It's American, it's not an Iso
Got it :lol: iso rovolta varedo a strange but exceptional car of its time
It's American, it's not an Iso
Must admit this one's causing me some confusion. Almost every US made/market car after the early '70s had either high backed seats with integral head restraints if it had sporting pretensions, or low back seats with adjustable restraints if it was more in the budget/family mould.
This one has low backed seats with no restraints.
It looks as if the panel behind the seats is part of a firewall which would suggest a mid-engined layout, but apart from the Pontiac Fiero, which was a GM product but had a V6, I'm struggling to think of many at all. The de Tomaso Pantera was Italian but had a Ford Cleveland motor and the GT40 which was also a Ford product but built largely in the UK by Eric Broadley at Lola (I think), there aren't many.
Oh, ah, er.....here's one from left field.....Chevrolet Corvair
Ha! Got it, definitely. Well, probably. Erm, when I say probably, what I really mean is, er, possibly. OK, ok. Wild stab in the dark here, let's say the Fitch Phoenix. If my memory serves, it went the way of other American odd-balls such as he Corvair it was based on and the Brubaker Box.
Stands back and awaits ridicule
Well Daimler is a marque name in Germany and Britain, and,with the possible exception of VW, nearly all German cars had numbers, to whit: 2002, 320, 450, 911, A4.
So that pretty much limits it to one of GM(E)s models, such as Astra, Corsa, Vectra, Omega, Mokka, Adam, Merida, Cascade, er, er, struggling now, quite a lot actually.
Well the closest I can get now, using a combination of brain power and the internet, although mainly the internet, if I'm honest, is the Intermeccanica Omega. Intermeccanica is a bit of a weird set up, having started in Turin in the '60s before moving to the US and latterly Canada. They have a marque badge that includes the Union Flag. They made numerous cars including Formula Junior cars in the '60s as well as replicas of the German WW2 Kubelwagen.
Strangely enough they also made the prototype of the Fitch Phoenix that I mentioned in my previous reply. The Omega had a chassis designed by a Briton despite being made in the US at that time.
Just looking for a Smiley with a white flag, can't find one so....................
If GM is going in the right direction, and we're talking of previous models, I'm intrigued by your description of the marque name as being the same as a German and British car. Does that mean the name was the same for both branches of the Corporation, or simply that the car was sold in both Opel & Vauxhall's markets. If it's the former, then we're talking about quite a modern car, if it's the latter then the period in question would be earlier, say from the late '70s onwards. The same names were really only used after the the start of the noughties.
The Kadett was the Chevette in terms of bodies, although the mechanicals were different; The next gen. Kadett was called the Astra; the Ascona the Cavalier; the Rekord the Carlton and the Senator initially was known as the Royale in the UK.
Later on of course, the Astra was the same name used by both branches of GM, as was the Vectra, Calibra and Senator, replaced later by the Omega.
I'm also confusing myself because about the best known user of transaxles were Alfa Romeo. There was a US version of the Chevette which was RWD so highly unlikely to have a transaxle and a Chevrolet Cavlier which was FWD, so again probably wouldn't have had a transaxle as it was basically a US built version of our Cavalier/Ascona but with an older ohv engine, and to make matters worse the rear suspension arrangement on some of the earlier Astras was known as Omega. I think there was also a model sold in the US called the Corsa but that was a bigger car than the European one.
Oops, almost forgot the Nova in all that. There again there was a car called the Nova which was based on the VW Beetle but had a bizarre lift-up roof and windscreen as a method of entry...................:bang:
I really do need to go to bed now, it's 02:11 and this is not getting any easier.
Opel GT, later sold as the Vauxhall Firenza?
Opel manta??
The Opel GT and Firenza only had three things in common:Opel GT, later sold as the Vauxhall Firenza?
Bugger! Going to have to do this the hard way.
Viva, Chevette, Magnum, Firenza, Victor, Ventora (missed out VX 4/90 obviously) Cresta, Viscount, Astra, Cavalier, Carlton, Viceroy, Royale, Senator, Calibra, er, Vectra, erm, wotsit called, er, Omega and, er, struggling now and trying not to resort to Google.
Need sleep.