Top Gear 'car darts' game... Brown one.

[Richard Kilpatrick]

Okay. I give up, I've seen it three times, and my girlfriend and I are still
arguing about it.

Top Gear played darts with some cars. Most of them were clearly marked, the
names were mentioned. They also had a brown convertible. The badges were
removed, and it wasn't shown for very long on screen.

My initial reaction was that it was a mid 90s Saab 900 Convertible, but the
back end is completely wrong and looks identical from every angle I've seen
it from to a FWD Celica convertible.

So I'm stumped. Which doesn't happen to me very often.

My girlfriend says Saab. I say the windscreen frame and back end don't
support that.

Does anyone know? Or have still frames from it, or something? It's driving
me mad ;)

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[Chris]

"Richard Kilpatrick" <delorean@NOSPAMbtconnect.com> wrote in message
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> Okay. I give up, I've seen it three times, and my girlfriend and I are
still
> arguing about it.
>
> Top Gear played darts with some cars. Most of them were clearly marked,
the
> names were mentioned. They also had a brown convertible. The badges were
> removed, and it wasn't shown for very long on screen.
>
> My initial reaction was that it was a mid 90s Saab 900 Convertible, but
the
> back end is completely wrong and looks identical from every angle I've
seen
> it from to a FWD Celica convertible.
>
> So I'm stumped. Which doesn't happen to me very often.
>
> My girlfriend says Saab. I say the windscreen frame and back end don't
> support that.
>
> Does anyone know? Or have still frames from it, or something? It's driving
> me mad ;)


Not sure exactly, but I know it wasn't a saab and they certainly didn't do a
brown one...

maybe it was a TR7...


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[Richard Kilpatrick]

On 11/8/04 1:21 am, in article ODdSc.582$Qs4.77@newsfe5-gui.ntli.net,
"Chris" <cb@yahoo.com> wrote:

> Not sure exactly, but I know it wasn't a saab and they certainly didn't do a
> brown one...

The car was a faded metallic brown, so it could have been another colour and
quickly repainted. Some effort had been made to hide whatever it was...

> maybe it was a TR7...

Not pointy enough, and too large...

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[:::Jerry::::]

"Chris" <cb@yahoo.com> wrote in message
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>
<snip>
>
> Not sure exactly, but I know it wasn't a saab and they certainly didn't do
a
> brown one...
>

Yes they did, I know someone who has (a metallic brown) one sitting in his
drive.

> maybe it was a TR7...
>

You didn't see the programme. obviously, did you !....

I would have said Saab, even the back end didn't look wrong, considering it
was a convertible.

[Jono Barspeed]

It was a toyota celica cabrio mocked up for an advert some while ago, a
dealer turns into a cowboy and the car goes up and down on a pole.

jono

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":::Jerry::::" <me@privacy.net> wrote in message
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>
> "Chris" <cb@yahoo.com> wrote in message
> news:ODdSc.582$Qs4.77@newsfe5-gui.ntli.net...
> >
> <snip>
> >
> > Not sure exactly, but I know it wasn't a saab and they certainly didn't
do
> a
> > brown one...
> >
>
> Yes they did, I know someone who has (a metallic brown) one sitting in his
> drive.
>
> > maybe it was a TR7...
> >
>
> You didn't see the programme. obviously, did you !....
>
> I would have said Saab, even the back end didn't look wrong, considering
it
> was a convertible.
>
>


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[Richard Kilpatrick]

On 11/8/04 7:30 am, in article 4119bcf1_2@mk-nntp-2.news.uk.tiscali.com,
"Jono Barspeed" <jono_barspeed@tesco.net> wrote:

> It was a toyota celica cabrio mocked up for an advert some while ago, a
> dealer turns into a cowboy and the car goes up and down on a pole.

Oh! What advert? If this is true then a: my car spotting skills are bang on,
and b: my girlfriend is /wrong/ :D

You know, I've checked pictures, and I am /so/ right. The rear 3/4 view is
unmistakeable.

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[Jono Barspeed]

To go into detail, when I saw the episode the first time round I instantly
recognised the car as what I described.
The car was used in the advert, a woman walks into a car dealership,
everything is fine, until the dealer puts on a stetson, climbs into a
disguised Celica Cabrio, the car then goes up on a single poster ramp and
bucks up and down like a bucking bronco while the dealer yells yahoo!
The woman makes her escape and exits through saloon type doors. The ad ends
with i think the AA recommending a pre purchase check.

