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SOLVED - What car #350 - 1990s Mazda 241
« on: July 11, 2008, 10:30:54 AM »
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Re: What car #350
« Reply #1 on: August 24, 2008, 07:18:48 AM »
Promoted!
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Re: What car #350
« Reply #2 on: August 26, 2008, 03:23:27 PM »
Park a Porsche Boxster or 911 in a room, let Mr. Colani in, lock the door for a while and - voila...
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Re: What car #350
« Reply #3 on: August 26, 2008, 04:31:02 PM »
Could have been, yes!

There's no Porsche parts in this, though, and it's not Mr. Colani's work.

Believe it or not, this is a very obscure piece of work from the design division of one of the world's major automobile manufacturers. And I have only seen it mentioned once - so I'm almost willing to believe that it's something else than it's supposed to be, but until the opposite has been proved, I want the manufacturer and model designation that I've been told is correct.
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Re: What car #350
« Reply #4 on: August 27, 2008, 04:17:02 AM »
I think Grob meant this as a joke, @re.
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Re: What car #350
« Reply #5 on: August 27, 2008, 05:34:16 AM »
And I got it, Ray! Just felt like giving a clue.
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Re: What car #350
« Reply #6 on: August 27, 2008, 12:35:11 PM »
Hm, letīs start from the very beginnings:

is it european?

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Re: What car #350
« Reply #7 on: August 29, 2008, 05:49:38 PM »
No!
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Re: What car #350
« Reply #8 on: August 30, 2008, 02:31:49 AM »
Japanese then?

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Re: What car #350
« Reply #9 on: August 30, 2008, 05:26:10 AM »
Yes!
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Re: What car #350
« Reply #10 on: August 30, 2008, 09:28:23 AM »
Man, this is the Mazda 241 Concept Car...

Does anyone know when this one was released? The design looks very 1990īs, but my russian source claims it to be a 2007 product.

EDIT: The only thing Iīve found out is the fact that it seems to be the work of a pre 1999 graduate of the Royal College of Art in London.
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Re: What car #350
« Reply #11 on: August 30, 2008, 03:27:42 PM »
Yes! I had it listed as the Mazda 241 of the 1990s, and that's about all I have been able to dig up.

The point is yours!
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