Only 262c is by bertone as you said, very rare. There's normal 262 as well.



Volvo model designation especially the 200 series, confuses me.

I've seen this on the road in Kota Kinabalu. Same colour.

Looks weird IMO even though I like the c pillar.

the same as your photo previously. completely stock from the looks of it.

Speaking of Volvo,

Here's anotherl Volvo that's designed by Italian coachbuilder rival.

1970 Volvo 3000 GTZ Zagato



Volvo was financially comfortable, thank to the critically acclaimed P1800 that sold well in Europe & USA. However, an Italian Volvo importer, Motauto wanted spice up their line-up something with sportier. So they assigned Fissore (a defunct Italian coachbuilder) to make a fastback variant of P1800 in which then presented at Turin Motorshow in 1965, hoping to impress Volvo so they would put it into production.



Volvo executives were like...yeah...but no....P1800 sell really well...so we're good.

Motauto weren't ready to give up. Zagato was brought in to design a much more edgier P1800. A new design & a worthy successor of the aging P1800 that would absolutely melt the hearts of Volvo executives at 1969 Turin Motoshow with the Volvo 2000 GTZ Zagato.



Volvo executives were like...yeah...ermm....no....P1800 still sell well...& its too expensive to end the production now...besides now family sedan is the shit now...so we're good.

Motauto weren't having it. Zagato wasted no time designed another one based on Volvo 164.





The result was a lighter, faster & more aerodynamic than its predecessor powered by 190hp 3.0L straight 6 with the top speed of 200kph which was later presented at 1970 Geneva Motorshow.

Predictably, Volvo weren't interested at all putting it into production. After all the rejection, Motauto gave up. The car was sold to an anonymous buyer on the spot at the Geneva Motorshow. There were rumours that there were 50 unit produce. We never know.

Decades later, a Swedish car collector snapped up the car. It is now waiting to be restored.




http://www.zagato-cars.com/contents/en-us/...GTZ_Zagato.html
https://ranwhenparked.net/2014/02/19/a-look...z-and-gtz-3000/
http://www.banovsky.com/archive/volvo-gtz-3000-by-zagato

This post has been edited by alpha0201: Apr 28 2016, 02:17 PM

1997 Mitsubishi Pajero Junior Flying Pug



Japan is no stranger in creating quirky looking things. Opinions usually split in the middle, either you love it or you want to rinse your eyes with bleach in hoping the pain would erase the memory of the the thing that you want to unsee.

Mitsubishi Pajero Junior sold in Japan domestic market which was based on stretch Minica chassis.



The styling is inspired by black London cab Austin FX4, but that doesn't explain where they get the inspiration on how "Flying Pug" name come about. Retro styling? Dog? I dunno.



Mitsubishi produced 3 special edition including this one, which was the final special edition in order to boost sales. Things did not go well at all. The sales of the vehicle dropped significantly from 13,934 units in 1997 to a pathetic 149 units in 1998. They were planning to produce 1,000 units of Flying Pug, unfortunately for them, the styling is unfavourable to the general public. Only 139 units were made.



http://www.banpei.net/2009/09/29/wtf-mitsu...o-jr-flying-pughttp://www.4xtoys.com/store/p12/1998_Mitsu...22_edition.html
http://onlymotors.com/picture-of-the-day-m...-jr-flying-pug/

Interesting I'm gonna look it up.

I think they only produce 1 sport car model. They mainly produce trucks.

1973 Chevrolet Corvette XP-897 GT



General Motors (GM) has been dabbling with the idea of mid-engined corvette for the longest time, but non of which were made into production. GM also tried their hands on rotary engine, in which they did put into production, but only as an option for 1974 Chevrolet Vega for not more than a year. Poor fuel economy & energy crisis at the time pretty much put GM's rotary engine on to the guillotine.



So, what's the deal with thing?

A car dealer whom only sell & service Corvettes exclusively in UK, Tom Falconer, received a phone call from a friend of his, Geoff Lawson, a Jaguar Design Chief, talking about the steel-bodied, rotary engined Corvette in Vauxhall office that was going in the crusher. Steel bodied Corvette were almost unheard off other than prototypes as production models bodies were made of resin, fibreglass, carbon fibre & some metals. Never a full steel body.

There were rumour that this particular car were lost in the fire in 1977 somewhere in California. I cannot confirm whether was the same spare or completely different prototype that was lost in the fire but the car was stored in the GM warehouse in UK after British Motorshow with all the drivetrain stripped.

Tom begged him not to destroy it. Geoff asked Chuck Jordan, GM Styling chief if he could give the car to Tom. Sure enough, Tom got the car. He put Vauxhall Cavalier drivetrain just to keep it running. Later in 1997 he replace the engine with a 13B Mazda engine & automatic gearbox of a Cadillac.



Originally, this mid-engined, steel bodied Corvette is designed by Pininfarina & powered by a 2-rotor Chevrolet Vega engine that was built on a modified Porsche 914 chassis. Bill Mitchell, GM Vice President Styling Department, who oversees all vehicle designs in GM stable hated the car very much. He hated the fact that he wasn't involved with the development of a 2 rotor Corvette & wasn't the Corvette he visioned. He requested that the car to be crushed. Lucky for Tom, the car was spared.




So, what was the car doing in Vauxhall office & why was it brought out from the warehouse?



Opel (basically the same Vauxhall, badge engineering & shit I'm not going to discuss) were working on a protoype called Opel GT-W that supposedly succeed the existing Opel GT used the XP-897 GT as a base. The car has little to none documentation, so I can't really explain anything about the car.



https://history.gmheritagecenter.com/wiki/i...orvette_2-Rotor
http://www.lotusespritturbo.com/Chevrolet_...te_XP-897GT.htm
http://www.corvettes.nl/gm_prototypes/xp897/
http://www.deansgarage.com/2009/2-rotor-corvette-artwork650/
http://gmauthority.com/blog/2014/10/mid-en...-rotor-concept/
http://www.corvettes.nl/News/files/840cefd...3499d28-32.html

This post has been edited by alpha0201: May 7 2016, 09:25 AM

wat?

It's just weird cars I found on the internet, man. Why go so deep?

This is not Condescending Cars I found On The Internet

The whole point of this thread is to share unusual car that we come across & the story behind it, whether it's brilliantly or badly designed.