Odd special editions of cars

colm_mcm · 10-05-2014 12:57pm #1

Kaiser D wrote: »

http://cars.donedeal.ie/vintagecars-for-sale/lancia-y10-fila/6922105

NCT'ed an all...

Wow, a "White Hen"! Never saw one of these in Ireland.

Interestingly (?) FILA have had a few car special editions with their name on them

Ford thunderbird in the 80s, lancia Y10

And of course Ducati special editions too.

Similarly, you have the Suzuki Cultus Ellesse special edition

And the 500 DIESEL special edition (that's only available in petrol....)

colm_mcm · 10-05-2014 1:32pm

Nearly bought one of these new back in the day!

Had a CD player and those twin optic headlights as extras over a regular one

Replaced by the "00 sport" model that got alloys too

colm_mcm · 10-05-2014 1:34pm

Clio Rip Curl

No idea what this got extra apart from lots of stickers

colm_mcm · 10-05-2014 1:37pm

Peugeot 106 Quiksilver

ba_barabus · 10-05-2014 1:37pm

Clio quicksilver also.

colm_mcm · 10-05-2014 1:43pm

Mitsubishi L200 Animal

Phil_Lives · 10-05-2014 1:44pm

Polo Harlequin. every body panel was a different colour.

Bigus · 10-05-2014 1:45pm

Fiesta fairlane from Bill Cullen in the 80's centre console black boot spoiled and chrome wheel embellishers ... Sold like hot cakes .

colm_mcm · 10-05-2014 1:52pm

I remember the Toyota Starlet "jeans" special edition with denim seats, but can't find any pics online

I'm amused at one company putting their name on another completely different company's product.

Renault Megane tomtom

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ba_barabus · 10-05-2014 1:54pm

colm_mcm wrote: »

I remember the Toyota Starlet "jeans" special edition with denim seats, but can't find any pics online

I'm amused at one company putting their name on another completely different company's product.

Pug 106's also came in a denim edition around 1995

colm_mcm · 10-05-2014 1:57pm

Citroen Lacoste concept from 2010

colm_mcm · 10-05-2014 1:58pm

Phil_Lives wrote: »

Polo Harlequin. every body panel was a different colour.

Ritchie Kavanagh has one of those.

ba_barabus · 10-05-2014 1:59pm

colm_mcm wrote: »

Ritchie Kavanagh has one of those.

I've seen the numerous times in Europe. A bitch to respray after an accident I'd say.......

colm_mcm · 10-05-2014 2:00pm

ba_barabus wrote: »

I've seen the numerous times in Europe. A bitch to respray after an accident I'd say.......

Not at all, no blending in panels!

ba_barabus · 10-05-2014 2:02pm

colm_mcm wrote: »

Not at all, no blending in panels!

I'm only joking, hard to do all the different colours is what I meant!

Still I've heard of fake ones of these being made. They'll be worth a fortune in years to come.

colm_mcm · 10-05-2014 2:10pm

Almost forgot this!

Mitsubishi Pajero mini Snoopy edition!

coolisin · 10-05-2014 2:13pm

The Mazda 6 Zugara.
2.3 petrol, twin rear exhaust, half leather interior, special edition only a few came out in 2004.

colm_mcm · 10-05-2014 2:18pm

I seem to remember Bic special editions of Renaults in the 90s?

colm_mcm · 10-05-2014 2:25pm

Sheaffer trz (that was a biro) Triumph TR7

colm_mcm · 10-05-2014 2:30pm

Fiat Panda Italia 90

I know opel did the Corsa and Kadett cup in 1990 too but dunno how many are still around

Zcott · 10-05-2014 2:34pm

Wow. Those hubcaps!

colm_mcm · 10-05-2014 2:38pm

Renault Captur Helly Hansen

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MuppetCheck · 10-05-2014 4:04pm

Volvo had a few for the Ocean Race sponsorship too.

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Kaiser D · 10-05-2014 4:31pm

There was a special edition Ford Fiesta MK3 called the "Fanfare" special edition.

The phase 1 Peugeot 106 had loads; 106 Kid, Key Largo, Key West to name but a few.

The Peugeot 205 & 306 Rolland Garros (painted green with cream leather)

The Rover Metro Surf

Fiat Panda Fire Mania

bazz26 · 10-05-2014 4:35pm

Back in early 1990s when Opel were sponsoring Jackie's army, they introduced "World Cup" editions of the Astra, Corsa and Vectra.

Kat1170 · 10-05-2014 4:35pm

Phil_Lives wrote: »

Polo Harlequin. every body panel was a different colour.

Note the reg. number

Arthur Beesley · 10-05-2014 4:35pm

The Schumacher Fiat Cinquecento.

FFS.

Kaiser D · 10-05-2014 4:36pm

The "Harrier" special edition of the MK5 came with some wicked graphics

Kaiser D · 10-05-2014 4:41pm

The Millenium edition was available in the Ka, Puma and Focus ranges. All cars were done in unique yellow paint, with a black leather interior.

