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Would a Challenge thread about automobiles be of interest?

Poll ended at Mon May 20, 2013 6:03 am

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Looks a bit like a Jensen Interceptor with that huge rear window, but that is presumably the 'notwhatyouthink' bit!
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Is it a Matra?
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It's not a NSU hatchback prototype is it?

The VW's look like they have US number plates, is it American?
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It looks like some modified Chevy Corvair to me.
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....or a Corvette prototype that never got off the drawing board....thank God!
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dtaai-maai wrote:Looks a bit like a Jensen Interceptor with that huge rear window, but that is presumably the 'notwhatyouthink' bit!
That's exactly what I first thought but you're right its not one of those.

It's not a prototype and not a US make either. Although I do think it had a Chevy engine.
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Think I have it Brasinca uirapura made in Brazil as rare as hens teeth.
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magnum wrote:Think I have it Brasinca uirapura made in Brazil as rare as hens teeth.
It is indeed.

Released at about the same time as the Jensen Interceptor with a huge, but probably underpowered, american 4.2L V8.
I wonder if it handled more like the Jensen or the AMC Pacer....
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Billy Joe I wrote:Released at about the same time as the Jensen Interceptor with a huge, but probably underpowered, american 4.2L V8.
I wonder if it handled more like the Jensen or the AMC Pacer....
It would seem that the Uirapuru went out of production BEFORE the Interceptor started production and Jensen had given the body design task to an Italian design house but they are so similar it's hard to imagine that the Jensen wasn't just a hatchback version of the Brasinca.

If you know anyone that speaks Brazilian there might be more info here.
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Frank Hovis wrote:
Billy Joe I wrote:Released at about the same time as the Jensen Interceptor with a huge, but probably underpowered, american 4.2L V8.
I wonder if it handled more like the Jensen or the AMC Pacer....
It would seem that the Uirapuru went out of production BEFORE the Interceptor started production and Jensen had given the body design task to an Italian design house but they are so similar it's hard to imagine that the Jensen wasn't just a hatchback version of the Brasinca.

If you know anyone that speaks Brazilian there might be more info here.
You need somebody who can speak Portuguese. :cheers:
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Should be quite quick, for two of them at least - name these three people
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Schumacher and Vettel, left and right. No idea about woman in the middle. Pete :cheers:
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Correct on two counts, the third also has a heavy right foot.
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