The 626 wheels are not the same as the Cosmo/929 wheels. There were wheels fitted to the NZDM 5G Galant/Sigma that I loved also:

Another snap when I first spotted it pulling into traffic and fumbled quickly to get my camera. Can anyone guess what car I am in?

I saw a Trabant in the small south island town of Balclutha in New Zealand in 2010. Apologies for the crap pic I snapped it while I was driving. Considering that New Zealand is technically a small remote group of islands and that New Zealand couldn’t possibly be any further away from East Germany - is this now the…

Just a previous lurker/small time contributor to RJ. Haven’t logged in for years though. Just saw the name/face and was like ‘hey I recognise that guy!’

oh hey look it’s charlitos of RJ fame

Years ago I had a Japanese import 1993 E54A Galant VX-R which had a 200hp naturally aspirated 2.0L V6 engine with proper MIVEC (just like Honda’s VTEC).

I think your mistake was buying the base 3000GT with the SOHC motor.

Hi, as a New Zealander I just want to make you aware that a Kiwi is a native flightless bird. A kiwifruit (one word, no space between the two) is a fruit that we stole from the Chinese about 100 years ago. Much like a Dragon and a Dragonfruit. Grape and Grapefruit.

It’s not and never has been advertised as an EcoBoost. The base model Falcon does however come with the EcoBoost 4cyl.

Because it’s only Europeans and Canadians who spell Favourite the correct British English (ya know.. where the language originated from) way. *rolls eyes at dumb American*

It’s because the platform was never made for LHD production right from the very beginning, unlike the Commodore/SS which had LHD and RHD markets in mind when it was initially developed.

That guy in the top photo. Woof.

Maybe not in the States but they still sell large volumes elsewhere.

Yeah the current Fusion is very similar to the current generation Mondeo, however the Mondeo pictured above is the previous generation, of which neither generations of the Fusions are similar.

Mondeo*, not Fusion. They are the earlier generation which shares very little with the Fusion.

Kia ora - don’t forget the Calibra and Tigra that were sold by Opel at the same time - which also came in as used imports from Japan, and rare Australian Holden badged Calibra and Tigras’s as well.

Developed by Ford of Europe in Dagenham, UK. So more of a UK/French effort.

Glad I wasn’t the only one thinking that..

Mitsubishi Starion or Chrysler Conquest.

I once had a Japanese imported version of the 7th generation Mitsubishi Galant VX-R. An anotherwise ordinary looking family sedan however it was packing a rather experimental quad cam 24V V6 engine with not only variable valve control (true MIVEC, just like VTEC) but also Modulated Displacement where it would…