cant identify car...

Eye

this has been annoying me all afternoon, went for a drive down around waterford city and as i was coming back in the cork road past the end of bunkers a car driving towards me caught my eye. Nice shape almost porche like but was like a firey red colour, the badge on the front had a small flower on it. first thing that came to mind was maybe a lotus but have been in their site and seen the lotus badge it was'nt one fo those. anyone any ideas what the hell it might have been.

did dome searching in google but can't find anything that looks like it having been in lotus, lamborghini, dodge, aston martin and various other sites, also tried auto trader to try pull up some exotic makes but nothing. cant find any decent sites that have car badges on them, any help much appreciated and if you can post a link to a manufacturer of a pic of their badge it might help jog my memory

it's just one of those really annoying and nagging things in the back of your mind that you just have to keep at until you solve it

mike65

A flower? It was'nt a Mistubishi badge - ? Well its got petals!

http://www.engine-power.com/img/specs/mitsubishi_3000gt_vr4_06.jpg

http://www.autosrapidos.com/superautos/m/mitsubishi-3000gt01.jpg

http://weaky.free.fr/images/fiches/jp/mitsubishi/3000_GT_93.jpg


Mike.

Kersh

mmmmm gto.......sweeeeet

Eye

no it certainly was'nt a mitsubishi badge, it's not a common badge, not seen it before so that's why it's annoying me so much, bloody nice car, from a distance it screamed porche but the badge really threw me :-\

Alun

I know I've seen this before, but I'm damned if I can remember what it is. Was it a round badge with a white flower, a bit like a large daisy or a chrysanthemum on it?

Ernie Ball

Is the car big or small? Two-seater?

Did the "flower" look like this?:

CJhaughey

Kit Car?

Eye

Yes alun you are right it was a small round badge with some sort of flower on it (flower people flower! not a damn toyota, mitsubishi or any other regular car) and no ernie ball it's not a toyota

Alun

Eye wrote:

Yes alun you are right it was a small round badge with some sort of flower on it (flower people flower! not a damn toyota, mitsubishi or any other regular car) and no ernie ball it's not a toyota

I'm racking my brains as we speak, I know I've seen it and I'm pretty sure I looked close enough to figure out what it was at the time, but I just can't remember ... old age, I guess. If I remember I'l llet you know

Eye

thanks, it's annoying the crap out of me and i wont be happy till i find out what it is

Ernie Ball

Can you give us a more detailed description of the car itself?

FX Meister

Draw a picture for us maybe?

Victor

Check out stuff like this http://www.eagleflag.com/images/corp/car.gif

http://www.autoplates.com/Pontiac/Pontiac4.jpg

http://www.autoplates.com/Cadillac/Cady6.jpg

http://www.autoplates.com/Cadillac/Cady18.jpg

http://www.autoplates.com/cadstel.jpg

http://www.autoplates.com/Cadillac/Cady5.jpg

http://www.autoplates.com/Eurosport/Cadillac/2208.jpg

And the original flower power http://www.vw.com/art/logo/driverswanted_ffffff.gif

Eye

well if i could i would but as i was driving towards it i only had a couple of seconds to have a look at it, at first i thought porsche, saw 2 recently in waterford and a ferrari but it was only as it was getting closer i could tell it was'nt the badge for a porsche and started looking and saw the small round badge with a flower, by the time i could see it clearly the car was behind me and i had to watch the traffic in front of me.

Eye

nothing in any of those links that looks remotely like a flower tbh, those cadilac's dont' and the pontiac firebird....right.

not much of an artist so can't draw and like i said only got a very quick glimpse and saw the unusuall badge so looked more at that to see what it was than the car.

Victor

Eye wrote:

nothing in any of those links that looks remotely like a flower tbh, those cadilac's dont' and the pontiac firebird....right.

Everyone's a critic.

lilulila

Theres two pontiacs up in hillview if that helps.

eth0_

It must be a kit car...doesn't sound like any mainstream car i've ever seen!

Eye

by kit car you mean what exactly? a modded car done up to look good.
i think not, this was a high end sports machine, not a civic with a kit on it. a proper sports car, like i keep say but nobody's listening .... think porsche that's what first jumped to my mind when i saw it, pretty sure it was a 2 seater and not a soft top i think.

mike65

Okay Waterford-based peeps, keep your eyes peeled we'll nail this one down yet!

Mike.

halkar

Now you got me googling, I want to know too
Maybe it was Skoda, looks like a flower in round

BrianD3

It's a long shot but could it have been a Gordon Keeble. This doesn't have a flower badge in fact it has a tortoise (haha) on the badge but it might look vaguely flower like from a distance. Sorta. If you half close your eyes

Eye

your right it was a very long shot

a bright green and yellow turtle might just stand out a little on a red car
i think it was a dark grey/blackish badge with a light grey/white flower or something to that effect.

Gatster

Another long shot, badge has a V but I suppose if could be mistaken for a flower...

This one's for sale at £24 STG.

masteire

i wasnt there but i'd say thats it

CJhaughey

A kit car is a car that you buy in a kit and assemble and engine yourself. They are usually fibreglass bodies and in the old days some looked pretty gammy , new versions are much better and depending on the care taken during assembly can look very much like a high end sports car.

unkel

Gatster wrote:

Another long shot, badge has a V but I suppose if could be mistaken for a flower...

Interesting guess

Doesn't look remotely like a flower to me, but the cars are exotic to be sure. The current model, the fetish has a price tag before VAT and VRT of €450k




More like a bird, an eagle perhaps:

bazz26

Was it maybe on of these?

http://www.carzone.ie/usedcars/index.cfm?fuseaction=car&carid=237997

Ernie Ball

unkel wrote:

The current model, the fetish has a price tag before VAT and VRT of €450k

The interesting thing about the Fetish (stupid name) is that it's an electric car that goes from 0-60 in 4.5 seconds. It has a 180kW engine.

Unfortunately, the top speed is only 105mph. Not that I'd be driving faster than that, mind.

Eye

you know bazz 26, you could be onto something there, i don't remember it being a soft top but i could be wrong on that as i was'nt looking much at that area of the car, the general shape of the car and badge looks about right but cant really make out any detail on the badge from that pic, very interesting though

unkel

Eye wrote:

badge looks about right but cant really make out any detail on the badge from that pic, very interesting though

Neptune's trident hardly looks like a flower now, does it? :rolleyes:



Perhaps you should get creative and do up a rough drawing in paint / photoshop and publish it here

Eye

fair enough the badge is way off but the general shape of the car is about right.

i don't have a creative bone in my body mate

i'll go searching for pictures or clipart of flowers and see if i can find anything like it, or maybe alun will remember what it was by then

bazz26

Eye wrote:

you know bazz 26, you could be onto something there, i don't remember it being a soft top but i could be wrong on that as i was'nt looking much at that area of the car, the general shape of the car and badge looks about right but cant really make out any detail on the badge from that pic, very interesting though

They are also available as a coupe so we maybe on the right track here.

lilulila

bazz26 wrote:

Was it maybe on of these?

http://www.carzone.ie/usedcars/index.cfm?fuseaction=car&carid=237997

There is one of those cars on the upper yellow road near the corner shop