Author Topic: SOLVED (at last!): Djetset #250 - Vauxhall Calypso BTV proposal (Read 8261 times)

D-type · « **Reply #75 on:** December 05, 2010, 05:43:37 PM »

For holiday use?

Djetset · « **Reply #76 on:** December 05, 2010, 05:48:37 PM »

Not specifically for holiday use, although this would have almost certainly have been used for leisure activities.

woodinsight · « **Reply #77 on:** December 05, 2010, 07:04:59 PM »

For towing sightseeing trailers along seafront promenades?

Djetset · « **Reply #78 on:** December 06, 2010, 04:11:29 AM »

I think we had a similar sugestion to that before, but no, it's not that!

Djetset · « **Reply #79 on:** December 09, 2010, 03:45:55 AM »

Two anniversaries today; the first birthday of this puzzle, and the second since I discovered AutoPuzzles, so as a special treat, here is a rear view of a model of this mystery Vauxhall.

Remember, I am looking for the model name for you a gain a point, not what it's function was planned to be (although this might help you find its name!).

Otto Puzzell · « **Reply #80 on:** December 09, 2010, 03:59:56 AM »

For observers to watch runners or bicycle racers who follow?

Djetset · « **Reply #81 on:** December 10, 2010, 03:20:20 AM »

Nice idea, but not it's role in life.

Otto Puzzell · « **Reply #82 on:** December 10, 2010, 03:59:12 AM »

Built for a specific event, or for a purpose that spanned a longer period of time?

Djetset · « **Reply #83 on:** December 10, 2010, 08:51:24 AM »

Not built for a specific event, and planned as a regular production model, if this helps answer the question

Oguerrerob · « **Reply #84 on:** December 10, 2010, 08:53:39 AM »

Olimpics?

Djetset · « **Reply #85 on:** December 10, 2010, 08:59:09 AM »

Not for a specific event, such as the Olympics!

Otto Puzzell · « **Reply #86 on:** December 10, 2010, 09:05:31 AM »

The intended customers must have been young (or at least very limber) and not averse to getting sprayed with dirt and water through those holes in the side. Could be a dune buggy, but the enclosed front wheels seem to be at odds with that type of use.

Djetset · « **Reply #87 on:** December 10, 2010, 09:17:23 AM »

Not a dune buggy, but it was intended as a distinct vehicle type. Not only for young either!

Allemano · « **Reply #88 on:** December 10, 2010, 09:21:11 AM »

I don't know if we had it before, but was the purpose simply sight-seeing?

Djetset · « **Reply #89 on:** December 10, 2010, 09:29:36 AM »

I think we did have site-seeing before, but it was not specifically for that.

To stress though, it was a specific vehicle type, just as a Land Rover is a 4x4 SUV, a Lotus Elise is a sportscar, Mayers Manx a dune buggy, etc. is, so it might be worth exploring what sort of vehicle segment this was intended for.

As I reminder though, all I am really looking for is the model name for this Vauxhall!

del78 · « **Reply #90 on:** December 10, 2010, 09:31:05 AM »

amphibious?

Djetset · « **Reply #91 on:** December 10, 2010, 09:33:31 AM »

Oguerrerob · « **Reply #92 on:** December 10, 2010, 09:39:44 AM »

Is it under Vauxhall brand?

Djetset · « **Reply #93 on:** December 10, 2010, 09:41:39 AM »

Yes, it would have been sold under the Vauxhall brand, but also under the GM brand is certain markets.

Paul Jaray · « **Reply #94 on:** December 10, 2010, 10:07:37 AM »

for a driving school?

Oguerrerob · « **Reply #95 on:** December 10, 2010, 10:17:23 AM »

For a movie or TV?

Djetset · « **Reply #96 on:** December 10, 2010, 11:25:19 AM »

None of the above.

Paul Jaray · « **Reply #97 on:** December 10, 2010, 12:03:51 PM »

I read again all the clues,
(built by Vauxhall under Wayne Cherry's lead
one-off prototype design study for a potential production car, Viva-based.
Not electric, amphibious and not a Golf Cart, a dragster, a zoo safari car, a train tractor, a glider puller, a rental car for sea-resorts, a tender, a gift for personalities, a parade car, a test car, a movie-tv serie car, a touring car for visiting the factory, a popemobile,
Not a beachcar (but close) and designed for specific markets)
The only time when we seem to be close was when there was the sea involved. That plus the 'specific market' hint.
If I have to connect this with the 'vehicle segment' clue... I'm lost!
Could it be a car for people without a licence because they are lost in an island?

Allemano · « **Reply #98 on:** December 10, 2010, 12:18:53 PM »

Good thinking Paul.
Make me think of another idea: maybe to pull boats out of the water? The interior seems to be water-resistant (?).
Maybe these are not openings, but windows in the doors?

Oguerrerob · « **Reply #99 on:** December 10, 2010, 12:31:15 PM »

Some wild guess to tow or pull some kind of wing, parachute or any similar stuff

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