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

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I went to North Adams Motorama 3 days ago, and I came across this which was pretty new to me.
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It's a SnoCoupe but IDK much more about it.
 
Yup, I learned about this car's existence in high school when I saw what I thought was a WR Blue Forester STI. It had a STI bodykit and everything.
Though, it was most likely a replica as I don't think we ever got it. Mainly because America doesn't like fun.
 
Yup, I learned about this car's existence in high school when I saw what I thought was a WR Blue Forester STI. It had a STI bodykit and everything.
Though, it was most likely a replica as I don't think we ever got it. Mainly because America doesn't like fun.
Yep, America never got any generation of the Forester STI sadly.
 
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Red one is a third generation 323 wagon, then a TA22, TE26 Corolla - third pic is a KP Starlet (white), I forget what the red car is.
Red car is a Toyota Corolla (E52) liftback. A friend of mine owned one back in the '80s. They were popular.
 
Both the original answer and the response are a little confusing because I see no fewer than two "red ones".

:P

Assuming there are just two, as I suspect, the red one that doesn't have "TOYOTA" across the top of the windshield is a late '70s 323 hatchback rather than wagon. I actually kinda like those things.
 
Both the original answer and the response are a little confusing because I see no fewer than two "red ones".

:P

Assuming there are just two, as I suspect, the red one that doesn't have "TOYOTA" across the top of the windshield is a late '70s 323 hatchback rather than wagon. I actually kinda like those things.
To put them in correct order, from left to right, they are:
Toyota Corolla (TE28) wagon (yellow)
Toyota Celica (TA22) liftback (brown)
Mazda 323 (red)
Toyota Corolla (E120) (black)
Toyota Corolla (E52) liftback (red)
Toyota Starlet (KP61) (white)
 
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You have bested me, good sir, and I admit my defeat humbly. Also I'll update my post.
Heh...no biggie. Actually until I found an actual wagon from that generation, I was crossing my fingers Mazda themselves didn't refer to the two-door hatch as a wagon. My one bit of saving grace was an old neighbor who had both a [decent] hatch and a [beater] sedan, the latter of which was noticeably longer.

But hey, that Chrysler CL ute you posted elsewhere is new to me.

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Edit: Okay, so I got a bug up my butt and went looking for the three-box Mazda 323/GLC sedan that shared the aforementioned hatchback and wagon platform, curious what the actual wheelbase difference was, and it turns out there isn't one. There was a 5-door hatch similar to Volkswagen Golfs at the time, and a two-door wagon, but nothing with a proper trunk hanging off the back.

Now I want to know what that neighbor's other car was, because it looked similar enough that I just assumed it was a different version of the same car.

And for what it's worth, it seems there is no wheelbase difference between that generation 323's variants; they all share the same 91" span between hubs with slight differences in overall length.
 
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I think I did pretty well. I was looking on my cellphone after drinking the last two days. :lol:

It's helped by the fact that I know someone that owns one of the frog eye wagons - I completely forgot about there being a hatch.

Then with the Starlet, it was the very first rotary I got a ride in.
 
Volkswagen's Stone Blue looks fantastic, even though it's only offered on the Tiguan.
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Thanks to this post, I never knew there was a LWB Tiguan. I was looking at that image and thinking what's going on with the angle of that image because the Tiguan doesn't usually look like that!
 
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Thanks to this post, I never knew there was a LWB Tiguan. I was looking at that image and thinking what's going on with the angle of that image because the Tiguan doesn't usually look like that!

North America got only the LWB version as....I guess we're "bigger."
 
North America got only the LWB version as....I guess we're "bigger."
I think that’s going to be the standard fare from now on. In the US, Volkswagen will primarily offer US-market specific vehicles which will not be offered in Europe. The NMS Passat, Jetta, and Tiguan are all unavailable in Europe.
 
I think that’s going to be the standard fare from now on. In the US, Volkswagen will primarily offer US-market specific vehicles which will not be offered in Europe. The NMS Passat, Jetta, and Tiguan are all unavailable in Europe.

The Tiguan LWB is offered in mainland Europe, according to the Wikipedia article I checked. However, you can keep that Jetta, it's not a looker.
 
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Hyundai came a long way.
Arguable :P
Personally I would prefer the small, rwd looking sedan over the Elantra lol.
One day everyone will switch back to everything RWD (in my dreams).

But hey, the next GT86 will share platforms with the Prius and the next Mustang with the Ford Explorer, maybe the day will come.
 
Just learnt of these two interesting vehicles by Apal, a small Belgian sports car marque:

1968 Apal Horizon GT, A fibreglass GT made by Application Polystere Armé Liege S.p.r.l in Blégny-Trembleur, Belgium with a 95hp, 1,565cc flat-4 engine from a VW Beetle placed in a mid-rear position. A total of ten were made.



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1984 Apal Francorchamps. Using engines and other components from the Mercedes W201 and developed together with an American company with the aim of selling the car in the US. Currency fluctuations meant the project became uneconomic and was abandoned after 2 prototype were built.



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