Autogeek visits Pebble Beach Concours d'Elegance!

Mike.Phillips@Autogeek said:
This looks like a new offering from Saleen....

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Seems to be based on a Tesla Model S, it's good to see electrics and hybrids being embraced by the performance community, lessens the anxiety that cars will be boring in the future.
 
dad07 said:
I owned one of theses..........nice!
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All I can think of when I hear Vega (not talking about Ray :p ) is the description I read about them being "made out of compressed rust" and they were prone to just disintegrating if you drove through a big enough pothole.

To be fair, everything rusted back then, and some of the most beloved brands today (Honda, Toyota, Datsun (Nissan) ) were incredible rust buckets back then.
 
Setec Astronomy said:
All I can think of when I hear Vega (not talking about Ray :p ) is the description I read about them being "made out of compressed rust" and they were prone to just disintegrating if you drove through a big enough pothole.

To be fair, everything rusted back then, and some of the most beloved brands today (Honda, Toyota, Datsun (Nissan) ) were incredible rust buckets back then.
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Yep they did rust quick..........some on the show room floor! :laughing:
 
Mike.Phillips@Autogeek said:
Continued.....

Check out this really old Audi - Almost looks like a Morris Minor crossed with a Mini Cooper....
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That's a DKW. It was sold under the Auto Union "umbrella" (merger of DKW, Audi, Horch and Wanderer - 4 brands, hence 4 rings) which later, and after the merger with NSU, became Audi NSU Auto Union and, some years on, simply Audi (in 1985).
 
RMM said:
That's a DKW. It was sold under the Auto Union "umbrella" (merger of DKW, Audi, Horch and Wanderer - 4 brands, hence 4 rings) which later, and after the merger with NSU, became Audi NSU Auto Union and, some years on, simply Audi (in 1985).
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Very interesting.... thanks for chiming in and adding that little bit of car history.



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I'm not sure what this is but I think from the lack of a front grill for air intake and the air grills on the back fender is some version of a Corvair with an air cooled engine?

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Yup, that be a Corvair. One of the more expensive ones. Most of the ones that one saw were the epitome 'plain Janes.'

I must admit, I did have to do a Google to be sure...LOL.

Ref that pic of George Barris, GOOD EYE!

Bill
 
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