The french Ford Vedette was taken over by Simca in 1954. Simca later replacedthe 2351cc V8 with their 1290cc Aronde engine and the car became Simca Ariane. other examples?

Although not strictly a car, we had a Cortina shaped P100 a fair few years ago. It had been converted to a flat bed, which was very useful for the second-hand furniture shop we had, it also towed the burger van to the nightclub where we traded on Thurs/Fri/Sat nights. When we had engine trouble, a Ford mechanic friend helped us out, and pointed out it was a rare 1300 pinto engine!!! No wonder it was so gutless! Once a 2-litre was in there, it was a different monster and would have been welcome at any drift club.--R

Most underpowered large car?

Oct 19, 2005 42 Replies

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andypdq 20 years ago

SII diesel Land Rover, rumour has it they used to make them ready knackered.

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Grimly Curmudgeon 20 years ago

We were somewhere around Barstow, on the edge of the desert, when the drugs began to take hold. I remember snipped-for-privacy@bigfoot.com saying something like:

Kerist; I'd forgotten about that. SIIa mine was and a right piece of s**te too. Cold starting consisted of a burning rag on a piece of wire held over the air intake while cranking.

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andypdq 20 years ago

I had a lwb, low box used regularly, on steep hills when towing. Its second most endearing feature was the 10 mile turning circle.

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