Author Topic: SOLVED: Djetset #412 - 1983 Mazda 323 Coupe/ Ford P-229 proposal by Patrick le Quement (Read 1697 times)

Djetset · « **on:** November 01, 2010, 06:08:33 PM »

To gain a point, what is this, and who designed it?

Djetset · « **Reply #1 on:** November 11, 2010, 10:26:37 AM »

Experts?

Djetset · « **Reply #2 on:** November 16, 2010, 04:41:09 PM »

Pros?

jotage21 · « **Reply #3 on:** November 17, 2010, 09:13:50 AM »

Fachhochschule Pforzheim?

Djetset · « **Reply #4 on:** November 17, 2010, 09:14:49 AM »

guido66 · « **Reply #5 on:** November 17, 2010, 12:47:26 PM »

Asian?

Djetset · « **Reply #6 on:** November 17, 2010, 12:50:25 PM »

The car is Asian, but not the designer.

guido66 · « **Reply #7 on:** November 17, 2010, 12:52:17 PM »

From South Korea?

jotage21 · « **Reply #8 on:** November 18, 2010, 03:16:22 PM »

Panther Solo 3?

Djetset · « **Reply #9 on:** November 19, 2010, 06:34:26 AM »

Not South Korean, nor a Panther.

pnegyesi · « **Reply #10 on:** November 19, 2010, 06:53:01 AM »

Car is Japanese?

Djetset · « **Reply #11 on:** November 19, 2010, 06:55:41 AM »

Yes, the car is Japanese.

guido66 · « **Reply #12 on:** November 19, 2010, 04:33:19 PM »

Mitsubishi?

Djetset · « **Reply #13 on:** November 19, 2010, 06:58:53 PM »

No, not a Mitsubishi.

barrett · « **Reply #14 on:** November 19, 2010, 09:41:23 PM »

Mind if I just leave this here? That giant image is really getting on my nerves....

guido66 · « **Reply #15 on:** November 20, 2010, 04:31:42 AM »

Isuzu?

Djetset · « **Reply #16 on:** November 20, 2010, 06:23:24 AM »

Not an Isuzu, and thanks for the re-size Barrett

Arunas · « **Reply #17 on:** November 20, 2010, 07:05:55 AM »

Of any big manufacturer?

barrett · « **Reply #18 on:** November 20, 2010, 03:46:18 PM »

looks like it could be some sort of Nissan Skyline concept, but I can;t find anything like this from any of the major Japanese makes

SeaLion · « **Reply #19 on:** November 20, 2010, 04:08:02 PM »

Is it a Suzuki or a Daihatsu perhaps?

Allemano · « **Reply #20 on:** November 20, 2010, 04:13:56 PM »

I knew I saw it somewhere..

Unfortunately it's not Japanese at all, but a Ford Europe project called "P-229".

It started 1983 as a non functional maquette which wasn't shown to public.
1986 it was lend from Ford Germany to Swiss "Verkehrshaus" in Lucerne which was the most frequented car museum in Switzerland that time. Till the early 1990s the P-229 was part of the exhibition "100 years of car history" labelled as "1:1 Fibreglass Model with Wheels, Colour in Red".
Originally the wind-tunnel proved mock-up was supposed to be a possible Ford Escort successor. It was designed under the aegis of Patrick LeQuement who was Ford's head of design back in 1983. In 1986 he was already working for VW few time before he finally moved to Renault.

DeAutogids · « **Reply #21 on:** November 20, 2010, 04:16:32 PM »

I thought as well that I had seen it with relation to Ford, therefore I was a bit amazed to read Japanese.

Arunas · « **Reply #22 on:** November 21, 2010, 02:41:33 AM »

Quote from: Allemano on November 20, 2010, 04:13:56 PM

I knew I saw it somewhere..

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Allemano · « **Reply #23 on:** November 21, 2010, 02:52:21 AM »

Allemano · « **Reply #24 on:** November 22, 2010, 09:24:57 AM »

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