Mystery car pix

stephen987

The mid-year '75 (intro) model had the eggcrate grille and was offered only in silver with a silver vinyl roof. The '76 added other colors. '77 brought the new grille, a vertical style that (badly) mimicked Rolls-Royce, along with new colors and the option of a vinyl roof delete. I think the first two-tone paint was offered in '78. The last year for the Nova-based Seville was 1979.

Incidentally, the Nova-based Sevilles were powered by a fuel-injected version of the Olds 350. Not very economical, but it had pretty good part-throttle response. Unfortunately its full-throttle response was accompanied by an "uh, are you SURE?" from under the hood. As a teen I managed to hit an indicated 100 mph in the black '76 model on a two-lane state highway without killing myself.

'80 was the birth of the Eldorado-based FWD "bustleback" Seville, an abysmal-looking beast.

andys120

I'm going to go with 1970 Bonneville

Good guess but I sneaked in the little remembered 1970 Pontiac Executive
on ya. :P The Executive was a short-lived model intended to slot between the Catalina and the Bonnie.

kyfdx

Good one! I remember the Executive... We were a Pontiac family at that time..

I recognized it as a '70, as my aunt traded in her '67 Bonnie on one... Not a real pretty face (the '70, not my aunt... )

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boomchek

2010 Ford Taurus

berri

Looking at the wheels and spoiler, probably the SHO.

texases

"2010 Ford Taurus "

Might that be the SHO? Hope they have one at the Dallas car show this weekend...

andys120

Yep, that's the 2010 Ford Taurus SHO.

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magnette

Lancia Fulvia Berlina - I think this one is a GT, but not sure - about 1967

andys120

Not sure of the year but yes, it's a Lancia Fulvia Berlina, rarely seen on these shores.

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stephen987

Monteverdi Hai. One of the most outrageous cars ever built.

fintail

One of my childhood toy car memories

boomchek

I may have a second hand one that I picked up at a flea market, same color too. nice.

fintail

It was made in that color and in a black/grey combination IIRC. I think it was out of production by the time I was a kid, but I had a lot of obsolete cars. I think I learned a lot of my obscure cars from toys :shades:

andys120

Yep, it's a 1970 Monteverdi Hai 450SS, supposedly one of the four SS variants built (power by MoPar Hemi).

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lemko

I knew a girl in high school who had one of those. Is it a 1977-78 Dodge Colt made by Mitsubishi?

andys120

Is it a 1977-78 Dodge Colt made by Mitsubishi?

Yup.

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fintail

Second generation Toyota Paseo ca. 1996, which seems very out of place with the German plates.

andys120

Yep, Paseo v.2 (Euro-spec).

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magnette

Dacia 1300 wagon - before the mid 80's facelift, I think, so say 1981. Romanian licence -produced Renault 12 - They sld them here for quite a few years, at around that time, although the plates on this one look Danish, I think.

Funnily enough I saw a tatty Renault 12, saloon, on which the Dacia was of course based, going past my office today - can't be many of those left running either.

andys120

Yep, it's a Dacia 1300, looks post facelift to me but I don't know the year.

fintail

Something about the weird swoopiness to the rear of the Renault 12 sedan has always been off-putting for me



Maybe I just don't get this French "style". I think I had a Majorette version of this car.

magnette

Yes - there were a couple of facelifts, I think this is from the second lot - the third grille was after they stopped importing them to our shores...(Although we are due to get the Dacia Logan shortly, I think)

magnette

I've got a 1/43rd Renault 12 Gordini - not sure of the maker, but it's fairly recent...

jlbl

Apart from its ugliness, I always thought that slopping trunk was a scorn to the luggage.

Regards,
Jose

andys120

Something about the weird swoopiness to the rear of the Renault 12 sedan has always been off-putting for me.

Must be a French thing>

fintail

A scorn to luggage...sounds very French, I can go with that.

I always thought the 504 was a decent looking car...much better than a Renault 12.

Who would make a model of a Nigerian taxi? That's pretty funny.

fintail

It'd be interesting to see the Logan make it to NA....would base at around $7000 I think, undercutting even such machines as the Aveo and Rio.

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boomchek

New Maserati Quattroporte

andys120

Yep, to be more specific it's the 2010 Maserati Quattroporte Sport GT version.

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fezo

Hyundai's doing hood ornaments now? That's an Equus - next step up from a Genesis.

fezo

Replying to myself..... That front has a lot of Lincoln look to it.

fintail

Those headlight covers must be 3 feet wide :sick:

Is the hood ornament spring loaded? That could be fun in a crash.

Is it a souped up Azera or was it just given an almost identical greenhouse?

lemko

"Pimp My Hyundai!"

andys120

Yup, that's the new Hyundai flagship the 2010 Equus. They are discussing whether to export it to North America. If I were them I wouldn't, it'll only confuse things, we're under the impressionthat the Genesis is the top-of-the-line Hyundai The Genesis looks more modern too.

The new Equus reminds of the fussy Toyota Crown and Nissan
President.

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fezo

Does half of a 914 make it a Porsche 457?

About a 72 914?

kyfdx

Does the 2.0 engine make it a later model? I know they had 1.8 at one point...

fezo

Oh, you might be right! That could kick it forward a couple of years.

andys120

Yep, 1974 Porsche 914-4/2.0.

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fezo

How does that guy's hat stay on his head?

bumpy

It's basically a Genesis+, the sort of funky Asian executive saloon represented by the Ssangyong Chairman and whatever name they gave the Daewoo rebadge of the Holden Caprice.