What's the make and model of this obscurity?
Australian?
Nope
Looks rather Ford/Mazda-ish.
If not Australian, how about South African?
No. (I did not place the quiz - I live in South Africa)
South African :(
Ford/Mazda-ish :)
Who knows this one among the pros?
Time for a clue. Look carefully at the front end of the car and you might recognise what it's based on
Well it looked very Mazda 323F-ish just seconds after I´ve seen it for the first time, but that´s all I can tell about it...
Quote from: grobmotorix on August 21, 2008, 04:18:56 PM
Well it looked very Mazda 323F-ish just seconds after I´ve seen it for the first time
Indeed.... :eyebrow:
I agree, I used to own a 323F and recognised it instantly. But it doesn't go with the pick-up concept. And We've been told that it isn't South African - if it hadn't been for that I would have asked if it could possibly have been some kind of a prototype for a replacement for the Mazda Rustler, a SA-only pick-up based on the previous-generation 323/Familia. But it doesn't really loke like a prototype, either.
It looks like a strange hardtop-solution. Maybe they had to add that phatass-trunk to store it there...
Maybe a british conversion?
It's not British...
:bump:
So... what could this Mazda 323F based thing be?
Ford?
Mazord / Forazda ;D ;D
Quote from: Arunas on November 12, 2008, 10:38:57 AM
Mazord / Forazda ;D ;D
Nothing to do with Ford. Much more to do with Mazda...
Holden? :lmao:
Quote from: Joao Gois on November 28, 2008, 10:15:54 AM
Holden? :lmao:
I'm barely holden on to my sanity here... ^-^
Eunos?
Not Australian, not South African, not British? Who else is RHD?
Japanese?
Quote from: D-type on November 29, 2008, 05:11:46 PM
Not Australian, not South African, not British? Who else is RHD?
Japanese?
Indeed :eyebrow:
The writing on the rear quarter looks like Coca Cola script. Is that a cooler in the back?
Quote from: Quiller on November 12, 2008, 11:29:14 AM
Nothing to do with Ford. Much more to do with Mazda...
A Mazda then? ;D
It's more than just a customised Mazda - it has a more 'official' connection
It's a modded Mazda 323F put together by Mazda's own in-house styling team as a one-off/prototype.
(I used to have the exact magazine from which this photo was scanned!)
Quote from: latham_f2 on September 02, 2009, 03:52:39 PM
It's a modded Mazda 323F put together by Mazda's own in-house styling team as a one-off/prototype.
(I used to have the exact magazine from which this photo was scanned!)
you're in the right area but I'll need the exact name of this for a point...
A quick search of my old emails indicates that it's part of the Mazda M2 project, known as the M2-1010
We have the solution!!!!
I've given you two points as this is such an old puzzle.
Well done :applause:
Never heard of this car before...
In color:
Mazda really did have some crazy colour schemes back in the early 1990s!
To wit: