Hi guys!

I love to collect automotive articles on rare prototype or production cars that usually flies below everyone's radar. Quirky cars that manufacturer thought it was a good idea at the time. So I've decided to start a thread solely dedicated to weird cars that I found on the internet and share it to all you gearhead folks.

I've set up some rules on what the article should be:

1. The car has to be made or commissioned by the manufacturer. I may consider boutique coachbuilders, but not straight up slapping bodykits & call it a day by tuning companies.

2. Pictures must be accompanied with some information. Pictures have a thousand words but they have a thousand questions if there's no explanation behind it.

3. Information must be cited & credited to the original source. This is not a make believe thread.

I'll be doing the write-up based on the info I find in Google search. The frequency of article posting will be IRREGULAR at best due to rarity of the models. I do this whenever I'm free.

If you find any inaccuracies or grammatical error.



A new article will be up in a few hours or less.

1997 FERRARI F40 YAMAHA AMI




A chibi Ferrari F40....there's no other way to put it really. There aren't much information about it other than it was based on Daihatsu Mira/Opti & possibly sold exclusively in Japan. Yamaha may have heavy involvement in automotive industry but you'll almost never see Yamaha badge on a car anywhere.



So...what the hell is this thing?

Well...it's a front engined, front wheel drive 1997 Yamaha AMi that comes in Red or Black with 2 choice of 659cc engine either 12-valve 55ps or 6-valve 42ps. Apparently this car had a limited sales to 600 units only.



I don't know Japanese language, but I assumed that the car comes with 3 trims where the top of the line gets a quadpipe exhaust & white wheels as in the brochure while normal gets a single pipe exhaust & normal alloy wheels.



I don't whether it's a homage to Ferrari F40 or they're just being weird. Who knew.

http://www.autoevolution.com/news/yamaha-a...ery-49835.html#
http://www.banovsky.com/archive/yamaha-ami
https://www.gtplanet.net/forum/threads/you-....102203/page-44
http://minkara.carview.co.jp/en/userid/113.../blog/34882378/

Suzuki Swifter by Zender

- 1.3-litre, 101 hp Swift GTI
- Only 15 units made
- Debut in 1990

Then in 1991 came the Swift Sterling. Similar to the Swifter, but without the front windshield.

Listed price, back in 1991 was $17,000




Via suzukiswift.blog.hu

Sweet.

1982..or...1987 VOLVO 24...er...3?...Sedan...or Coupe...I don't know what to call this...




There are 2 stories to this, in which 1 of them sounds absurd & other probably made sense...i think.

Story 1

There was manufacturing error at Volvo's Belgium plant mixing 242 & 244 in which they ended up making 30 units of these hybrids. Since they were fully functional vehicles, Volvo thought it was a good idea to sell it to Estonia rather than turn it to waste.

Story 2

The owner of this particular car claimed that the cars were custom made specially for the Swedish Police force by the Volvo Special Vehicles division in very limited units. Assuming that the apprehended criminal has only one way access & prevent them from escaping the other door.

Whether there's some truth in it or not, I find the latter story made more sense than the 1st one.

http://jalopnik.com/5148730/ultra-rare-or-...w.google.com%2F
http://retrorides.proboards.com/thread/94167
http://forums.swedespeed.com/showthread.ph...er-The-1982-243

You can buy this brand new now! Nissan murano crosscabriolet



http://www.nissanusa.com/crossovers/murano-crosscabriolet

No reason for a suv roadster.. but yeah.

So this is where Hyundai got the inspiration for their Veloster.

nissan escargot..
it's took me months googling to find out what car i just saw..

1936 Mercedes Benz 170H



I know what you're thinking.

It's not a Volkswagen Beetle. It looks like a Volkswagen Beetle, but I'm telling you it's not a bloody Volkswagen Beetle. This car came out first 2 years before 1st Beetle did....ok Mr Porsche may have something to do with this during when he was working for Daimler in the 20s.



Headed by Hans Nibel, the Mercedes Benz 170H is the succesor of the unpopular Mercedes Benz 130 due to awkward handling thanks to extremely unbalance heavy rear axle. Now you would think the succesor have much needed improvement over the predecessor. It does...except for less trunk space & louder. Handling improved...slightly but it didn't help the sales.

The production ended in 1939.

http://www.dieselpunks.org/profiles/blogs/...e-77-rearengine
http://www.rmsothebys.com/lf13/london/lots...-saloon/1062322
http://www.carfolio.com/specifications/models/car/?car=85866

There were a few of these running around in KL in the 90's. Not sure about now though.

