Teh Spotted Thread

[Jobbo]

A Fiesta Frascati special edition from about 30 years ago spotted yesterday. Looked like it was being driven by its first and only owners. When did you last see a special edition shopping hatch seemingly named after a cheap substitute for cava?

[GG.]

One of the first new shape Land Cruisers.

I like the design - not sure about the Matt powder blue!

[Jobbo]

I’m not yet a fan of the looks - the details look unfinished to me.

[Mito Man]

Looks like a cheap Korean SUV to me. Is that a proper rest of the world spec Land Cruiser or a Prado?

[IanF]

Perfect London vehicle!

[Rich B]

i quite like it tbh.

[Mito Man]

Had a look, it’s still a Prado
https://www.toyota.ae/en/new-cars/land-cruiser-prado/
£75,000 in the UK!

Proper Land Cruiser
https://www.toyota.ae/en/new-cars/land-cruiser/
North America replacement Land Cruiser is now the Sequoia which is not rebodied Land Cruiser but a Tundra.
https://www.toyota.com/sequoia/

[DeskJockey]

My local purveyor of very fine automobiles had left this outside their storage area


Couldn't get closer, but that's probably the rarest car I've ever seen in the metal.

Edit: one of 25 apparently, for sale for £3.5m.

[GG.]

Now that's cool - though I think you're DQ'd if its a dealership. Which dealer BTW?

[Carlos]

A camo green G63 Wagon with the reg plate G11 RLS near Bristol.

No doubt rammed full of strippers on their way to the next gig

[DeskJockey]

Now that's cool - though I think you're DQ'd if its a dealership. Which dealer BTW?

European Prestige UK.

[ZedLeg]

Had a look, it’s still a Prado
https://www.toyota.ae/en/new-cars/land-cruiser-prado/
£75,000 in the UK!

Proper Land Cruiser
https://www.toyota.ae/en/new-cars/land-cruiser/
North America replacement Land Cruiser is now the Sequoia which is not rebodied Land Cruiser but a Tundra.
https://www.toyota.com/sequoia/

Pretty sure you can get the New Land Cruiser as a Lexus in the US. I’m sure I’ve seen some reviews.

I think the retro styled one is pretty cool.

[Mito Man]

Had a look, it’s still a Prado
https://www.toyota.ae/en/new-cars/land-cruiser-prado/
£75,000 in the UK!

Proper Land Cruiser
https://www.toyota.ae/en/new-cars/land-cruiser/
North America replacement Land Cruiser is now the Sequoia which is not rebodied Land Cruiser but a Tundra.
https://www.toyota.com/sequoia/

Pretty sure you can get the New Land Cruiser as a Lexus in the US. I’m sure I’ve seen some reviews.

I think the retro styled one is pretty cool.

Yes, one of my neighbours imported a Lexus variant but I think the massive Lexus grill on them isn’t very nice.

[GG.]

Now that's cool - though I think you're DQ'd if its a dealership. Which dealer BTW?

European Prestige UK.

Wow yes they are high end. Hadn't ever heard of them before

[DeskJockey]

Now that's cool - though I think you're DQ'd if its a dealership. Which dealer BTW?

European Prestige UK.

Wow yes they are high end. Hadn't ever heard of them before

Cuz yous not in Kent, innit? Dem wads of cash just laying about on the streets in the garden of England.

I guess it is a proximity to good transport (if you can call the M25 that) that influenced their choice of location (same for Porsche SE London which isn't far either). I'd say you'd have to travel a fair way to get their target demographic. Closest I can think of is the private estate near Keston.

[GG.]

European Prestige UK.

Wow yes they are high end. Hadn't ever heard of them before

Cuz yous not in Kent, innit? Dem wads of cash just laying about on the streets in the garden of England.

I guess it is a proximity to good transport (if you can call the M25 that) that influenced their choice of location (same for Porsche SE London which isn't far either). I'd say you'd have to travel a fair way to get their target demographic. Closest I can think of is the private estate near Keston.

Chislehurst has some nice houses, no? That's reasonably close.

ETA - this for example! https://www.rightmove.co.uk/properties/ ... el=RES_BUY

[DeskJockey]

Wow yes they are high end. Hadn't ever heard of them before

Cuz yous not in Kent, innit? Dem wads of cash just laying about on the streets in the garden of England.

I guess it is a proximity to good transport (if you can call the M25 that) that influenced their choice of location (same for Porsche SE London which isn't far either). I'd say you'd have to travel a fair way to get their target demographic. Closest I can think of is the private estate near Keston.

Chislehurst has some nice houses, no? That's reasonably close.

ETA - this for example! https://www.rightmove.co.uk/properties/ ... el=RES_BUY

Chislehurst is very nice indeed, as are parts of Petts Wood, but apart from the footballers over in Keston, I'm not sure how many customers there are for £3m+ cars locally. Although I'm guessing cars like that attract an international audience, so perhaps it is irrelevant.

[Mito Man]

Being local doesn't matter in that price range, there's only a handful of Bugatti, Pagani, Koenigsegg dealers in the world, and at that price point any dealer is a short private jet/helicopter ride away.

[Rich B]

There’s a Koeniggsegg dealer near me, it always has one in the window, bit once i drove past it and there were 8 parked in a row on the little high street. it was a sight to behold!

[GG.]

There’s a Koeniggsegg dealer near me, it always has one in the window, bit once i drove past it and there were 8 parked in a row on the little high street. it was a sight to behold!

That's about equal to annual production, no?

I imagine it looked like that famous 917 homologation shot: