It could have bloody worked - cars which could have been...

[Junkman]

 

 

[Junkman]

Karmann again.

 

[Uncle Jimmy]

^^^Top one is like a perverse Escort union with a Toyota Crown!

I likes estate cars, need more royalty for these though.

[scaryoldcortina]

Escort 120Y??

[Junkman]

NSU K70 estate prototype.

 

[Junkman]

[Junkman]

The stillborn 411 notchback:

 

[Junkman]

Only the Argentinians got a Cortina/Taunus TC3 coupe.

 

[Junkman]

[Junkman]

[Junkman]

[Junkman]

Simca minivan.

 

[Junkman]

[Junkman]

[Junkman]

[Junkman]

[Junkman]

 

Gremlin based Jeep Cowboy prototype. I kid you not.

[Junkman]

AMC Sundancer.

 

[Junkman]

[Asimo]

Transverse straight eight.

I would like a straight eight. The usual reasons why they are not a good idea are dealt with if drive is taken by gear from the centre of the crankshaft (like many transverse multi-cylinder motorcycle engines). Would be especially suited to mid engine sportscars 

 

Bugatti. This F1 car of the fifties failed completely, but not because of the engine / transmission.  

 

     Ford Tempo.  A project to improve packaging with large engines: 90 degree gear drive between crankshaft and torque converter.

 

 

 

[Junkman]

[captain_70s]

 

I quite like the idea of a Doloshite estate, but the rear end tapers and it'd make the load area very narrow, if you followed the original roofline it'd also end up very low like the Rover P6 Estoura.

 

I did my own Photoshop a while back, sadly I think it merely cements the Dolomite as being a mid 60s design still being churned out 10 years later. I'd probably have one, but I'm a certified Dolomoron...

 

http://i941.photobucket.com/albums/ad257/captain_70s/Dolomite/Dollyestate.jpg~original

 

You'll have to make do with a link as apparently I'm "not allowed to use that image extension on this community.".

[Felly Magic]

Skoda Favorit 3 door and saloon. The saloon would have probably gone down well in many markets, particularly in Ireland

 

 

 

 

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[pshome]

Peugeot 504 "Rancho"

 

[Felly Magic]

104 saloon? Loving the Sunbeam/Alpine rear lights. And a handy little estate too

 

 

 

[Lord Sterling]

[pshome]

nice 205

[Felly Magic]

A clash of the Swedes? Ovlov 263?http://all-carz.com/photos/volvo-162-c-prototype/11/default.htm

[NorfolkNWeigh]

A 25 coupe? Don't be stupid ,who would buy that ? Even Jeany Frenchman's not that daft.

What next,an Espace coupe?

[Felly Magic]

That Bluebird is giving me the horn. Fnarr