You learn something new... - Cars you didn't know existed, until now!

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Since when did they do a Hyundai limo? Or is it something else, I thought it was a Maybach or Mercedes
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1987 Porsche 928 S4 Cabriolet Concept

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The 924 Coupe is already a fascinating an futuristically styled car, but in convertible form, it looks even more graceful.

Did even more digging and found this:



And here's the original 924 prototype dating back to 1974.

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1987 Porsche 928 S4 Cabriolet Concept

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The 928 Coupe is already a fascinating an futuristically styled car, but in convertible form, it looks even more graceful.
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As much as I'm not a fan of 928's styling, I do find the convertible quite beautiful, at least from the rear end.
It also heavily reminds me of 997 this way
 
Gotbeefboy564
What’s this again? I know it’s a AMC but forgot if it is a Javelin or not, it was parked next to a Javelin
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That's not just a Matador, but the Barcelona Coupe sold only in 1977 and 1978. The Matador coupe was a lot different from the Matador sedan it was based on. This is the 1978 AMC Matador Barcelona sedan. You can see how different they looked.
 
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The Mirov II was built as a 1:1 mock-up for a TV advertisement of Norwich Union insurance company. Conceived as a fictional sportscar from the Soviet Union the Mirov II was built by Jon Bunker in two life-size examples. The base of these creations was a British UVA M6 GTR kit car. Later, Brian Thompson bought one of these mock-ups and spent nine years to convert it to a driveable roadcar. The Mirov II received a mid-mounted Renault 2.6-litre V6 engine.
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Of course they did away with all the faux gadgetry for the roadworthy conversion. Registered since 2003:

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Whilst looking at awfully modified Azteks and Rendezvous' on Google Images, I stumbled upon the Buick Signia, of which I was already familiar with. But when I started to search further for said Signia, I came across these two concept cars: the Cadillac Voyage and Solitaire.

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I'm actually in love with both these designs, specifically the Voyage. If either one of these were actual production models I would definitely have to have it.
 
Lameonade
Whilst looking at awfully modified Azteks and Rendezvous' on Google Images, I stumbled upon the Buick Signia, of which I was already familiar with. But when I started to search further for said Signia, I came across these two concept cars: the Cadillac Voyage and Solitaire.

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I'm actually in love with both these designs, specifically the Voyage. If either one of these were actual production models I would definitely have to have it.
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Both designs somehow manage to look classical yet futuristic at the same time, which is something I almost never see. Remarkable.
 
Lameonade
Whilst looking at awfully modified Azteks and Rendezvous' on Google Images, I stumbled upon the Buick Signia, of which I was already familiar with. But when I started to search further for said Signia, I came across these two concept cars: the Cadillac Voyage and Solitaire.

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I'm actually in love with both these designs, specifically the Voyage. If either one of these were actual production models I would definitely have to have it.
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Ah, GM Design under Chuck Jordan.

If I'm not mistaken, they were bestowed with V12s developed with assistance from Lotus.
 
Populuxe Cowboy
I like those both quite a bit. Here's an article about them. The Voyage was the four door and it's from 1988. AWD, 275 hp V8, 200 mph. The Solitaire is the coupe, it's from 1989, and used a 430 hp 6.6 liter V12 co-developed with Lotus.
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Ah, well I was half right. How long do you suppose something of that size would take to get to 200mph with 275hp?
 
1999 Quaife R4-GTS

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This was the first motor vehicle manufactured by Quaife, a British transmission company. It was powered by a 6.0L Ford V8 making 600hp, had AWD, and was mated to a 6-speed manual transmission made by Quaife.

It even raced, in GT1.



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