The Strangest Special Editions Ever | Part 1 

My favourite was the Ford Ka MP3, because that's a cool thing the kids are into in 2005, right?

The VW Polo Genesis was made as a 75hp GT and a 113hp G40. I’ve had one of both. They came with 4 upgraded speakers and even an active subwoofer in the boot. Best looking Polo ever made imo.

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The Sundowner was from an Australian Marketing campaign, GM(H) Australia marketed the Sandman Panel van range and Ford replied with the Sundowner range using their Falcon Panelvan and also the Escort Panel van, this obviously went to Britain but as the Falcon was a rarity in the UK the UK received the Escort version. Basically an upspec Escort van with sundowner decals.

Let's face it, that's not the only place you'll find Fila on a Lancia. 😆

Looks like Al Gorithm made you one of his chosen ones. Great video buddy. Looking forward to more on this topic. I do, however, have the fast show sketch with the French special edition adverts in my head now!

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Brilliant. Keep 'em coming!

The Sundowner was Ford Australia's answer to the panel van craze here in Australia in the 70's. There were three of them, the Escort, the Transit van (running a 4.1 kiter six) or the Falcon with the choice of that six or two V8's.

4:55 The Escort Sundowner is a follow on from the Falcon Sundowner, which itself was a catch up to the Holden Sandman (45% surfing wagon ,55% shagging wagon) all in Australia, definitely not intended for rallying more than wet sand

Great video, better ending !!!

There used to be a few Jeans Beetles around in the 1980s; I read there were later editions made in Mexico. There was also the Peugeot 205 "Junior" that had denim upholstery.

Great video, but no mention of the many editions of Citroen 2CV, probably just as well. Also, there were two final runout editions of the Ford Escort here in Australia in 1980/81 - one was the Denim Pack, a 1.6GL with you guessed it, denim upholstery - the other was the 2.0 Sprint Pack, a 2.0GL updated from the previous 2.0 Rally Pack which had similar spec as the Mk 2 Escort Mexico.

The headrests you showed for the Suzuki Ignus Sport are remarkably similar to those in my Mk II Escort RS 2000!

My Mum had a 1988 (phase 2) Pug 205 Open edition to “celebrate” Peugeot sponsoring Golf. We were a family of serial 205 owners in the early 90s and it was actually one of the nicest we ever had - the smooth and torquey late-model 80bhp 1.4 with (reliable) electronic choke, sweet 5 speed box and amazing ride quality without being too soft. Not sure how many were made but I only ever saw one other one. They were all white colour-coded, with a green high-quality tweed interior and green pinstripes externally. Apparently Peugeot couldn’t fit a golf-ball style gearknob because VW had patented it.

A chap I worked with had a Crusader, that really was a top spec car in the day. I just remember it had Ghia type plush velour interior. I am surprised that the Cavalier run out special "The Club" didn't get a mention. I think they must have just had a load of white shells left over and then got some one with some crayons to design the interior. The white patches in the seats soon dis-coloured and within a few months it looked like the car and been used to deliver offal

We also had a local Opel dealer group take a base Opel Corsa B, add a sunroof and some alloy wheels and then call it a Corsa cheetah. As an added bonus it only came in a metallic purple.

Ford Australia had no issues moving the Escort Sundowner range here, downunder. In fact, there were "Sundowner" editions of the Transit and of the Falcon van, and intended to pick up on the whole "panel van" craze that had captured the young bloke brigade. Customising panel vans had become a real thing, with all kinds of "shaggin' wagons" lining the streets (often repleat with the bumber or window stickers that declared "if it's rockin' , don't bother knockin' !!!" and similar...... The problem for the Escort was that the internal dimensions were not quite long enough to have a fully supported mattress in the back, so the solution was to have a fold down flap and to use less rigid mattresses! The others I mentioned didn't have that same issue.

LOL did you choose your avatar just for that dad joke at the end? That's dedication!

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I used to have an Austin Metro Studio 2 in British Racing Green. It looked fabulous, and served me well for several years.

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I had a citroen ax memphis limited edition.... i mean if you can call a thin rainbow pin stripe down the side of the car limited edition anyway. I heat gunned it off when I put the gti arches and bumpers on anyway lol.

In Greece, we had special editions of regular cars perhaps more than any other country! The S2 106 rallye was sold with a Gti 16V engine, after the first 2 or so years of production, which was basically a Gti with rallye equipment, or rather lack of, wheels and decals. The N15 and N16 almera (aka Pulsar) were sold with an optional "challenge" package, with bespoke performance headers, a performace exhaust, firmed up suspension, a tune and some badges in the side plastic trim. The mk2 and mk3 Ibiza had a "top gun" trim, with OZ wheels, a JVC radio/cd, a Magnat amplifier and subwoofer, and a bespoke lip kit. The Daewoo Lanos had an "extreme" trim, that included a tune, performance exhaust, Yokohama wheels and tires and ,optional, bilstein suspension. The Mk1 octavia was offered witha "GT193" trim, which was basically a 150hp base car with a full ABT bolt on kit. Interestingly, the GT193 was sold even after the Mk2 was introduced here, as a cheaper "VRS" sporty family saloon option. Finally, and most imperssively, the GD (2nd gen) subaru impreza 1.6 was offered with a turbo kit! The Greek dealers would put low compression pistons, a new ecu, bigger brakes and a sporty lip kit with a wing, creating "the poor man's WRX" with about 180hp. These cars would later become known for really poor realiability, due to the mostly stock 95hp engines not being able to support the extra torque...

