Forgotten Cars

[Dobloseven]

  On 13/03/2023 at 20:28, Soundwave said:

This is not the greatest car in the world, no. This is just a Tribute...

 

As far as I can tell, there are no Mazda Tributes currently on eBay or Autotrader.

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See also Ford Maverick. 

[grogee]

  On 13/03/2023 at 19:52, MrBiscuits said:

Back in 1998 I knew someone who's first car was one of these. Must have been a proper UK car because it was right hand drive. I honestly can't remember seeing one since.

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That's proper obscure Kev, well done. Alas our XG30 dreams will remain unfulfilled.

[grogee]

  On 13/03/2023 at 20:44, Dobloseven said:

See also Ford Maverick. 

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Or my post from page 3?

https://autoshite.com/topic/53115-forgotten-cars/?do=findComment&comment=2721170

[Dyslexic Viking]

Hyundai Accent

[wesacosa]

  On 12/03/2023 at 23:48, Split_Pin said:

Hyundai XG30.

Beautiful early 00s V6 saloon.

I have always sorely wanted one.

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one for sale on Facebook, £950

 

[Soundwave]

  On 13/03/2023 at 20:47, grogee said:

Or my post from page 3?

https://autoshite.com/topic/53115-forgotten-cars/?do=findComment&comment=2721170

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Woops, missed that! Probably should have looked a bit harder, but I really wanted to wheel out the tired Tenacious D pun...

[artdjones]

Have we had the Rio estate? It came out in 2000 and was already well out of date. And had terrible fuel economy.

[Dyslexic Viking]

Hyundai Elantra

[grogee]

  On 13/03/2023 at 20:55, artdjones said:

Have we had the Rio estate? It came out in 2000 and was already well out of date. And had terrible fuel economy.

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But it started at under £5k.

[MrBiscuits]

  On 13/03/2023 at 20:46, grogee said:

That's proper obscure Kev, well done. Alas our XG30 dreams will remain unfulfilled.

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No XG30 for me. I got all that out of my system some years back in Seoul when I blew my expenses on an airport transfer in a Ssangyong Chairman 😁

[grogee]

  On 13/03/2023 at 20:58, MrBiscuits said:

No XG30 for me. I got all that out of my system some years back in Seoul when I blew my expenses on an airport transfer in a Ssangyong Chairman 😁

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Flash bastard. 

[bunglebus]

Seeing those takes me back to my Merc/Dodge/Chrysler dealer days - and these awkward looking things

[warch]

  On 13/03/2023 at 20:54, Dyslexic Viking said:

Hyundai Accent

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That’s a fantastic choice, these were everywhere fifteen or so years ago, but you’d look twice if you saw one these days. See also the 

Hyundai Coupe or the

Bentley  Chrysler 300c which were what people who buy crew cab pickups drove before crew cab pickups were fashionable.

[AnnoyingPentium]

  On 13/03/2023 at 20:55, artdjones said:

Have we had the Rio estate? It came out in 2000 and was already well out of date. And had terrible fuel economy.

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@JMotor... weren't we talking about these at one point?

For forgotten cars... I like these...

[Split_Pin]

  On 13/03/2023 at 20:54, wesacosa said:

one for sale on Facebook, £950

 

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Spotted that earlier. Looks a bit sad. Not that I can be picky!

[NorfolkNWeigh]

There was pretty cool one floating around for sale on Retrorides and eBay a couple of years ago , it was lowered on Freelander rims ( really) .  I think @xtriplealmost  bought it , or maybe did buy it, I can’t remember.

[Split_Pin]

Retroshite had one very briefly about 5 years ago too. Ideally I'd like a tidy one as I don't think they'll be that expensive since literally 1 person in the UK (me) wants one.

[Soundwave]

Hey, remember when Proton did a rakish*, sporty* coupe? No? Neither does anyone else.

[DavieW]

  On 13/03/2023 at 22:26, Soundwave said:

Hey, remember when Proton did a rakish*, sporty* coupe? No? Neither does anyone else.

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There's a guy round the corner from me runs one as a daily. 

[Bitzer]

This. A sign of a sad decline of a brand known for making nice-looking, quirky, yet very practical cars.

[Richard_FM]

  On 13/03/2023 at 22:41, Bitzer said:

This. A sign of a sad decline of a brand known for making nice-looking, quirky, yet very practical cars.

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Big Fiats always seemed to be jinxed!

[ruffgeezer]

  On 12/03/2023 at 20:40, Bren said:

Vauxhall Antara.

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I haven't forgotten those.  Horrid horrid cuntboxes that every fucking thing breaks on and is shit to fix.

[ruffgeezer]

Mine is an Italian car with switchable 4wd and came with either 1.6 petrol or I belive 1.9 diesel engine.

[Metal Guru]

  On 13/03/2023 at 16:55, Soundwave said:

MPVs really do seem to be a prime source of forgettable motors. All this talk of Space Wagons and Space Stars has reminded me of another "Space" MPV, this time from Toyota... the Space Cruiser.

Lots of MPVs get accused of being vans with windows, but these things really were!

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Wasn’t that nicknamed the Space Hopper because the handing so bad with its bouncy suspension?

[Muniphobia]

  On 13/03/2023 at 22:41, Bitzer said:

This. A sign of a sad decline of a brand known for making nice-looking, quirky, yet very practical cars.

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Didn't know that mainland Europe had a facelifted version, although I was aware it was based on the Vauxhall Signum platform

[sierraman]

Renault Safrane. Really popular in France but didn’t really hit the mark here. 

[Split_Pin]

Renault saved themselves by selling Dacias in the UK, Citroen started with the C4 Cactus and DS3 and Fiat had the 500. 

The former 2 have done well to develop ranges out of these but what happened to Fiat 500X and 500L? I haven't seen an example of either in quite some time.

 

[Split_Pin]

Just looked at their 2023 range, Christ.

I'll nominate the Tipo as a forgotten car that's still in production.

The Panda looks cool though.

[bunglebus]

Remember the excitement* about Fiat Brava rear lights in 1996?

[sierraman]

  On 14/03/2023 at 07:15, Split_Pin said:

Just looked at their 2023 range, Christ.

I'll nominate the Tipo as a forgotten car that's still in production.

The Panda looks cool though.

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I saw loads as hire cars at one point. It’ll be one of those like the Malaga where the last one gets crushed but nobody noticed.