Cars you don't see many of anymore

[Citroënbender]

Saw a Commodore panel van in Artarmon the other week. Red, no Sandman graphics.

[Franco Cozzo]

Saw an extended FG Falcon ute with a lazy axle transporting a large electrical switchboard on the M80 last week, unfortunately couldn't snap a photo of it.

[Sprintey]

Mint original series 1 Discovery driven by older gent in Geelong late last week, dark green in colour, original steelies with the silver spray rather than the white, I think that was the 'S' pack? Anyway very nice in that colour.

[GT1533]

Originally Posted by Franco Cozzo

Saw an extended FG Falcon ute with a lazy axle transporting a large electrical switchboard on the M80 last week, unfortunately couldn't snap a photo of it.

Common as muck!

[Linz]

Saw this Pug 404 at Fernvale yesterday...

20240526_155108 by Linz, on Flickr

20240526_155032 by Linz, on Flickr

Had REDeX Rerun (August 2023) decals on the doors.

[HIPO]

Nice little Mitsu Cordia.

https://www.facebook.com/share/djnACi3Mr9WL1zKc/

[Silky]

Magnas are the ones i always laugh about. You still see a fair few early-90's Falcons, Commodores, and Camrys, but when was the last time you saw one of these bad boys

[ford71V8]

Originally Posted by Silky

Magnas are the ones i always laugh about. You still see a fair few early-90's Falcons, Commodores, and Camrys, but when was the last time you saw one of these bad boys

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Still see them in SA.
Saw an 84 Magna in traffic the other day

[Silky]

Originally Posted by ford71V8

Still see them in SA.
Saw an 84 Magna in traffic the other day

The Mitsubishi factory was in SA, wasn't it? Maybe a few more of them around to begin with down there, I wonder? Because honestly since it occured to me that you don't see many of them, it's almost like a game i play while i'm driving now.

Like SPOTTO but for Magnas

[ford71V8]

Originally Posted by Silky

The Mitsubishi factory was in SA, wasn't it? Maybe a few more of them around to begin with down there, I wonder? Because honestly since it occured to me that you don't see many of them, it's almost like a game i play while i'm driving now.

Like SPOTTO but for Magnas

Tonsley Chrysler factory.
And why I still regularly see daily driven Vals

[Citroënbender]

I’m intrigued by how much closet fandom there is for Shagnas. It’s approaching Teutophilia, at least on here.

[Tonz]

we have 3 in the street where I live, going from ... how the ell is that allowed on the roads to when did that come out of storage container

[DFB FGXR6]

Originally Posted by Tonz

we have 3 in the street where I live, going from ... how the ell is that allowed on the roads to when did that come out of storage container

And let me guess, all of them burn oil?

[Tonz]

Originally Posted by DFB FGXR6

And let me guess, all of them burn oil?

actually never seen them moving.

[Sprintey]

A Hyundai Veloster.

It looked contemporary. Why were these discontinued? Run over by the SUV freight train?

[DFB FGXR6]

Originally Posted by Sprintey

A Hyundai Veloster.

It looked contemporary. Why were these discontinued? Run over by the SUV freight train?

The original was very keenly priced, only slightly above the hatchback it was based on, and sold well to its target audience. The second gen was priced above and beyond its target audience and sales bombed.

[.:4:.]

Originally Posted by Sprintey

A Hyundai Veloster.

It looked contemporary. Why were these discontinued? Run over by the SUV freight train?

I do but dont get what Hyundai did with the veloster, the drivers door and 2 passengers door thing. I had fun with that when they 1st came out. Pass one in traffic and point out to the apprentice its a 2 door Hyundai. Move to the left lane to turn and when it passed the apprenti would say 'its a 4 door'. No, technically a 4 door as its a hatch, but 3 passenger doors.

[marty351]

In the past few weeks, VC Valiant original paint! another Datsun Sunny- original too, mid 80s Toyota Corona fully original, VK Commo resto.

[HIPO]

Very nice..........

https://www.facebook.com/share/kSqeGzofZs6rhUTk/

[XR Martin]

Originally Posted by DFB FGXR6

Agreed! A 3.5 AWD VRX would have been an excellent buy back then.

The 3.5 Mitsubishi had the refinement of the Toyota's 3.0, but the grunt of the 3.8 Holden and 4.0 Ford engines. First Aussie made car with a 5-speed auto, first Aussie car with a manual shift mode as well.

And enough torque steer to throw you in the adjacent lane.

Oh, on the subject of Magnas, they have nearly been out of production longer than they were in production.