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New Polo Competitor
Posted: Mon Dec 06, 2004 11:26 pm
by dxg
http://habibmotorcars.com/main.html
^^^
Worth a look. I think VW will be loosing sales to this baby...
Deek.
Posted: Mon Dec 06, 2004 11:29 pm
by toXXin
Kubelwagen?
Posted: Mon Dec 06, 2004 11:31 pm
by dxg
Now that you mention it... Maybe from the front, if I squint enough...
In all seriousness I *can* see the merits of this vehicle. Cheap motoring for a developing nation. Fair enough.
(Just can't figure out where the "engine" is - under the seat?)
Posted: Mon Dec 06, 2004 11:42 pm
by ste mk1lx
dxg wrote:
(Just can't figure out where the "engine" is - under the seat?)
no there's a hole in the floor (double move ya leg cam)
at least you won't get speeding fines (37mph tops)
Posted: Tue Dec 07, 2004 12:15 am
by GroovyCarrot
no there's a hole in the floor (double move ya leg cam)
at least you won't get speeding fines (37mph tops)
Nope.. that just lulls you into a false sense of security, you floor it all the way and get done by a camera in a 30 limit
Posted: Tue Dec 07, 2004 1:39 am
by Tahrey1043
"keeping safety in mind" they have fitted seat belts and seat padding... but not any doors, or rounded off the jutting metal angled edges!
(they've also put a speedo on that reads to at least 100, maybe 120kmh - that's just excessive and probably depressing!)
bizzare, why not just import a load of golf carts and de-restrict them
only in pakistan could something like that be road legal (how long til some US rapper gets one and bling blings it?)...
close investigation suggests it's a pair of honda c90s (~85cc each) welded together with some fancy subframing, better seats, and a gearbox modified for overdrive 4th and pushbutton reverse
-- wanna bet how much of that 60km/h you'll see dragging up a 1-in-12 incline with the usual subcontinental sensibility so far as passenger compliment is concerned?
(ie "seats 4 people" doesnt include various babies and children under 12 being carried in laps, folk standing up on or hanging off of it. or their luggage.) ---- i notice that they didnt bother to include any HP or torque figures, just that questionable top speed!
plus the frame alone weighs 350kg, thats a fair bit for a 170cc engine to pull about already never mind passengers etc - fully laden it'll be probably up to kerb weight of a mk2 with an average driver....
the concept however does smack a bit of the original 2CV, so pretty good stuff may come from it. and i bet it's a total hoot to drive!
plus it's got a great turning circle (less than half a polo's)
how much is 126,500 rupees in quid?
cheers for the link... most interesting
Posted: Tue Dec 07, 2004 9:43 am
by carmadaaron
open top driving.... for les than u fink
Posted: Tue Dec 07, 2004 4:35 pm
by GroovyCarrot
126,500 rupees = £1,490
Nice cheap motoring there
But then.. you really do get what you pay for..
Posted: Tue Dec 07, 2004 4:52 pm
by metz
If they hadn't asked us to leave their country maybe they would have fiesta's nova's and saxo's now
It would have been full of Chavistani's
Posted: Tue Dec 07, 2004 8:30 pm
by Tahrey1043
how much!
the 2nd hand market in pakistan must be something chronic to be selling something like that!
Posted: Tue Dec 07, 2004 8:35 pm
by carmadaaron
he he i wonder whats depreciation is like then...
Posted: Tue Dec 07, 2004 10:19 pm
by GaryUK
I'll take 2!
Anyone for a group buy?
Posted: Tue Dec 07, 2004 10:24 pm
by carmadaaron
ill take 3......
Posted: Wed Dec 08, 2004 1:23 am
by Tahrey1043
only if they fit a gixxer lump to it, and invest in some wheels that are actually wider than my own tyres when 4 of the pakistani ones are put side by side. that'd be fun.