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Puzzles, Games and Name That Car => Solved AutoPuzzles => 2015 => Topic started by: Allemano on February 28, 2015, 06:40:14 AM
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I guess this won't be for long in the rookies, but we shall see...
One point if you can tell me what it is..
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a quick move upwards...
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American ?
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Partly.
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So its an American owned company with a European subsiduary
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No it's a bit more complicated I'm afraid.
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Designed by an American ?
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I don't know the designer who sketched this car, but the company is not American.
Sorry for the late reply!
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Japanese ?
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No.
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Pro's have a go!
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Nothing to do with Cadillac then?
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Nothing to do with Cadillac then?
Not with Cadillac.
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A Daewoo (GM owned) designed and manufactured from a Chevrolet concept?
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A Daewoo (GM owned) designed and manufactured from a Chevrolet concept?
No.
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AMC/Eagle related ?
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AMC/Eagle related ?
No.
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Those look like Oldsmobile taillights.
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Those look like Oldsmobile taillights.
Not Oldsmobile, but as close as Cadillac and Chevrolet..
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Pontiac ?
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Pontiac ?
So far so good!
There are still a lot of puzzle pieces missing, so, I'm not going to lock it, yet. ;)
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D'oh! Why did I think Oldsmobile? :doh:
Those taillights are much like those of the last-gen Bonneville. As Pontiac was selling "Le Mans" that was a re-badged Daewoo-built Opel for some time, is this an attempt to move to a purpose-designed follow-up Le Mans?.
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No. I know what it was about to be, but can't say which bits belong to that company and which came from the other. It's a stillborn project which was shelved because of changing circumstances. You tell me which companies were involved and why it ended before finishing.
One company is already disclosed.
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Is there an Australian connection?
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Is there an Australian connection?
No.
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Saturn ?/Opel
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No.
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Connection with a European brand, like Lotus ?
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Was a Chinese company involved?
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Connection with a European brand,
like Lotus.
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Was a Chinese company involved?
No.
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I'm guessing FIAT.
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Opel has already been ruled out, so maybe Vauxhall ?
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Opel has already been ruled out, so maybe Vauxhall ?
not another GM company.
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So maybe a coachbuilder, like Pininfarina ?
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I'm guessing FIAT.
not FIAT, but other involved companies come from the same country.
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So maybe a coachbuilder, like Pininfarina ?
not exactly a coachbuilder, but it's getting closer
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IDEA institute?
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Yes!
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So there's another Italian company involved ? Maybe Coggiola ?
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Was that a possible new model for Alfa Romeo to be built with Pontiac? (oh my...)
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Was that a possible new model for Alfa Romeo to be built with Pontiac? (oh my...)
Yes it is!!!
It was a cancelled after Ford showed interest to buy Alfa Romeo. I.DE.A. provided the design, but my source doesn't report which parts were done by AR or Pontiac.
Another point for you!
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Very interesting! Thank you for sharing. Oh..those magazines..... :D
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The chassis was Alfa Romeo 164. IDEA did styling and body.
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The chassis was Alfa Romeo 164. IDEA did styling and body.
...and what was Pontiac's part?
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I believe almost none. The study was aimed to develop an Alfa 164-based Pontiac, as far as I know. It should have been just branded as a Pontiac.
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And it had a name....
(For search results, it's called Portello. Named after the first Alfa factory.)
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Great post!