Guess my new toy (another car)

[markc]

I thought it might be fun to have "guess Marks new motah" competition. Don't worry the NSX isn't going anywhere.

I'll start with a few tougher clues...

Over 10years old...
Made by a major manufacturer...
Not a Honda :eek:
At launch it was hailed as one of the best handling small fwd cars ever...

More clues to follow if no one guesses correctly :think:

Cheers

Mark

[Geraint]

Golf/Clio/205/106?

[AR]

Clio of some sort.

[NSXGB]

VW Corrado or Golf?

[markc]

:no: All wrong so far :)

More clues later if no one gets it.

Mark

[NSXGB]

Elan SE, 309 GTi?

[markc]

Nope. More clues...

Not Japanese...
or
German (or is it?)...
or
French...
It has 3 doors and fixed roof... :think:

Cheers

Mark

[Geraint]

Focus?

Struggling with the comment re handling & 'not French' tbh.

[markc]

Getting closer :)

[NSX 2000]

Fieasta or Corsa/Nova

You haven't gone back to your youth and bought a Nova GSi or Fiesta XR2 :eek::laugh::eek:

[Senninha]

Did it have a badge that reads ... Handling by Lotus?

[NSXGB]

Fiesta RS Turbo \ RS1800i ? Both great in their day...

[NSXGB]

Did it have a badge that reads ... Handling by Lotus?

you thinking as far back as a Sunbeam??:)

[markc]

:no: None of them chaps. More clues...

Made in limited numbers...
Launched in the USA!...
Every one was the same colour!!!

Cheers

Mark

[Senninha]

you thinking as far back as a Sunbeam??:)

LoL, I was thinking the sun had got to MArk and he'd bought a Proton!!

[markc]

LoL, I was thinking the sun had got to MArk and he'd bought a Proton!!

It (the sun) may well have but fear not it's not a Proton :)

[Geraint]

Racing Puma?

[NSXGB]

Nope. More clues...

Not Japanese...
or
German (or is it?)...
or
French...
It has 3 doors and fixed roof... :think:

Cheers

Mark

Mini Cooper S? :)

[lotusolly]

Delorean?

Olly

[matpp]

Delorean?

Olly

In black...front wheel drive....germanish? I'm still racking my brains on this one....I'll sleep on it and come up with the answer in the morning (hopefully)

[Silver Surfer]

Ford Puma......What do I win?

SS

Just read the rest of the thread... :redface:

[Silver Surfer]

Any of these?:

Lotus Elan M100
VW Corrado VR6
106 Rallye / GTI / Saxo VTS
205 / 309 GTI
306 GTI-6 / Rallye
Clio Williams
Clio Trophy

SS

[Senninha]

MArk says its not French or German so that leaves the Lotus .... apart from the small point of them not being American .... so you have won a prize .... a visit to the optician's :laugh:


Any of these?:

Lotus Elan M100
VW Corrado VR6
106 Rallye / GTI / Saxo VTS
205 / 309 GTI
306 GTI-6 / Rallye
Clio Williams
Clio Trophy

SS

[Geraint]

The Lotus has also been guessed, and rejected. He said it has a fixed roof.

The optician might be a busy chap... :)

[markc]

Racing Puma?

We have a winner :)

#31 of 500 is mine. It's a real firecracker, not that quick but amazingly nimble, grippy and the brakes are unbelievable (good). Here's a couple of pics, and yes the white wheels must go very soon...

Cheers

Mark

[Silver Surfer]

I was very close initially.....

I love those wheels!!!!

SS

[Senninha]

Great choice Mark,

Got to be closest thing to a DC2 you could have bought. Was it local to me?

regards, Paul

[Hagasan]

We have a winner :)

#31 of 500 is mine. It's a real firecracker, not that quick but amazingly nimble, grippy and the brakes are unbelievable (good). Here's a couple of pics, and yes the white wheels must go very soon...



Cheers

Mark

Tink you'll enjoy it Mark. I was almost in possesion of one a few years ago from a work-mate. In the end his heart ruled his head and he kept a hold of it at the 11'th hour. From what I understand a few spare can be a bit tricky to get nowadays.... They do stick to the road like flies on s**t...ya little chav, yea :-)

[markc]

I thought about a DC2 and also a Clio 182 Trophy but I love the looks of the Racing Puma, FRP to those in the know :wink: , and I think it's a bit more exclusive. It's got a full Pumabuild stainless steel manifold and exhaust system and makes a great noise, for a 4 pot :cool:

The car has lived in Cheshire for the last few years but of course their spiritual home is Essex.

Cheers

Mark

[NSX 2000]

I thought about a DC2 and also a Clio 182 Trophy but I love the looks of the Racing Puma, FRP to those in the know :wink: , and I think it's a bit more exclusive. It's got a full Pumabuild stainless steel manifold and exhaust system and makes a great noise, for a 4 pot :cool:

The car has lived in Cheshire for the last few years but of course their spiritual home is Essex.

Cheers

Mark

Hi Mark

I've always wanted one of these as I was not impressed by the standard car but the FRP sounded (on paper) so much better plus I love the looks.

You, Noel and I should get together in our four pots across some good b roads, could be of bit of fun.

Paul

[Hagasan]

Hi Mark

I've always wanted one of these as I was not impressed by the standard car but the FRP sounded (on paper) so much better plus I love the looks.

You, Noel and I should get together in our four pots across some good b roads, could be of bit of fun.

Paul

Wot, like teenage wannabe boy-racers ;-p only you can afford insurance !!

[NSX 2000]

Wot, like teenage wannabe boy-racers ;-p only you can afford insurance !!

I just want to get back to to my yooff :laugh: but if you ever see Noel drive you would think he was a yooff :laugh:

With regards the insurance so true :(

[markc]

You, Noel and I should get together in our four pots across some good b roads, could be of bit of fun.

Yes that would be a laugh, I'd be seriously out gunned though.

Ford might have been in its chassis "pomp" at the time, building on the original Focus and standard Puma, but it doesn't quite have enough power to take on more modern fast hatches, especially the ones that ride and handle properly like your two :)

Cheers

Mark

[NoelWatson]

Yes that would be a laugh, I'd be seriously out gunned though.

Ford might have been in its chassis "pomp" at the time, building on the original Focus and standard Puma, but it doesn't quite have enough power to take on more modern fast hatches, especially the ones that ride and handle properly like your two :)

Cheers

Mark

Nice choice! Will you be up for a track day? Could do Brands/Silverstone.

[sorepaws]

can I bring my "3 pot" ?

[dan the man]

Brakes don't have seals do they? .......The pistons....