Strange, Weird and Obscure Car Meet ROUND 3

A classic car connaisseur went to a car meet specifically for weird, strange and obscure cars. Limited editions, low production cars or simply the social outcasts of the automotive landscape! We look at some Top Gear Cadillacs, Ute Maloo's, battle of Hyundai's, and I let automotive judges criticize my car!
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[@cva1122]

Ed's To Do List: 1. Restore headlights

[@EdsAutoReviews]

Yup! Need to find a polishing kit. It's on the to-do list :D

[@whistlingdiesel]

Go with the turtle wax kit, fast and real good result

[@marqbarq5977]

That Toyota Will car looks like it could have been made in 2019. So ahead of its time.

[@hectornecromancer5308]

The only catch is that the headlight are way too outdated for 2019 (it's more to something that came out in 2012 or 2013). But I agree with the rest

[@sonydominates]

I'd say it looks late 2000's early 2010's, but it was indeed very surprisingly ahead of its time

[@eddieru]

i was just about to say it looks like the modern corolla hatch backs!

[@tier_-]

Only the front

[@bandombeviews6035]

It looks like a concept for the later (2011ish) Toyota Matrix S to me.

[@gtube383]

Please accept this comment in its intended spirit of helpfulness. My Korean friends assure me that Hyundai should be pronounced "HUNDAY" rhyming with Sunday. Your channel is awesome!

[@eirinym]

Yeah, it's much closer to hunday than Brits and Europeans say it. Here's one example where we in the US get it more correct. I do always internally giggle when I hear it as Hi un die. 😂

[@marcpot3220]

​@@eirinymhahaha yes laughing. You Americans are awesome and so smart. Try to pronounce BMW, Mercedes, AUDI and Volkswagen in a normal way, as they do in Germany. Or let's take the French car. So you're talking bullshit boy.

[@kallekas8551]

My understanding is that if one uses the incorrect version it means “something sad” in Korean…

[@RomanJockMCO]

​@@marcpot3220Kein Problem

[@wonseok_song]

Dai fron Hyundai and Dae from Daewoo are same characters in Korean, and I think 'Dae' is far more correct.

[@mrecharleswhyte]

I'm sure you know, but the Corolla was also sold in the States as Chevy Nova in the mid-late 80's, then as the Geo Prizm in the 90's

[@marvindoolin1340]

We had a '95 Prizim. It had a manual 5-speed and had sat on the dealer's lot until well after the 96's came out. I don't know whether we got an especially good deal on it, but it was a very reliable car for our needs. Sold it in the early 2000's to a young lady who drove it about a hundred miles a day for college classes. It had ninety some-odd thousand miles at the time. I don't know how many she put on it.

[@floyd27860]

Facts

[@christopherconard2831]

And later as the Toyota Matrix/Pontiac Vibe. The Holden/Toyota Nova looks like it's from this era.

[@Bentsi2002]

And actually built in Fremont California, where Tesla is building the S now :)

[@obelic71]

I have a funny story about the Hyundai MK1 Pony. My aunt had a white MK1 1981 Hyundai Pony from new in the Netherlands. The local dealer was one of the first to sell Hyundai cars. (it still is and has become big) At the village yearly festival in the 90's she parked the car ( some what illegal) on the gras and was on the point to be fined by the local policeofficer. As defence she said every pony needs to be on a meadow. The policeofficer laughed out loud and as sporty as he was said it seems the pony is done grassing so bring it to the stable or you get fined for overgrassing🤣 It became the talk of the town and everybody laughed about it That pony lasted till the early 2000's and perished due to tinworm. Another early 1979 Pony sold by that same dealership has survived and has become the dealerships "servicecar" used for promotional events for new Hyundai models.

[@seanwebb995]

Loved seeing those utes. Also weird to hear Ed speaking Dutch

[@EdsAutoReviews]

Wait till you hear my Australian imitation...

[@seanwebb995]

@@EdsAutoReviews I have heard your attempts at the Australian accent, actually not bad compared to other attempts, also a lot better than my attempt at a Dutch accent X) I guess we're so used to hearing you speak English, especially in Australia, Dutch isn't heard that often. Love the content, anything related to obscure/Australian cars is always welcome

[@61rampy65]

At first glance at the Jensen (in the thumbnail), I thought it was an ancient Datsun 1600 or 2000 with a really crummy body kit. I was half right, I guess. It's always great to see a new Ed's Auto Review episode!

[@UberLummox]

It sure does have that real dopey Asian car look about it Mr. Rampy!

