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Irish car

  • 10-01-2006 11:14am
    #1
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,435 ✭✭✭


    LOL, since when are Mazda's "irish made cars" ??

    http://www.carzone.ie/usedcars/index.cfm?fuseaction=car&carID=337152

    damn , some people are really stupid. I hate reading that line in alsmost every car ad.
    Are these people chronically stupid or whats the story??...I always wondered do they actually think that these cars were actually made in a factory in Wexford or something??

    wouldnt "non-import" or something like that make more sense than "irish made car" ......also takes up less words in adds!


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  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,013 ✭✭✭Wolverine_1999


    Heh, when I was searching for an MX-3 I actually saw that as well there !


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 51,360 ✭✭✭✭bazz26


    Also anyone who is trying to sell their car and takes a picture of it in the dark is either not the brightest tool in the shed or is hiding something.

    The body kit looks as if it was only put on yeserday, it looks like it isn't even sprayed.


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 658 ✭✭✭pontovic


    strange question, but how come cars were never made here ? all i know of are the fords that were made in cork until 1984 and the il fated delorean in belfast


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,991 ✭✭✭el tel


    pontovic wrote:
    strange question, but how come cars were never made here ? all i know of are the fords that were made in cork until 1984 and the il fated delorean in belfast

    The only other cars manufactured in Ireland I can think of are the Clan Crusader, Clan Clover and the Shamrock job. All of which are junk AFAIK.

    (The Brittains Group also assembled British Leyland cars on the Naas Road - more junk)


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,487 ✭✭✭franksm


    Could be snobbery: maybe they're wanting to differentiate between the "domestic" car and an import.


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  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,765 ✭✭✭ds20prefecture


    el tel wrote:
    The only other cars manufactured in Ireland I can think of are the Clan Crusader, Clan Clover and the Shamrock job. All of which are junk AFAIK.
    The Irish Government owned the sole world-wide rights to manufacture Heinkel "Cabin Cruisers" in the late 50s. They made over 6000 of them in Dundalk. These are highly sought-after because of their relative rarity. The rights & plant were sold to a private company in Slough and manufactured for a number of years under the brand "Trojan". More here http://www.heinkel-trojan-club.co.uk/cabin_cruisers.htm

    cabin_1.jpg

    In the 20s and 30s there were a few manufacturers in Belfast, but none in the free state that I know of.


  • Moderators, Recreation & Hobbies Moderators Posts: 10,440 Mod ✭✭✭✭Mr Magnolia


    The Irish Government owned the sole world-wide rights to manufacture Heinkel "Cabin Cruisers" in the late 50s. They made over 6000 of them in Dundalk. These are highly sought-after because of their relative rarity. The rights & plant were sold to a private company in Slough and manufactured for a number of years under the brand "Trojan". More here http://www.heinkel-trojan-club.co.uk/cabin_cruisers.htm

    cabin_1.jpg

    In the 20s and 30s there were a few manufacturers in Belfast, but none in the free state that I know of.


    Apparently the only door that was on the 'Heinkel Cabin Cruiser' was at the front, it opened outward, the car also had no reverse gear, so if you drove it right up to a wall you were buggered.


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 1,435 ✭✭✭C_Breeze


    Sparks400 wrote:
    Apparently the only door that was on the 'Heinkel Cabin Cruiser' was at the front, it opened outward, the car also had no reverse gear, so if you drove it right up to a wall you were buggered.


    HAHAHA. oh man - lack of logical reasoning or what!! imagine crashing into a tree or another car.

    on a side note , in that pic why is it Left hand drive and have German reg plates??


    ALSO : this isnt what i intended when i started this thread , but do go on.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,991 ✭✭✭el tel


    Great info ds20prefecture. Never knew that!

    (Apart from the integrated headlights,the Henkel is not at all unlike the BMW Isetta of the same era)
    bmw_isetta.jpg


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 37 P2ssw0rd


    bazz26 wrote:
    Also anyone who is trying to sell their car and takes a picture of it in the dark is either not the brightest tool in the shed or is hiding something.

    The body kit looks as if it was only put on yeserday, it looks like it isn't even sprayed.

    That car looks absolutley atrocious! The front bumper looks like it was crashed and put back together, maybe that's what he means by 'Irish made car'. I would think that putting something like that on an add would discourage people from buying it. I mean, really, would you buy a car that was made in this country? We can't even glue train tracks to concrete properly.:rolleyes:


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  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,407 ✭✭✭G Luxel


    there used to be american cars assembled here too as well as dkws and opels at one stage. The american cars originated in CKD form from Canada.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 527 ✭✭✭theShire


    anyone else take a look at the pic of the front- doesn't look like the Mazda badge to me! more than likely it's a Eunos which means definate import!

    was the mx-3 even available to buy in this country- if it was then this would be fairly rare- I don't think i've ever seen a genuine Irish mx-3 on the road


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 23,077 ✭✭✭✭Esel
    Not Your Ornery Onager


    Sparks400 wrote:
    Apparently the only door that was on the 'Heinkel Cabin Cruiser' was at the front, it opened outward, the car also had no reverse gear, so if you drove it right up to a wall you were buggered.

    Maybe this 'car' was so light and small that your foot was the reverse gear?

    Not your ornery onager



  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,415 ✭✭✭Gatster


    "irish made car"

    Leprechauns, they're everywhere. I caught 8 of them last night attempting to build me a Buggati Veyron in my back garden until I shooed them off with a broom.


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 32 Dead


    wow i senn them before there great lil bangers ;)


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 454 ✭✭toffeapple


    Didnt they used to make chryslers hear?


  • Moderators, Technology & Internet Moderators Posts: 6,527 Mod ✭✭✭✭sharkman


    toffeapple wrote:
    Didnt they used to make chryslers hear?

    Yeah , Chrysler had a plant in Santry , its where the garda Station is now .


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 88,972 ✭✭✭✭mike65


    Gatster wrote:
    Leprechauns, they're everywhere. I caught 8 of them last night attempting to build me a Buggati Veyron in my back garden until I shooed them off with a broom.

    Thanks for that! I needed a laugh. :)

    Mike.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,775 ✭✭✭JamesM


    el tel wrote:
    The only other cars manufactured in Ireland I can think of are the Clan Crusader, Clan Clover and the Shamrock job. All of which are junk AFAIK.

    (The Brittains Group also assembled British Leyland cars on the Naas Road - more junk)

    The Brittain Group assembled Morris cars for years at Portobello. They included the Morris Minor and the Mini.
    Lincoln and Nolan assembled all the Austin range here as well. Not exactly JUNK in their day. They were the most popular cars in Ireland after Ford. They later merged and became the Leyland Group. Brittains were also the first people to import Japenese cars to Ireland. They were the Datsun (later Nissan) importers.
    Jim.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 5,451 ✭✭✭blastman


    I thought I read somewhere (possibly the Irish Times Motoring section), that there was an Irish car manufacturer back in the fifties, based in Cavan. I can't for the life of me remember the marque name, though. Supposedly it was the only Irish car manufacturer. Can anyone confirm this or am I going mad (always a possibility!)?


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  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 719 ✭✭✭lostinsuperfunk


    The first VWs to be assembled outside Germany were made in Ballsbridge - see www.vwmadeinireland.com
    And I remember my parents had a Fiat 128 with a 'Guaranteed Irish' logo on the back!


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