Mystery car pix

steine13

2557
Wild flailing stab:
Matra Simca Bagheera.

-Mathias

gsemike

If I can regress for a second on the Reatta, I clearly remember ads touting "hand crafted luxury for two". I think that they were all hand assembled but then you looked at it and it had all the exact same parts that every other GM had!! "Who cares if this is the same radio that comes in a Cavalier, it's assembled by hand".

This definately predates my driving years but that was in no way a cheap car.

Mr_Shiftright

I think GM's idea of "hand-assembled" meant working with an air wrench.

andys120

Yes it is a Maserati, kind of a neat looking one that's been in the shadow of some
other Masers. I'll give youse a hint:: late 70's.

stickguy

Merak?

andys120

Nope, Meraks have a v-6 amidships, the white car is a front engine RWD V-8.

Mr_Shiftright

Looks like a Khamsin...but I ferget....the back window is similar to an Indy...I'd say Khamsin if it's front engine.

w9cw

Espada

andys120

Khamsin it is Shifty. It does resemble the Indy from behind but it's more sharp edged and there is a resemblance to the Espada but that's a Lambo.

The rest of you will have to stay after class for a Remedial Maserati Recognition class. :P

boomchek

Oh how I wish that we'd have those classes back in high school.

andys120

it's postwar.....

rsholland

8/10 Cord. It is a replcar of the Cord 810, but at 8/10 scale.

Bob

fintail

Yeah one of those questionable quality fake Cords probably from the late 60s...I thnik a company called SAMCO made them, Glenn Pray might have too

andys120

It's a 1970 Glenn Pray car, SAMCO doesn't ring a bell. This one has Chrysler 440 power (RWD!).

I think they called it the 8/10 as Bob suggests.

fintail

The SAMCO cars were virtually identical to the Glenn Pray cars, same powertrain too....just an inelegant name

Cord History

andys120

rsholland

Early Datsun pickup, probably from the early '60s.

Bob

andys120

Yep, '60 Datsun 1200, I don't think these were imported but a larger engined version wasn't far behind for the US.

andys120

navigator89

That's REALLY easy.

It's a Chevrolet Optra, sold in the US as a Suzuki Forenza.

andys120

I got it from an Italian website, it is sold there as the Chevy Nubira, so I assumed it was Daewoo-based.

ateixeira

GM bought what was left of Daeweoo, and builds cars for Suzuki at the GM-DAT plant.

So in a roundabout way, it was a Daewoo, and became a Suzuki and Chevy.

-juice

navigator89

"><img src="http://www.africachats.com/images/Toyota_hiace_commuter_2005 (1).jpg

ateixeira

Looks like a Toyota badge on the front, must be a JDM van. I bet those sell well in Asia.

Name? I'll guess Simca, just for kicks.

-juice

stickguy

sorta related, but I have recently been watching reruns of Amazing Race on GSN (my kids got me hooked). Anyway, you see lots of interesting/odd cars in the different countries they pass through.

Funniest thing is the wide variety of taxis they end up in. Some countries have really weird old crap, while others use MB and other nice stuff.

andys120

Toyota Siena cabs are starting to show up in NYC which makes sense, they have a lot more room than CVs or even old Checkers. Still the conventional wisdom was that fwds can't hold up to the abuse.

andys120

but there are many who like these=>



At least that's the conclusion I draw fromthe $59,000 :surprise: asking price on it.

imidazol97

Eldorate Biarritz?
196X

bhill2

It's a '60. No bullet lights on the top of the rear fins so it's not a '59, and the '61s and later were redesigned.

navigator89

Name? It's a Toyota Hiace, a popular van sold all over the Middle East, Asia and Africa.

andys120

It's a '60. No bullet lights on the top of the rear fins so it's not a '59, and the '61s and later were redesigned.

You are on target.

navigator89

fintail

I want to say its a Hyundai

navigator89

And you're right, it is a Hyundai.

Now, about the model name. It shares it's model name with a certain Toyota sold in the US and Canada. Any guesses?

kyfdx

I'll bite.. Echo?

Mr_Shiftright

If it were a true Pebble Beach show car, maybe $55,000 is possible. Maybe Liberace or Jane Mansfield or Count Dracula will rise from the grave and buy it, who knows?

navigator89

Not Echo....but you've got the correct size, roughly.

andys120

Mr_Shiftright

Looks like a Bavaria in Bavaria....

navigator89

It looks like a BMW from the 70s......BMW 2500 perhaps?

Any guesses on #2592? It's a Hyundai, which shares its name with a small Toyota sold in the US and Canada. Echo is not the answer.

boomchek

Matrix? :confuse:

the corolla name i think is copyrighted/trademarked.

fintail

Ah yeah it's a Matrix...I know I've seen it in CAR, but I didn't want to cheat

andys120

a Bavaria in Bavaria....

Jawohl, mein Herr.

andys120

navigator89

Yeah, it is a Matrix, designed by Pininfarina.

boomchek

I'll leave this one to all you British car fans. Check out the nice EQ in the dash though

andys120

Yeah, it is a Matrix, designed by Pininfarina.

Since PF can't even come up with good looking Ferraris anymore it's not surprising their
Hyundais are ugly.

navigator89

Well, at least they did a good job on the Chevrolet Optra/Suzuki Forenza that you posted a while ago.

fintail

Rolls or Bentley of some kind, judging by the plainish wheel

boomchek

Who can remember this door wedge from the 80's?