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Roberts? Did you say?
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Roberts? Did you say?
Something different about it.. Car is lowered, photo has been stretched maybe.
From what I can see, the one beside it might be the higher model with the quad headlights and brown tinted glass.
Nobody got too excited about them back in the day and you couldn't give them away if you got stuck with one.
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I remember my sunday school teacher getting one brand new back in the 80s, was orange, and mad looking back then. Reg was AXI 2 also
The one @Brennan posted is a 105TC with the earlier front and single lamps, one beside is a 130tc. Lowered and on different wheels, but looks like the photo has been compressed down. Still a cool car.
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There’s just something about it, I like it, it’s quirky, kinda reminds me of a mk1 golf
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Maserati Bellagio Touring from circa 2008/9 - looks like a hearse in black
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Is that basically a Quattroporte estate? Never seen one! One of those middle-east specials?
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italian coachbuilder apparently - Touring Superleggera
Models | Carrozzeria Touring Superleggera
www.touringsuperleggera.eu
Not quite, carb 1400. Great wee car but not as popular as the Panda 4x4
That’s the GT engine then. Although on the first car and picture it’s got a 1.4i badge on the wing.
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That I have never ever seen! Learn something new every day 
Looks like someone has cut and shut an E-class front and a Golf rear
Looks like someone has cut and shut an E-class front and a Golf rear
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I had to do a double take when I saw it, though it was someone’s shed project lolThat I have never ever seen! Learn something new every day
Looks like someone has cut and shut an E-class front and a Golf rear
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Never seen it before but I like it alot!
Fiat Ritmo 105 TC
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Insignia by Bitter. The best I can explain is that Bitter are like the Alpina or Brabus of Opel cars, except they make far fewer (according to Wikipedia they built a grand total of 18 Insignias). Underneath is an Insignia OPC (read: VXR). One is for sale in Germany at the moment! The seller alleges that they were €68,000 new, making the €18,800 being asked seem like one hell of a depreciation curve.
Absolutely everything Bitter has ever built is probably fit for this thread.
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A tarted up Vauxhall. I've seen it all now.
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Thats horrendous looking, and thats coming from someone with an Insignia.
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Insignia by Bitter. The best I can explain is that Bitter are like the Alpina or Brabus of Opel cars, except they make far fewer (according to Wikipedia they built a grand total of 18 Insignias). Underneath is an Insignia OPC (read: VXR). One is for sale in Germany at the moment! The seller alleges that they were €68,000 new, making the €18,800 being asked seem like one hell of a depreciation curve.
Absolutely everything Bitter has ever built is probably fit for this thread.
The newer one just looks like a totally normal Insignia with different badges.
Looks like they have done some pretty cool stuff in the past.
Is this a Carlton?
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@roverspeed According to the Bitter website, which is incredibly old-fashioned, underneath that is a Vauxhall Omega B (the A being the Carlton). The entire side profile is throwing me off by managing to look nothing like an Omega to me.
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Not all of it's fit for the skip, I find their take on the Adam to be brilliant. All the brand cachet of a Bitter and all the practicality of an Adam? Incredible.
In fact, so incredible I can't find a single one for sale in Germany.