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The Hunt continues!

May 7th 2012 10:43
The hunt continues as AUTOLOUD is still carless.

Although I have seen plenty of enticing vehicles there are none which has really grabbed my attention.

From times gone by Autoloud considered a 1959 Vauxhall Victor (with horrific two tone pastel paintwork!) and also a Humber Hawk. The Hawk was probably more my style and all it really needs to make it look like something is to paint the wheels bright red and throw a set of whitewalls at it.
The problem with these two is of course they are sedans, not a wagon as I had originally planned on. A Holden Gemini Wagon I have seen could fill the bill – automatic with exterior sun visor and could look very old school with a minimum of work, but..................


None of these excite me very much, I am still hooked on the idea of a Rat-Rod or a woody wagon, the more Autoloud surfs the interweb the more inspired I am.

Woody Wagon
Nissan Cedric with wood


As you can see above, If wish I could get my hands on a JDM Nissan Cedric or Toyota Crown wagon – lazy six cylinder up front, plenty of goodies to play with and wood grain down the sides. All one of these would need would be a six or seven foot surfboard on the roofrack!
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Bentley Bush Bruiser!

April 9th 2012 05:53
If you have troubling counting the Sterling, Rubles, Saudi Riyal or even the US Dollars in your Swiss bank account and you love to go the beach/desert or even for a drive through a forest then Bentley are waiting for you!

Unveiled at the Geneva Motor Show was this automotive equivalent of the Queen Mary II - the Bentley EXP 9F concept.

Bentley, SUV
Trees, desert and beach - be scared!



With a visage that only a mother or middle Eastern buyers will love the SUV is a big lump of a car (It even dwarfs the Range Rover!) with twelve cylinders under the bonnet. As you would expect BMW - Sorry Bentley - have packed in features aplenty for the well heeled clientele that are bound to line up for this big boy!

Regardless of how you look at it this is a brave car, Bentley have not mentioned the H word (Hybrid) but surely it has to be considered? The Twelve cylinder engine is thirsty in the Mulsanne so it goes without saying this one should drink like an alcoholic at happy hour. The reality is that most of the buyers can afford to run it so who are we to care?

This is not Bentleys first crack at a SUV, the did build a handul of Range Rover based Bentley Turbo V8 engined Dominators in the eighties or early nineties for the Sultan of Brunei. Which was not a bad looking car.

Is the new one ugly? Will it sell to Rappers and Russians? Will they be too scared to take it off road? Autoloud thinks YES to all!

Bentley please stick to making luxury sport coupes and limos because this has awoken TATA, owners to Jagwah to the possibility of a Jaguar SUV.

Where will it all end??





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Bentley Bush Bruiser!

April 9th 2012 05:51
If you have troubling counting the Sterling, Rubles, Saudi Riyal or even the US Dollars in your Swiss bank account and you love to go the beach/desert or even for a drive through a forest then Bentley are waiting for you!

Unveiled at the Geneva Motor Show was this automotive equivalent of the Queen Mary II - the Bentley EXP 9F concept.

Bentley, SUV
Trees, desert and beach - be scared!


With a visage that only a mother or middle Eastern buyers will love the SUV is a big lump of a car (It even dwarfs the Range Rover!) with twelve cylinders under the bonnet. As you would expect BMW - Sorry Bentley - have packed in features aplenty for the well heeled clientele that are bound to line up for this big boy!

Regardless of how you look at it this is a brave car, Bentley have not mentioned the H word (Hybrid) but surely it has to be considered? The Twelve cylinder engine is thirsty in the Mulsanne so it goes without saying this one should drink like an alcoholic at happy hour. The reality is that most of the buyers can afford to run it so who are we to care?

This is not Bentleys first crack at a SUV, they did build a handul of Range Rover based Bentley Turbo V8 engined Dominators in the eighties or early nineties for the Sultan of Brunei. Which was not a bad looking car.

Is the new one ugly? Will it sell to Rappers and Russians? Will they be too scared to take it off road? Autoloud thinks YES to all!

Bentley please stick to making luxury sport coupes and limos because this has awoken TATA, owners to Jagwah to the possibility of a Jaguar SUV.

Where will it all end??





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Daihatsu Copen Dies!

April 9th 2012 05:01
Before the world went SUV mad, people actually bought other types of cars. Sports cars, hot hatches were the red hot favourites for a period until the winds of fashion changed and buyers looked for the next hot automotive accessory.

Daihatsu Copen
Another one bites the dust!

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Bugeye by BMW

March 22nd 2012 12:08
Whispers around the European motor industry point to a resurrection of the Triumph name owned by BMW.

Considering the badge has not existed in a generation, you wonder what exactly the thought pattern behind it is


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Sad ending for SAAB

January 26th 2012 12:19
SAAB


Please join AUTOLOUD in a moments silence for the Swedish Motor industry


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Dont mention the Toyota Crown!

December 21st 2011 13:59
Where have all the good cheap cars gone?

Toyota Crown

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I feel a Woody coming on!

October 24th 2011 13:50
Call me old fashioned (strange even!) but Autoloud is developing a strange fixation with Woodies!

Woodie wagon

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Honey I shrunk the Audi!

August 24th 2011 10:23
For the last decade, the German motor industry has been engaged in a horsepower war which has seen power outputs go crazy in what is no more than a “Mine is bigger than yours” contest.

Have to be honest here; Autoloud loves horsepower but what about the other end of the spectrum? The noble pursuit of the ultimate Miles per gallon or litres per 100 Kilometres (depending on where you live), is also a race being slugged out by the Germans. If you take a journey back in time, you find that Germany was responsible for many economy minded (some of them fun) cars including such vehicles as the Heinkel Trojan, Zundapp and everyone’s favourite the Messerschmitt KR200 Tiger


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Certain old air cooled Volkswagens are making crazy money as a look at the results of the Barrett Jackson auction in Orange County last weekend will testify.
VW Kombi
$217,800 worth of Kombi!


The highlight of the sale was a 23 Window Kombi which sold for the astounding figure of $217,800! If you really wanted a Kombi but your pockets will not stretch that far then maybe the 65 Model Kombi in Sealing wax red sold for only $85,000. If Beetles are more your thing they offered plenty of choice. How about a nicely restored oval window Beetle for $30,000 or a pink and white 1972 model Beetle with custom two-tone interior for $33,000


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