This car is real.

Totally not refuting that at all even though I posted a picture of a person holding a brochure & brochure contents.

Totally real.

This post has been edited by alpha0201: Sep 10 2015, 04:15 PM

1956 Volvo P1900 "Volvo Sport"



The 1956 Volvo P1900 isn't exactly Volvo proudest moment. The car was inspired by Chevrolet Corvette C1 when Assar Gabrielsson, former CEO & founder of Volvo went to USA & wanted to build something similar. The car construction were basically fiberglass body, tublar steel chassis & parts from Volvo PV444.

During the prototype testing, the car suffers quality build issues, ranging from cracked body, heavy vibrations, fluttering hood, water seeping into the trunk, premature brake fade...etc. Before the car even completed it's testing, the car were sold to the public as it was with little modification in later production that doesn't address the issue.

Then later when Gunnar Engellau took over Assar Gabrielsson's position, he took delivery of the car and took it for a drive. When he came back, he immediately ceased the P1900 production. He said, “The car vibrated so much that I thought the doors would fall off.”

Only 68 Volvo P1900 were built. On the bright side they started the P1800 development & end up becoming Volvo successful model.




http://www.volvoadventures.com/1900.html
https://www.motorbase.com/vehicle/profile/volvo-p1900/
http://oppositelock.kinja.com/cars-you-did...w.google.com%2F

My gawd! That F40 almost killed me.

Hahaha. But the car in the brochure is not the car that is standing there... for example the complete front end is different, the area after the B pillar is different (window...). Maybe it is a replica?

@xemoboyx: Well, they are now making a Range Rover Evoque cabriolet... soooooo...

Some models by Ligier... they are Microcars, limited to 45 km/h, no safety, no need for driving license (so they are basically driven by rich kids, people who never made a driving license and can't be bothered/are unable to make one or drunks who lost their driving license). Noisy, stinking piles of **** hogging roads and causing dangerous situations all over Europe. They have something like 6 hp, 2 cylinder engines (diesel or petrol), ...


Their designer saw an Opel Adam.


Their designer saw a Daewoo Matiz.


Their designer saw an Opel Tigra or Renault Wind.


Their designer saw a Fiat 500.

For some odd reason Ligier also makes proper racing cars... well, that's how they started AFAIK, before they discovered pathetic excuses on 4 wheels made money.

There is also Aixam, which does similar cars.


Their designer saw a Renault Twingo.


Their designer saw a Suzuki Swift.


Their designer saw a Suzuki... er... Splash? Also sold as Opel Agila.

There are more manufacturers... couldn't be bothered to look up who made these:


Their designer saw a Kia Soul and a Mini.

Oh, and if you were wondering what happens when a microcar meets even a very cheap, old and small Renault:


And if you are now wondering, how much do these things cost:
Well, this one is 13000 Euro... a decently equipped Fiat 500, itself not a cheap car, costs about as much. Or you could have a C segment Seat Leon, though it will be rather empty. A Kia Picanto can be had for 7000... 2 Picanto, one microcar. Resale value of these things is AFAIK barely there, either. Doing a driving license is maybe at most 2000 Euro? Basically you need to have a REALLY good reason why you won't just make a driving license and get a proper car, that rides better, drives better, is a lot faster, much more comfortable and less noisy, much safer, ... and that is you aren't allowed to make a proper driving license, are unable to pass (say you can't read, are virtually blind, ...) or are banned from driving.

It does come in multiple trims and 2 engine options. Plus the car being a replica is a bit far fetched for what it is.

Usually Japanese cars that are sold in their home country has pretty amazing or sometimes insane customization options directly from the manufacturer.

good tered. keep em kambing

1942 L'Oeuf Electrique



L'Oeuf Electrique, which is in French, The Electric Egg built by French industrial designer Paul Arzen, is an electric powered (later petrol powered) car. The car is masterfully hand crafted aluminium body & plexi glass.



At the time, France was occupied by Nazi. They imposed restriction on fuel in order to supply for their army in which petrol weren't available for civilian use. So Arzen installed an electric motor & lots of batteries, bringing the weight to 300++kg from the initial weight of 60kg. The car was capable of travelling up to 100km in range, with a top speed up to 70kph.



