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Old 02-06-2008   #1 (Post Link)
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What Car is this??

I thought I could name pretty much any car on the market but it's a funny old place Dubai...came across this at a dealers the other day:


What is it!!

PS I do know now but who else does!!
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Old 02-06-2008   #2 (Post Link)
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Any hint Matt?
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Old 02-06-2008   #3 (Post Link)
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Mitsuoka Galue
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is it an Austin? like an 8 or something?
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Re: What Car is this??

my default response for 'what the hell is this' threads is

a Bristol? they are always weird looking things
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Originally Posted by jabberwocky View Post
my default response for 'what the hell is this' threads is

a Bristol? they are always weird looking things
Strange - that's what I thought, except the grill is all wrong.

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An Alvis? Maybe the TD21??
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An Alvis? Maybe the TD21??
Think it was a coupe only.
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This was the model I was thinking of...

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It's similar.....

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It looks like a cut and shut! Possibly Jag front end and RR back end?
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Some Indian POS like a Tata

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Some Indian POS like a Tata
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An older Merc (like a W123? Never could remember their numbering system) with a nose and tail stuck on to dress it up as soemthing it is not?
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Mitsuoka Galue
very impressed..
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How did you guess alfaholic???
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How did you guess alfaholic???
no guessing involved BF
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Well done! I've never even heard of the brand. Is it Japanese, Chinese, what? And when was it made...surely not in the last 10 years?
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They are almost as bad as the Viewt.......a MK2 Jag wannabee based on the ...er...Micra?!?!?
http://www.channel4.com/4car/media/M...iewt-f3q-a.jpg
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Well done! I've never even heard of the brand. Is it Japanese, Chinese, what? And when was it made...surely not in the last 10 years?
Japanese, check out the website - Welcome to Mitsuoka


Have to say there is a wierd sort of appeal about them....
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Ahh! I've seen these before! The Orochi is quite hideous.
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