Have You Seen Any Interesting Cars On The Road Lately?

[lisa110rry]

More likely to be 40.... and a crate of chickens!

 

[Fastcar155]

A quick Google suggests Syston, Leicestershire.

Sorry about that !

 

[Darrell]

 

[AnnasMerc83]

Looks like someone in my area got a wee crimbo present for themselves!
Do love these ….

 

[Chrishazle]

Looks like someone in my area got a wee crimbo present for themselves!
Do love these ….

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Would love it even more as a convertible (decatable or whatever it's called!) but way north of my affordability range! Hade a CX Familiale diesel for many years and loved it, most comfortable car I've ever travelled in as driver (did 1k miles in 1 day!) or passenger, was fprced to sell it when wife found it a bit too wide for our country lanes near our then home in Crowhurst East Sussex.

 

[Darrell]

Looks like someone in my area got a wee crimbo present for themselves!
Do love these ….

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Love these and we saw a stunner outside a lovely villa in a little Greek village last summer.

 

[AnnasMerc83]

CX Familiale

I want!!!



Also have one of these up the road, and this is one spotted last year on my local high street.

 

[Swotty]

Would love it even more as a convertible (decatable or whatever it's called!) but way north of my affordability range! Hade a CX Familiale diesel for many years and loved it, most comfortable car I've ever travelled in as driver (did 1k miles in 1 day!) or passenger, was fprced to sell it when wife found it a bit too wide for our country lanes near our then home in Crowhurst East Sussex.

Décapotable.

 

[Darrell]

Outside Farringdon Stn.

 

[baxlin]

Needs a bit of attention to the paintwork, and the mirrors look a bit odd, but…

 

[SpikyMikey]

Needs a bit of attention to the paintwork, and the mirrors look a bit odd, but…
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I'm sure my Marina had a set of door mirrors like that.

 

[TeddyRuxpin]

My mini, too

 

[baxlin]

I'm sure my Marina had a set of door mirrors like that.

So did my Allegro, but not my Morris 1000. In fact I can’t recall previously seeing a Morris 1000 with door mirrors, they were always on the front wing, like this, (Google picture) hence my comment.

 

[SpikyMikey]

So did my Allegro, but not my Morris 1000. In fact I can’t recall previously seeing a Morris 1000 with door mirrors, they were always on the front wing, like this, (Google picture) hence my comment.View attachment 166567

Yes, proper wing mirrors is how I remember them too...my Grandfather had a Traveller with them

 

[ToeKnee]

S650 Maybach at the top of my road this morning, bloody long thing it is too!

 

[ALFAitalia]

Not actually seen.....but found on the net.....not pretty is it!

Mercedes Auto 2000​

"Launched as part of a government project in the late 1970s, the Auto 2000 aimed to improve fuel efficiency in large vehicles. It featured three test engines, including a 3.8-liter V8 with cylinder deactivation, a 3.3-liter twin-turbo diesel, and a gas turbine engine. The concept achieved a drag coefficient of 0.28, impressive even by today's standards. Its innovations paved the way for fuel-saving technologies in future Mercedes models."

 

[SpikyMikey]

Whilst out on our walk this morning a Trabant puttered past us.
We're still coughing...

 

[MikeInWimbledon]

Not actually seen.....but found on the net.....not pretty is it!

Mercedes Auto 2000​

"Launched as part of a government project in the late 1970s, the Auto 2000 aimed to improve fuel efficiency in large vehicles. It featured three test engines, including a 3.8-liter V8 with cylinder deactivation, a 3.3-liter twin-turbo diesel, and a gas turbine engine. The concept achieved a drag coefficient of 0.28, impressive even by today's standards. Its innovations paved the way for fuel-saving technologies in future Mercedes models."

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Which reminds me of Piech’s “three litre cars”

“ Piech put Volkswagen at the forefront of low fuel consumption vehicles using conventional engines. Its “three-litre” cars, the VW Lupo 3L and Audi A2 3L, still lead the industry, (three litre per 100 km, the Continental way of measuring fuel consumption, equal to 94 mpg).”

 

[MikeInWimbledon]

S650 Maybach at the top of my road this morning, bloody long thing it is too!

Did they ever make money out of the modern Maybachs?

 

[Teego]

Which reminds me of Piech’s “three litre cars”

“ Piech put Volkswagen at the forefront of low fuel consumption vehicles using conventional engines. Its “three-litre” cars, the VW Lupo 3L and Audi A2 3L, still lead the industry, (three litre per 100 km, the Continental way of measuring fuel consumption, equal to 94 mpg).”

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Which scared the crap out of other hot hatch makers who thought VW was about to launch a Golf with a 3 litre engine.