Quick Trivia 3

[amsandun]

2 hours ago, iRage said:

In Spanish Pajero means the "w" word. Which is why in some markets the car is badged as Montero.

Whoa! These trivia questions demand more knowledge of the world and terminologies used in different parts and in different languages 😄

[Gummybr]

2 hours ago, iRage said:

In Spanish Pajero means the "w" word. Which is why in some markets the car is badged as Montero. The name Pajero was apparently used in reference to a wild cat (mimic one's behaviour ?). The name Montero was apparently used in reference to the Spanish word for Mountain (probably to imply it can climb them ?)

Also Pajero was called the Shogun in Europe I think.

2 hours ago, iRage said:

 

 

I still remember this getting beat by a Diesel Defender in the Trucks T&J upto 3500cc open category 😁

[Duan27]

9 hours ago, iRage said:

Yes it is ! Over to you...

Here’s the next one-

[Gummybr]

18 hours ago, Duan27 said:

Here’s the next one-

Mitsubishi iMiev / i kei car. I presume what you saw was a EV version.

[Duan27]

5 hours ago, Gummybr said:

Mitsubishi iMiev / i kei car. I presume what you saw was a EV version.

On point! Saw one listed just a couple days ago. I knew the headlamps looked pretty unique, but thought the rear lamps might be confused with some other vehicles, but that's a nonexistent issue for y'all here lol. Over to you @Gummybr

[iRage]

On 11/5/2024 at 6:21 PM, Gummybr said:

Also Pajero was called the Shogun in Europe I think.

Yes it was ! They used Shogun in Europe and some South American countries but then did the whole mixing it up and changing it act. So during a certain period it was Shogun..then became Montero...then some countries went back to Shogun...it was all very confusing.

9 hours ago, Duan27 said:

that's a nonexistent issue for y'all here

Are you saying we have issues because we don't have issues?  

[Gummybr]

Something interesting for you guys then. You can have a festival inside one of these. This is second generation of this particular model. This particular model is based on a competitor model and uses the engines from that brand.

I particularly like the rear of the generation one version as it looks very futuristic. I know of one available in Sri Lanka.

The front on pic I have purposefully left to identify the brand.

[amsandun]

6 hours ago, iRage said:

Are you saying we have issues because we don't have issues?  

[matroska]

37 minutes ago, Gummybr said:

Something interesting for you guys then. You can have a festival inside one of these. This is second generation of this particular model. This particular model is based on a competitor model and uses the engines from that brand.

I particularly like the rear of the generation one version as it looks very futuristic. I know of one available in Sri Lanka.

The front on pic I have purposefully left to identify the brand.

The front pic was a dead giveaway about the  brand.  The particular brand had to base this off a different manufacturer despite having a sort of supremacy  in the past. BTW we had the first gen of this other makers brand in the quiz a few months back. Anyways there's no need to have a La me festival about it. 

[iRage]

3 hours ago, Gummybr said:

Something interesting for you guys then. You can have a festival inside one of these. This is second generation of this particular model. This particular model is based on a competitor model and uses the engines from that brand.

I particularly like the rear of the generation one version as it looks very futuristic. I know of one available in Sri Lanka.

The front on pic I have purposefully left to identify the brand.

Didn't you post the same before  ? You must be feeling the festive feeling about Japan Industries....

[matroska]

5 minutes ago, iRage said:

Didn't you post the same before

wasn't it the variant from the other brand?

[amsandun]

4 hours ago, Gummybr said:

Something interesting for you guys then. You can have a festival inside one of these. This is second generation of this particular model. This particular model is based on a competitor model and uses the engines from that brand.

I particularly like the rear of the generation one version as it looks very futuristic. I know of one available in Sri Lanka.

The front on pic I have purposefully left to identify the brand.

This front grill looks and feels so familiar. The 3 thick silver lining. Yet I just can’t remember anything. Maybe I’m mistaken. 
පහන ලඟයි ආලෝකෙ දුරයි වගේ 😂

[iRage]

4 hours ago, matroska said:

wasn't it the variant from the other brand?