[@IntergalacticBinman]

Never thought I'd see anyone finding a Jensen S-V8 in the wild! Also never saw just how shoddy the build quality was, you could land a passenger jet in those panel gaps

[@STR82DVD]

And my Friday evening just got a lot better. Thanks Ed.

[@kclefthanded427]

All Saab 9-4x are made in Ramos Arizpe, Mexico. At least most parts from the powertrain is still available thanks to its sister, Cadillac SRX

[@bluegamer308]

Ed should go to Summernats Be exposed to the most bogan part of the Australian population

[@Low760]

The nova was assembled in Australia. And was five door so that one is rebadged. The ve and VF utes are on Instagram too.

[@stephenbacks3100]

In the US, we had the Excel Pony, which looked totally different. I worked in auto parts at the time, and the plastic carbs, plastic radiator, cooling fan switch and CV axles became known as the Hyundai survival kit.

[@leonb2637]

The Pony like that one was imported to Canada and the Carribbean in the early 1980's, they were the first ones I ever saw. A new generation Pony, called the Excel in the USA as Ford owned the 'Pony' trademark for cars here came here in 1988. They were cheap, and had a lot of connections to Mitsubishi, and also sold under that brand name and the Chrysler 'Eagle' brand. I brother had an 1988 Excel but it didn't make it to 85000 miles before the engine went but he is a beast with cars. To get sales rolling, they put a 100,000 mile/10 year warranty on the engines and from that sales took off, larger models brought out in the 1990's. As to the original Pony there is an interesting history involving a former executive with British Leland who oversaw its creation, it started making them in a still under construction factory with no heat.

[@sonydominates]

Very amusing show, thanks for sharing! Man, I want a Holden Ute so badly. They're so cool, and I REALLY hate the US chicken tax law b/c of it. Also never heard of the Toyota Will VS, it's really surprising to hear that it was released in the early 2000's when its design looks at least 10 years newer! That's super underrated! Also, Hyundai gets a lot of hate in the west, but there is some charm to them appreciated in their home market, especially in their pseudo luxury cars, and I'm glad you seem to share that sentiment. I was also sad when Saab ended production, especially for the then new 9-5. I remember being surprised at the heavy discounts following the bankruptcy. Thanks again for a fun video Ed!

[@Open_Pack]

You should review the history of the Air cooled Franklin automotive company. It was revolutionary in the early 1900s but went defunct in the depression

[@leonb2637]

Actually he could do a chapter on air cooled cars, their rise and fall, not just Volkswagen.

[@johnmuller4014]

There is a Franklin Museum in, of all places, Tucson AZ USA.

[@jordanalexander120]

Don’t mean to be pedantic, but the car you had up at 6:22 was actually a Holden that was rebadged as a Toyota (specifically a Holden Commodore rebadged as a Toyota Apollo). The Button plan went both ways for manufacturers.

[@shaneadams3600]

Oh mate! So close... the Commodore was rebadged as a Lexcen. The Camry was rebadged as the Holden Apollo. I only know coz I'm an old bugger who lived through it.

[@jordanalexander120]

@@shaneadams3600 ahhh, you’re right! I always remembered seeing both of them around growing up. You hardly see them anymore!

[@EdsAutoReviews]

Whoops, a genuine mistake there. Thanks for clarifying. I still want to dig deeper in the Button Plan and the downfall of the Aussie car industry.

[@jordanalexander120]

@@EdsAutoReviews it’s genuinely impressive that you even knew about the Button plan from the outset! It’s a pretty obscure part of Australian automotive history, let alone global automotive history. I was just nit-picking a very minor error that most people wouldn’t pick up on. I love your work and would love to see something more on the Aussie car industry!

[@rolfmak1400]

Hi Ed, thanks for the great video! I was present as well, my car was parked in the same row as the Jensen, in the British department. We have met and we talked quite a long time about the British car industry of the 1970s. Not only the Americans had a malaise era back then. Keep up the good work with your highly entertaining videos! Regards, Rolf

[@EdsAutoReviews]

Hello Rolf, it was so nice meeting you! Loved to hear your stories about the British car industry!

[@stephenbacks3100]

Toyota and GM worked together to build cars in what is. Ow the Tesla factory. They sold Corollas rebadged as Novas in the US.

[@jordanyanes]

Thanks ed for showing some love to Saab specially the 9-5NG

[@kellingtonlink956]

That certainly is a rather eclectic gathering of motorcars. Thanks for the video.

