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  • andys120andys120 Member Posts: 23,670
    I agree. I would also hope to see a return to the availability of minimalist small SUV's

    It's disgraceful that you have to put up with the poor quality of a Wrangler in order to get a minimalist 4WD. Toyota and Nissan could make a pile offering something like their original FJ40LC or Patrol.

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  • boomchekboomchek Member Posts: 5,516
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  • fintailfintail Member Posts: 58,419
    It's a coachbuilt Rolls of some sort, maybe a Silver Cloud with a Ghia body or something
  • tmarttmart Member Posts: 2,399
    Don't have a clue, but I like it!!! :shades:
  • stephen987stephen987 Member Posts: 1,994
    It's very, very weird. It actually looks a little like a Borgward Isabella customized by Chuck Barris.
  • stephen987stephen987 Member Posts: 1,994
    I guess no takers on #18457. It's a Shanghai SH 760. And #18456, for those who were able to see it, was a Beijing 2020, a knockoff of the Russian UAZ.
  • boomchekboomchek Member Posts: 5,516
    It's a one off 1955 Rolls Royce Silver Wraith Vignale.

    Apparently it has a toilet too. :confuse: :sick:

    Here is a quick write up: Silver Wraith Vignale

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  • andys120andys120 Member Posts: 23,670
    Not one of Vignale's best. They could do a lot better, for example this beauty, one
    of my favorite designs>

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  • texasestexases Member Posts: 11,107
    Great looking car, a '57 Maserati Sypder Vignale, right? And thanks, I needed an antidote to the Rolls!
  • andys120andys120 Member Posts: 23,670
    Close, it's a 1960 Spyder Vignale.

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  • andys120andys120 Member Posts: 23,670
    These cars all have something in common>

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  • michaellnomichaellno Member Posts: 4,120
    They're all the same platform!

    Lessee .. the Citroen says "C1" on the plate, and the Toyota says "Aygo" ... I just don't know the name of the Renault.

    All basically Euro-versions of the Yaris.
  • stephen987stephen987 Member Posts: 1,994
    I think it's not a Renault but a Peugeot 107 and that they're actually sub-Yaris in size..
  • andys120andys120 Member Posts: 23,670
    Sorry Michaell, Stephen987 is right, it is a Pug 107 and they are all microcars smaller than a Yaris.

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  • stephen987stephen987 Member Posts: 1,994
    According to whatcar.co.uk, the Aygo is 345 mm (14 inches) shorter and 145 kg (300 lbs) lighter than the Yaris 3dr. I'd love to have one, but I think it would be a bit of a stretch for US conditions.
  • andys120andys120 Member Posts: 23,670
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  • qbrozenqbrozen Member Posts: 33,737
    uhhh... wild guess. A Ford van?
    ;P

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  • fintailfintail Member Posts: 58,419
    The Ford Falcon-based Econoline, I don't know how to tell the years apart, so I will guess 1964.
  • stephen987stephen987 Member Posts: 1,994
    This is a passenger model. I know that by 1970 or so they used the "Club Wagon" name, but I don't think that's true of the original versions like this one. Weren't they called "Falcon Station Bus" or something odd?
  • steelydanfansteelydanfan Member Posts: 134
    I am going guess 1965 or even later as this Ford van has a one piece windshield. My 1965 Dodge van had a two piece windshield..............
  • tmarttmart Member Posts: 2,399
    I agree with Fintail. IIRC these were called Econoline and the Club Wagon was a full size van. Ford also had a pick-up version I thought was kinda neat.
  • stephen987stephen987 Member Posts: 1,994
    Econoline was the name of the cargo van, and Club Wagon (or Station Bus) was the same vehicle, but with seats and windows. By 1969 both vehicles had moved beyond Falcon mechanicals and had sprouted a short hood in front.
  • vlanevlane Member Posts: 8
    Way to show the three Yaris cousins for what they are! Domestically the Yaris gets no love with the Honda Fit ruling the B compact class. But here we see the Yaris super popular across the globe and under several different makes!
  • andys120andys120 Member Posts: 23,670
    According to the motorbase.com ad the correct name is Ford Econoline Falcon Club Van, it's a '66 but I doubt it looks much different from a '64. ;)

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  • magnettemagnette Member Posts: 4,229
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  • lemkolemko Member Posts: 15,261
    I'll take a wild guess, but the top one appears to be a British Ford Zodiac. Not sure of the year. I guess around 1960? The bottom one appears to be a Vauxhall Velox of around the same vintage 1960-61 or so. The Vauxhall seems to have a Ghia body if I'm correct about the crest on the tailgate.
  • fintailfintail Member Posts: 58,419
    Looks like a Ford Zodiac on top, and a Vauxhall Cresta PA on bottom...that Cresta is pretty wild. Maybe a Farnham conversion on the Ford.
  • urnewsurnews Member Posts: 668
    The gray/black one looks like a hearse.
  • magnettemagnette Member Posts: 4,229
    Well done lemko and fintail, but the coachwork in both cases is different.

    The Ford is a Zodiac Mk II, but the estate version was converted by Farnham, and this model was current from 1956/62 - although I think the estate was introduced later than the saloon.

