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

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TexRex
I love the surrounding sheetmetal, the wake generated by the figure swimming through the hood
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Or someone dropped it out of a window and that is where it landed.
 
TexRex
One of many, Colani is prolific--if eccentric.

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There's a Ferrari Testarossa under that one somewhere, if you can believe it--with gold-plated intake manifolds to boot. :lol:

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I learned of that blue "bugger" in the late 90s as I was getting into air-cooled Volkswagens, there's a Type 3 pancake boxer in back.

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Try not to cringe, that one was a Miura...fresh off the showroom floor.

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Saw a video of her slinking into and out of that one---would be nice to have that (the video, I mean).

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Bet you can't guess what that was. :p (Kidding!)

So yeah, prolific. ;)
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Maan, those Colanis are ugly.
 
Danny
That time Bertone had a crack at a BMW.

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...and it's weirdly gorgeous.
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That's really neat. So funky looking. I like it. Didn't know it existed, thanks for sharing.
 
Two cool cars I just found out about after looking through the Did You See Anything Good Today thread.
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Subaru Forester STI Type M
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Saleen S121 N2O (tuned Ford Focus).
 
Hah, I hadn't noticed what I'm guessing is Mark 2 Mondeo lights and grille on it. Works so naturally with it.
 
Because it would have been more expensive to build and sell, and at the time they didn't really need to. The refreshed one in 2004 (and later, the heavily restyled on in 2008) were both good enough since they didn't have any serious domestic competition anyway.
 
and because of costs; no Focus ST or RS for the US until now. :grumpy:
I hate economics!
 
Mitsubishi made a full size car called the Proudia, then sold it to Hyundai for the 1st gen Equus in 1999.
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Now Mitsubishi uses the Nissan Fugu for this nameplate.
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Found out about this Citroen while looking through the Suggestion threads. Most European members will know about it, though. It's the Citroen C3 1.6V Exclusive '09.
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Tyger
AC 378 GT Zagato





Nice of Zagato to work on a car from what is a very small company nowadays. Do want.
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I already know that car...

... since yesterday :sly:
 
The87Dodge
Found out about this Citroen while looking through the Suggestion threads. Most European members will know about it, though. It's the Citroen C3 1.6V Exclusive '09.
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You'd like the "Goddess" DS3, also very popular here. And, for a Citroen, not a bad car... the first I've liked since my Visa :D
 
Doog
Apparently there's a company in Brazil that will turn your Ford F250 into... a sedan, with some help from the Focus parts bin.

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Oh for **** sake.

Also. @RocZX I saw some like that too around Peruibe, where I live. They're rare though.

Well, speaking of my country and me that I shared a Chevrolet Veraneio before, might aswell contribute with another car you guys had no clue.

A Gurgel SUV/Jeep of sorts, as a kid, I was in love with this thing.
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It seems that I don't know half the stuff that Pininfarina has done for Ferrari. Case in the proverbial point;

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The Ferrari Pinin. And yes, your eyes don't deceive you; that is indeed a four-door Ferrari saloon. Sadly, it didn't get past the concept stage of its life, despite being a rather well-executed design made to celebrate the 50th anniversary of Pininfarina. Engine-wise, it's packing a flat-12 engine that matches the one used in the 512BB and the original Testarossa, and it's carrying a 5-speed manual for that extra good driving feeling.

Why did I hear about this now? Because it's going up for sale... again after a botched auction, in fact. Does anyone have a spare $795.000 that I can borrow?
 
^ Awesome find! Yamaha built these cars other than the science experiment OX99-11! 👍
 
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