fatharris Posted March 18, 2016 Share Posted March 18, 2016 This one is a slight tangent on cars that you never knew existed, these are cars you were aware existed, but forgot all about them. The trigger for this was spotting: This, a Fiat Idea, resplendent in pogweasel pink. Completely forgot they were a thing. Any more motors that escaped your memory? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Hooli Posted March 18, 2016 Share Posted March 18, 2016 There are, but I can't remember them. Junkman, Bamboocarman, Dick Longbridge and 6 others 9 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fatharris Posted March 18, 2016 Author Share Posted March 18, 2016 Well, that's that then, a succinct thread! Supernaut and Magnificent Rustbucket 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Liggle Posted March 18, 2016 Share Posted March 18, 2016 I forgot all about Yugo's ever existing in the UK until a thread on here the other day! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tooSavvy Posted March 18, 2016 Share Posted March 18, 2016 When I'm older and more doddery than now, likely I will park up MrSavv at TESCO and get the bus home.... like..... forgot TS Magnificent Rustbucket and DSdriver 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MarvinsMom Posted March 18, 2016 Share Posted March 18, 2016 a lancia Chrysler upsilon, instantly forgetable, until this evening when i passed one near thirsk on the A19! goes to show, some people will buy anything..... tooSavvy 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
davidfowler2000 Posted March 18, 2016 Share Posted March 18, 2016 There's a Fiat Idea lives round here somewhere. I may have exclaimed at it's presense when I last saw it though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Junkman Posted March 19, 2016 Share Posted March 19, 2016 This one is a slight tangent on cars that you never knew existed, these are cars you were aware existed, but forgot all about them. The trigger for this was spotting: This, a Fiat Idea, resplendent in pogweasel pink. Completely forgot they were a thing. Any more motors that escaped your memory? I never knew these existed. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
2MB Posted March 19, 2016 Share Posted March 19, 2016 I passed my driving test in a Fiat Idea but was still close to forgetting they existed. See also Fiat Marea Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
17-Coffees Posted March 19, 2016 Share Posted March 19, 2016 a lancia Chrysler upsilon, instantly forgetable The entire Lancia Chrysler range from 2010+ was. The Delta was just there and I dont think anyone other than the odd mini-cab driver actually drove the second gen-300C! - The Suzuki Kizashi...3-series sized Suzuki saloon, only came with a 2.4 4-pot petrol with a CVT box...and cost £22,000! 140hp and AWD though. Apparently they managed to flog 335 of them in 2 years. (According to 'HML') Saw one the other week and honestly forgot they existed. Thinking that it was the equally as rare SX4 saloon! I totally would own one as well... michael1703 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tooSavvy Posted March 19, 2016 Share Posted March 19, 2016 a lancia Chrysler upsilon, instantly forgetable, until this evening when i passed one near thirsk on the A19! goes to show, some people will buy anything..... Some worries that Chrysler were to revive 'IMP' as model name.. Oohh! Close..... TS Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aston Martin Posted March 19, 2016 Share Posted March 19, 2016 Seat Exeo Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lacquer Peel Posted March 19, 2016 Share Posted March 19, 2016 I wouldn't buy an Ypsilon myself but it's good that people still buy unusual cars, the roads would be pretty boring if everyone bought on the basis of 4+ star reviews in Autocar. AnthonyG, theorganist and Jim Bergerac 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
brownnova Posted March 19, 2016 Share Posted March 19, 2016 I saw one of these, a Hyundai Pony X2 the other day, I'd forgotten they existed!! theorganist and Dick Longbridge 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rantingYoof Posted March 19, 2016 Share Posted March 19, 2016 Hyundai S-Coupe. Only when I saw Top Gear's Cars For A 17yr Old challenge did I remember that they happened. Available with a turbo, free-spokes and a tennis court, apparently. brownnova, theorganist and Supernaut 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
conkerman Posted March 19, 2016 Share Posted March 19, 2016 Seat ExeoI has an Exeo. Base model madness. Had for 6 years. A remarkably decent car. Sent from my D5803 using Tapatalk Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Split_Pin Posted March 19, 2016 Share Posted March 19, 2016 For Christmas 95 my folks bought me A to Z of cars of the 1970s and there were about 40 or so cars that I had forgotten about which I then remembered seeing a decade or so earlier. That was a great present! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fred Posted March 21, 2016 Share Posted March 21, 2016 Loads of them, they just slowly disappear without you noticing , and when you see a pic or someone mentions one, the memories come flooding back. Not Rare ones but once was everyday ones, Wartburg Silver Knight , a standard in my childhood. DAF , Lada's (which had the heaviest steering in dah world) etc..... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ghosty Posted March 21, 2016 Share Posted March 21, 2016 Suzuki SX4 with Fiat badges. I always seem to forget about the Toyota Lite Ace too. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
quicksilver Posted March 21, 2016 Share Posted March 21, 2016 Kia Mentor. I'd forgotten all about them until I saw one recently. "What's that? *looks at badges* Kia...Mentor?" Clunk, whirr, clunk goes the ol' brain. "Oh yeah, now I remember them". Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dick Longbridge Posted March 21, 2016 Share Posted March 21, 2016 Sao Penza. There used to be one around here, but it didn't seem to have any Penza friends. I know there have been a few threads on here mentioning them over the years, but can't remember the final verdict - are there any left in the wild? Split_Pin, pilninggas, shaun1706 and 1 other 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MarvinsMom Posted March 21, 2016 Share Posted March 21, 2016 vauxhall signum,like a lwb vectra only the same size, but different. and they replaced the most excellent omega with this in the name of progress. what were they thinking/smoking/drinking.... stonedagain 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MarvinsMom Posted March 21, 2016 Share Posted March 21, 2016 another vauxhall, this one the sinatra?when they needed a mini van thing they imported this heap from america for not long, 18 months maybe, cos it was afterall just crap.... mouseflakes 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ghosty Posted March 21, 2016 Share Posted March 21, 2016 The entire Lancia Chrysler range from 2010+ was. The Delta was just there and I dont think anyone other than the odd mini-cab driver actually drove the second gen-300C! - The Suzuki Kizashi...3-series sized Suzuki saloon, only came with a 2.4 4-pot petrol with a CVT box...and cost £22,000! 140hp and AWD though. Apparently they managed to flog 335 of them in 2 years. (According to 'HML') Saw one the other week and honestly forgot they existed. Thinking that it was the equally as rare SX4 saloon! I totally would own one as well... I spotted one today! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
trigger Posted March 21, 2016 Share Posted March 21, 2016 I saw a white one outside mine a few months back, bloody good looking cars I think. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rocket88 Posted March 22, 2016 Share Posted March 22, 2016 Anyone remember Lonsdale? pilninggas, Magnificent Rustbucket and shaun1706 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
quicksilver Posted March 22, 2016 Share Posted March 22, 2016 Thought of another one I'd forgotten. Was looking at a Fiat Regata on Flickr and thinking it was a late one but couldn't remember what replaced it. Then it came to me: the Tempra. Haven't seen one of those for years so what happened to them? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MarvinsMom Posted March 22, 2016 Share Posted March 22, 2016 rust? dodgy italian electrics, and rust? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dick Longbridge Posted March 22, 2016 Share Posted March 22, 2016 The original, pre- Kia Pride Mazda 121 is a rare little beast now, as well. mouseflakes and Sloth in a bowl 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PiperCub Posted March 22, 2016 Share Posted March 22, 2016 There used to be a Vox Sintra where I used to live, the only one I ever knowingly saw. Think it had a 3-litre motor (?). Also the Mazda 121 - the ugly Fiesta shape one, the same thing except for the badges. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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