[@UberLummox]

Wish he woulda skipped the '80s and newer instead of the other way around though. Some real interesting older stuff there!

[@C.Fecteau-AU-MJ13]

Man I'd love to visit that show some day and take my beloved 2000 AU Falcon ute... She's the quintessential Aussie bogan experience and nobody exported them. She's an ex government fleet povo pack, bought cheap as a stop gap work car and ended up being the most dependable wheels I've ever had. I'm doing a turbo sleeper style build on it soon and it'd be so much fun to take it to Europe some day.

[@rafalputaj2316]

My Polonez with 1.9 diesel enginie would be match there

[@leonb2637]

One of the 'SW&O' cars was the DAF belt drive CVT's and later models when the car side was sold to Volvo. Keep this kind of posting going, many of us love the these oddities.

[@darrylskerman6808]

Thanks Ed. Great review. Good to see the Holden/Pontiac and HSV Utes. You really should come "Down Under" sometime!

[@HerrBrutal-bl2fk]

Everybody loves the Dutch! Greetings from Sweden!

[@SteveBueche1027]

Your old car had more style. Sure the knobs were cheap looking but some have made replacements from better materials.

[@Hilmanpanjifirdaus]

Merk is the only word from the three which is borrowed to bahasa Indonesia. Wonder why we don't speak Ducth no more.

[@notmax5151]

It’s crazy to see those luxury Hyundais, basically the proto genesis cars. And if the Kia wanted to look like a Jaguar back then well, genesis definitely wants to look like Bentley nowadays.

[@DollyBoy_1923]

I love your “Weird, Rare, and Obscure” car meet content! Keep it coming!

[@bossfan49]

Love the commentary on your car "It didn't sell...and you can see why!" "Anonymity on wheels!" 😀

[@adamroberge1201]

That was a cool video a car from North America that somebody should bring to that show would be the 2001 to 2005 Pontiac Aztec that’s pretty obscure itself

[@Donald_Shaw]

Love your car review and taking us along to this car show... Great job narrating this video.

[@olli-pekkapauna8079]

My mouth was agape when you mentioned the toyota will was from 2001, absolutely blown away by how ahead of it's time it was

[@popsfereal]

The WiLL looks like a Pontiac Vibe/Toyota Matrix, but what it could have been.

[@OLDS98]

Thank you for the video Ed. I liked all the cars you shared in this outing. I liked your discussion of the Button plan in Australia and the Holdens you shared. I liked the SAAB information and footage. I saw a Cadillac BLS in the background too. The Holden UTE with the Pontiac front end styling were interesting. We were supposed to get those as the Pontiac G8 ST, but we did not. That black Hyundai looked like a copy of the Lexus LS400. I guess that was the intention. I saw you sharing your car too. Looks like you had a great time.

[@jameshorigan3322]

Thanks for another awesome video Ed. Here's one for the algorithm! 🙂

[@Detah_]

honestly the final segment with the Flop Gear presenters I would love to see at other car shows. If my little venue had any room and if I had the equipment I would do the same at my little show

[@Jfleshman1209]

That Holden Commodore Ute is stunning!

[@mikemichaud5048]

That looks fun, I also have eclectic tastes👍

[@deathmetalchili6902]

A new E.A.R. VIDEO! What a great thing to wake up to!!!!

[@SonicBoone56]

I always love to see you return to this car meet. It's always different every time and is a learning experience. Wish we had more car meets like this around the world.

[@Kreativmoorabbel]

I never realized that the Saab 9-4X's headlights were tinted blue, that looks really strange! :0

[@AtheistOrphan]

A couple of contemporary companions for the Jensen SV8 would be the AC 3000ME and the Panther Solo. Both super-rare.

[@sergioleone3583]

That was fun. Good info along the way, too! As always here at Ed's.

[@steveans]

Another goid show Idea: 2009 Alfa Giulietta is most influential 5 Door Hatch! Compare other recent hatchbacks and most have copied style of AR Giulietta Food for thought for a show

[@DaewooLanos2001]

Hi Ed, a little info about Holden and Toyota in regards to the Button Plan: We had both Holden Novas and Toyota Corollas at the same time. We also had the Toyota Camry and the Holden Apollo as well. The only noticable differences between Corollas/Novas, and Camrys/Apollos were the grilles, with the 'Holdens' having split grilles and the Toyotas a regular one. We also had the Toyota Lexcen, a rebadged Holden Commodore (VN to VS) to even this strangeness out, but it never sold well.