Kaiser D · 10-05-2014 4:46pm

Rover 114 Metro Harlequin

Old diesel · 10-05-2014 4:49pm

In the Uk - Nissan did an Executive version of the Bluebird with Air conditioning, leather etc - they did two batches - the first lot in 1988 had a 1.8 turbo charged engine (there was also a ZX turbo in the normal Bluebird line up in UK) and the 2nd batch had the 2.0 fuel injected NA engine.

colm_mcm · 10-05-2014 4:54pm

Arthur Beesley wrote: »

The Schumacher Fiat Cinquecento.

FFS.

Think it was the Seicento, apparently he learnt to drive on a fiat 600 or something.

I'd love one of those for the missus.
I remember there was one for sale last year for handy money.

Old diesel · 10-05-2014 4:57pm

Heres an example of the Bluebird executive I mentioned earlier

http://retrorides.proboards.com/thread/159978/nissan-bluebird-executive-1989-london#.U25L32cU_IU

Kaiser D · 10-05-2014 5:00pm

Old diesel wrote: »

Heres an example of the Bluebird executive I mentioned earlier

http://retrorides.proboards.com/thread/159978/nissan-bluebird-executive-1989-london#.U25L32cU_IU

There was one of those for sale on donedeal recently, black with a gold stripe.

colm_mcm · 10-05-2014 5:02pm

This was an actual special edition

As was this

Kaiser D · 10-05-2014 5:02pm

Old diesel · 10-05-2014 5:03pm

Kaiser D wrote: »

There was one of those for sale on donedeal recently, black with a gold stripe.

Yes seen that one - had a look at that add to put up on this tread - but he had no proper pics of the leather - so went looking for something else.

And found the one I linked to above

Cee-Jay-Cee · 10-05-2014 5:03pm

Old diesel wrote: »

In the Uk - Nissan did an Executive version of the Bluebird with Air conditioning, leather etc - they did two batches - the first lot in 1988 had a 1.8 turbo charged engine (there was also a ZX turbo in the normal Bluebird line up in UK) and the 2nd batch had the 2.0 fuel injected NA engine.

They weren't special Editions, they were just factory cars. I had a white 1989 4 door Bluebird ZX Turbo, it was a beautiful car and fast back in it's day. The engine was the same engine from the silvia/180sx of the time, the CA18DET which developed 130bhp. I absolutely loved that car.

colm_mcm · 10-05-2014 5:05pm

Nearly forgot about this!

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Kaiser D · 10-05-2014 5:07pm

Old diesel · 10-05-2014 5:08pm

CJC999 wrote: »

They weren't special Editions, they were just factory cars. I had a white 1989 4 door Bluebird ZX Turbo, it was a beautiful car and fast back in it's day. The engine was the same engine from the silvia/180sx of the time, the CA18DET which developed 130bhp. I absolutely loved that car.

The ZX turbo was definitely part of the normal Bluebird range - but I thought they only did 500 of the Executive turbo and 2,000 of the fuel injected Executives.

But I am open to correction though.

Kaiser D · 10-05-2014 5:10pm

colm_mcm wrote: »

Golf MK3 Rolling Stones

Also,

To name a few...

Old diesel · 10-05-2014 5:10pm

Does the R19 Bacarra count as a special edition - think they had leather and stuff

Kaiser D · 10-05-2014 5:17pm

My Renault 5 is a "Le Shot" Campus - dunno if its an actual special edition or a dealer special.

CiniO · 10-05-2014 5:19pm

Seicento Schumacher

colm_mcm · 10-05-2014 5:20pm

There was "Le Car" Renault 5 as well. My uncle had one.

My aunt had a Fiat Uno "Blanco" (it was white)
She had an Uno "Hobby" after that, it had roof rails IIRC.
Another uncle had a Renault 9 "American" and a Primera "invitation" (base model plus ABS)

Oafley Jones · 10-05-2014 5:22pm

colm_mcm wrote: »

I remember the Toyota Starlet "jeans" special edition with denim seats, but can't find any pics online

I'm amused at one company putting their name on another completely different company's product.

Renault Megane tomtom

We had a gt line tomtom until the start of this year. Tomtom didn't appear anywhere on the car and was just the satnav spec. Odd picture there, didn't think you could get a tomtom with a spec that had air conditioning, as opposed to climate control. The tomtom satnav was ****ing horribly laid out. It's a prime example of how not to do a UI.

colm_mcm · 10-05-2014 5:28pm

I remember the Renault Megane "6 CD"
Last of the pre facelift megane saloons. Stick a cd changer in the boot, form an orderly queue!

ninty9er · 10-05-2014 5:30pm

Opel Astra Olympic from 1996. No pics to be found.

Red Kev · 10-05-2014 5:31pm

Citroen 2CV James Bond, even had fake bullet hole stickers.

Built as a hommage to this in For Your Eyes Only........

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Oafley Jones · 10-05-2014 5:39pm

Toyota had one or two special editions corollas that were different body shapes. Can't remember the name, but I thought they looked better than the standard car.

Odd special editions of cars

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