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

[RandomCarGuy17]

Yeah, I now know that there's a Mugen Prelude. Neat.

Also neat, is this Bluebird SSS-R

 

[CSMDuty11]

You know the Dacia, or Renault Logan.



Apparently it is good enough to warrant its own cup!

Theres even a Russian version! Which is basically rally in a Logan!

 

[Niku Driver HC]

You know the Dacia, or Renault Logan.



Apparently it is good enough to warrant its own cup!

Theres even a Russian version! Which is basically rally in a Logan!

Hey, if it can provide good racing, that's good enough. And since it's a one-make cup, I bet that the racing is wild...

 

[Heldenzeit]

Callaway sold a few rebodied Camaros under the name C8.

 

[Wiegert]

Looks like its nose was caught in a vacuum cleaner nozzle.

 

[RandomCarGuy17]

I get Callaway was trying to differ their modded Camaros from a normal one, but I'm pretty sure that's not the way to do it.

 

[Heldenzeit]

I think they were a bit more aerodynamically efficient, but they certainly aren't pretty.

 

[Tornado]

The early fourth generation Camaro already looked like it was three feet too long.

 

[Gotbeefboy564]

Saw the Calloway Camaro in person

 

[RandomCarGuy17]

The Twister Special Ford Mustangs. They were basically like what the Mustang GT/CS was; a Mustang specially designed for a certain town to gain sales. Specifically, the Twister & Twister 2 were both sold in Kansas City.
http://mustangs.about.com/od/faq/fl/What-is-a-Twister-Special-Mustang.htm

I found out about the Twister 2 in my Mustang "Buyer's Guide" book that tells me about Mustangs between 1979 and 2004.

EDIT: There was apparently another Twister Mustang made back in 2008.

 

[MatskiMonk]

Today I saw what I believe is this very car.. the Hustler "6", on account of its 6 wheels. It's underneath bits come from the mini, of a couple of mini's in the case of the 6 wheeler. Lots of versions available... not many sold...

This was another version

and this

If you have it in mind that it looks vaguely familiar, the same bloke did this...

 

[Nessy]

The Bulldog was awesome.

 

[The Vanishing Boy]

-> That Husler has no blindspots! Awesome!

 

[Liquid]

Date on my camera is wrong. I took some photos at a Mazda heritage centre and came across this:

Mazda RX-7 Group B Rally Car

10 shells were homologated in 1984; only one was actually used for rallying. It scored a best finish of 4th before the end of Group B in 1987. This particular car is a 2010-2012 restoration of one of the original shells and is believed to be the only example of this car left.

The bloke who ran this on the dyno said it produces an insane amount of power, but refused to disclose figures.

 

[The Vanishing Boy]

^ Rotary fans will have a field day with this!

 

[VXR]

That intake!

 

[R5]

For the 1996 Argentinan GP, they used a Renault Clio Williams as a safety car.

 

[RocZX]

1990-1993 Lister Corvette C4
There was only between 3-5 built(some place said there was 3 but other said there was 5) It was made to complete with Callaway.
It had a Vortech supercharger on a LT1 which made over 600hp. And do the 1/4 mile in 12.2 secs.

I can only find pics and videos for 3 of them ....

Only the yellow one has side pipes and the headrest, which is said to be from 1993.
The other says there are from 1992 for the red one and 1990 for the gray.

In this video the guy says that GM hired Lister to built the car as a concept for SEMA but there is no other place that says that..

 

[GTDriver1230]

Only discovered this when I was given a die cast model of it: the BMW Z11

Looking back at it, it really reminds me of the i3

 

[ProjectWHaT]

Fiat Abarth 2000

 

[The Vanishing Boy]

-> ...

Only discovered this when I was given a die cast model of it: the BMW Z11

Looking back at it, it really reminds me of the i3

^ I like this Bimmer EV. But my favorite concept BMW from the '90s was this one:

BMW Z21 / Just 4/2

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BT -> Since we're on the topic about Bimmers, I never knew BMW built a sexy version of the boxy 2002:

BMW 2002ti GT4 '69 & '70

LINK (Deutch)

 

[Tornado]

I'm not sure a tiny 60's miniskirt counts as a firesuit.

 

[TVR27]

1997 Porsche 911 GT1 (996) Road car

1995 Lotec C1000 Mercedes-Benz

1994 Schuppan 962CR Porsche

 

[RandomCarGuy17]

There's apparently a 190E AMG.

and a 300CE AMG

 

[RocZX]

300CE AMG

AKA the AMG Hammer!

 

[RandomCarGuy17]

AKA the AMG Hammer!

So this car is why AMG Mercs are called Hammers, interesting.

---
The Ford Mustang Zebra, I learned about it from "Get Smart".

 

[Liquid]

Brewster

Just doing some research on Rolls-Royce Ltd. led me to find out about Brewster, a United States luxury coachbuilder which lasted from 1896 until sometime in the 1930s. They were responsible for the coachwork on Rolls-Royce imports beginning in the 1920s but also made their own cars in some small numbers. This, the Brewster Coupe, was powered by a Ford V8.

The company didn't sell enough cars and the increasing influence of the dedicated Rolls-Royce America division led to its demise during the Depression. Funnily enough, RRA also folded during this time.

 

[Legro]

Brewster

Just doing some research on Rolls-Royce Ltd. led me to find out about Brewster, a United States luxury manufacturer which lasted from 1896 until sometime in the 1930s. They were responsible for the coachwork on Rolls-Royce imports beginning in the 1920s but also made their own cars in some small numbers. This, the Brewster Coupe, was powered by a Ford V8.

The company didn't sell enough cars and the increasing influence of the dedicated Rolls-Royce America division led to its demise during the Depression.

I knew about their aircraft division, which produced fighter planes in the early WW2 due to the success the Brewster Buffalo achieved in the hands of Finnish pilots against Soviet forces, but I had no idea the company made cars.

 

[Krandel018]

Barnard BTR7, a supercar from South Africa.

 

[keah24]

Rossi SixtySix