Then we return to the car the on Top Gear, the same or apparently the same
car, a mildly disquised Celica, painted a foul browny color, with engine
removed.

Jono


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"Richard Kilpatrick" <delorean@NOSPAMbtconnect.com> wrote in message
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> On 11/8/04 7:30 am, in article 4119bcf1_2@mk-nntp-2.news.uk.tiscali.com,
> "Jono Barspeed" <jono_barspeed@tesco.net> wrote:
>
> > It was a toyota celica cabrio mocked up for an advert some while ago, a
> > dealer turns into a cowboy and the car goes up and down on a pole.
>
> Oh! What advert? If this is true then a: my car spotting skills are bang
on,
> and b: my girlfriend is /wrong/ :D
>
> You know, I've checked pictures, and I am /so/ right. The rear 3/4 view is
> unmistakeable.
>
> Richard
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>


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[Peter Hill]

On Wed, 11 Aug 2004 20:56:16 +0100, "Jono Barspeed"
<jono_barspeed@tesco.net> wrote:

>Then we return to the car the on Top Gear, the same or apparently the same
>car, a mildly disquised Celica, painted a foul browny color, with engine
>removed.

Well any car engine made by Yamaha is worth hanging on to. The FWD
part is junk. Sadly my RWD '84 2.0XT had a Toyota lump in it, it was
good in the 80's but it would have been so much better with a Yamaha
in it.

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[MeatballTurbo]

In article <2ntsgmF4kv0oU1@uni-berlin.de>, me@privacy.net says...
> I would have said Saab, even the back end didn't look wrong, considering it
> was a convertible.
>
Agreed. The Saab 900 convertible (classic version) was based on the Saab
900 Saloon, not the 900 hatch (obviously) so it does look a little odd.

For the record, I'm sure it was a 900 too, I commented to the missus
about it.
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[Geoff Mackenzie]

"Richard Kilpatrick" <delorean@NOSPAMbtconnect.com> wrote in message
news:BD3FD477.A10D%delorean@NOSPAMbtconnect.com...
> On 11/8/04 7:30 am, in article 4119bcf1_2@mk-nntp-2.news.uk.tiscali.com,
> "Jono Barspeed" <jono_barspeed@tesco.net> wrote:
>
> > It was a toyota celica cabrio mocked up for an advert some while ago, a
> > dealer turns into a cowboy and the car goes up and down on a pole.
>
> Oh! What advert? If this is true then a: my car spotting skills are bang
on,
> and b: my girlfriend is /wrong/ :D
>
> You know, I've checked pictures, and I am /so/ right. The rear 3/4 view is
> unmistakeable.
>
At the risk of being obvious, why not contact Top Gear and ask them?

Geoff MacK

[Richard Kilpatrick]

On 14/8/04 8:45 am, in article cfkfl7$1mr$1@news6.svr.pol.co.uk, "Geoff
Mackenzie" <geoff@acsysindia.freeserve.co.uk> wrote:

>
> "Richard Kilpatrick" <delorean@NOSPAMbtconnect.com> wrote in message
> news:BD3FD477.A10D%delorean@NOSPAMbtconnect.com...
>> On 11/8/04 7:30 am, in article 4119bcf1_2@mk-nntp-2.news.uk.tiscali.com,
>> "Jono Barspeed" <jono_barspeed@tesco.net> wrote:
>>
>>> It was a toyota celica cabrio mocked up for an advert some while ago, a
>>> dealer turns into a cowboy and the car goes up and down on a pole.
>>
>> Oh! What advert? If this is true then a: my car spotting skills are bang
> on,
>> and b: my girlfriend is /wrong/ :D
>>
>> You know, I've checked pictures, and I am /so/ right. The rear 3/4 view is
>> unmistakeable.
>>
> At the risk of being obvious, why not contact Top Gear and ask them?

No need - it's definitely a Celica. I've compared as many pictures as I can
find online, and it's clear that the Top Gear car had painted on headlights
;)

Richard
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[Dave Plowman (News)]

In article <MPG.1b85716d80d8a86b98a480@news.individual.net>,
MeatballTurbo <carl.robson@bouncing-czechs.com> wrote:
> For the record, I'm sure it was a 900 too, I commented to the missus
> about it.

AOL. But not obviously to your missus.

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