    The Vauxhall was a Velox, although it looks the same as a Cresta from this angle, and the estate was by Friary. This particular car was the facelifted Velox PA from late 1959/62, but the estate had been introduced earlier in 1959 for the original Velox/Cresta range.

    Both of these cars, although conversions by outside coachbuilders, were available directly from the respective manufacturers and sold through their dealer network.
  • magnettemagnette Member Posts: 4,229
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  • stephen987stephen987 Member Posts: 1,994
    OK, I'll take the bait.

    It seems like a Morgan 4/4 or +4 four-seater, vintage anywhere between 1953 and sometime last week.

    What it is, if it isn't what it seems, I haven't a clue. If it's a fake, it's a pretty good one.
  • magnettemagnette Member Posts: 4,229
    As hinted by the title it isn't actually a Morgan - it is instead a GCS Hawke - made from about 1999 to 2005, I think, but they later sold the design to another company, and this replica was still being produced as the LCD Hawke until recently. Engine and transmission was originally Ford Cortina, later Sierra, so typically this would be 1600/1800/2000cc, but GCS also developed a version with the Rover V8, as a replica Morgan plus8.
    If put together properly it is quite a tidy car, although not one to appeal to the purists...
  • andys120andys120 Member Posts: 23,670
    FWIW I could tell it wasn't a real Mog Plus 4, the windshield is too short....not that I had a clue as to what it is. :confuse:

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  • andys120andys120 Member Posts: 23,670
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  • bumpybumpy Member Posts: 4,425
    smart roadster, maybe the Brabus version as this one has the wheels, body-color fenders, and optional targa top. I like the roadster-coupe hatchback better.

    Oh, and some late-90s Golf.
  • andys120andys120 Member Posts: 23,670
    Yep, it's a Smart Roadster, photo'ed on the steets of Monte Carlo, I don't know if it's the Brabus version.

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  • andys120andys120 Member Posts: 23,670
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  • stephen987stephen987 Member Posts: 1,994
    Dodge Polara, ca. 1972-73?
  • andre1969andre1969 Member Posts: 26,023
    Yep, '72 Polara. Ugly looking thing IMO, but it has a sort of brutishness to it. Those "loop" bumpers wouldn't pass the 5 mph bumper standards, so for 1973 the Polara went to a conventional, jutting bumper, and a large grille flanked by quad headlights with peaks in the centers, sort of like an early 70's Oldsmobile.
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  • andys120andys120 Member Posts: 23,670
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  • jlbljlbl Member Posts: 1,333
    Hey Andy, are you testing me? :)

    Seat Exeo, a D sedan from € 22,000, just presented these days in Paris Salon. 2.0 TSI 200 hp.

    Edit: Exeo will be released in Spring 2009 from Barcelona factory. I have just read Exeo will be available in Mexico in Autumn that year.

    (Apparently Seat is letting Lamborghini (Reventón, Estoque…) to be the only carmaker currently calling models with Spanish names. :P )

    Regards,
    Jose
  • andys120andys120 Member Posts: 23,670
    Seat Exeo is correct Jose, the Exeo is a rebadged Audi A4/B7 (current A4 is the B8 version).

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  • andys120andys120 Member Posts: 23,670
    ..from The Man with the Golden Gun(1974)>

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  • stephen987stephen987 Member Posts: 1,994
    From the viewer's left, the red car is an AMC Hornet ca. 1973-74. I believe the yellow car is some species of Ford Consul. The big olive-colored thing looks like a lower-line Plymouth of some sort (can't place the year--maybe 1955-56 Plaza?) and the red thing behind it is familiar but hard to nail down--maybe a Triumph Toledo?

    Harder to figure out is where all of these cars would be seen in the same street scene, especially since I don't remember the movie and can't recognize the skyline. Australia? South Africa?

    The silver rear quarter panel at the extreme left looks early 1970s GM--Buick Skylark or maybe a Holden.
  • andys120andys120 Member Posts: 23,670
    Good job Stephen, The Ford is a Zodiac, probably early 60s. IMCDB identifies the red car as a Triumph 1300 and the Plymouth as a '56 Savoy.

    I don't know what city it is, perhaps some Bond fan can recall.

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  • jlbljlbl Member Posts: 1,333
    I don't know what city it is, perhaps some Bond fan can recall.

    I'm puzzled. I don't know from the movie. Registration plates are unknown to me. The town looks Eastern but… it is European or Asiatic? Cars ride on the left avenue lane, but not every steering wheel is to the right of the car. Someone here can tell if there is left-hand circulation in Romania? Anyhow, I dare say is India, but it is only my wild guess. May be I prone to say so because of the policeman/soldier standing in the mob.

    Regards,
    Jose
  • andys120andys120 Member Posts: 23,670
    Apparently TMWTGG was filmed mostly in Hong Kong, Macau and Bangkok.

    Given the number of Yank tanks, I think that it's probably Bangkok since there was a huge American military presence in Thailand during the Vietnam War.

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  • andys120andys120 Member Posts: 23,670
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  • stephen987stephen987 Member Posts: 1,994
    Plymouth Barracuda, 1967-69.
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