Land Rover Discovery

 

Ok but is identifying new or newer cars that you see on the road regularly "fun"? I think we are much more likely to have a hard time identifying older cars.

 

ok. it's all good... enjoy with whatever.

 

You got it!

I thought that one would be a little harder since it's made in the UK.
But I do see a lot of Land Rovers around and I think their interiors rock, very nice.

 

OK…have some fun with this one.

 

Not quite. It’s a LR Discovery Sport. Smaller model, built on the same platform as the Range Rover Evoque and successor to the LR Freelander.

 

Theyre literally everywhere lol, at least here.

 

No takers eh? It’s real although it looks like a spare parts build.

 

I don't recall the manufacturer, but it's the USPS selection for their next mail truck fleet, replacing the Grumman LLVs they've been using for the past 40 years.

 

The manufacturer is Oshkosh Defense, but I will give geko the credit for the answer, since he correctly guessed that it was the next-generation Postal vehicle.

 

No takers for this one? That’s kind of surprising on a Lexus-based forum. It is the 1998 Lexus Street-Rod, done in answer to Chrysler’s outrageous Plymouth Prowler street-rod. Unlike the Prowler, though, the Lexus never went into production. Only one was built, primarily for display. It was painted the classic 1950s Candy-Apple-Red color, which was very popular with customized cars of that period. It also had a much more credible power plant…a Lexus 4.0L V8 instead of the Prowler’s 3.5L V6.

 

That car was nothing like the Prowler, thats a restomod of a 32 Ford that was customized by a hot rod shop by Lexus and using a Lexus powerplant. Entirely different concept than the Prowler which was a modern design that harkened back to that era of street rod.

I doubt the Prowler had anything to do with the development of this car, seeing that it was designed years after and none of the interviews I ever read with the designers mentioned anything about the Prowler. This was purely a marketing exercise by Lexus.

 

Good point, thats what I meant just forgot to add the Sport.

 

I agree that it was mechanically different from the Prowler, but it still followed the same general concept….a retro-design, open-top street rod.

The Prowler was also probably a piece of junk, quality-wise, compared to the Lexus rod. At that time, Lexus did some of the most carefully-crafted vehicles on the planet….which, IMO, gradually started to change in the later half of the 2000s.

 

I have to say that is one goofy looking beast. haha