SOLVED - What car #89 - 1969-72 Skoda 720 prototype

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[SeaLion]

Italian?

[superingo63]

Maybe a Fiat 132 

[@re]

Not Italian - which means it is not a Fiat.

[Otto Puzzell]

From a British Commonwealth country?

[@re]

I'll clearify my first answer, about it not being Italian.

The car itself is not built in Italy, and is not related to any Italian car manufacturer. The design, however...

[imprezaf]

Mazda RX2/3?

[Paul Jaray]

If the design is italian it should be Michelotti, if it is Michelotti it should be a Triumph, if it is a Triumph it could be.....

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Not a Mazda, not Michelotti, not a Triumph... this was supposed to be a production car but never made it past the prototype stage. As with the Alfa Romeo puzzle I posted earlier, I've photoshopped away a detail that would have made this too easy, but the car is still easily recognisable if you've seen it before.

[SeaLion]

Audi? The doors looks like those of the first VW Passat, so this could be a concept for the Audi sister model, the 80. If it is, the design is maybe signed Italdesign?

[@re]

Yes, the design was penned by ItalDesign's Giorgetto Giugiaro!

It is, however, not an Audi - you're in the wrong country.

[Paul Jaray]

Isuzu Bellett?

[Otto Puzzell]

Škoda 720

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Yes! It's the 1969-1972 Škoda 720 prototype.



There's a video of it here... in Czech :
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MME-XRE1jmg