Cars you didn't know existed until very recently.

[LightBulbFun]

reminds me of this MGB GT

 

 

https://www.flickr.com/photos/quicksilver_coaches/27075562820

 

http://www.mgb-stuff.org.uk/ssv.htm

 

im curious how they implemented the copy the lights thing...

[Datsuncog]

Hey, thanks for that link - some really great info there.

 

Seems that the Fairchild, rather than being a car manufacturer's concept of a safety vehicle, was a concerted attempt by the State of New York to partner with an aircraft manufacturer to see whether jet aircraft safety principles could be applied to passenger vehicles. It was never intended for sale, but rather the two examples built (at a cost of $2.2m each) were tested to destruction in the furtherance of data to pass on to other manufacturers in the hope of improving road safety and lowering the horrendous death tolls of the late 1960s and early 1970s.

 

So, amongst others, the following innovative features and devices we take for granted today were introduced, developed or otherwise proven beneficial on the Fairchild ESVs:

• airbags;
• anti-lock brakes (certainly commercially available before this, but largely on sports and specialist cars like the Jensen Interceptor FF);
• high-level brake lights;
• extension of beefy A-pillars further in front of occupants, to avoid them bending inwards and stabbing the luckless driver and passenger;
• padded interiors using soft plastics, rather than painted steel and chrome trim all over the dashboard to turn the fascia into a landmine for occupants in the event of a smash;
• dash binnacles where all system lights go on at startup, self-test and switch off if all's ok - but remain lit if there's a problem. Based on the system used for jet fighters, your EML woes all started here, folks.
• five-point aircraft-style harness for child seats;
• head restraints for all seats;
• positioning of the fuel filler on the side of the car, rather than the centre of the rear panel.

I remember seeing pics of BL's ESVs from the mid-70s (the Marina with a 'pedestrian scoop' front end remains a favourite), and also Fiat's attempts at the same (one of which spookily predicts the FSO Polonez) - as well as the Bricklin, which as far as I know was the only ESV marketed as such which made it into volume production, however shonkily...

[bramz7]

I found out yesterday that Iveco branded the 90s Daily as a Pegaso for a short time in Spain.

[STUNO]

This was quite a surprise today.

 

 

 

 

Can anyone name it ?

The answer will appear here in just a few hours after I have a snooze !

 

 

The answer......Unfortunately that Barret chappie has got it right.

It is exactly what he says, a 2001 Toyota Origin 3.0 Litre.. One of 1027 built to celebrate Toyota selling 50 million cars. Yours in NZ for only $27,650.00.

 

 

 

 

 

 

[Supernaut]

I have no idea but I want one!

[quicksilver]

It looks like the sort of crazy thing Mitsuoka would make out of a Nissan Primera or something. The back end seems to be a homage to the PA Cresta.

[barrett]

It's a Toyota Origin, retro-styled limited edition that took styling cues from the 1955 Crown as a sort of celebration of 55 years (I had to look up when it was launched, I'll admit) of Crown models. What country did you see that in?

[Datsuncog]

How the hell did I never notice these before?

 

 

Other than that no bugger bought them, obvs.

 

Not quite as elegant a design as the 406 Coupe, mind (which I believe started life as a Pininfarina sports concept produced for a Fiat project - but was then snapped up by Peugeot after the in-house Fiat project team, involving Chris Bangle, unexpectedly won the competition with the Fiat Coupe/Barchetta designs).

 

Still, in a few years a 407 Coupe is bound to be solid gold shite.

[Daviemck2006]

How the hell did I never notice these before?

 

20190330_094851.jpg

 

Other than that no bugger bought them, obvs.

 

Not quite as elegant a design as the 406 Coupe, mind (which I believe started life as a Pininfarina sports concept produced for a Fiat project - but was then snapped up by Peugeot after the in-house Fiat project team, involving Chris Bangle, unexpectedly won the competition with the Fiat Coupe/Barchetta designs).

 

Still, in a few years a 407 Coupe is bound to be solid gold shite.

I own one of these in 2.6 v6 hdi flavour. Its my Sunday car and a lovely thing. Ive had it for nearly 3 years and im not selling it, ever.

 

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[davocano]

This is particularly popular among the older generation, my dad has one, easy entry and driving position are the reasons to buy one. If you don't like Benz's B-class, this is your car.

 

No picture but last week I spotted a Ford Ka+. Another one for the growing market that is "people with dodgy limbs and joints".

[Aston Martin]

How the hell did I never notice these before?

 

20190330_094851.jpg

 

Other than that no bugger bought them, obvs.

 

Not quite as elegant a design as the 406 Coupe, mind (which I believe started life as a Pininfarina sports concept produced for a Fiat project - but was then snapped up by Peugeot after the in-house Fiat project team, involving Chris Bangle, unexpectedly won the competition with the Fiat Coupe/Barchetta designs).

