silent running

Anyone owned or can add to my list of horrific 'booted' Frankenstein creations - where the factory took a perfectly decent hatch and tried to widen its appeal with a saloon shape version? Here goes:

• Vauxhall Belmont
• Ford Orion
• Vauxhall Nova saloon
• Renault Megane?
• Ford Focus?
• VW Golf (wasn't there a freakish estate version?)

If you've owned one of these, why LOL ?

richs2891

VW Jetta


And no never owned any of them !
Richard

what would scooby do

Peugeot 309 from a 205 ??

HankScorpio

What about the reverse and the latest Impreza???

cookstar

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I had an Orion 1.6 (injection) Ghia, lovely car.

injection was something to talk about back then

MooseRacer

Skoda Fabia saloon


Nope, never owned any of them

pete higham

306 sedan

Playsatan

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Same here. It was 89, I was 17 and with fuel injection, leccy windows and a factory amp for the tape player I might as well have been driving a Lambo as far as my mates and the local girls were concerned

Myles

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Focus Saloon. Why? Well, why Focus really!?

cookstar

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I find a lot of the folding hard top cars have this look, Megane, focus, astra, 306cc look like the stuck on boots.

chocolate_o_brian

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I dunno, the 3dr goodwood ones are quite nice in an old school way...

J4CKO

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309 is just a bigger hatch, not s Belmont type thing.

rooferman

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Just came back from Turkey and they have renault clios with boots......look bloody weird....lol

silent running

LOL but 309s are still shocking to look at I think. Sounds like a lot of Orion fans on here. I suppose they were more of a proper model than a booted Nova - especially the Ghia LOL

I don't think you can even find them nowadays without DIY window tinting film installed can you? Good call about the latest Impreza going the other way...

Mike123

The only one I regularly see about is a very nice 1600E version that an old chap drives about - it does look very well cared for and standard

HankScorpio

1600E

The Holy Grail of Orions - Like a 22B

exvaux

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belmont sri,G reg orion 1.6 ghia with xr3i engine and box fitted was quite quick in its day too

Steve vRS

Dacia do a booted Clio for sale in Romania!



Renault Clio Classic

Spacious car, comfortable, air-conditioned, equipped with a system of opening and closing centralized and remote control, too, it has AIRBAG systems and ABS and a radio and CD player. WAV and. MP3

Big Col

G reg Orion injection Ghia with RS alloys and MOTORSPORT sunstrip FTW

NotoriousREV

Renault have form for this kind of thing. I give you the Renault 7 (a 5 with a boot):

silent running

Superb, this thread goes from strength to strength. Keep the pics coming. That Renault 7 looks like a mini version of the Renault 12 we had when I was little. That booted Clio is rank though.

I don't think an Orion can be an Orion without a 'Motorsport' sunstrip tbh. In fact sod it, let's all go out and buy an Orion, be like a club within a club.

richie001

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i had a F reg 1.6i ghia and my brother had a B reg 1.6 ghia which had some kind of modified engine( still N/A) and was quicker than the cheap turbo cars of the time ie RS Turbo,Renult 5 GT turbo

HankScorpio

Is it a false memory or did the Suzuki Swift have a booted model at one point???

Can't find any on autotrader

Big Col

Corsa B with a boot aka Chevrolet Corsa Classic. Sold in south america

Big Col

yeah and 4wd iirc

Steve vRS

and the winner is..



I know it's not strictly a booted version of a hatch but it's the worst car........................ever!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! !!!!!!!!!!!

Steve

what would scooby do

was just thinking of the (x90 or whatever it was) just now


yup bad ****

JackClark

Focus

All Torque

Throw in a Fiesta as well

CrisPDuk

You missed one

Ford Sierra Sapphire