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Solved - NEH 3369: Early DAF P900 prototype
« on: April 08, 2014, 07:08:00 AM »
What's this, from when - for 1 point?:

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Re: NEH 3369
« Reply #1 on: April 15, 2014, 05:05:33 AM »
Experts?
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Re: NEH 3369
« Reply #2 on: April 15, 2014, 06:02:30 AM »
Any Giugiaro involvement?
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Re: NEH 3369
« Reply #3 on: April 15, 2014, 06:19:22 AM »
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Re: NEH 3369
« Reply #4 on: April 15, 2014, 06:37:29 AM »
VW base car?

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Re: NEH 3369
« Reply #5 on: April 15, 2014, 07:11:44 AM »
VW Polo prototype ?

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Re: NEH 3369
« Reply #6 on: April 15, 2014, 07:15:05 AM »
It's not a VW..
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Re: NEH 3369
« Reply #7 on: April 15, 2014, 09:25:53 AM »
South America?

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Re: NEH 3369
« Reply #8 on: April 15, 2014, 09:53:27 AM »
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Re: NEH 3369
« Reply #9 on: April 15, 2014, 10:09:08 AM »
Much closer to home than South America: DAF 77 prototype which led to the Volvo 340 series....

Something I should have known immediately as I have seen it before....

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Re: NEH 3369
« Reply #10 on: April 15, 2014, 11:14:00 AM »
Much closer to home than South America: DAF 77 prototype which led to the Volvo 340 series....

Something I should have known immediately as I have seen it before....

Yes, it was a prototype for what became known as the 77 later.
But it had its own name/designation at this stage; locked for you to tell me what it was for your point.
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Re: NEH 3369
« Reply #11 on: April 15, 2014, 12:45:38 PM »
P-900,it was designed inhouse by "team Provoost". It competed with designs from Michelotti and Bertone.

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Re: NEH 3369
« Reply #12 on: April 16, 2014, 11:11:15 AM »
P-900,it was designed inhouse by "team Provoost". It competed with designs from Michelotti and Bertone.

That's it, yes.
Apparently there were proposals by quite a few designers including Trevor Fioré (who is always rumoured to have designed the Volvo 340) but the house design was eventually chosen.
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