Game - What's this car?

[jaynamics]

Okay, but make it broad like continent of origin.

 

[steelfractal]

Okay, but make it broad like continent of origin.

european and the company is named after the founder

 

[jaynamics]

european and the company is named after the founder

This was hard to identify, but I think it is a 1957 to 1961 Borgward Goliath 1100 (later the Hansa 1100).

I promise that I did not use AI to find this. I searched Google for "defunct 1950s eponymous European car maker" and "defunct 1960s eponymous European car maker" and checked every manufacturer models to find it. Granted I am in the US and have never heard of this brand. This page found that unique front grill:

The dead German car makers you've (probably) never heard of | Autocar

In the automotive arena, German brands are some of the most successful. But not all Teutonic car companies went on to change the world…

www.autocar.co.uk

I think those (door-mounted?) turn indicators were possibly added on to the vehicle by an owner, since none of the stock photos I have viewed have those turn indicators.

Interesting fact: The Goliath 1100 motor is a 1094cc, water-cooled, 4-cylinder boxer (horizontally opposed) engine that powered the Goliath 1100 and Hansa 1100 cars from 1957-1961, known for its advanced design and quiet operation, and notably serving as a design precursor to Subaru's famous boxer engines.

 

[steelfractal]

This was hard to identify, but I think it is a 1957 to 1961 Borgward Goliath 1100 (later the Hansa 1100).

I promise that I did not use AI to find this. I searched Google for "defunct 1950s eponymous European car maker" and "defunct 1960s eponymous European car maker" and checked every manufacturer models to find it. Granted I am in the US and have never heard of this brand. This page found that unique front grill:

The dead German car makers you've (probably) never heard of | Autocar

In the automotive arena, German brands are some of the most successful. But not all Teutonic car companies went on to change the world…

www.autocar.co.uk

I think those (door-mounted?) turn indicators were possibly added on to the vehicle by an owner, since none of the stock photos I have viewed have those turn indicators.

Interesting fact: The Goliath 1100 motor is a 1094cc, water-cooled, 4-cylinder boxer (horizontally opposed) engine that powered the Goliath 1100 and Hansa 1100 cars from 1957-1961, known for its advanced design and quiet operation, and notably serving as a design precursor to Subaru's famous boxer engines.

yes spot on

 

[jaynamics]

 

[confusis]

Whatever it is, it's fast!

 

[SFFMunkee]

Some kind of Pagani or other hypercar?

 

[jaynamics]

Definitely hyper. Definitely not Pagani.

 

[jaynamics]

HINT: Designer worked at both Bertone and Pininfarina.

 

[confusis]

Hmm, hypercars are super out of my knowledge set. All I know it that it's blue, so not a Ferrari

I'll keep lookin

 

[jaynamics]

HINT #2: Has a connection to confusis’s country.

 

[confusis]

Apologies for not guessing again, the holiday period in retail is hectic. That, and the time I've been spending implementing Cloudflare, etc because some asshat keeps trying to DDOS us :|

The only supercar manufacturer that has links to NZ is Mclaren, but I can't see the above car from them.. Will give it another look after work

 

[SFFMunkee]

Apologies for not guessing again, the holiday period in retail is hectic. That, and the time I've been spending implementing Cloudflare, etc because some asshat keeps trying to DDOS us :|

The only supercar manufacturer that has links to NZ is Mclaren, but I can't see the above car from them.. Will give it another look after work

Oh did I leave my ddos on? Sorry bro

 

[Curiosity]

SSC Tuatara!

 

[jaynamics]

SSC Tuatara!

Yeah, you got it!

 

[confusis]

 

[Curiosity]

This will either be annoying or easy, y'all are clever so I'm guessing the latter.

 

[riba2233]

Mini paceman pickup?

 

[Curiosity]

Mini paceman pickup?

Looks like I didn't go as obscure as I'd hoped. Yep! The Paceman pickup concept.
'paceman adventure'

 

[jaynamics]

Sorry, I was hoping you maybe had a pet Tuatara.