You learn something new... - Cars you didn't know existed, until now!
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The Vanishing Boy
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^ Don't care if Lotus has anything to do with it, it's a Proton sports car and that is all that matters!
Proton Lekir I wonder if Lotus had anything to do with it.
-> Plus, at one point...Proton was very serious on building it!
-> And here's another one!
Proton PM5 - This car was created WAY before Lotus got involved:
^ Too bad it wasn't a working prototype, the PM5 was strictly a visual concept car. :'(
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BT -> Speaking of Malaysian sports cars. While I was searching for more PM5 photos (as rare as it is), I stumbled this one!
ESNA Venere '06
http://autoworld.com.my/news/2005/03/18/ESNA-Venere-The-First-Malaysian-Sports-Car/
http://autobuzz.my/2016/04/22/rewind-esna-venere-350hp-malaysian-sports-car-died/
^ Too bad it was just another vaporware.
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- a baby, candy, it's like taking.
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What a name...
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I thought the same exact thing. And the other Volvo looks like a stretched Volkswagen Polo Mk.2
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I thought exactly the same here, and very much reminiscent of the the Mk2 and Mk2f Polo bread van too.
Couldn't agree more, also brought the Citroen SM bread van to mind:
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Downhill Dino
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I'll take 7!
I think I like this thing too much now, thank you for sharing this one. 👍
I think I like this thing too much now, thank you for sharing this one. 👍
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Marcos Spirit 220 is a 245BHP race car I thought they went bankrupt long before they could make cars like this...
The Marcos Spirit 220 is a 245 bhp race car specifically built to attempt the land speed record at Pendine Sands in Wales. The first version of the Marcos Spirit 220 had a top speed of 159 mph, but Tony has rebuilt the car and believes the new car will be capable of reaching a top speed of 211 mph. Tony is also building two new versions of the Marcos Spirit 220, a road car version, and a race car version specifically built for championships such as Britcar, Dutch Supercar Challenge and possibly the British GT Championship. A few top racing drivers have driven the car, including Welsh GT racer Gary Simms. http://www.motorsport-wales.co.uk/marcos-cars-ltd/
(I don't know if it did any of this and a land speed record are they joking?)
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FYI, the AZ-1 was actually designed and built by Suzuki.
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Is that a giant intake in the fender?
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Melkus RS1000
A little East-German sports car I discovered that used a 2-stroke 3-cyclinder unit from a Wartburg 353 (of all things). Even produced a racing version, which produced approx. 118bhp from what I could see.
Think it's really quite a handsome little thing.
Sounds fruity too:
A little East-German sports car I discovered that used a 2-stroke 3-cyclinder unit from a Wartburg 353 (of all things). Even produced a racing version, which produced approx. 118bhp from what I could see.
Think it's really quite a handsome little thing.
Sounds fruity too:
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118 BHP? How light was it?
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Well specs seem to vary somewhat from source-to-source, but from what I could find the road going version at least weighed around 690kg, and the racing version seemed to be virtually identical to it's road going counterpart.
Plus initial racing versions were reported to have around 100bhp, and the road version varied between 70-90bhp
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I never knew about the monoposto concept cars (of the late 90's/early 00's) until a post I saw from the 'Odd Modifications thread'
Of course, we have track cars like the BAC Mono and rarities like the Sesto elemento, but upon further research I wasn't aware of these ordinary cars made into track car concepts. Here are a few other examples:
Mazda Miata Monoposto '99
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Maserati 320S '01
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MGF Super Sports '98
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Inspired by, or may even be an actual example of, Alfa's Spider Monoposto concept from the mid-90s:
Upon further look, it's definitely not the original (and not just in terms of the colour!). Front airdam looks bigger and the seat is a regular road car seat rather than a bucket. No little camera pod beside the driver, either.
Of course, we have track cars like the BAC Mono and rarities like the Sesto elemento, but upon further research I wasn't aware of these ordinary cars made into track car concepts. Here are a few other examples:
Mazda Miata Monoposto '99
More here
Maserati 320S '01
More here
MGF Super Sports '98
More here
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I thought that was a Neon/SX2.0 at first from the grill/front lol.
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Fiat Idea (2003 - 2012)
Sat behind one in traffic yesterday. Thought it was some sort of generic Korean white goods until i clocked the Fiat badge. I don't ever recall seeing one before. Looked to be a similar size to the Panda, but appears to be Punto based so really is a size up from the Panda, even though it doesn't look to be.
Whilst on the subject of Fiats-that-i-didn't-know-about. The Sedici. One of my colleagues at work has driven one for years, i always assumed it was a Suzuki SX4 (which technically it is)
Sat behind one in traffic yesterday. Thought it was some sort of generic Korean white goods until i clocked the Fiat badge. I don't ever recall seeing one before. Looked to be a similar size to the Panda, but appears to be Punto based so really is a size up from the Panda, even though it doesn't look to be.
Whilst on the subject of Fiats-that-i-didn't-know-about. The Sedici. One of my colleagues at work has driven one for years, i always assumed it was a Suzuki SX4 (which technically it is)
