Have You Seen Any Interesting Cars On The Road Lately?

[nyssa7]

View attachment 155751I saw this on Facebook.

On display at the British Motor Museum

 

[Bellow]

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Those two marques share a feature unique to them.

 

[SpikyMikey]

Those two marques share a feature unique to them.

A technical feature on the vehicles?

 

[Bellow]

A technical feature on the vehicles?

Yep.

 

[SpikyMikey]

Yep.

I was going to say twin tanks, but I guess some American stuff had those.
May's heads?

 

[Bellow]

I was going to say twin tanks, but I guess some American stuff had those.
May's heads?

I'll give you a clue - seeing as you mentioned American.
This is somewhat tenuous but, my LHD Chevy is similar - though not identical - in this. As are the majority of modern day LHD cars.

 

[Darrell]

On display at the British Motor Museum

Thanks. Stunning car.

 

[GP801]

Whilst out cycling today I saw a white Honda NSX. The latest style. It was on a 16 plate but apparently they weren’t sold in Europe until 2017. It was immaculate.

 

[SpikyMikey]

I'll give you a clue - seeing as you mentioned American.
This is somewhat tenuous but, my LHD Chevy is similar - though not identical - in this. As are the majority of modern day LHD cars.

Do tell.......

 

[Bellow]

Do tell.......

Smart and Saab both configured their ignition locks as transmission - not steering - locks and located them centrally between the front seats.
The Chevy being LHD also has its key centrally positioned (ie, away from any door) and has in common with the smart no accessory position behind the run position. The Chevy's is at the other end (insert key and turn counter clockwise), the smart's absent altogether. Strangely, looking at the Saab pic - it seems to be the same as the smart.

 

[SpikyMikey]

Smart and Saab both configured their ignition locks as transmission - not steering - locks and located them centrally between the front seats.
The Chevy being LHD also has its key centrally positioned (ie, away from any door) and has in common with the smart no accessory position behind the run position. The Chevy's is at the other end (insert key and turn counter clockwise), the smart's absent altogether. Strangely, looking at the Saab pic - it seems to be the same as the smart.

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Aah, I hadn't read your post correctly; I thought you were referring to Jag/Daimler.
I remember that on the Saab 900 Mrs S's uncle had; you had to select reverse to withdraw the key.

 

[Chrishazle]

View attachment 155751I saw this on Facebook.

Had to use Google to identify this lovely car :

Jaguar Daimler Heritage Trust

Where the Legend Comes to Life

www.jaguarheritage.com

 

[Darrell]

Had to use Google to identify this lovely car :

Jaguar Daimler Heritage Trust

Where the Legend Comes to Life

www.jaguarheritage.com

Jaguar missed a golden opportunity there.

 

[Darrell]

Aah, I hadn't read your post correctly; I thought you were referring to Jag/Daimler.
I remember that on the Saab 900 Mrs S's uncle had; you had to select reverse to withdraw the key.

Same.

 

[Darrell]

Whilst out cycling today I saw a white Honda NSX. The latest style. It was on a 16 plate but apparently they weren’t sold in Europe until 2017. It was immaculate.

There’s a clip of film floating about on YouTube with Ayrton Senna driving a white NSX.

 

[SpikyMikey]

Jaguar missed a golden opportunity there.

It is a beautifully proportioned car.

 

[ToeKnee]

Saw a MK1 MR2 yesterday, forgot how small they are.

 

[Bellow]

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I remember that on the Saab 900 Mrs S's uncle had; you had to select reverse to withdraw the key.

The smart was the same. More than one forgot to stick the key in and release reverse before towing behind a motorhome. An expensive way to find out that engines don't take kindly to being spun backwards at 20-30,000 rpm.

 

[Darrell]

Saw one of these at Chiswick Roundabout on my way home from work.
My dad briefly had a silver one in 1978.

 

[ChrisHGTV]

Seen a couple of interesting cars on our Tour de Scotland. Ultima GTR today and an old Alpina. Most people were taking photos of that fancy building behind the Alpina (in Edinburgh). I seemed to be the only one focussed on the car!