Then later after the war, he replaced the electric motor with a Peugeot sourced 5.5hp 125cc engine. I wasn't able to find a solid info on the range & weight of the car after removing those batteries. I'm gonna assume the car is whole lot lighter than 300++kg.



The survived today & appeared in many exhibitions & museums around the world in original unrestored condition.



http://www.carstyling.ru/en/entry/Paul_Arz...gg/images/7641/
http://www.mister-cars.com/Article/Arzens-...ubble-Car/1272/
http://jalopnik.com/the-amazing-electric-e...w.google.com%2F
http://losorigenes.net/marcas/arzens/arzens.html
http://www.evdl.org/archive/index.html#nabble-td4675345
http://www.arts-et-metiers.net/musee/loeuf...-de-paul-arzens

Really strange-looking MPV - this Fiat Multipla one of the rare 6-seater vehicles, with three in the front (in addition to the three backseats), together with the Honda Edix I used to drive.



This post has been edited by THTgadgets.com: Sep 11 2015, 09:34 AM

Can the cars of Sultan of Brunei be considered?

Something like this




Most probably one off cars anyways.

Looks like a 350z banged into a rolls.

This post has been edited by nm7: Sep 11 2015, 10:31 AM

Yes, Sultan Brunei 's car can be considered. But the car isn't belong to Sultan Brunei.

That car is (was) owned by some rich british build by Mumbai based design firm, DC Design. I'm not even sure if Rolls Royce themselves have any involvement.

1958 Sir Vival



Walter C. Jerome had a vision. To create a vehicle that would be a pioneer in innovation in vehicle safety technology. Unfortunately, his vision doesn't goes beyond tasteful appearance. The car seems to match the name which sound like a bad pun.

Sir Vival. Get it?...no...ok....



Hold on!

Before you judge the car by its look, this car has pretty clever engineering.



Having 2 seperate sections looks very odd, but in the case of frontal collision, the car would split apart, leaving passensers & drive with lower risk of injury & let the front section absorb the kinetic energy. 360 glass to ensure maximum visibility for the driver & a whole lot more safety innvation that you can view them in the link below.



The car was presented in couple of high profile world fair & appeared in magazines such as Motor Trend, Mechanix Illustration & Life magazine. Unfortunately, the look doesn't really help convincing people to buy one & the fact it cost $10,000. That's a lot of moolah in the 50s for a car.

That's pretty much killed his dream.

http://justacarguy.blogspot.my/2010/12/try...me-strange.html
http://autoweek.com/article/car-life/meet-...ar-future-wasnt

1969 Mercedes-Benz 300 SEL 6.3 Pininfarina Coupe



I'm sure you're wondering why this car is in this thread. It doesn't look weird at all. You're right. It doesn't. But the car have a weird history.

You see, neither Mercedes Benz nor Pininfarina wanted to acknowledge this car's existence. What the hell happen?



An anonymous Dutch customer wanted a coupe version of the Mercedes-Benz 300 SEL 6.3. Mercedes Benz declined his request. He purchased the sedan & sent it to Pininfarina design facility in Turin. Wheelbase and overall length remain unchanged while body receive extensive redesign. The end result is brilliant.



The owner of course, loved it. Same cannot be said with the rest of his family because the car make them sick due to oddly placed ventilation system where the exhaust fume entered the cabin. No one in the family wanted to inherit the car, so it was sold.

Now back to why both Mercedes Benz Pininfarina ignored this car. It's quite understandable why Mercedes Benz did what they did as they don't do special one-off vehicle for customer. As for Pininfarina, this get very interesting.

Pininfarina had a contract with Rolls Royce to produce the Carmague Coupe which later released in 1975. What does it have to do with the Mercedes Benz that they did?




The styling of the Carmaque Coupe has remarkable similarity with the Mercedes Benz. I think I can see why they swept it under the rug.

http://jalopnik.com/pininfarina-and-merced...kqnbJxnyozIeA.2
http://www.mercedesheritage.com/2013/07/on...ininfarina-6-3/
https://drive-my.com/en/test-drive/item/176...rina-coupe.html

That 300 SEL looks awesome. Even better than the Rolls.

200? Lada 2107M Classic 2



I'm not sure whether you remember the Lada Riva/Lada Nova/VAZ-2107 (Pic below). It is one of the longest production run vehicle along side with the VW Beetle & still in production in Egypt.



The car was spotted in Lada's Warehouse somewhere in Russia. I don't have any details about this car, apart from Lada had the intention to remodernize their ancient relic of the Soviet Union to remind the people that this car will drive you to the glorious future of the Father Land...ok that made no sense...sorry.



