dugong
Posted a lot
One Of Us Will Live To Rue The Day We Met Each Other (Wire : 2008)
Posts: 3,292
|
|
Jan 17, 2009 14:12:09 GMT
|
Thats what its called! The Dome Zero that name has been bugging me for a while now! I'm still trying to remember a mitsubishi concept they did in the eighties, it was something like a HSU or something like that but I havent found the right combination yet! Oh and good call on the prodrive and isnt connaght a shipping company? Swinny, I think you're thinking of the HSR II Concept (aaargh). It's a playable car in GT4:   Right, if I may....  Aarrrgh.... half of these are concepts and \ or Group B Rally cars! I wouldn't class the Pantera as obscure, they nicked their aesthetic from Exhorder they were built in reasonable numbers and sold through American Ford dealers. Neither would I class the XJ220 or 300ZX as esoteric. They made 542 of the former amid a blaze of publicity, and while the latter Z32 is certainly a quick car (and can be tuned up to and beyond what's held as acceptable for a supercar) neither are minority cars. What I would class as unknown is stuff like the Spectre R42, Vector W8 \ W12 to some extent (even if Gerald Wiegert's shout is far more impressive than his output), the Yamaha OX 99-11, the Isdera 108i \ 112is (former Mercedes Concept that ended up in Spy Hunter), stuff that had, or would have had a production run were funds more forthcoming. Not stuff they made one of, displayed at a couple of shows and then put away. Stuff like the Nissan Mid 4 and OX99-11 I can accept are borderline. Have some gumph. Tramontana - has recently gone into limited production:  Jiotto Caspita - borderline supercar that was destined for production and great things but faltered when more production funds were needed.       |
| |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Jan 17, 2009 14:24:08 GMT
|
|
THAT WAS IT!!!! The HSR thank you!
|
| |
|
|
IDY
Part of things
Posts: 893
|
|
Jan 17, 2009 15:26:31 GMT
|
Right, if I may.... Aarrrgh.... half of these are concepts and \ or Group B Rally cars! I wouldn't class the Pantera as obscure, they nicked their aesthetic from Exhorder they were built in reasonable numbers and sold through American Ford dealers. Neither would I class the XJ220 or 300ZX as esoteric. They made 542 of the former amid a blaze of publicity, and while the latter Z32 is certainly a quick car (and can be tuned up to and beyond what's held as acceptable for a supercar) neither are minority cars. Agreed  was wondering if I should post I had major doubts about the XJ220 being call obscure as it was a poster car from my childhood. To me the shape of the XJ220 is still the perfect mix of muscular power and feline grace embodied in a car body shell probably comes from early imprinting caused by bedroom walls covered in pics of the thing ;D |
| |
Last Edit: Jan 17, 2009 15:27:25 GMT by IDY
I will get round to finishing it at some point
|
|
|
|
|
Jan 17, 2009 16:44:03 GMT
|
Adams Brothers M 505 Probe 16.  And the film this was in? |
| |
Nissan Laurel SOLD  BMW E34 Diesel SOLD Toyota Soarer 4.0 V8 SOLD Audi A4 1995 TDI SOLD Peugeot 205 1.9 TD SOLD Lexus IS300 SC |
|
|
|
|
Jan 17, 2009 19:34:00 GMT
|
As i feared a few too many well known supercars creeping in! Anyway, Trident Iceni 6.6 litre diesel(how da curse word do you fit a 6 .6 V8 into that!) 230MPH AND 70MPG   |
| |
|
|
|
|
Obscure supercarstourettesteddy
@GUEST
|
Jan 17, 2009 20:47:58 GMT
|
Adams Brothers M 505 Probe 16. And the film this was in? Stanley Kubricks Clockwork Orange  |
| |
|
|
|
|
|
Jan 17, 2009 21:18:44 GMT
|
|
They only built three of those
|
| |
|
|
awoo
Posted a lot
Posts: 1,507
|
|
Jan 17, 2009 21:47:48 GMT
|
|
|
| |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
