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No, not a Lada. It is actually from Western Europe
Originally Sessando de=signed a coupe for NSU - tone rear engined, based on their 1000/1200 range - but it didn't go ahead and SEAT bought the rights to it and developed it - initially they thought as a rear engined coupe based on the Fiat 850 equivalent floorpan - SEAT were building 850s in Spain - but decided instead to develop the car as a front engine model.
It sold reasonably well in Spain and with more limited success in Germany, Benelux and I think in France for a few years.
We never saw it here as no RHD.
Close enough - this one is a DAF 55 Coupe but indistingishable.
Ooops, this isn't mystery aircraft pix.
2001 BMW 330ci/E46, 2008 BMW 335i conv/E93
This is not a Wartburg.
The plane was a Morava, and was registered in Czechoslovakia as well - OK was their code. I remember for years CSA, their national airline had a tail logo which read something like OKJet - it was on all their Illyushins and Tupolovs
That doesn't apply in UK so they are much rarer and only really for little old ladies whereas in Germany when I went to the Frankfurt show in September they were pushing them at teenagers - complete with good iPhone links and pictures showing what room there was inside for the sort of things old ladies wouldn't be able to get up to...
, right down to the grille emblem>
2001 BMW 330ci/E46, 2008 BMW 335i conv/E93
Here's another one I caught in traffic:
Regarding the Borgward thing, I think there was also the "Hansa" name that was both a model and a brand.
2020 Acura RDX tech SH-AWD, 2023 Maverick hybrid Lariat luxury package.
My sister gave me a thrift store Brit cars of the 50s book. So that looked like a 56ish Standard 10 Companion to me. Except the rear doors aren't split and the lights are all wrong.
First time I have really been able to contribute for a couple of weeks, as we have been holidaying interstate.
This reminds me of a Hillman Husky, but I am pretty sure it isn't. Body looks a little longer and the scene is clearly left hand drive country, possibly Holland or Germany, the flower grower reference making Holland more likely. The only Dutch manufacturer that I can think of from later 1950's is DAF, but I don't think that is correct.
Cheers
Graham
It's German rather than Dutch... I like the florist reference though
And I did think maybe it wasn't Brit since the rear door opens on the wrong side for British roads. But we were stuck with that problem here with the older CR-Vs until Honda wised up and went to a lift gate.
You gave it away, it must be a Ford Taunus, I think they were called 12M for several generations.
The featured car reminds me of a "shorty" custom. I swear I have seen that grille profile before, but I can't recall the name (some kind of Standard?). Pretty sure it is British.
About 300 Standards were assembled per month in 1950, and they continued until about 1958 although later models were less popular, I think.
This convertible with a coachbuilt body was unique to Imperia, they made nothing like this in England. I believe it was only these earlier Vanguards that were converted.