This was once a curse word car.

[bl1300]

Following on from the curse word cars you wish you owned how about a thread about vehicles that are generally considered boring or even down right curse word, modified into something really cool and really special.

Seat Malaga.

My grandparents had one of these when I was little and yes it was terrible.



now how about a cool one I must admit I'm struggling a bit with this one so may get one at some point and fiddle with it.



And the much maligned Vauxhall Vectra.



see they can be cool this ones subtle but I like it



Morris Marina

I quite like them standard mind



but done like this yes please indeed.



:edit to remove huge pic

[Mystery Machine]

Surely any car can be transformed from curse word to 'sub zero' with the addition of one of these:

[Sinky]

Pulled up beside a mint Seat Malaga today. They Are nice

[PHUQ]

Couple of cool Marina estates owned by Kilroy in NZ, piccies are actually from the RR archive...





He's got a fleet of the things, mostly with the same treatment!

[xbo11ox]

Those malagas are reckoned extinct in the UK, I had one in about 1992 or 3, it was pretty crummy to be honest although nowadays i'd smash one HARD.

mcLOL at the Robin, i'd forgotten all about that!!! don't forget the chrome letters saying 'Barbara' or whatever.

[stealthstylz]

I know where there's a Malaga dunno what condition it'll be in now though. Can get details if needed bolleaux.

[xbo11ox]

I'd love to know more about a surviving Malaga!

[clougher95]

Jan 21, 2013 20:42:15 GMT xbo11ox said:

I'd love to know more about a surviving Malaga!

Saw this one last autumn, as you can tell though, French not a UK car
I thought it looked cool as anything 8)
Opposite it was what I thinkkk was a 504 coupe, something like that!

[fred]

Well for me it would be a Talbot Tagora
but try as I might I cant find a modded cool looking one....
perhaps it was one step too far for this motor!!

[crazymonkey]

is the seat malaga based on a fiat regata? I know fiat and seat shared cars (marbella-panda etc) and looks remarkably similar ;D

there was a fiat regata local to me but it went a while ago was tatty as hell, mismatched wheels, and badly painted 2 tone yet something about it made me want it.

[woodenspatulas]

And the much maligned Vauxhall Vectra.


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I love the fact my beloved Vectra is not only generally unloved, but my own pride and joy is a fetching brown colour too



not retro yet

[karlos01]

i remember seeing a crappy beige brown orange weird (this) coloured one of these rusty piles of curse word as a kid.

now though, i really want one and I'm not even remotely sure why

[woodenspatulas]

Jan 22, 2013 14:18:10 GMT karlos01 said:

I remember seeing a crappy beige brown orange weird (this) coloured one of these rusty piles of curse word as a kid.

now though, I really want one and I'm not even remotely sure why

ALWAYS WANTED ONE OF THESE!

even have the toy version somewhere.

[mitsuru]

How long will it be before the Chrysler Neon mk1 is considered cool, it gave it's DNA
to the PT cruiser (engine etc) and as there are fewer on the road each year as
people don't know about them they just ignore them and scrap them.

The Chrysler/Dodge Neon Mk1 was manufactured in 1994 for the 95 year market, so
probably went on sale in late 94.
(old photo of my previous Chrysler Neon mk1 (rip))

[buzby]

Jan 22, 2013 11:42:44 GMT crazymonkey said:

is the seat malaga based on a fiat regata? I know fiat and seat shared cars (marbella-panda etc) and looks remarkably similar ;D

there was a fiat regata local to me but it went a while ago was tatty as hell, mismatched wheels, and badly painted 2 tone yet something about it made me want it.

It can trace it's lineage back to the Fiat Ritmo/Strada (the doors are the giveaway):

Like most SEATs of the era, the Strada was licenced-produced in Spain by SEAT as the SEAT Ritmo between 1979 and 1982:


It was facelifted in 1982, becoming the SEAT Ronda:

The Malaga was a saloon derived from the Ronda, which first went on sale in 1985.

It mirrored what Fiat did with the Strada to produce the Regata, but they were actually totally separate developments from the same base car (SEAT having severed their ties with Fiat in 1982 following a financial dispute).

[orioncrazycarl]

I would say, the worse a car was a better retro it makes !sadly with the vectra, although awful, it will never be retro lol

[bl1300]

Jan 22, 2013 14:10:42 GMT woodenspatulas said:

And the much maligned Vauxhall Vectra.

I love the fact my beloved Vectra is not only generally unloved, but my own pride and joy is a fetching brown colour too

not retro yet

I thought it only fair to point out that when I posted that picture of a vectra I hadn't intended to picture the car of any member here just picked a random pic from google. No offence was intended but I apologise if I caused any.

[crazymonkey]

cheers buzby, I genuinely thought they were just rebadged but the same car.

[fred]

Never thought Vectras as curse word cars
OK not the icing on the automotive cake
but always thought of them as nay bad
the Matra Simca - Rancho?
Got a personal dislike for those, not the car My old French teacher had one
and he hated the be curse word outta me,
thus my dislike went to whatever he had
Gave me shivers when I saw that picture :-0

[AB car pix]

Stradas, Ritmos, Malagas and Matra Ranchos are curse word?! Sorry, my brain does not compute this!

Anyway, I'm away to fruitlessly hunt for a Hyundai Stellar....