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May 14, 2023 15:50:04 GMT
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My wife saw an article the other day in one of the papers about Britain's rarest production car, can you guess what it is.
Only clue for now is there are only 2 of them!
If you saw the same article keep it to yourself... Sshhhhh!
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May 14, 2023 16:49:46 GMT
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I haven't seen the article but it depends how we're defining production car? Not some ultra exclusive hand made sports car that they only made a dozen of at the time and cost a small fortune. I'll presume it's a "normal" saloon from the 70s/80s that just never caught on in Britain rusted badly and most were scrapped because the parts supply dried up. My guess is the Lonsdale  |
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May 14, 2023 16:53:17 GMT
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I suspect they are going by "How Many Left" in which case its anyone's guess as at least one of my cars doesn't exist at all according to them. There have been loads of 1 of 1 - prototypes and so on - but I recall there being only 2 Dacia Denims left on there. There may be only 2 Talbot Tagoras. ratchart - I think the Lonsdale is extinct long time ago. I have never ever seen a real one |
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May 14, 2023 17:00:18 GMT
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So no to both....
And yeah I'm sure there are loads of cars that exist but aren't regestered. For the purpose of this exam we'll go by DVLA records
So not a 1 off, not super exclusive and not even retro....
The plot thickens!
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Last Edit: May 14, 2023 17:00:58 GMT by raceyrover
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MOGGY
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May 14, 2023 17:33:50 GMT
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A modern bmw not driven by a d1ck?
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Total classic car pervert
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May 14, 2023 17:59:03 GMT
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I suspect they are going by "How Many Left" in which case its anyone's guess as at least one of my cars doesn't exist at all according to them. There have been loads of 1 of 1 - prototypes and so on - but I recall there being only 2 Dacia Denims left on there. There may be only 2 Talbot Tagoras. ratchart - I think the Lonsdale is extinct long time ago. I have never ever seen a real one I think there were only two Tagoras at the time... |
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andyborris
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May 14, 2023 18:17:31 GMT
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I quite liked the Tagora when it was current.  |
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May 14, 2023 21:31:20 GMT
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Oh my, embarrassing moment for me...
I've given duff gen it is a retro produced between 1975 and 1990
Should
Have
Googled
First
Wouldn't actually be supprised if both of the two cars are owned by people on here...
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ChasR
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May 14, 2023 21:35:02 GMT
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I’m going to say it’s the Hyundai Stellar
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May 14, 2023 21:35:36 GMT
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Another clue:
Had a mitsubishi engine but wasn't a mitsubishi
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May 14, 2023 21:36:17 GMT
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I’m going to say it’s the Hyundai Stellar Ohhh so close! |
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May 14, 2023 21:37:28 GMT
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Pony?
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May 14, 2023 21:42:31 GMT
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Give the man a chocolate biscuit! Apparently the rarest cat in the UK right now is the Hyundai Pony. Only 2 in the country! This is of course where 5 people on here say they have one and debunk the whole article! 😂 |
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May 14, 2023 22:04:50 GMT
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I think xbollox has/had one of them?
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Last Edit: May 14, 2023 22:05:29 GMT by generallee
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stealthstylz
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May 14, 2023 22:18:33 GMT
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That's weird I only saw one yesterday, I think anyway.  |
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jimi
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For the purpose of this exam we'll go by DVLA records "How many left" uses the DVLA info, which you can download yourself from www.gov.uk/government/statistical-data-sets/vehicle-licensing-statistics-data-tables add that to the fact the DVLA isn't exactly renown for being accurate  with registrations and I always take any of those claims with a large pinch of salt I've looked at the tables in the past regarding MR2's and how you use and filter the tables can drastically skew the results  |
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Last Edit: May 15, 2023 1:23:06 GMT by jimi
Black is not a colour ! .... Its the absence of colour
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To be honest I knew the article was gonna be rubbish, but fun post so hey ho 😁
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That's weird I only saw one yesterday, I think anyway. Looks like it! Good spot! |
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brachunky
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I haven't seen the article but it depends how we're defining production car? Not some ultra exclusive hand made sports car that they only made a dozen of at the time and cost a small fortune. I'll presume it's a "normal" saloon from the 70s/80s that just never caught on in Britain rusted badly and most were scrapped because the parts supply dried up. My guess is the Lonsdale This Lonsdale looks pretty similar to the Mitsubishi Gallant aka Colt Gallant in some parts of the world  |
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andyborris
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I think the Lonsdale was the Australian assembled version of the Gallant, may have been imported to avoid limits on import numbers for Japanese cars, these limits were (I think) voluntary.
POSSIBLY!
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with registrations and I always take any of those claims with a large pinch of salt 
