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A simple question for a simple point.  What is this car called?
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Re: Djetset 848
« Reply #1 on: October 18, 2017, 07:24:49 AM »
From a major car company?
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Re: Djetset 848
« Reply #2 on: October 18, 2017, 07:35:20 AM »
From a major car company?
No, not at all.
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Re: Djetset 848
« Reply #3 on: October 18, 2017, 08:35:45 AM »
Asian?
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Re: Djetset 848
« Reply #4 on: October 18, 2017, 08:45:31 AM »
A car is for life, not just for Christmas.

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Re: Djetset 848
« Reply #5 on: October 18, 2017, 10:32:19 AM »
European?
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Re: Djetset 848
« Reply #6 on: October 18, 2017, 10:39:29 AM »
A car is for life, not just for Christmas.

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Re: Djetset 848
« Reply #7 on: October 18, 2017, 12:48:04 PM »
Well Known Designer?
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Re: Djetset 848
« Reply #8 on: October 18, 2017, 12:59:36 PM »
Well Known Designer?
A moderately-known designer would be a fairer answer.
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Re: Djetset 848
« Reply #9 on: October 20, 2017, 08:47:10 PM »
The more I look at it the more I feel like I’m looking into a coloring book  :lmao:

Was the designer French?
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Re: Djetset 848
« Reply #10 on: October 21, 2017, 05:26:52 AM »
The more I look at it the more I feel like I’m looking into a coloring book  :lmao:

Was the designer French?
Ha Ha, I see what you mean!

No, sorry, the designer wasn't French.
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Re: Djetset 848
« Reply #11 on: October 31, 2017, 08:37:03 AM »
Up to the Experts...
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Re: Djetset 848
« Reply #12 on: November 06, 2017, 08:40:51 AM »
Up to the Pros for the name of this proposed car...
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Re: Djetset 848
« Reply #13 on: November 06, 2017, 09:15:49 AM »
Up to the Pros for the name of this proposed car...
From the UK?

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Re: Djetset 848
« Reply #14 on: November 06, 2017, 09:38:24 AM »
Yes.
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Re: Djetset 848
« Reply #15 on: November 08, 2017, 04:26:34 AM »
Any connection to Gordon Murray?

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Re: Djetset 848
« Reply #16 on: November 08, 2017, 04:36:19 AM »
Has this designer ever been mentioned on AutoPuzzles ?

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Re: Djetset 848
« Reply #17 on: November 08, 2017, 05:49:11 AM »
A car is for life, not just for Christmas.

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Re: Djetset 848
« Reply #18 on: November 08, 2017, 05:50:11 AM »
Has this designer ever been mentioned on AutoPuzzles ?
Yes.
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Re: Djetset 848
« Reply #19 on: November 08, 2017, 06:56:15 AM »
Has he designed a car that has been a solved puzzle ?

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Re: Djetset 848
« Reply #20 on: November 08, 2017, 07:02:27 AM »
Has he designed a car that has been a solved puzzle ?
Yes.
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Re: Djetset 848
« Reply #21 on: November 08, 2017, 02:57:59 PM »
Shot in the dark... Richard Oakes maybe?

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Re: Djetset 848
« Reply #22 on: November 09, 2017, 04:32:00 AM »
Shot in the dark... Richard Oakes maybe?
A good shot, but sadly it missed the target, as not Richard Oakes...
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Re: Djetset 848
« Reply #23 on: November 09, 2017, 06:40:45 AM »
a prominent name in the British car design scene?

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Re: Djetset 848
« Reply #24 on: November 09, 2017, 07:31:54 AM »
a prominent name in the British car design scene?
Reasonably so, although no Harris Mann or Peter Stevens (so you can drop those two from your list!).
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