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  • berriberri Member Posts: 10,165
    I preferred the Valiant because of its mini 57 Chrysler 300 look grill. I never liked the more horizontal Lancer look as well. I also liked the wagons even though they were a bit unique. The first Valiants were my favorite stylewise, but Valiant and Dart were great machines for many years.
  • Mr_ShiftrightMr_Shiftright Member Posts: 64,481
    The Lancer/Valiants of that era remind me of little birthday cakes. They seem decorated rather than styled.
  • urnewsurnews Member Posts: 668
    Birthday cakes. Good analogy. I like it.
    Boz
  • lostwrench1lostwrench1 Member Posts: 1,165
    Did I miss the Mystery Car Pix annual reunion cruise to Tahiti?
  • wgraferwgrafer Member Posts: 592
    Maybe everyone went to Chile or Haiti on Earthquake Relief Humanitarian missions. :confuse:
  • Mr_ShiftrightMr_Shiftright Member Posts: 64,481
    Note to Self: include lostwrench1 in next cruise memo list.

    Well you have all been going strong for 24,825 posts---that's pretty impressive.

    Must be close to a record here at Edmunds. (I'm not sure I know how to look that up). :confuse:
  • ateixeiraateixeira Member Posts: 72,587
    edited March 2010
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  • qbrozenqbrozen Member Posts: 33,769
    edited March 2010
    You want something more specific than "Peugeot"?

    Does looking at the license plate count as cheating? :blush:

    I like it, though. I see a good bit of Aston Martin there.

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  • ateixeiraateixeira Member Posts: 72,587
    I want the name, and for bonus points, the future production car line it is supposed to inspire.
  • texasestexases Member Posts: 11,136
    ...not that that's saying much:
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  • ateixeiraateixeira Member Posts: 72,587
    In that case it must not be a real Benz.

    Profile resembles the E coupe, but the front end looks odd to me, more like the SLK model.

    Must be a clone of some sort?
  • texasestexases Member Posts: 11,136
    Nope, it's a Benz.
  • qbrozenqbrozen Member Posts: 33,769
    So... its not a late '90s CL?

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  • ateixeiraateixeira Member Posts: 72,587
    In that case the thread title threw me off.

    I'm going to say it's a CL500, the big coupe based off the S-class.
  • fintailfintail Member Posts: 58,537
    MB C140 (almost certainly a S/CL500 or 500SEC if 92-93) of a wide year span, I will guess around 1996 as I think the trim is the later style. Not possible to tell exact year without factory wheels or interior details. Car apears to be in Florida, which would explain the nauseating wheels.
  • texasestexases Member Posts: 11,136
    It's a '95, but nobody's listed the model name yet...
  • hudsonthedoghudsonthedog Member Posts: 552
    CL600
  • fintailfintail Member Posts: 58,537
    If it's an S600, it's been debadged. It could also be a Euro S420, but I don't know who would import such a thing.
  • texasestexases Member Posts: 11,136
    Not a CL. I know I'm being picky here, but the name's what tripped me up.
  • texasestexases Member Posts: 11,136
    Neither an S600 nor an S420...
  • fintailfintail Member Posts: 58,537
    Hmmm... it's not an SEC either as that suffix was only used for the C140 in 92-93...so maybe the owner is calling the car something else.
  • texasestexases Member Posts: 11,136
    Now you see my problem. But you're right, it's not an SEC, not a CL, but MB gave it another name......
  • slorenzenslorenzen Member Posts: 694
    Doesn't the record belong to the long-lost IDLSWDY (I Don't Like SUV's, Why Do You?) forum?
  • steverstever Guest Posts: 52,454
    edited March 2010
    The long lost IDLSWDY discussion topped out around 40,000 posts I think.

    The Subaru Crew Meet the Members discussion is around 31,000 posts. High End Luxury Cars has 25k. Real-World Trade-In Values has 39k. And I think the current leader is Stories from the Sales Frontlines with 51,000 posts. I may have missed one or two biggies.

