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is the Guest Slot for those cars that don't fit into the "in
Britain" bit - This includes a few select cars from other
nations, concept cars and in one case, a car that doesn't really
exist at all. Naturally to qualify for this page, the vehicle
in question has to be at least a "Five Bagger" on
our scale. |
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| Pontiac
Aztek |
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Folks from over the pond have nominated the Pontiac Aztek
more times than any other model - and that's not really surprising
is it? According to the Pontiac web site the Aztek won the
"Most Appealing Entry SUV" - in a recent JD Power
Survey! This stunned me for a while and I though perhaps it
was a typo and "Appealing" should have been "Appalling",
until I read a bit further and it was revealed that people
only voted for its powertrain, interior and sound system -
phew, for a moment I thought there might be some sort of contagious
myopia epidemic over in the US. The fact that you can actually
buy this car almost qualifies it for a record-breaking 6th
paper bag.
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| Honda
- Fuya-Jo |
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Aparrently Honda designed this concept car, which resembles
the fusion of a Dalek and a photo-booth, as sort of a mobile
disco where the occupants could groove in their seats as they
were almost standing upright, whilst the driver steered using
a wheel designed to look like a DJ's turntable. According
to Honda it was also supposed to ride like a skateboard, but
why anybody would want that we have no idea. Bizarrely for
this site, all the above is actually true!
This concept appeared at the 1999 Tokyo Motor Show.
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| Powell
Motors - "The Homer" |
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In the classic
episode of The Simpsons where Homer meets his long lost brother,
he gets to design his dream car. Well it turned out to be so
good we had to include it here. Unfortunately for homer it cost
$82,000 to build and ruined his brother's business - but at
least it played "La Cucaracha" when he sounded the
horn. There is no truth in the rumour that Citroen tried to
license the design. |
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Buick - Riviera |
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The Buick Riviera was first designed in the 1960's - this
model is the 1970's Boattail model - a combination of a columbian
oil tanker and a refuse truck. It was intended to appeal
to people who aspired to own both
a
boat
and a car
but
didn't happen to live near any water. Living near water would
almost certainly be a hazard anyway, as the handling on this
old bag of nails was so bad that a casual drive near a lakeside
could easily result in undesirable aquatic activity. |
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More guest cars coming soon....
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