Strange, Weird and Obscure Car Meet ROUND 3 

Ed's To Do List: 1. Restore headlights

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

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

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!

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

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.

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

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!

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.

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

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.

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

That Holden Commodore Ute is stunning!

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

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

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.

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

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

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

That looks fun, I also have eclectic tastes👍

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

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

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!

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.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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).

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

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.

wait till you see the Holden Apollo that came out at the about the same time as with the nova

It's kind of weird to see Grandure XG introduced as obscure car, as it is quite common in Korea lol

I have seen exactly _one_ Saab 9-4x in my entire life. That's just how rare these are.

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. =)

Very interesting and entertaining. Why no Citroen DS with say rear one wheel missing driving around? Now that car is truly weird.

The Hyundai Pony or as it is badged in Australia the Excel is a brilliant entry level car. I have had 2 of them a 1986 model and a 1998 model.

That Cinerama Dome in the background made me think this was happening a rather grassy Sunset Strip!

This is was a fun video.

Weirdly, there are TWO pieces of the last Saab 9-5 generation parked on the same streeet on my way to my son's school. Probably the highest concentration of those in the world :) And no, I'm not in Sweden.

The Holden utes aren’t referred to as commodores. Just whatever variant they are. Maloo for example

6:15 someone's playing around with badges... For one, the Nova hatch had the Nova and Holden logos in the glass like the corolla one. As many others have pointed out, they were never sold in 2 door hatches, or with what I assume is a 4age engine. The first gen (LE) had 4AF and 6AFC (which was lauded for being significantly less power than the outgoing Astra), while the 2nd gen (LF) ranged from the 6AFC to the 7AFE - the latter only being in the GS Hatch. 4AFE was pretty standard across sedan and hatch. What most seem to like about the Nova is the tailights and grill, both of which were exclusive to the car. The grill is neither better nor worse for me but the tailights? My god they look eons better than the corolla offerings, making them (and the matching garnish) quite hard to find today - being on approx only 9000 total units. Otherwise its just a Corolla. I own a few and love the goofiness of them tho. Peeves off some Holden fans so must be a good thing.

Did you get the email where I sent you a comic of The Far Side having cows with tail fins?

6:20 Oi, saying that beautiful classic VN Calais is a rebadged Toyota is a bloody outrage!!! I'm taking this all the way to the Prime Minister.

The America's being like "Dawg just go to any small town and you'll see 8 XG's" Also, to touch on WiLL, it wasnt just cars and Toyota. It was everything and everyone from cameras to refrigerators to stationary and Panasonic to DoCoMo to Minolta

Ahem, the incorrect side of the car 😂 Clarkson says so 😂

that nova is a rebadged corolla, no 2-door novas were built

I really want to import a Mitsuoka and attend

Pony we had these in Canada!

Before GM tanked, Pontiac showed the Ute in the states at autoshows. I saw it in Dallas. Pontiac was grasping at straws in the late days. I think it would have worked!

Does the Honda Element fit here?

imagine if saab made that crossover in the right time, we might have saab around still

Is that Will a Toyota Matrix/Pontiac Vibe?

I thaught Your Holden/Toyota, was a Nissan Almera.

Why is it weird hearing Ed speak Dutch?

Oh Ed! Everything was going so well - we get to learn a little bit of Dutch with your translations,(there should be more of this), your Hyundai XG, the sketchy thing with Renault (which made me laugh!), so many weird cars and then you screw it all up by saying that a left-hand steering wheel is on the correct side of the vehicle! What possessed you?! You've let us down and yourself down too!

I love car show🚙🚙🚨♥️😁😁😁

It says Toyota Corolla on the rear windscreen

7:00 AAAYYYOOO HHOOOLLLLDDDDEEEENNN CCCOOOMMMMOOOOODDDOOOOOORRRRRREEEEEE

please clear up those headlights

Saab is alive its just that cars never been their key area, they are much more prominent in sea and air

Wouldn't this be round 3? 🤔.....

High and Die? It's just "Hun-Day"

"En iedereen kijkt aan de bar als deze man gaat 7:40"

since when do aussis call a hood a bonet.

JMO I wished you woulda skipped over '80s and newer cars instead of the other way around.

Only a real man can handle such a Hyundai, a ruggid dude with a biggish beard. Super grappig event.

Ed is so handsome.

Please stop talking about the xg. Not because I don't like it, but because I'm this close to buying an xg for myself considering how cheap it is and how luxurious it is xd.

👍👍👍

Hyundai❌ hoindai ✅

Americans should learn something from the way you do car shows over there. Ours are boring.

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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!

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.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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.

My Polonez with 1.9 diesel enginie would be match there

Everybody loves the Dutch! Greetings from Sweden!

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

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.

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

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

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

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.

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

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

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

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

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

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.

Weird is good.

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