I'm not entire sure if Lada ever going to put it into production. I kinda like it to be honest.

http://englishrussia.com/2007/02/26/new-lada/
http://club.caradisiac.com/whealer/speedst...pt-5413181.html
http://www.retrothing.com/2007/02/a_classic_lada_.html

Keep it going. Nice thread

nice thread

more please........................

satria cariolet anyone?

1956 Fuldamobil S-6



This german squee-mobile originally designed by Norbert Stevenson, a freelance newspaper journalist who took just one semester in mechanical engineering degree to avoid being drafted back to the front line of Nazi army. He approach couple of company to present his automotive designs, but none of them accepted him. You have to remember that a lot of people trying to get back on their feet after the devestation of war.



His cousin, Karl Schmitt, a wealthy Bosch wholesaler, saw this opportunity to sell cheap motorised vehicle. Most of his wealth acquired from the massive electric generator sales & maintenance for the allied forces that was stationed in Germany. So they immediately began to fine tune the vehicle design.



Schmitt, being a businessman, need to reduce hand labour time, approached Vereinigte Deutsche Metallwerke (VDM) specialised in metal work for aluminium panels with a simple criteria, "as long as they're round, curved shapes".

The Fuldamobil S-6 sits 2 person powered by 10hp single cylinder 2 stroke engine that can propel up to 80kph. The earlier prototype had chassis made out of wood then later tubular steel.



There were 123 units built with most of them built under license around the world.

http://microcarmuseum.com/tour/fuldamobils-6.html
http://www.3wheelers.com/fuldam.html
http://www.banovsky.com/archive/fuldamobil
http://oppositelock.kinja.com/fuldamobil-m...orld-1663057653

moar please

1995 Mitsubishi Chariot Resort Runner GT



This little know limited production MPV is powered by Mitsubishi Lancer Evo 3 powertrain detuned to 230ps made exclusively for Japanese market. I have no additional info on this particular vehicle. The only thing I know, the russian seems to be pretty fond of this MPV.

Evo powered MPV? Why not? It's fun to share midlife crisis with your family.

http://www.mitsubishi-chariot.info/specs/1...gh_roof_modif2/
http://www.automobile-catalog.com/car/1995..._runner_gt.html

'

maybe the russian like 4wd mpv for traction driving in snow
just maybe

1932 Helicron



Built in France after the 1st world war, whoever build this thought being powered by a propeller is the most efficient way to move around. Since there were an abundance of airplane engines, why not.



There is only one in its existence which was found in a barn. The car is restored from the ground up, except for the engine. Since there are no info on what engine was used to power the properller, they used an engine from a Citroen GS.



Oddly enough this car passed its saftety inspection & totally road legal. You are certainly don't want to be in-front of this vehicle.

http://www.lanemotormuseum.org/collection/...m/helicron-1932
http://www.conceptcarz.com/vehicle/z11262/Helicron-No-1.aspx

1970 l’Automodule aka Pussycar Automodule



Oh France. You & your quirky cars. Plus it's called Pussycar. Designed by Jean Pierre Ponthieu, this vehicle is built specifically for advertising purpose. Powered by a unknown 2 stroke 250cc engine & capable of travelling up to 45kph.



The vehicle is drivable of course but it can perform tricks, such as making the car rotate in circles, driving sideways & doing wheelies with its rather complex hydraulic system.




http://jalopnik.com/5506420/in-the-future-...l-pull-wheelies
http://www.slightlywarped.com/crapfactory/...uly/pssycar.htm
http://one360.eu/blog/archives/2346

What's the pedestrian safety rating for this thing?

absorb impact literally. 5/5 star NCAP.

Would do it again.

1923 Persu Streamliner



Developed by Romanian engineer, Aurel Persu, was considered one of the earliest streamlined vehicle ever built (German had dibs with Rumpler Tropfenwagen the 1st streamline vehicle but that'll be in another article).

Persu spent huge chunk of his life researching the aerodynamic shape of a vehicle before he settled with rain drop shape in which he believed to be the least air resistance shape of all. So he opted to build a rain drop shaped vehicle.



He described his vehicle as “Aerodynamically-shaped automobile with the wheels mounted inside the aerodynamic body”, which was interesting because at the time, every other vehicle wheels were either exposed or covered with bicycle fenders.



