Odd special editions of cars

Kaiser D

Those Golf Countrys came with lovely cream leather too.

lau1247

Renault clio f1 edition



Renault megane f1 edition

lau1247

Orla kiely citroen ds3

colm_mcm

Anybody remember the Fiat Marea Weekend - St. Moritz with its mad chrome lights and roof rails?
Just before (and after!) the Stilo came out.

colm_mcm

The Rover 45 "Olympic Impression"

Came with a free bag.

Old diesel

Ive seen those roof rails before on Marea estates - late ones too come to think of it - didn't realise it was a limited edition

colm_mcm

A good few of them ended up as hire cars IIRC

Old diesel

colm_mcm wrote: »

A good few of them ended up as hire cars IIRC

The Mareas????

Or the 45 Olympic

colm_mcm

The mareas. The 45s were a uk spec because MGR supplied the cars for team GB

Old diesel

Speaking of Olympics - was there an Opel Kadett Olympic at some point too???

Know nothing about them - apart from having some sort of recollection of seeing one (or 3???) on dealers adverts back in the day.

May have been around 84????

Think there was runout editions of the Kadett in 91 - I think there was Tiffany (3 door) Expression (4 door saloon) - and possibly one based on the 5 door which ive forgotten.

The Expression had rear headrests - and colour keyed door mirrors from what I recall.

Mind you I could be completely mistaken here - just going from recollection

stimpson

Honda CR-X Si Exclusive.



Cream leather interior and glass roof. A mate of mine had one for a while and I nearly imported one from Japan. Much nicer place to sit than the standard version.

They also made a load of different Limited editions of the 1.5 dual carb version.

Dord

stimpson wrote: »

Honda CR-X Si Exclusive.

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Cream leather interior and glass roof. A mate of mine had one for a while and I nearly imported one from Japan. Much nicer place to sit than the standard version.

They also made a load of different Limited editions of the 1.5 dual carb version.

That's a damn nice interior! :cool:

drunkmonkey

Just pulled up beside this, a Volkswagen Vento Atlantic

Old diesel

drunkmonkey wrote: »

Just pulled up beside this, a Volkswagen Vento Atlantic

Yes I remember those - a neighbour here bought one new back in around early 98.

There was runout editions of the Mk 2 Golf and Jetta too - the Golf was a Peasadena (wrong spelling) and the Jetta was a Pacific I think.

Kaiser D

Another one - Volkswagen Polo Twist with bod-coded wheel trims.

Kaiser D

Fiat Panda Sky with twin fabric sunroof

YbFocus

Rare rotary, piston engined GTR mustang.

JohnBoy26

colm_mcm wrote: »

The Rover 45 "Olympic Impression"

Came with a free bag.

A free bag of headgaskets is it :pac:

JohnBoy26

Old diesel wrote: »

Yes I remember those - a neighbour here bought one new back in around early 98.

There was runout editions of the Mk 2 Golf and Jetta too - the Golf was a Peasadena (wrong spelling) and the Jetta was a Pacific I think.

my neighbour had a pasadena golf. It had an updated interior afair and had a few differences on the exterior too. There was a pasadena sticker on each rear quarter panel.

Voodoomelon

Not sure if I like this or hate it:

Old diesel

Hold on - how did I forget this one

Nissan Sunny Select - late 1990/early 91 - it was the runout special for the N13 Sunny before it was replaced by the N14

Colour keyed bumpers, different grill, brown tinted glass, electric windows, Uk spec (which were similar style to the Bluebird) door mirrors.

Voodoomelon

How about a Santro Xing Celebration Edition:



Sports additional frills such as body graphics, rear chrome garnishing and parking sensors with LED display. Inside, there’s a new manual rear curtain, floor mats, and a Blaupunkt stereo system.

kev1.3s

Voodoomelon wrote: »

Not sure if I like this or hate it:

Be some crack if you parked it outside the shop and some little bray jammed a screwdriver under the badge and nicked it.

colm_mcm

Only truly dreadful people would order a BMW accessorised by a cutlery company so it'd be hard to feel sorry for them.

kev1.3s

I think the same goes for any of those special edition rollers that were on that documentary on ch4, talk about making a classy motor vulgar!

colm_mcm

Just remembered one. The Mazda 626 Adagio.
Came with a kickin sound system.

mb1725

The Yanks were great at producing limited edition Pace Cars, particularly for Indianapolis 500:

colm_mcm

porsche959

colm_mcm wrote: »

Only truly dreadful people would order a BMW accessorised by a cutlery company so it'd be hard to feel sorry for them.

It's the kind of motor that would appeal to the "considerably richer than you" couple from Harry Enfield.

kev1.3s

did someone say jeans beetle?
http://www.carandclassic.co.uk/car/C489017#

ShutUpFreds

my auld fella had a nissan bluebird classic, bought it new in 1990. colour coded bumpers and mirrors as far as i remember is what separated the classic from the regular bluebirds. The primera followed on at around the same time

colm_mcm

One thing I always remember about Bluebirds is that they smelt great.

wotswattage

Fiat got some mileage out of Schumacher!!

2004 Stilo Schumacher GP edition
170bhp 2.4 with Prodrive involvement!


Dare I say i like it?!?

Kaiser D

Didn't the diesel produce nearly the same?

colm_mcm

wotswattage wrote: »

170bhp 2.4

Ahm oot.

wotswattage

If they stuck a decent engine in it it could have been a serious car

Gavman84

The Skoda Lauren and Klemment edition is another one. Were fairly high spec.

colm_mcm

Gavman84 wrote: »

The Skoda Lauren and Klemment edition is another one.

Spec was fairly high - that turned into more of a trim level though I think
I know on the mk2 Octavia they had l&k trim all the way through from 04 to 12

They are really well equipped to be fair, and its a nice tribute to the fathers of skoda cars (who are both dead since the 30s) - they didn't start Skoda incidentally, they were taken over by Skoda

Gavman84

I guess it was a trim level. Rare enough tho wouldn't see many of them about. Ya was Octavia one was thinking of.

colm_mcm

I know there was a Felicia L&K too, not sure if there ever was a Favorit as well

colm_mcm

Speaking of Felicia's

The Skoda Felicia Fun, with the sliding rear seat and bulkhead

Voodoomelon

The name obviously worked. They look like they're having the time of their lives.

colm_mcm

They can see this though.

Old diesel

Voodoomelon wrote: »

The name obviously worked. They look like they're having the time of their lives.

Absolutely - ive seen people stuck in a Picasso look like they are having more fun then that lot

drunkmonkey

Fiat Abarth 500 Gulf Limited Edition

Kaiser D

Is this a Saxo bic?

http://www.adverts.ie/5403333

colm_mcm

Nope, that's a Saxo Forte UK import. Itself a free insurance/cheapo finance/we'll pay your deposit/somebody please buy one - special

Sunroof (remember those!) cd, and red seatbelts were the extra goodies

ninty9er

colm_mcm wrote: »

Just remembered one. The Mazda 626 Adagio.
Came with a kickin sound system.

I still drool over that model 626. Dreadful interior, but what a design for its time!!

colm_mcm

I remember a woman near us brought a white one with alloys in from the UK pretty new.
At the time it was a stunner.

Old diesel

ninty9er wrote: »

I still drool over that model 626. Dreadful interior, but what a design for its time!!

I can see why you didn't like the interiors - but I thought the interior on those 626s was quite nice.

Probably a bit too American looking with the dash mind you but I thought it was fine