Mystery car pix

bumpy

That car would look a LOT better with two doors instead of four.

ateixeira

Guessing...Ford Maverick?

imidazol97

It's a Torino. Can't find pictures of right year but guessing 69. Now model..., it was a Nascar type name. Daytona? I had a 73. This was earlier.

blh7068

1969 Fairlane GT?

au1994

A Torino Talladega.

Nice car, 428 CJ I believe, but only available as an automatic.

andys120

That car would look a LOT better with two doors instead of four.

Continentals were made in two door and convertible form as well by various coachbuilders, here's a coupe built by the same coachbuilder as the green sedan shown.



IMHO the four door is better looking but perhaps it's that beautiful green paint.

andys120

michaellno

stickguy

The white one looks like a a Renault that we got as the Encore, not sure what number that was in Europe where this car is.

Blue one a real car, not a concept? I like it! Looks Aussie to me.

bumpy

Holden Crewman Cross8 (which makes it an AWD, LS1-powered, crew-cab El Camino. GM should be smacked repeatedly in the nads for not selling it here.)

fintail

I thnik that's a Renault 11...I had a Matchbox version. That one has Dutch plates, I think.

au1994

OMG, I could not agree more. Bring that here today and I will be at the Chevy dealership tomorrow. Awesome looking car. Or is it truck?

bumpy

a car and a truck, it's a cruck! If I remember correctly, that version has a live axle in the back.

andys120

ateixeira

Not my era or car type, but I'll guess Pontiac Trans Am, maybe '70 or so?

-juice

kyfdx

'69 Olds 442 convertible..

We saw one of those fastback Torinos just today... Same color, too!!

michaellno

Right on target!

And, I agree wholeheartedly with you about it being brought across the pond and sold here.

With the popularity of "crossover" type vehicles in full swing, I could see GM selling 50,000 of these with no trouble at all.

I mean, c'mon, if they can federalze the Monaro for Pontiac, they can do the same for this.

If that's not enough, they sell a 2-door version of the Ute as well as a one-ton heavy duty model.

Crikey!

ubbermotor

A Torino Talladega.

Right you are. Thanks to its "aerodynics" it won the manufacturers cup in 1968. A title it lost to the Dodge Daytona in 69.

andys120

69 Olds 442 convertible..

Yep.

andys120

firemanjack

Geezuz...An MG grill and a bloated old RR type body...Must be a Princess...Stabbing at the year(they all look the same)..fairly modern Jag-like headlight fairings...nice whitewalls...
1985..hehe Jack

andys120

Nope, that is not an Austin Princess but the "Jag-like headlight fairings" are an important clue.

fintail

That's the ugly slug Daimler 420, I believe.

andys120

That's the ugly slug Daimler 420, I believe.

The same.

andys120

firemanjack

Don't tell me it's a Jag?..Jack

fintail

Dutch plates, that's all I can tell

Kinda reminds me of one of those Indian-built Rovers, but I doubt that's it.

andys120

Don't tell me it's a Jag?..Jack

Pretty much Jack, Daimler is a subsidiary of Jaguar and Daimler cars are all based on Jag
platforms and powerplants, at least since Jaguar took it over in the 1960's.

andys120

You're right about the Dutch plates, I got the shot from a .ne website. The little car is a current model Daihatsu Cuore.

andys120

tom1sharon2

1949 Ford station wagon?

andys120

Close, it's a 1950. It's hard to believe that they could legally sell a new car with just a single tailight, and a small one at that, back then.

andys120

bumpy

Cadillac BLS, a car that should not exist at all.

tom1sharon2

Yeah, the good ol' days when you had to stick your arm out the window to signal a turn. Imagine doing that in today's driving environment.

andys120

Cadillac BLS, a car that should not exist at all.

Correct on both counts. :sick:

rockylee

I think it's a great car for the European market. I'm not in "awwwww" by it's styling but do think it's a decent design.

Rocky

bumpy

Because this car is nothing more than a reskinned Saab 9-3, which is a reskinned Opel Vectra, which will be sold here more or less as the Satun Aura, and is the half-brother of the Pontiac G6 and Chevy Malibu. Cimarron II, in other words. Put that body on the Solstice chassis and you'd have a Cadillac worth offering in the European market.

rockylee

Ok, good point.

Rocky

andys120

It shouldn't exist because the Cadillac brand has little status in Europe. There's nothing the BLS has that a savvy Euro buyer couldn't get from Saab, Volvo, BMW, Opel or, for that matter, Ford.

andys120

kyfdx

Looks french.. Peugeot?

fintail

204 to be precise

andys120

Yep, '68 Pug 204 Cabriolet.

andys120

subearu

Have seen a few of those at the local weekly car gathering in the summer. AMC has a pretty deep history in the city I live in.

Doesn't look like a SC/Rambler (no hood scoop), but it's a Rambler, circa 1969.

-Brian

ubbermotor

1969 Rambler Rogue. The high end version of the American.

andys120

1969 Rambler Rogue. The high end version of the American.

That's it exactly.

andys120

ateixeira

This is before I got into cars, but I'll guess DB5?

-juice