Kinda , sorta.... it's a new V Eight Jensen Interceptor S remanufactured by V Eight Ltd and equipped with a new 430Hp GM LS2 in place of the original MoPar V8.
A Seville or an El Dorado or a Toronado or a Regal or a Lemans or one of those old boxy GM cars. They're all the same sort of butt-ugly faux luxobarge to me. :sick: It's probably a diesel, too.
IMO that's an interesting piece of brochure art in that the fellow in the picture appears to have been down-sized in an effort to make the car look more massive. :surprise:
It's an Autozam AZ-1/Mazda AZ-1/Suzuki Cara. They're all the same car with different badges. And I'd love to have one. Saw one at the New York Auto Show a number of years back...cool little car.
That Toronado is one of the Caliente trim levels, but I'm not familiar enough with them to tell the year. I'd guess 1984-85. The '79 had a body-color grille with little horizontal slats in it wedged between the headlights, that seemed cheap and out of place for a car of this league. It took a lot of criticism, and they widened it for 1980, stretching it out below the headlights and incorporating the turn signals. It was still considered a love it or hate it style, but most people thought it was much improved. The 80 had strong horizontal bars, and they used that basic style for a few years, before cluttering it up a bit in the final couple years.
I'm not sure what year the Caliente package came out. I think that's what gave you the landau roof with the stainless steel trim that forms the B-pillar. Probably gave you that extra piece of stainless-looking trim above the grille, too. In base form, these cars actually had no B-pillar, although the rear windows were stationary. And many of them had plain steel roofs, which was a nice change of pace for the time period. If they did stick a vinyl roof on, I think it was usually just covered the C-pillar and back part of the roof, although some of them probably had full vinyl, as well.
I don't really care for that landau roof that adds in the B-pillars. It makes the car look a bit more like a cheaper Cutlass Supreme or Regal.
At least the ad was accurate in showing our businessman walking out of some decrepit urban repair shop to retrieve his Toronado, perhaps feeling a bit sorry for the owners of the other broken-down Toronados still in the shop.
No, that's the guy's garage. He owns an early ElDorado (car on left) and a pre-gen Toro, and he's dressed to motor to the country club as he walks toward his most recent addition to his GM large-car stable. :P
Seriously, it's probably car sales/campaign pictures from the brochures...Andre will know!
No, that's the guy's garage. He owns an early ElDorado (car on left) and a pre-gen Toro
Both of the garaged cars are Toronados. The left one is a 1966-67 Toro and the right one is a 1973-74 Toro. The main one is a 1979-1985 model, but I'm leaning toward the later ones because of the grille.
If this was indeed a Diesel Toro, I believe it would have a little chrome "diesel" badge slapped on the fender below the Oldsmobile script. I was a chronic diesel-car spotter back in the late 70's & early 80's (it all got started when I spotted a rare 1979 full-size Dodge Pickup with the factory Mitsubishi 4.0ltr Diesel )
Say, you know what would be really cool? Lets cross a 91-94 Capri with an early model Fiero. And what the heck, lets throw on some Dodge Neon headlights and Subaru SVX doors.
You're not a fan, but if it was sold as a 'kei car' here like it was in Japan (IIRC), along with the tax & insurance advantages, I'd be swayed to use it as a commuter in this era of $4 gas. :P
That's not one of those General Motors EV-1's, is it? I don't think I've ever seen one from the back, but I do vaguely remember them having rear quarters that covered most of the rear wheels. And that passenger cabin, with the fake-me-out front vent windows, definitely looks GM-ish, like how they did their FWD big cars back in the 90's.
Actually, if they got rid of those goofy round headlights and gave it some hidden, flip-up headlights, I don't think it would be a bad looking little car. Oh, and if they could find a way to give the doors a full roll-down window, instead of just that little sliver.
Honda Insight, right? They showed we weren't ready for a 2 seater commuter mobile in large numbers at $1-$2/gallon, but the Smart's doing OK (for now) at $4/gallon.
I'm sure Honda cancelled it because they were losing money, plus Prius got a lot more good PR than Insight ever did.
It helped that Toyota's system was a "true" hybrid where the vehicle could run under just electric power. It also helped that the Prius could carry more than two people AND their luggage. The Insight was a fun car to drive, but the Prius is a better all-around car.
A friend of mine has one of those Honda Insights - in that metallic Kermit green,as it happens. He loves it, although his driving technique has to be moderated to make the most of the savings.. Apparently Honda sold about 200 in UK, although a few more have come in since from JDM grey imports, and as it is a Honda, I would imagine most of them are still on the road - I still see the odd one.
