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Puzzles, Games and Name That Car => Solved AutoPuzzles => 2015 => Topic started by: sixtee5cuda on March 01, 2015, 05:21:44 PM

Title: SOLVED: WTH # 401 - Satsuma Castanet XR4 Turbo
Post by: sixtee5cuda on March 01, 2015, 05:21:44 PM

What is the complete name of this vehicle?

Title: Re: WTH # 401
Post by: iani on March 04, 2015, 03:36:52 PM

Lotus Eclat doors, looks like the vanden plas version!

Title: Re: WTH # 401
Post by: sixtee5cuda on March 05, 2015, 12:14:52 AM

It seems to be based upon an Eclat, but this version has a specific name.

Title: Re: WTH # 401
Post by: sixtee5cuda on March 08, 2015, 01:55:10 AM

Up!

Experts?

Title: Re: WTH # 401
Post by: sixtee5cuda on March 18, 2015, 10:30:22 AM

Up!

Title: Re: WTH # 401
Post by: oko94 on March 18, 2015, 11:13:00 AM

Was Panther involved ?

Title: Re: WTH # 401
Post by: sixtee5cuda on March 18, 2015, 02:28:13 PM

Panther was not involved.  It is highly unlikely that this vehicle was ever built.

Title: Re: WTH # 401
Post by: oko94 on March 19, 2015, 03:58:59 AM

Project designed by an automotive company ?

Title: Re: WTH # 401
Post by: sixtee5cuda on March 19, 2015, 09:50:49 AM

The advertisement in which this car appears, indicates a manufacturing company is involved.  The company name mentions two other products.

The advertisement was written as a joke.  I have not found the original source of the ad.

Title: Re: WTH # 401
Post by: Carnut on March 19, 2015, 09:59:26 AM

It looks like an Allegro Vanden Plas grille..
So, Vanden Plas?

Title: Re: WTH # 401
Post by: sixtee5cuda on March 19, 2015, 11:24:44 AM

Vanden Plas is not part of the name

Title: Re: WTH # 401
Post by: D-type on March 19, 2015, 11:37:32 AM

Was the advertisment featuring this car for a non-automative company?

Title: Re: WTH # 401
Post by: Carnut on March 19, 2015, 12:59:59 PM

Bentley?

Title: Re: WTH # 401
Post by: oko94 on March 19, 2015, 01:23:33 PM

Was it an advertisement by Lotus itself ?

Title: Re: WTH # 401
Post by: sixtee5cuda on March 19, 2015, 01:54:27 PM

The advertisement was not for Bentley or Lotus itself.

The company listed on the advertisement sold cars, lawn equipment, and products for children

Title: Re: WTH # 401
Post by: Carnut on March 19, 2015, 02:01:53 PM

Atco?

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Post by: Djetset on March 19, 2015, 04:27:31 PM

Harrods ?

Title: Re: WTH # 401
Post by: sixtee5cuda on March 19, 2015, 09:24:39 PM

Japanese company, not Harrods or Atco.  As the advertisement included a price in pounds, it is probably British in origin.

(Sorry about the twisty maze of little passages.  The ad itself is quite funny, to go along with the strange car.  I couldn't resist making a puzzle.)

Title: Re: WTH # 401
Post by: oko94 on March 20, 2015, 03:56:25 AM

Is it a fictional company or a real one ?

Title: Re: WTH # 401
Post by: sixtee5cuda on March 20, 2015, 08:09:02 AM

Company is Fictional

Title: Re: WTH # 401
Post by: Djetset on March 21, 2015, 10:52:40 AM

Is it a spoof ad by the British magazine CAR in the late 1970s?

Title: Re: WTH # 401
Post by: sixtee5cuda on March 21, 2015, 03:48:01 PM

Spoof ad, from 1979 or later.  Not from CAR magazine, as far as I can tell.  I recently discovered another 3-letter British magazine, which may have created this ad.

Title: Re: WTH # 401
Post by: Djetset on March 22, 2015, 04:19:07 AM

CCC (Car & Car Conversions)?

Title: Re: WTH # 401
Post by: sixtee5cuda on March 22, 2015, 12:56:09 PM

Not CCC.  The 3-letter name does not contain the letter "C"

Title: Re: WTH # 401
Post by: studhamsmudger on March 26, 2015, 01:18:24 PM

EVO magazine?

Title: Re: WTH # 401
Post by: sixtee5cuda on March 26, 2015, 02:26:57 PM

Not EVO, but the 3-letter magazine name contains the letter "V"

Title: Re: WTH # 401
Post by: barrett on March 27, 2015, 07:32:40 AM

Hey, that's the Satsuma Castanet XR4 Turbo!

Not just a car - it's a fanny magnet.

Title: Re: WTH # 401
Post by: sixtee5cuda on March 27, 2015, 10:51:21 AM

And the point goes to Barrett!

Here is the full ad:

Title: Re: WTH # 401
Post by: sixtee5cuda on March 27, 2015, 10:55:40 AM

(Assumed to be sourced from Viz Magazine)

The fine print:

Prices start at around 19,950 (pounds) for one that doesn't look anything like this.  Price does not include seats, wheels, or major engine components.  Prices, specifications or indeed anything else in this advert may be changed without notice, and probably has been already.

Satsuma Motor, Lawn Mower, and Dangerous Toy Company, Kyoto, Japan