[@Kublai1969]

Can't forget those sexy tailights on the LF Nova's though. Compared to the blandness of the Corolla's of the period they really standout.

[@generaldissaray4109]

every time you refer to the xg as either 'large' or 'luxurious' i get a good chuckle.

[@SummitHill79]

Here in St. Paul, Minnesota, the Kia Amanti, known to you as the Opirus, are still common. Saw one yesterday. Although now rusty, I still see XG 350s quite often too. My neighbor has a Crossfire and I have a ‘98 SLK 15K original kilometers on the odometer.

[@pjmartinez7686]

I'm not lying if I say that I was excited when I saw the Saab 9-5, it's a shame that they disappeared just when they brought us the most beautiful car in the world

[@iSkully99]

There is a beautiful 9-5 SportCombi of that year too. Only about 27 of them were ever made, so rarer than a 250 gto as well.

[@greek440bc]

Love this channel, entertaining and informative

[@truthsayers8725]

i want that burgundy station wagon in the background during the Saab 9 5 discussion

[@arnageboy]

I love this festival videos! Thank you

[@Hazdazos]

I think Ed needs to come back to the US and go to some of the car shows here.

[@docternoblex]

2:44 you should see the Mercedes W211 wannabe, the KIA Amanti

[@igysale1]

Just wonderfull!! Thanks

[@Seltsamisierend]

I hope we will see such meets pop up more all around the world. Btw I would love a video about the balkans many many failed attempts at starting a car brand...

[@dejvv12]

Oh, that episode is gonna be fire!

[@The_R-n-I_Guy]

I would love to have a Holden Ute. An older one would be nice. But either one shown here would work too

[@JK061996]

I didn't expect to see a 9-4X, nice catch! I often see its cousin the Cadillac SRX, which was produced in much larger numbers but is almost as rare here in Italy

[@MightyMezzo]

Long day, exhausted, and missing my rounded soap bar 1995 Ford Contour, five-speed stick and weird cup holder and all. If only it had passed that smog test…. But then, I wouldn’t have met my gorgeous midnight blue 2010 VW Jetta. Thanks for the video, man.

[@nicolomilan9995]

I was there! I had such a blast looking at all those regular quirky cars. And all the people that attend these kind of events, such a nice bunch of people!

[@c-manthebarbarian2105]

Hearing you speak your native language was quite a trip

[@neilforbes416]

6:34 On this Holden Nova, the steering wheel is on the *WRONG* side! Australian cars are *RIGHT-HAND-DRIVE!!!!!*

[@billdescoteaux]

I liked seeing that Chinook camper in there. I have one of these, a rare '79 Datsun-cabbed version of the Gazelle.

[@kevinbarry71]

The Chevy nova of the 1980s was a car made in a factory that was a joint venture between General Motors and Toyota in California. It's basically just a Corolla. The most reliable General Motors product ever

[@yoyodude4936]

Its a good day when Ed uploads

[@donswier]

Renault Avantime!☺️👍 Luxury 2-door minivan Would love one here in the states.

[@AtheistOrphan]

I saw a Renault Wind in a garden centre car park a couple of years back. I had to take a closer look as I’d never seen such a thing. And only last week I saw a Volkswagen T-Roc Cabriolet, of which I don’t think there’s many here in the UK.

[@gg_vard]

What an awesome show

[@catjudo1]

That old Chinook motor home on the Toyota chassis was very unexpected! My folks owned a Chinook, but a later one, larger and built on a '77 Dodge chassis. Those early ones are few and far between now.

[@mrsrmp]

If you want to see strange cars, this year in Nurburgring will be at least two classic argentine cars, an IKA-Renault Torino and a 1986 Ford Falcon, this with german licence plates. In 1969 3 IKA-Renault Torinos nearly win the Nurburgring race, Juan Manuel Fangio was the leader of the team

[@ardyer3]

I find the pronunciation of Hyundai around the world oddly humorous. When I was visiting Europe, all the ads pronounced it the way Ed was. But here in the USA, they had a whole ad campaign of "Hyundai, pronounced like Sunday"

[@ssisnake]

Weird is good.

