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Old 12 July 2004, 12:46 PM
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Old 12 July 2004, 12:50 PM
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I recon its either a Hyudai getz or a Daewoo Matiz.
Old 12 July 2004, 01:03 PM
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Yes














Fooking ugly
Old 12 July 2004, 02:37 PM
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Its neither of those. The car looks like a prototype, because it has a Birmingham plate, and is definitely not on sale in the UK at the moment.

That said its got us all at work stumped for the moment, but we're working on it.
Old 12 July 2004, 02:57 PM
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Well our thinking is centering on a prototype that MG Rover are devloping either with/for Tata, Proton or Shanghai Automotive. We're thinking the latter as the car is left hand drive, and Tata and Proton are both based in RHD markets, but as for what it is exactly we're still searching......
Old 12 July 2004, 03:28 PM
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Ok we got it, its the Hafei Lobo.....

Chinese make, shown recently at a motor show, designed by Pininfarina.

Nothing to do with MG Rover, but there is talk of IM sniffing around it.

http://driving.timesonline.co.uk/art...158049,00.html

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Old 12 July 2004, 04:32 PM
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Well done Sir

I had to go and check it out on a website run by one of the "brothers"

http://www.ams.gr/pages/14_2002/show...&magazineID=10
Old 12 July 2004, 05:11 PM
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Blimey, good bit of searching there


http://www.cardesignnews.com/news/20...11pinin-hafei/
Old 12 July 2004, 05:17 PM
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By the way, Hafei Lobo means, "Treasure on the road".
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Its my job to know this stuff. I work for a automotive information specialist, so it was just a matter of asking the right people.




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