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Easy expert point.
something to do with Coggiola?
No
Renault 25 prototype?
Yue Loong?
None of the above
Probably something Japanese?
Japanese connection, but not a Japanese car.
Matra MS 15 Velizy 1977
from another RHD Asian country?
Hyundai Amx Super 1985
Looks a wee bit Giugiaro-ish to me..
A coincidental resemblance - nothing more.
Renault Eve Concept, Based on Renault 18, 1980
Australian?
Holden?
Quote from: Otto Puzzell on April 02, 2010, 11:53:36 AM
Quote from: Carnut on April 02, 2010, 11:42:19 AM
Australian?
Yes!
Is it a styling model for a Ford Telstar, a project to produce the Mazda 626 in Australia?
This car was to be sold as a Ford, but it was a collaboration with Mazda. Locked for Carnut for 24 hours
Quote from: Otto Puzzell on April 03, 2010, 02:19:21 AM
This car was to be sold as a Ford, but it was a collaboration with Mazda. Locked for Carnut for 24 hours
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I've spent far too long dredging everything for this but can find no mention at all of such a Ford/Mazda project.
The only vaguely similar thing I can find is a design by Homologated Options for a Ford Telstar (1984) but I can't see any evidence that it got beyond the drawings stage.
I'll be away now for more than 24 hours so the lock will have passed...
Was it to be rotary-engined or was it an MX-6 derivative?
Not Rotary-engined, nor MX-6. It was, as you had intuited before, related to the 626.
Bring it home, Pro
Could it be a Tickford Ford Telstar?
No
Some kind of Sierra proposal based on the Mazda?
Sierra's not the name for this one.
A visit to the tropics may help you solve this topic.
Hint: it's not a GTO, but there is a connection
Ford Laser Sport, proposal from early 80s
No
Carnut: this one should be in your wheelhouse.
Quote from: Otto Puzzell on June 26, 2010, 06:48:58 AM
Carnut: this one should be in your wheelhouse.
I've spent far too much time searching for this one already...
I thought I would get there easily with the info so far but can't find any reference to it.
Those wheels looks very Giugiaro 70's but can't find a connection to any Italian styling house.
I've got to admit: I'm stumped!
Quote from: Carnut on June 26, 2010, 12:38:54 PM
Quote from: Otto Puzzell on June 26, 2010, 06:48:58 AM
Carnut: this one should be in your wheelhouse.
I've spent far too much time searching for this one already...
I thought I would get there easily with the info so far but can't find any reference to it.
Those wheels looks very Giugiaro 70's but can't find a connection to any Italian styling house.
I've got to admit: I'm stumped!
No Giugiaro connection that I am aware of
This one is called the Capricorn from 1981
That's it!
QuoteCapricorn - the car that never was
IN the petrol crisis days of the late '70s and early '80s, Ford was 'having a few bob each way' on the design for the XD Falcon replacement. In a case of bad timing, it had introduced the full-size XD at the same time as Holden had 'downsized' with the new Commodore.
Ford's engineers and stylists set about designing a smaller 'Commodore-sized' Falcon in both sedan and hatchback styles.
Code-named 'Capricorn', the car reached full clay and fibreglass model stage. The interior had been designed and, by late 1981, all it needed was final approval before going to the next stage of driveable prototypes.
At the same time, Ford was revamping the Falcon range of engines and introduced the alloy head and other improvements that kept the Falcon's fuel economy on a par with the smaller Commodore. Falcon sales soared, Ford became No.1 in the market place and the Capricorn died!