(And if we were still paying the equivalent of $4 per gallon, we would probably all have limo's...Current diesel price is about £ 1.23 per litre)
How does the price of Diesel compare to that of gas (petrol) in the UK. Here it costs 20% more than regular (87RON) negating much of the mileage gained by using Diesel.
I'm sure Honda cancelled it because they were losing money,
I doubt they made much of anything on it, but the Insight was always an engineering exercise, one of the "just because we can" projects that Honda likes to do every so often. It was not-quite-handbuilt in the same factory as the NSX and the AP1 S2000s.
VW Scirocco is right, but this is the 1st generation Scirocco from about 1978 to maybe 1981. I am thinking the 2nd generation Scirocco was launched in 1982 . It was bigger all around than the 1st generation Scirocco, with that little "spoiler" in the back hatch . I wanted that car, but with no power steering available, my new bride nixed that idea.....
Yes , the Scirocco was a manly car for manly men.........I recently read an article in Motor Trend or Automobile magazine that a 3rd generation Scirocco is in the works for the 2010 model year...Volkswagon has used some stinker names for their vehicles over the years ( Touareg, anyone ?) , but Scirocco was a winner for a sporty vehicle name..........
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2001 BMW 330ci/E46, 2008 BMW 335i conv/E93
2001 BMW 330ci/E46, 2008 BMW 335i conv/E93
2001 BMW 330ci/E46, 2008 BMW 335i conv/E93
2001 BMW 330ci/E46, 2008 BMW 335i conv/E93
2001 BMW 330ci/E46, 2008 BMW 335i conv/E93
2014 Malibu 2LT, 2015 Cruze 2LT,
2001 BMW 330ci/E46, 2008 BMW 335i conv/E93
2001 BMW 330ci/E46, 2008 BMW 335i conv/E93
(perhaps an FF4wd?)
Kinda , sorta.... it's a new V Eight Jensen Interceptor S remanufactured by V Eight Ltd and equipped with a new 430Hp GM LS2 in place of the original MoPar V8.
2001 BMW 330ci/E46, 2008 BMW 335i conv/E93
2001 BMW 330ci/E46, 2008 BMW 335i conv/E93
It is indeed a '79 Olds Toronado.
2001 BMW 330ci/E46, 2008 BMW 335i conv/E93
2001 BMW 330ci/E46, 2008 BMW 335i conv/E93
2001 BMW 330ci/E46, 2008 BMW 335i conv/E93
I'm not sure what year the Caliente package came out. I think that's what gave you the landau roof with the stainless steel trim that forms the B-pillar. Probably gave you that extra piece of stainless-looking trim above the grille, too. In base form, these cars actually had no B-pillar, although the rear windows were stationary. And many of them had plain steel roofs, which was a nice change of pace for the time period. If they did stick a vinyl roof on, I think it was usually just covered the C-pillar and back part of the roof, although some of them probably had full vinyl, as well.
I don't really care for that landau roof that adds in the B-pillars. It makes the car look a bit more like a cheaper Cutlass Supreme or Regal.
Seriously, it's probably car sales/campaign pictures from the brochures...Andre will know!
Both of the garaged cars are Toronados. The left one is a 1966-67 Toro and the right one is a 1973-74 Toro. The main one is a 1979-1985 model, but I'm leaning toward the later ones because of the grille.
2001 BMW 330ci/E46, 2008 BMW 335i conv/E93
Can you tell I'm not a fan of it?
2001 BMW 330ci/E46, 2008 BMW 335i conv/E93
2001 BMW 330ci/E46, 2008 BMW 335i conv/E93
Put a hatch on the EV and you get this.
I'm sure Honda cancelled it because they were losing money, plus Prius got a lot more good PR than Insight ever did.
It helped that Toyota's system was a "true" hybrid where the vehicle could run under just electric power. It also helped that the Prius could carry more than two people AND their luggage. The Insight was a fun car to drive, but the Prius is a better all-around car.
(And if we were still paying the equivalent of $4 per gallon, we would probably all have limo's...Current diesel price is about £ 1.23 per litre)
2001 BMW 330ci/E46, 2008 BMW 335i conv/E93
It just wasn't mainstream enough, and Honda doesn't quite have the PR machine that Toyota does.
I doubt they made much of anything on it, but the Insight was always an engineering exercise, one of the "just because we can" projects that Honda likes to do every so often. It was not-quite-handbuilt in the same factory as the NSX and the AP1 S2000s.
2001 BMW 330ci/E46, 2008 BMW 335i conv/E93
2001 BMW 330ci/E46, 2008 BMW 335i conv/E93
sporty vehicle name..........
The R32 is already pricey. Scirocco would have to slot above that, and below a loaded A3.