Autoquiz 412 - Finished

[carsntrucks4you]

First of all I have to said that my hint wasn't that precise that I thought. I said a re engined car from the biggest car manufacturer. the Biggest car manufacturer is Volkswagen, but thats not 100% correct I meant not Volkswagen  I mean Volkswagen group. I'm sorry for this. Part of the Volkswagen group is Audi and Audi has bought NSU in 1968. And car is a Thurner RS (German side) is based on a shortened  NSU 1200 C platform. It was build from 1968 - 1974. 

Now the hint is complete.

 

 

Edited February 9, 2019 by carsntrucks4you

[ChrisR]

I have absolutely no clue....once again my internet searching capabilities has failed me.

[Pete J.]

Boy this is a toughy! In this era there were hundreds of similar designs that all followed this pattern.  I've exhausted all of my best guesses!  I know what it isn't.  Just don't know what it is!

Edited February 6, 2019 by Pete J.

[dodgefever]

I thought the gullwing doors would simplify searching, but I've got nowhere with this one.

[carsntrucks4you]

Here is a hint:

It is based on a rear engined car from a defunct company that is now part of the biggest car manufacturer of the world

 

Edited February 7, 2019 by carsntrucks4you

[matthijsgrit]

This was a tough one, even after your hint, but I think I got it!!

 

[dodgefever]

Got there in the end, thanks to the hints.

[GeeBee]

14 hours ago, carsntrucks4you said:

Here is a hint:

It is based on a rear engined car from a defunct company that is now part of the biggest car manufacturer of the world

 

Luckily i worked for said company for 6 years

[dw1603]

14 hours ago, dodgefever said:

Got there in the end, thanks to the hints.

Me too!

[ChrisR]

Even with the hint I am still clueless...................

[Bucky]

I give up.

[carsntrucks4you]

Although my hint wasn't 100% correct a few of you found the solution.

TomZ

Matt Bacon

GeeBee

dodgefever

matthijsgrit

dw1603

 

Congratulation!

[Matt Bacon]

It was the gullwings that opened the door for me... I found a list on Wikipedia, thinking it was the East German gullwing sports coupe, found it wasn’t, and then looked at the other German cars on the list I didn’t know, and there it was...

best,

M.

[dw1603]

26 minutes ago, Matt Bacon said:

It was the gullwings that opened the door for me... I found a list on Wikipedia, thinking it was the East German gullwing sports coupe, found it wasn’t, and then looked at the other German cars on the list I didn’t know, and there it was...

best,

M.

I think I must have searched every variation of gullwing without success, I was totally sick of the sight of the 300SL and the East German Melkus. Finally found it after Michael’s clue pointed me at NSU, seems so obvious now, why didn’t I think of that sooner?

[matthijsgrit]

3 hours ago, dw1603 said:

I think I must have searched every variation of gullwing without success, I was totally sick of the sight of the 300SL and the East German Melkus. Finally found it after Michael’s clue pointed me at NSU, seems so obvious now, why didn’t I think of that sooner?

Haha..., so true!

[dodgefever]

I don't think we'll be seeing a Melkus as a possible entry for a while.  

I thought I'd exhausted the gullwing cars, but TomZ kindly gave me a nudge to retrace my steps.  I'd missed the Thurner because the Wikipedia page didn't link to another page or image.

[Matt Bacon]

Those pages that don’t link are always the  most interesting ones!

best,

M.

[ChrisR]

NSU never crossed my mind, even though I searched VW.

Edited February 10, 2019 by ChrisR
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[landman]

And I thought it might be a variation of Marcos. Go figure.

[Foxer]

I should have known this one since I was stationed in Neckarsulm Germany where NSU was for all of 1968.