Rinspeed wrote

Done. Thanks for notice!

Desscythe17 wrote
Oh, that is the reason why they had roof down in that magazine Without it, it looked very luxurious.


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JFK wrote
You mean luckily it never made production, that roof is awful.

fck there is a problem of order of the pics, can you correct it?

Featured in one issue of Svět Motorů (World of engines) - monopoly car magazine in communism era, alongside with rare Automobil(e). Shame it didnt make it over concept stage.

a special version for the UK market

a replica?

Rinspeed wrote
Alright, I never knew. It's so strange how cars with new pictures never show under Recently Completed.

Desscythe17 wrote
it's already the case but you are an admin member ;-)

Rinspeed wrote
I will look for something. Is it possible in the future to make it so pictures added by non-admin members have to be approved by you? (just like engines, cars, etc.)

Desscythe17 wrote
i can't at this time, i'm not in my home. Can you had another pic?

Could the interior picture please be removed? I don't it is representative for this car.

I see Honda decided to differentiate the Euro-spec Jazz from it's US and Japanese market counterparts by giving it a different grille.

Personally, I prefer the one that US and Japanese models get, but this one doesn't look bad at all.

Where they were going, they didnt need roads. I guess somewhere above USA.

Anyone know location of arrival?

Alert. This week, in wednesday, DeLorean will arrive from 1985.

I would make an additional page for the Mirage Cyborg, but I can't find decent pictures.

Silver Cup is for drivers that are young and just started racing in GT3 cars.

What is Silver Cup?

Interesting. Based on the backgrounds, this concept was for Europe/Germany?

Desscythe17 wrote
My two sources confirm same ones - magazine and website. But ok.

Desscythe17 wrote
Oh, we have got confused model years and production years. Model years were 1960-1961, but as a tradition, car was avaliable from autumn 1959 to autumn 1961.

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JFK wrote
I believe you are talking about US modelyears, which my sources confirm. 1960 would be 1959-1960, and 1961 would be 1960-1961. Therefore, this page is dedicated to the 1961 Comet, built from 1960 to 1961. And therefore, both engines were available from beginning to end.

And yes, I deleted top speed, acceleration and fuel economy because it is not reliable for such old cars. Every two sources says something different.

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These two prototypes was build based on Giulia Sprint GT chassis and were equipped with 1.6 Giulia TI engine, not V8s used in serial production.

Desscythe17 wrote
Yes and apology acepted
Desscythe17 wrote
Ok, I can understand it.
BTW, did you changed top speeds, 0-60 times and fuel economy to unknown? + in 1960 there was only 90HP version - some sources say it is 85HP, some 90HP. 101HP was only in 1961, and it was used after rebranding it to Mercury Comet from 1962 onwards. It was added as a option because 90/85 HP engine was sluggish.

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I have changed the presentation to Paris 1994, because although that car just debuted in Rallye Alasce Vosgues 1995, it has been unveiled in Paris Motorshow 1994.

JFK wrote
My apologies for the Canada-only thing, after some more research I found that the Comet was originally intended to be an Edsel, which went defunct just before the release. Therefore it was just called Comet for 1960 and 1961 (although it was sold through Mercury dealerships). In Canada, there was no 1960 Comet, as they sold the Frontenac there.

There was nothing wrong with your pictures, but I found higher quality ones, so I replaced them.

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Desscythe17 wrote
No, it was not. Proof: Magazine Popular Mechanics was testing Comet in 1961. They were asking following Comet owners: manager from California, pensionist from Nevada, air-traffic guy from Georgia, technical drawer from Pennsylvania, bank employee from Michigan, retired firefighter from Michigan and doctor from California. In Chrom a Plameny magazine issue 05/15 is this car reviewed in 6 pages, that is quite a lot. It is a 1961 Comet of one lady from San Diego that bought it when it was brand new and she sold it to heir serviceman 4 years ago. Do you think that all these people would import the car from Canada? In fact 116 331 Comets were produced in 1960, which is strikingly better than Frontenac, that produced less than 10k, and it was still second best selling compact car in Canada. I doubt that "Comet only for Canada" would make such a monopoly, with advance nearly 100k more cars produced than Frontenac.

I dont know either what was wrong with my front pic "EDIT: both" that it was replaced.

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It was Canada-only.

In 1961 model year Comet replaced Canadian brand that lasted one year: Frontenac. It was basically luxurious Falcon with odd mask and with Ford badges replaced by round badge with red leaf that Canada have in national flag.


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