 

Still, in a few years a 407 Coupe is bound to be solid gold shite.

 

£4,000,000 a year tax. They'll all be dead in about 18 months.

[Daviemck2006]

£4,000,000 a year tax. They'll all be dead in about 18 months.

Mine is free to tax. But then I would rather not be classed disabled at 55. Its also may be remapped, egr deleted and dpf might only get fitted for mot. This may make it go faster, but the main advantage is it now returns 35 to 40 mpg instead of its previous 25 on a good day

 

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[paulplom]

Wtf is it?

 

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[Supernaut]

Perodua Myvi.

 

[Datsuncog]

Wtf is it?

 

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Looks like a Perodua Myvi, a badge-engineered version of the Daihatsu Sirion?

 

 

Not common, I wouldn't have thought!

 

[EDIT: Daah, pipped!]

[Aston Martin]

Mine is free to tax. But then I would rather not be classed disabled at 55. Its also may be remapped, egr deleted and dpf might only get fitted for mot. This may make it go faster, but the main advantage is it now returns 35 to 40 mpg instead of its previous 25 on a good day

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If you lobbed a Ferrari badge on the back you'd fool most of the population. They do look fantastic.

[Mrs6C]

I walked from work to the Underground station today and came across this...

 

 

 

One of 20 imported to the UK, apparently...

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/BYD_e6#United_Kingdom

 

 

[jumpingjehovahs]

I walked from work to the Underground station today and came across this...

 

04-Apr-19 - BYD in Acton - front.jpg

 

04-Apr-19 - BYD in Acton - rear.jpg

 

One of 20 imported to the UK, apparently...

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/BYD_e6#United_Kingdom

Great find! These are guaranteed futurelectric shite

 

 

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[martc]

The Range Rover link in the Rapport Ritz thread brought me to this merchant of molested mega barges.

 

Vantagefields of London. http://www.vantagefield.com/index.html

 

Here's some examples of their work...

 

 

 

 

Unsurprisingly many of the examples have Middle Eastern reg plates.

 

[Aston Martin]

Skoda Scala, sits in between the Fabia and Octavia... isn’t there a Rapid for that?

[Six-cylinder]

I have never noticed one of these before a Mazda BT50 Ts2

[Alusilber]

Skoda Scala, sits in between the Fabia and Octavia... isn’t there a Rapid for that?

The Scala is the new Rapid. Maybe their marketing people thought Rapid had got a bit too closely associated with minicabbers so they came up with a new name.

[Jim Bergerac]

I have never noticed one of these before a Mazda BT50 Ts2

Joint venture with the (much more common) Ford Ranger.

[17-Coffees]

MG V80...

 

Its what they are selling the 'new' LDV Maxus in some parts of Asia. And by 'new' I mean a updated edition of the old LDV Maxus sold here back in the mid-late 00's. Which they are selling over here again...as the LDV Maxus. 

[Timewaster]

At last, the MG Sherpa finally becomes a reality.

[Lacquer Peel]

Spiritual successor to the MG Express.

[Snipes]

I've seen a couple of newish looking Maxxus recently. I think they were badged SIC or something. They weren't LDV or MG.

[Matt]

This thing from the other thread!

 

Harrison Mawsdley Fox Resort Sport ECV "Silver Fox" by Matt S, on Flickr

[martc]

I've seen a couple of newish looking Maxxus recently. I think they were badged SIC or something. They weren't LDV or MG.

 

They are made by SAIC - Shanghai Automotive Industry Corporation.

 

SAIC bought the mortal remains of LDV and re-introduced the Maxus which is marketed throughout the world as a SAIC (or MG) product except in the UK (and Ireland??) where it is an 'LDV Maxus'. I think there's an LDV badge on the rear of the UK market Maxus; they have 'SAIC' etched on the glass and the main badging is a big M for Maxus.

 

MG and Rover (called Roewe in China) were originally bought by Nanjing but SAIC acquired them when they bought out Nanjing hence the spread of the MG name throughout SAIC's products, but not yet on UK LDV's...

 

https://myldv.co.uk/

[Dan the van]

MG V80...

 

Its what they are selling the 'new' LDV Maxus in some parts of Asia. And by 'new' I mean a updated edition of the old LDV Maxus sold here back in the mid-late 00's. Which they are selling over here again...as the LDV Maxus.

I would LOVE to take one of these to an MG owners club meeting.It would provoke as much wailing and gnashing of teeth as my MG Metro did at Brooklands MG day circa 2002 when it was pure Shite.Ironically collectable now of course.I gave mine away in 2005 dammit.