You learn something new... - Cars you didn't know existed, until now!

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Wiegert
I can't even count the times I've used that thing to grind the Lightweight K-car Cup on Rome Short course. Always did love that shape on such al small city car.
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Think I might have to fire GT back up now!
 
The Ford Capri Crayford Convertible:
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A wreck of this car was shown in The Classic Car Show, beaten up beyond repair. Only 40 were made and had the iconic 3 litre 6
 
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I learned about the existance of the Studebaker pickup truck a couple days ago when one showed up at work.
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I also learned recently about the Ford Mustang enduro from looking on the "bringatrailer" website.
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Almost certainly known to people in the USDM or AUSDM but I'd never seen one of these before yesterday:

Nissan Maxima

A nice, bigger and longer Primera/Almera

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And a badge engineering job I only saw today:

Daewoo Racer

Vauxhall Belmont. Hadn't seen one of those since 1996!

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I used to see a lot of those as Pontiac Le Manses until they all just fell off the face of the earth or something.
 
Liquid




Daewoo Racer

Vauxhall Belmont. Hadn't seen one of those since 1996!

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:lol: I can think of few cars that suit the name 'Racer' less than the Belmont.
 
Yes, that is hardly fitting; because nothing displays the heritage and legendary racing of Le Mans quite like a rebadged Opel Kadett by Pontiac with dull alloy wheels and green body...

...wait a minute. :lol:
 
CLowndes888
The Ford Capri Crayford Convertible:
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A wreck of this car was shown in The Classic Car Show, beaten up beyond repair. Only 40 were made and had the iconic 3 litre 6
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Coincidentally I saw my first one of these last Sunday, along with Crayford conversions of a Mk2 Cortina and Mk1 Fiesta. Apparently they specialised in convertible conversions for UK market Fords, and they all looked pretty nice :) Will dig out pics, not sure if I got the Capri though.
 
Darn, I never knew that the early 90s LeMans was another rebadged Opel. Hmmm

Anyhow, I learned about this, the BMW M3 e36 GTR. It looks awesome, I want to recreate one in FM6!
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RandomCarGuy17
Darn, I never knew that the early 90s LeMans was another rebadged Opel. Hmmm

Anyhow, I learned about this, the BMW M3 e36 GTR. It looks awesome, I want to recreate one in FM6!
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That bumper used to be in Forza 2 I seem to recall.
 
Ferrari testing partially enclosed wheels and dualies with the 312T2:

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The wheel covers were banned as they were seen as movable aero devices and the dualies didn't work as planned.
 
Heldenzeit
I don't remember reading about this, but apparently there are a couple LF-A Roadsters. I liked the concept, but these are in full production spec.
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Well those have to be incredibly rare examples, considering the LFA's already limited production run. But they do look rather handsome, I have to admit; imagine listening to that godly V10 without a rooftop to lower the volume... Now there is a music that not even the finest Yamaha piano could beat.
 
I'd almost prefer the roadster for the same reason. If it's not a dedicated track car, I prefer the roadster version over the coupe in most circumstances.
 
Liquid
Almost certainly known to people in the USDM or AUSDM but I'd never seen one of these before yesterday:

Nissan Maxima

A nice, bigger and longer Primera/Almera

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No, it's Nissan Cefiro
 
Yeah, the US Maxima was confusingly different from the Australian Maxima, but they still sold both in America.
 
In high school, I knew guys that loved the fricken Maximas and I couldn't understand why. Although, they were also loving the Nissan Altima and Honda Accord Coupes, so it didn't surprise me. I couldn't understand the excitement, they're just to me normal coupes. They look okay I suppose, but they're just basically coupe versions of typical everyday cars.
 
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