What's the oldest car you saw on the road today?

Duke O Smiley

I guess the Corolla really dominated the market. And then the Nissan Sunny, Mazda 323 etc people were probably more familiar with them. I wonder if there was much in the difference in pricing.

pablo128

Duke O Smiley wrote: »

I guess the Corolla really dominated the market. And then the Nissan Sunny, Mazda 323 etc people were probably more familiar with them. I wonder if there was much in the difference in pricing.

I think their USP was the 1.5 diesel engine. None of the competitors except the Sunny at the time (1.7l) had a smallish diesel engine. This was when tax was cc based, of course. There seemed to be as many diesel models as petrol models of them around at the time. Though as you say, the Corolla was king at the time, and rightfully so too.

Big Nasty

Let's not forgot the Proton out around the same time. :eek:

Duke O Smiley

Big Nasty wrote: »

Let's not forgot the Proton out around the same time. :eek:

Ahh I'd love one of them

Mitsi Lancer based afaik?

nd

a couple from the mart today.

posted this before but saw it again today

PukkaStukka

Duke O Smiley wrote: »

This one?

Yep, that looks like it although I thought the one I copped was a hatch. That one looks well!

PukkaStukka

pablo128 wrote: »

I remember them when they came out. Available with a 1.3 petrol or 1.5 Isuzu diesel. They weren't a bad car actually, but For some reason they weren't too popular.

My father had two of them, both diesels, and they were a damn good car. The things that rivalled them in that sector was the equally capable Nissan sunny 1.7d and the comparatively more expensive Vw Jetta 1.6d. There was a rumour at the time that if you bought an Isuzu HGV, they'd thrown in a Gemini free of charge but I doubt that was true!!

Rust around the rear chassis legs and sills was their Achilles heel and many were sent for scrapping when the govt ran the scheme in the early nougties.

I owned a Corsa 1.5TD with a turbocharged version of the Gemini engine and it was a very quick little car! I also had short term use of a Jap import Gemini TD and it too was very quick thanks to the extra power and light weight. It was a shame that Isuzu didn't continue to import the Gemini as later incarnations of it in Japan were much more appealing to the eye and were fired by their 1.7TD lump which became very popular in Astras and Vectras of the time.

alan partridge aha

pablo128 wrote: »

I think their USP was the 1.5 diesel engine. None of the competitors except the Sunny at the time (1.7l) had a smallish diesel engine. This was when tax was cc based, of course. There seemed to be as many diesel models as petrol models of them around at the time. Though as you say, the Corolla was king at the time, and rightfully so too.

WTF the king of the diesel, VW had 1.6 engine till 92

pablo128

alan partridge aha wrote: »

WTF the king of the diesel, VW had 1.6 engine till 92

Yeah, but it was a VW!:pac:

alan partridge aha

pablo128 wrote: »

Yeah, but it was a VW!:pac:

To right:cool:

colm_mcm

1973 Fiat 132 1.8

Nekarsulm

Today in Cavan town. Had to follow him for a lap of the town to get a decent pic
Is it an 80, or a 100?

timaru89

Nekarsulm wrote: »

Is it an 80, or a 100?

It's an 80

Nekarsulm

Thanks for that. When I came up behind him first, thought it was a Mk1 Passat at first.

tuborg_man

Excuse the bad photo, Renault Extra

Duke O Smiley

Class!!

vectra

Mk3 Cortian 1.6 GXL
I remember my parents had one of these.
Dark Green with matching vinyl roof and matching leather interior. :pac:
I think it was HPI 199

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dodderangler

Didn't see it but mate showed me a pic of a rare as fûck car.
1967 nissan skyline was on the docks yesterday.
Il try get him t send a pic but my god what a beaut

vectra

dodderangler wrote: »

Didn't see it but mate showed me a pic of a rare as fûck car.
1967 nissan skyline was on the docks yesterday.
Il try get him t send a pic but my god what a beaut

This?

dodderangler

vectra wrote: »

This?

Except one at docks was beige

antodeco

dodderangler wrote: »

Except one at docks was beige

The red one was in the docks!

road_high

Isuzu Gemini, god there's a forgotten car. I remember them being very popular where I grew up (Kilkenny). Bit like the Dacia or Hyundai of their day. The 1.5 diesel was definitely their USP. They were a bit smaller than a Corolla or Sunny.

vectra

road_high wrote: »

Isuzu Gemini, god there's a forgotten car. I remember them being very popular where I grew up (Kilkenny). Bit like the Dacia or Hyundai of their day. The 1.5 diesel was definitely their USP. They were a bit smaller than a Corolla or Sunny.

I remember those.
Everyone used to be raving how good the engines were.
Wasn't it those exact engines Opel used in the Corsa 1.5d ?

Amprodude

Saw this beauty today.

gammygils

85/86 Merc & 83/84 Fiesta (BLI plate) in Mullingar

Duke O Smiley

Excellent!! We were only talking about the Fiesta a few days ago, so nice to see it out and about

Sh1tbag OToole

There was one of those Fiestas in Mallow today on year plates. Didn't get a pic

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Nekarsulm

Bluebird in Cavan town yesterday,