No..it was this...but we did talk about the bottle cap brand variant as well

[Gummybr]

15 hours ago, iRage said:

Didn't you post the same before  ? You must be feeling the festive feeling about Japan Industries....

No no it was the Gen 1 of the other brand I posted, didnt know about the existence of this model in Sri Lanka till last week.

[Gummybr]

10 hours ago, iRage said:

No..it was this...but we did talk about the bottle cap brand variant as well

It was Sathyajith who posted it way back.

[Gummybr]

16 hours ago, matroska said:

The front pic was a dead giveaway about the  brand.  The particular brand had to base this off a different manufacturer despite having a sort of supremacy  in the past. BTW we had the first gen of this other makers brand in the quiz a few months back. Anyways there's no need to have a La me festival about it. 

Would you like to go ahead and give the proper answer and take the quiz forward?

The biggest different between the two (leave aside the badging and the brand specific face) was the side wave design.

Edited November 8, 2024 by Gummybr

[Gummybr]

14 hours ago, amsandun said:

This front grill looks and feels so familiar. The 3 thick silver lining. Yet I just can’t remember anything. Maybe I’m mistaken. 
පහන ලඟයි ආලෝකෙ දුරයි වගේ 😂

Think son think, what other mainstream model had this kind of a grille at the front and you could say it has another design element in the V shape. 

[matroska]

45 minutes ago, Gummybr said:

Would you like to go ahead and give the proper answer and take the quiz forward?

The biggest different between the two (leave aside the badging and the brand specific face) was the side wave design.

Yes I will do the honors in that case. 

So the car in question is a 2nd Gen Nissan LaFesta - which is based off the third gen Mazda Premacy (We discussed the 1st gen premacy in this thread) this is what it looks like. The front grill pattern is quite Nissanish I would say. 

 

As Gummy mentioned, the first gen LaFesta actually looks pretty cool - this was in the early 2000's when Automakers had a 2nd wave of design renaissance - we had some unique designs. Sadly, after that everyone decided to make sure all cars looked the same. 

[Gummybr]

21 minutes ago, matroska said:

That is a cool rear end right? A bit of Cube design elements here, also it coulld be something they didnt change from the concept car. But then again the front is forgettable. Saw a review by hubnut and that thing had a full sunroof from front all the way to the back.

[amsandun]

2 hours ago, Gummybr said:

Think son think, what other mainstream model had this kind of a grille at the front and you could say it has another design element in the V shape. 

God, I thought correctly, I swear first thing came to my head when I saw the front of the car was in fact “This looks like a Nissan”. I tried searching Nissan front grilles but had no luck.

You did give a clue saying about Festivals which had me look at Ford Festiva and Fiestas. 😁

[Gummybr]

4 hours ago, amsandun said:

God, I thought correctly, I swear first thing came to my head when I saw the front of the car was in fact “This looks like a Nissan”. I tried searching Nissan front grilles but had no luck.

You did give a clue saying about Festivals which had me look at Ford Festiva and Fiestas. 😁

Even the rear pic would have reminded you of a Nissan. 

On 11/7/2024 at 12:27 PM, Gummybr said:

I was actually waiting for someone to mention the Wingroad after seeing this

[amsandun]

48 minutes ago, Gummybr said:

Even the rear pic would have reminded you of a Nissan. 

I was blank with this picture. I was trying to figure out which part of the car it is 😝

[matroska]

OK then here's the next one...let's just say the discussion we had with regards to the previous car reminded me of this. 

Have a go gentlemen. 

[iRage]

6 hours ago, matroska said:

OK then here's the next one...let's just say the discussion we had with regards to the previous car reminded me of this. 

Have a go gentlemen. 

Ahh yes....one of those attempts to Cruise into Prime Time but faded away before its time. The convertible was just weird looking. Looked like the love child of a Beetle and a Chrystler 300C

[Gummybr]

15 hours ago, iRage said:

Ahh yes....one of those attempts to Cruise into Prime Time but faded away before its time. The convertible was just weird looking. Looked like the love child of a Beetle and a Chrysler 300C

So much of hate for this car, it would have been a better design for the London Taxi cabs.