 BITTER CD 1973-1979 This beautiful coupe was built on an Opel Diplomat floorplan shortened by 10 cms and stiffened. The mechanical components came from the same car which adopted GM America's small block V8 of 5354 cc. 395 were built, all with left hand drive and automatic transmission. The body fabrication, the construction of the interior and the assembly of these coupes was carried out to extremely high standards by Baur of Stuttgart. The high level of build quality is responsible for the large numbers still on the road. The performance figures are 0-62 mph in 9.6 secs with a top speed of 130 mph. Bhp is 230 and overall consumption is 16 mpg. Values in condition 1 and 2 are around £6,000 to £13,000.  BITTER SC 1981-1986 The stylish SC was built using the floorplan and mechanical components of the Opel Senator. Like the CD before it, the SC was designed by Erich Bitter with assistance from Opel's styling team. 450 SC's were built, including 21 cabriolets and 5 sedans. There are 30 SC's in the U.K. The majority are in the U.S. and Germany. Early cars built between 1981 and 1984 were fitted with the Senator's 180 bhp 3 litre fuel injected engine. In summer 1984 a longer stroke 3.9 litre version producing 210 bhp and 50% more torque was offered. Performance figures for the 3.9 in manual form was 0-60 mph in 7.4 secs and 140 mph. Overall consumption is 19 mpg. The value of 1985/1986 SC's in condition 1 and 2 range from £6,500 to £13,500. www.bitter-owners-club.com |
| |
Diehard wheel geek
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Aarrrgh.... half of these are concepts and \ or Group B Rally cars! Not stuff they made one of, displayed at a couple of shows and then put away. Ah I plead guilty m'lord, for I could not resist the temptation to show some proto wedge. I present to you the Schuppan 962CR.     |
| |
Last Edit: Jan 18, 2009 9:36:34 GMT by autoverse
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Jan 18, 2009 14:59:02 GMT
|
 It may look like an Elise but it is in fact the GT1 version |
| |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
CLK DTM  |
| |
|
|
Tim
Posted a lot
Posts: 3,340
|
|
Jan 19, 2009 12:55:24 GMT
|
Actually, speaking of TVRs, I think only ONE speed 12 made it to the road!  Always loved the bonkersness of these Yup  I've seen that on the road in Lyndhurst - presumably it had been at Beaulieu Its AWESOME |
| |
|
|
|
|
|
Jan 19, 2009 13:14:16 GMT
|
I've seen that on the road in Lyndhurst - presumably it had been at Beaulieu Its AWESOME Crieky, there's some rare cars lurking in the New Forest and not just in Beulieu. |
| |
|
|
|
|
dugong
Posted a lot
One Of Us Will Live To Rue The Day We Met Each Other (Wire : 2008)
Posts: 3,292
|
|
Jan 19, 2009 15:20:02 GMT
|
It may look like an Elise but it is in fact the GT1 version Hurrah for NFS 2, many an hour of my misspent youth spent on it. |
| |
|
|
|
|
|
Jan 19, 2009 23:00:46 GMT
|
|
Whats NFS 2?
I got this from Gran turismo 2 and most of the ones I've put up are from 2 or 4 lol
|
| |
|
|
lae
Posted a lot
Posts: 1,045
|
Obscure supercarslae
@frinkmakesyouthink
|
Jan 19, 2009 23:33:54 GMT
|
|
Need For Speed 2, early 1990s?
Does anyone remember when they had Ridge Racer in arcades and you actually sat in a Eunos Roadster, and the pedals and dials worked and everything? Every time we went to visit family I made my stepdad take me to Dreamland to have a go on the thing, it must have cost him a fortune.
|
| |
Currently:
Mk1 Focus blandmobile
Formerly:
1969 MG Midget
1972 Avenger GT
1981 Datsun Cherry
1989 Corolla
1979 Mercedes W123 200D
1995 Ford Falcon
1996 Ford Telstar (bet you had to google that one)
|
|
mk14dr
Yorkshire and The Humber
Posts: 4,472
Club RR Member Number: 85
|
Obscure supercarsmk14dr
@mk14dr
Club Retro Rides Member 85
|
|
|
It may look like an Elise but it is in fact the GT1 version Hurrah for NFS 2, many an hour of my misspent youth spent on it. Ive still got NFS 2 SE for the PC at home. Ive got the list of codes so you can drive the cars that usually make up the traffic too D |
| |
|
|
Zapp Brannigan
Part of things
She's built like a steakhouse but she handles like a bistro!
Posts: 423
|
|
|
|
What's the blue car in the background of this pic? Looks quite sweet!  |
| |
|
|
|
|
was wondering if I should post I had major doubts about the XJ220 being call obscure as it was a poster car from my childhood. To me the shape of the XJ220 is still the perfect mix of muscular power and feline grace embodied in a car body shell 
