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Solved - THOR #108: Volkswagen EA337 (Mk1 Golf) Prototype
« on: February 20, 2015, 07:19:00 PM »
not what it seems to be : what is this car for one point
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Re: THOR #108
« Reply #1 on: February 21, 2015, 02:03:21 PM »
seat 127 5 door?
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Re: THOR #108
« Reply #2 on: February 21, 2015, 06:33:08 PM »
no
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Re: THOR #108
« Reply #3 on: March 11, 2015, 05:46:40 AM »
time for experts!
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Re: THOR #108
« Reply #4 on: March 11, 2015, 06:22:59 AM »
Zastava?
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Re: THOR #108
« Reply #5 on: March 11, 2015, 08:26:04 AM »
Autobianchi?
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Re: THOR #108
« Reply #6 on: March 11, 2015, 11:27:36 AM »
no and no
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Re: THOR #108
« Reply #7 on: March 11, 2015, 12:08:10 PM »

Found it. Volkswagen EA337 (Mk1 Golf) Prototype.
I noticed the C-pillar was thicker than the 127's and went from there. Interesting. One has to wonder if there was some "cross-pollination" happening in the development phase of these cars...
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Re: THOR #108
« Reply #8 on: March 12, 2015, 05:32:52 AM »
one point for you!
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Re: Solved - THOR #108: Volkswagen EA337 (Mk1 Golf) Prototype
« Reply #9 on: March 13, 2015, 05:03:13 AM »
Quote from: el_monty on March 11, 2015, 12:08:10 PM

Found it. Volkswagen EA337 (Mk1 Golf) Prototype.
I noticed the C-pillar was thicker than the 127's and went from there. Interesting. One has to wonder if there was some "cross-pollination" happening in the development phase of these cars...

I wouldn't call it cross-pollination... That would imply both the parts are aware. But there have been good times when VW was copying from Fiat.
And not only VW. The most discussed case was when Ford created an engineering centre in Turin outskirts to study new concepts of compact cars. They studied it so well that the result - the 1st generation Fiesta - was so similar to the 127 (the chassis is almost identical) that Ford risked a very dangerous lawsuit from Fiat and had to quickly close the engineering-centre (and nobody knows if also to pay to have Fiat not suiting them).
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Re: Solved - THOR #108: Volkswagen EA337 (Mk1 Golf) Prototype
« Reply #10 on: March 13, 2015, 10:26:26 AM »
It's probably just a prototype Golf roughly disguised as a 127 to confuse spy photographers.
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Re: Solved - THOR #108: Volkswagen EA337 (Mk1 Golf) Prototype
« Reply #11 on: March 14, 2015, 10:53:19 AM »
Quote from: als15 on March 13, 2015, 05:03:13 AM
Quote from: el_monty on March 11, 2015, 12:08:10 PM

Found it. Volkswagen EA337 (Mk1 Golf) Prototype.
I noticed the C-pillar was thicker than the 127's and went from there. Interesting. One has to wonder if there was some "cross-pollination" happening in the development phase of these cars...

I wouldn't call it cross-pollination... That would imply both the parts are aware. But there have been good times when VW was copying from Fiat.
And not only VW. The most discussed case was when Ford created an engineering centre in Turin outskirts to study new concepts of compact cars. They studied it so well that the result - the 1st generation Fiesta - was so similar to the 127 (the chassis is almost identical) that Ford risked a very dangerous lawsuit from Fiat and had to quickly close the engineering-centre (and nobody knows if also to pay to have Fiat not suiting them).

with Fiat 128 too
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