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Mostly known for:
1. Dutchness
2. unusual automatic transmission.
I can't imagine using one as a daily driver, but there ya go.
-Jason
Heck lots of people used to use VW Bugs, Dauphines, Minxes and the like as daily transport, I was one of 'em ('65 VW Bug). It helps if you are young/single.
The "unusual A/T" in the DAF was the newly in vogue CVT which DAF pioneered, it was then known as a Van Doorne transmission after it's Dutch inventor. That era (early-mid '60s) featured many small cars that were more technically advanced than their larger brethren which were mostly not much advanced from the Model A era, as Shifty likes to
remind us.
2001 BMW 330ci/E46, 2008 BMW 335i conv/E93
2001 BMW 330ci/E46, 2008 BMW 335i conv/E93
2020 Acura RDX tech SH-AWD, 2023 Maverick hybrid Lariat luxury package.
Elegant!
2001 BMW 330ci/E46, 2008 BMW 335i conv/E93
2020 Acura RDX tech SH-AWD, 2023 Maverick hybrid Lariat luxury package.
2001 BMW 330ci/E46, 2008 BMW 335i conv/E93
This one is characterized by CAR as "horrible to drive, own, look at", it seems sorta cute to me.=>
2001 BMW 330ci/E46, 2008 BMW 335i conv/E93
I recognize it from CAR, but I can also see the emblem...I think it's a modernized Samurai
I recognize it from CAR, but I can also see the emblem...I think it's a modernized Samurai
Do you get them in CDN? I thought the modernized Samauri was the Sidekick/Tracker.
2001 BMW 330ci/E46, 2008 BMW 335i conv/E93
The Jimny sure looks like a Samurai....maybe it's not even modernized
2001 BMW 330ci/E46, 2008 BMW 335i conv/E93
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LOL, what was the tip-off.
Let's leave it up for a while and see if anyone can tell us just what the name of this Roller was. Hint: note the number of doors.
2001 BMW 330ci/E46, 2008 BMW 335i conv/E93
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Shifty AFAIK Corniches only came in convertible form, am I mistaken?
2001 BMW 330ci/E46, 2008 BMW 335i conv/E93
2001 BMW 330ci/E46, 2008 BMW 335i conv/E93
2001 BMW 330ci/E46, 2008 BMW 335i conv/E93
2001 BMW 330ci/E46, 2008 BMW 335i conv/E93
Lamborghini of some sort?
Ya gotta go some to find an Italian from that era that I don't know. :confuse: :mad:
2001 BMW 330ci/E46, 2008 BMW 335i conv/E93
It wasn't marketed under this name, but it was built by - Stanguellini
It's a little heavy-handed but not too bad. Way better than that ugly Daimler.
Feel free to do what I did and go "Huh?".
When I get home I can post some basic facts about the car and the man behind it (where the Momo name comes from) if you guys want. I didn't get a chance to finish the article yesterday, but I figured I'd post a picture of it (tough to find!) and see if you guys knew of it. I think they only made about 5 of them.
Here's it is on the cover of Road and Track from 1971. (I'd have it just show here, but it's a pretty long photo).
http://70.85.40.84/~ferrari/discus/messages/364/317311.jpg
Don't forget to let us know who the coachbuilder was, I'm betting on Carrozzeria
Frua. Good one, Kev.
2001 BMW 330ci/E46, 2008 BMW 335i conv/E93
2001 BMW 330ci/E46, 2008 BMW 335i conv/E93
Wouldn't you like to have a car called a Dragon? Kaiser had the most boring cars but the best names...Dragon, Manhattan, Virginian....
2001 BMW 330ci/E46, 2008 BMW 335i conv/E93
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Reallllll short of it is they end up getting Stanguellini to produce the chassis (with a Jag Mk2 front suspension I learned), Frua to do the body with styling by Gene Garfinkle (U.S.) who had done some GM concept cars. Engine provided by GM. (In the article they say 5 liter but the specs in the same article show 5.7. One would have to assume a 350ci).
What did it in is right when Frua doubled the cost and doubled it again (ouch) Stanguellini doubled the cost of the chassis........oh and they now had to buy their Chevy motors through the dealer rather than direct, increasing the price even more. He decided to kill it after 5 cars because he couldn't sell them at this new price.
(This is from the April 2005 magazine with a Ferrari 308 and Acura NSX on the cover)
2001 BMW 330ci/E46, 2008 BMW 335i conv/E93
Nope, not a Pontiac at all but the resemblance in profile to the white LeMans I posted before is an important clue.
2001 BMW 330ci/E46, 2008 BMW 335i conv/E93
Bob
2001 BMW 330ci/E46, 2008 BMW 335i conv/E93