssangyong Kkorando to me I'd have thought this:

 

 

Or even this:

 

[Sloth in a bowl]

 

Or even this:

 

 

 

That is a re-badged Isuzu Trooper isn't it?

 

Yep, From Wiki

 

In 1988, SsangYong Motors started licensed production of the Isuzu Trooper and sold it as the Korando Family,^[2] and was only marketed in South Korea, Scandinavia, Southeast Asia and to a lesser degree South America. It used the same 2.2 L diesel engine but later versions used both the 2.3 L Mercedes-Benz turbodiesel engine and the natural aspirated Peugeot 2.5 L diesel engine.

[wuvvum]

It was also marketed in France for a period in the mid-'90s, although I don't think they sold many.

[catsinthewelder]

Ooops,  I've seen a couple of them and thought they were Infinities (if that's how you spell posh Nissan).  I didn't know that Ssangyong had got a proper badge. 

[chaseracer]

The Salmson 2300 S is the last car they built, before completely turning to pump production in 1960:

 

 

That explains the name on my central heating pump.  I had wondered.  Styling's not a patch on the car, though... 

[HillmanImp]

Proton Tiara which is basically a rebadged AX. I was just looking at Protons on Wikipedia and spotted this name I didn't recognise.

 

[Asimo]

Felber FF  -  hatchback conversion of Lancia Beta.

 

 

 

http://www.martinwillems.nl/#!auto-voorraad/c161y 

[Lord Sterling]

 

1955 Fiat 1100 Coriasco Furgone.

 

Precursor for the people carrier? Imagine turning up in one if these on the daily school run

[Lacquer Peel]

[Pillock]

C4 Saloon. Was this sold in the Yoo-Kay too?

 

[Junkman]

30 years I did bloody yanks. 30 years.

Then I bought a French car magazine. Just one. And realised that I know fuck all about cars.

 

Let's start with A.

 

Arbel:

 

It was supposed to be nuclear powered.

 

Arista:

 

ATLA:

 

Avolette:

 

Bouffort:

 

Brissonneau:

 

Dagonet:

 

De Pontac:

 

Kiener:

 

Mochet:

 

OTI:

 

UMAP:

 

VP:

[brickwall]

I've heard of just one of those JM.

[messerschmitt owner]

I own one of those, junkman.

[Asimo]

[Rusty Pelican]

Firenza Cam Am , top of my want list , sadly im not from Australia where they were built , only one over here AFAIK 

[STUNO]

We get a lot of Japanese cars which are sold there for the locals only. But they have to go somewhere when they are worn out.

Foe example the Daihatsu Coo. Yoo too cood oown a Coo

 

 

 

 

[cms206]

We get a lot of Japanese cars which are sold there for the locals only. But they have to go somewhere when they are worn out.

Foe example the Daihatsu Coo. Yoo too cood oown a Coo

 

coo1.jpg

 

coo.jpg

I think we got those in the UK as the Materia, but I could've just made that up. Looks dead familliar.

[forddeliveryboy]

 

 

I own one of those, junkman.

 

Hoping it's a Dagonet not an OTI?

 

[Junkman]

I own one of those, junkman.

 

A nuclear powered Arbel?

[Lacquer Peel]

[sheffcortinacentre]

can-am firenza is from south Africa, there are at least 2 gen ones in the uk.

[DS20]

 

 

The Ford Territory, as seen in Australia (possibly New Zealand, too - I don't know).  I'd thought it was a rehash of the Ford Explorer, but since seeing them when I was in Oz in 2012, I've learned they're actually developed from the Ford Falcon BA.  Definitive proof: a 2WD Explorer is FWD while a 2WD Territory is RWD.  

 

They're not sold over here, which I think is a shame as I quite like the look of them, and don't object to the jacked-up-estate-car type of vehicle.  I'd happily buy a second hand one when I'm next looking for an estate car.