[@obelic71]

Yup i always had obscure or strange cars from the start and i didn't search for it it just happend - Citroen Visa Super E (rare Visa ad first car) - VW MK1 Golf D eco (rare special eco version) - Opel kadett D 1.6D caravan ( 3doors also very rare version) - Citroen BX 1.1 (1.4 was normal and 1.1 was poverty spec) - Opel Corsa MK1B 1.4 swing( ooh boy 1.4 of the GSI but standard very poor brakes) - Opel combo tour 1.7 TD (passenger version of the combo) - Suzuki Swift MK2 1.0 eco - Suzuki Ignis 3 doors sport - Suzuki Liana 1.6 limited (bought from an old man last year wit 80.000 km on the clock)

[@starflyt1150]

Always look forward to EAR videos.

[@I_Ciste]

Fun fact: the Toyota Will VS was featured in Gran Turismo 4/5/6.

[@bobroberts2371]

Time 240 Also trying to look like a 1997 + E class Mercedes with it's " Little Orphan Annie " creepy headlights.

[@VoltTackle11]

I knew about the Toyota Will VS, as it was featured in Gran Turismo 4 as well as 5 and 6 (as a "Standard" model car). Standard models in GT5 and GT6 were essentially cars imported from GT4 but the exterior was given graphical upscaling to make them more on-par visually on the outside when compared to the "Premium" models (new cars added to the game with full-detailed interiors). However, the Standard models often lacked an interior (roofless cars, like the Jay Leno Tank Car or Pescarolo LMP2 car, did feature a functional low-poly interior)

[@stephenbacks3100]

The Kia Opheris was known as the Amanti in the US. The cheapest plastic trees known to man were used on the interior.

[@Romiman1]

Extremely interesting show! Your XG for me still remains the best looking asian car, ever being built. Sometimes I miss that grace of my XG 30 (also silver).

[@TheRat4938]

I watched Episode 2 yesterday, and this sequel was released at the perfect time!

[@TKLM-tube]

Underrated channel!!

[@fullstoppunctuation6455]

Your so good at speaking English that I sometimes forget your Dutch

[@EdgyNumber1]

I keep meaning to get out to see this. There's some truly interesting stuff out there.

[@carloduroni5629]

That Jensen truly is an insult to the past glory and class of Jensen.

[@einpercy825]

The NG 9-5 is such a stunner. Also the 9-4X with the custom Hirsch style wheels. Actually the rarest Saab I could think of is the NG 9-5 SportCombi. I might take my NG 9-3 SportCombi there next year but doubt it´s gonna be quirky enough

[@domispiaggia]

awww that was super cool!

[@AxeGaijin]

I remember the Will VS from a video game, probably one of the Gran Turismo's. But besides the looks I think it was markedly unremarkable. 😊

[@danr1920]

The Novas is legit. U. S. had a version also called the Nova. It was a Corolla made in a GM plant.

[@c.n.crowther438]

Looks like Jenson took the term "finished" a bit loosely judging by those panel gaps.

[@ChatterboxFM]

From my knowledge, the 94x was based on then-current Cadillac SRX platform. I live in the suburbs outside Detroit so I managed to see a couple with manufacture plates! Along with that, they also had a running prototype of a rebadged Subaru B9 Tribeca due to GM having partial ownership at the time. Funny enough, the reworked Saab body was just repurposed for the facelift.

[@petermacdonald3061]

Very interesting Ed, my last car in Australia before I left to live in Malaysia was a Hyundai XGV6, they wre sold in Australia, the later version having a 2.7 litre V6. It was ok I used it for driving up and down to the Gold Coast in Queensland and it never gave me any trouble. Thank you for your great informative videos I have been following since the beginning.

[@nathanjoseph4284]

Hey Ed! I'm not sure if you noticed but here's a minor mistake I noticed: Thumbnail: Round 3 Title: Round 2 That aside, great channel and videos! Always love learning new things about cars. =)

[@terranaut]

Ed, I subbed to learn more about cars (I'm not a car guy) and you keep showing us these wacky models. I want them all? Sincerely, Concerned

[@strayling1]

Love the "Vision On" music @1:11

[@DoctorAlex1]

No mention of all those lovely Dafs? :( :D

[@tonypalmentera7752]

This is was a fun video.

[@Vv-fj3tx]

Funny thing about the events name, in germany the same phrase "Merkwürdig" also means "weird" or "unusual".

[@kencreten7308]

I was just wondering yesterday when your next video might be coming out, and here it is. Might there be a connection? Probably not. But here we are. Thanks again.

[@annebokma4637]

Think that more often 👍

[@thewanderingpinto5979]

Ed, next time you are in tge US , you should check out one the Concours d'Lemons car shows. I attended on in Florida with my Pinto friends, great time!

[@Midtable1881]

Those Saabs though ❤