    You guys are slacking off. :D
  • fintailfintail Member Posts: 58,537
    edited March 2010
    I haven't a clue. If it's a 1995, it is a C210 badged S420/500/600 (called "S-class coupe" back in the day), other than that, I couldn't tell ya. It doesn't appear to be tuned, and C140s generally didn't fall into tuner hands anyway.
  • texasestexases Member Posts: 11,136
    You got it, I was looking for the 'Coupe' name (it's an S500), I always thought 2-door Ss were either CLs or SECs, I had never heard of an S 'Coupe'. MB only did that for a few years in the mid-90s.
  • Mr_ShiftrightMr_Shiftright Member Posts: 64,481
    edited March 2010
    Yeah, well, okay....not FAIR. These guys post PICTURES!

    There should be separate categories for awards, like the Oscars.
  • fintailfintail Member Posts: 58,537
    Yeah, 1994-1997, the name replaced "SEC" and was replaced by "CL" . They weren't badged "coupe" of course, so it was kind of a funny thing.
  • steverstever Guest Posts: 52,454
    I don't know why they call it the OS CARS anyway. I've never seen SYNC or OnStar win any awards, and Toyota's software gets at best, a Razzie.
  • ateixeiraateixeira Member Posts: 72,587
    Subaru Crew Meet the Members discussion is around 31,000 posts

    And note that it's actually "Meet the Members II", so that's our 2nd thread. ;)
  • Mr_ShiftrightMr_Shiftright Member Posts: 64,481
    edited March 2010
    Hey, anybody can talk a lot. We're talkin' serious historical CONTENT here :shades:
  • lemkolemko Member Posts: 15,261
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  • Mr_ShiftrightMr_Shiftright Member Posts: 64,481
    Aside from the GP, I"m not sorry. :P
  • stephen987stephen987 Member Posts: 1,994
    from bottom left:
    Mercury Parklane or Monterrey, ca. 1970
    1985-86 Pontiac Parisienne
    '74-77 Ford F100 or F150
    1981-83 Ford Crown Victoria/LTD

    Y'all can have the right hand column.
  • ateixeiraateixeira Member Posts: 72,587
    Late 70s/early 80s cars few will miss. :P
  • Mr_ShiftrightMr_Shiftright Member Posts: 64,481
    edited March 2010
    Soon to be teapots in a Turkish market. Or the right front fender on your 2012 Hyundai.

    Think of it this way, as a form of consolation....old car molecules cannot be destroyed. Somewhere, out there, molecules from a 1928 Studebaker might indeed still be doing their thing in another modern automobile.

    Personally, I would thumbs down the bunch except the Pontiac, like a Roman emperor. :P
  • kyfdxkyfdx Moderator Posts: 267,604
    The Pontiac on the right looks like a '70 Bonneville..

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  • british_roverbritish_rover Member Posts: 8,502
    edited March 2010
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  • stephen987stephen987 Member Posts: 1,994
    Pontiac G8 GT?
  • qbrozenqbrozen Member Posts: 33,769
    edited March 2010
    Interesting. Had me confused cause its not the US English spelling of "liter."

    I guess cause the pontiac comes from down under? (could be GTO, by the by)

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  • magnettemagnette Member Posts: 4,234
    Work, and the efforts of my reluctant MG Magnette to defeat me, have rather precluded looking at the computer much - still never mind. While you are thinking about the engine - I'm hopeless at those - I will try to find a couple of pictures to post...
  • magnettemagnette Member Posts: 4,234
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  • magnettemagnette Member Posts: 4,234
    edited March 2010
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    I'm not sure if I've posted this one before?
  • stephen987stephen987 Member Posts: 1,994
    DKW F-junior, also sold as an Auto Union.
  • stephen987stephen987 Member Posts: 1,994
    Dove GTR4
  • magnettemagnette Member Posts: 4,234
    Yes - here it was sold as the DKW Junior - they only sold the little coupe thing that looked like a Thunderbird as an Auto Union, at that stage.
  • magnettemagnette Member Posts: 4,234
    Yes - the Triumph TR4 converted into a hatchback coupe along the lines of a Harrington Sunbeam Alpine - Dove were a firm of Triumph dealers in Wimbledon, South London, but it was quite expensive and not many were sold.
  • fintailfintail Member Posts: 58,537
    Riley Pathfinder?
  • magnettemagnette Member Posts: 4,234
    Hello Fintail - yes it's the old Riley RMH Pathfinder (known at the time as the Ditchfinder, because they took a while to get the rear suspension right). Later they switched over to the Riley 2.6, which was similar but had the Austin engine as in the Wolseley 6/90, so the old Riley twin cam 2.4 engine was no more.
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