Persu obtained patent application for his vehicle design in 1924 by the German government. Note that he build this vehicle out of in his own pocket & help from couple of engineers most notably Ferdinand Porsche by providing 1.4L 20ps engine.

To put his creation to the test, he drove back & forth between Germany & Romania over the years with mileage of about 120,000km with the top speed of 80kph.



Of course, this attract a lot of attention from large manufacturers whom they approached him to buy his patent. Persu didn't think they would most likely put them into mass production, so he decided to turn it down.




Now the vehicle is remained for public viewing in Romanian Dimitrie Leonida Technical Museum in Bucharest, Romania unrestored.

http://www.dwrenched.com/2014/03/dwrenched-special.html
http://www.autoevolution.com/news/persu-th...-car-31151.html
http://www.diseno-art.com/news_content/201...su-streamliner/

there is a few unit of volvo 262 in malaysia

I couldn't tell the difference between 242 & 262.

I've seen 262c though, with its odd low roof. Gold colour driving around Kota Kinabalu.

volvo 262 is design by bertone for volvo, 262 roof a bit lower n look more sporty compare with 242 (just like normal 244 but missing 2door).
is rare and collecter item now, last two month there is one unit for sales n sold in les than 24hr.... cry

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.

this

volvo 480

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

Looks weird IMO even though I like the c pillar.

this ?

the humpback is unmistakable from a chrysler crossfire, the one you posted should be a heavily custom one.


a stock crossfire

more?

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

There's at least one in Selangor/kl, was on sale some time back.... I like these things... What is it doing in a thread on 'wierd cars'

this : sold in 1 day

ahh yes.. that unit... i didnt know it was sold, i saw the add there for a while haha

cause me,my friend all called up, once he put it on sales
but .... aiss ....

wow you really like classic cars....

might i ask how old are you?? might need advice from classic car restorers soon hehe

**i ask cause.... i notice, not many younger fellas like these old classics**

This post has been edited by lsm1991: Apr 28 2016, 12:09 PM

older than my car
43 d lo ..... only those direct handling n unique design can draw my attention ... (new car can't afford la)

old but gold mah.. mechanical stuff... sometimes simpler and easier to deal with... only thing is... my god some parts are a pain to find....

**and rust.... thats one of the things i fear to death**

This post has been edited by lsm1991: Apr 28 2016, 12:30 PM

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

old car some time can make some profit no like new car, once register confirm lose money d

agreed!! thats also why i bought an old car! but not everyone can do this... some ppl memang xtau jaga kereta... older cars, you have to spend some time to layan it if it merajuk

about its value, it really depends lah hehe u can make $ if the car is really nice + you are willing to put in effort to maintain/rebuild it

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/

1968 QUASAR UNIPOWER


Attached thumbnail(s)

Interesting I'm gonna look it up.

more like a golf course buggy than a proper car

wow they made a sports car??

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

Any car that's lowered and ridiculously expensive. Sure it's a wonderful sight to be seen but if I am the driver I'd be cursing more than enjoying the eye fap fest. "Damn those indescribable monkey supporters who couldn't even comprehend what is 700hp"

wat?

What is 700hp?

i think he replied to the wrong thread or something...

Wow!

Cannot be fully utilized in normal road condition. If you watched Veneno or any hypercar or hypecar unloading video that is, I can't imagine how sad the driver is being stuck in traffic or had a nightmare trying to get over a speedbump. They're just for show which received little to no consideration by town, road and transport planner. Spent millions but seems like wasted. Badly designed car posted in this thread sure fits the TS taste but Im on the other side even seeing an F430 on the road is wierd enough, especially if it's stuck behind following a myvi.

Just having another side of the perspective. Off topic maybe.

If I were to think about being wierd enough, it's Proton Tiara. Ultimate zusbag diplomatic gymnastics.

Or take three wheels Reliant Robin

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.

pls don't critics ....
i would love to tell you, driving a f430 is same like driving 3 serious coupe, ground clearance, viewing angle all is normal, is modern car, it build to drive, other than those exotics ......

Yep an f430 can be a dd and I take that you're talking with experience while I just sit and watch by the road and had a nice grin on my face seeing one or two negotiating a bump or had a funny feeling what they'll be up against when a group of supercars decided to use ungazetted road from Felda Aring, Gua Musang towards Kenyir Lake maybe. It's not specific really to 430 what I had in mind. Not every car is all rounder. Well needless to further this discussion becuase I think I've derailed from OP's intention.

Actually moderm car ground clearance is not that bad already ...