There was also an escort denim pack here in Australia but I've only ever seen one before.

If I'm not mistaken the one Polo G40 Genesis in the UK was actually a competition car, VW ran a competition through a brochure they put out. A guy up here in Newcastle still has it stowed away somewhere.

Most would have forgotten about them (assuming that they were even aware of them in the first place!), but during the 90s I had owned not 1, but 2 Talbot Samba Trios. Denim seats, neon stripes and body coloured wheel covers (which usually fell off), so very 1980s. Extinct now and sold in mainland Europe as the Bahia where quite a few survive.

I'm surprised you didn't mention any of the 2CV special editions, like the 007 or the Charleston.

I remember the Peugeot Aztec and Inca versions that were popular in the early 90s

I still have a violent need for the Pinto cruising wagon.

the fiat panda k-way with its raincoats in each seats pocket was also a weird one

The Sundowner was originally an Australian Ford idea from what i remember

Loved the walk down memory lane. Misery does love company here in the US some of the special addition vehicles looked outrageous like the Pierre Cardin AMC Matador or the Dodge Street Van that came with a box of decals that you could roll your own! After reading other comments I glad to see other countries can commit social suicide also. Thank you.

I remember the logo for the Cortina Crusader always reminds me of the Daily Express logo!

Studio2 was the design studio at Cowley. When I worked at Rover.

i remember seeing alot of bonjovi and pink floyd VWs back in my childhood in the early 200s around on German strrets.

My dad had a Maestro turbo when I was little and I remember how cool it seemed with red seatbelts, seatbelts that aren't that boring black are always fun

The panel vans were sold in Australia till 1998 as the Ford Falcon XH2 ute

So, how did you come up with the nam...... oh 😂

I seem to remember another jeans edition. The Yugo Denim. 😬

N465CKD was my actual 205 Inca, great car, dog slow with the 1.8 N/A diesel but great fun to thrash about, foot to the floor everywhere. I own a 205 GTX now, which was another special edition, basically a GT/XS with fuel injection.

Interesting subject the special editions. I recall many of those in Portugal but also other ones like the Ford Fiesta Newport, Citroen BX Quartz, Citroen Dyane Nazaré (with an interesting logo with a typical boat from Nazaré city) Renault 5 NRJ (the French Nouvelle Radio Jeune) fitting a proper radio and stickers, R9 Broadway, Clio Night & Day, R19 Wind, Citroen AX Spot (the sticker and some different seat fabrics), VW Polo Fox, Lancia Y10 Café, Alfa Romeo 33 Imola, Seat Ibiza Del Sol (much before Honda Del Sol), Ibiza Disco.

I once owned a 1990 Rover Mini 'Racing Green' . Looked just like a Cooper but lacked the power. My late parents once owned a 1994 Vauxhall Astra 'California'. It lacked any West Coast glamour but still a great runaround though

Ah yes... This video reminds me of my apprenticeship in Australia during the 80s. I worked for a Ford dealer where we had the rebadged Mazda 626 & 323 range. Ford sold them as the Telstar and Laser. We had two different special Lasers, one great and one not so much. The White Lightening was an all white hatch with fine blue pinstripes on the side and included a locally fitted blow-through turbo kit!😍 Then there was the 'Carla Zampatti' fashion edition... gaudy styling and fabrics on and in an otherwise stock Laser 😏 There were others locally here too of course, none more poorly named that the SVD range from Nissan Australia. (Special Vehicle Developments) Sounding like something you'd need to visit your doctor about, they did produce some nice cars.

I always thought that the Nissan Navara Long way down edition, a tie in to the Ewan Mcgregor and Charlie Boorman show, was a random one! As was the Die Hard 4 edition 😅

Renault 5 Flair, early 80’s with glass sunroof, only available in Red, Blue, and White. Also has alloy wheels small roof spoiler and stripes! Basically a TL with bits added but not in the engine department.

Fond memories of my first company car.. a white Vauxhall Cavelier 'Antibes'. Blue & red coach lines, matching seat fabric. Thought I was the bees knees! And then there was the red Vauxhall Nova 'Cassanova' on the drive at home aswell. Oh the 80's were fab! Great vid. 👍 with everyone driving identical silver boxes these days, nice to remember a time you could just be that little bit individual. 🚙💨

When you do a Part 2, my vote would be for the Nissan Xtrail Fat Face

You forgot the Levis/Coca Cola special promo Denim Machine Ford van from 1976. My boss had one. It had a very impressive interior and the paint job was one of a kind. There was also the 1978 Dodge Little Red Express pickup truck😁

Im 28 and when I was at school the Vauxhall Corsa Limited Edition got mocked constantly for the shear number of them they produced. It must have got up to 50/50 split between them and normal ones.

Australia had some shockers. Mitsubishi had the "Colt 45" in the early '80s, which is rather funny considering Australians aren't in to gun much. Nissan had the "Reebok" edition of the Pulsar(Sunny) hatch back. Holden had special edition of the Suzuki Swift called the Barina "Sportsgirl", which was a fashion retailer of the time. But we also had some practicle special edtions, Holden had the Vacationer edition of their Kingswood and Commodore family cars, which included the 4.2L V8, automatic transmission, power steering, air conditioning, cloth seats and roof racks in the wagons. Ford had the family edition of the Falcon which had two tone paint, air conditioning, power steering, automatic transmission and the "centerfold" front seat which made them a 6 seater. Toyota also had the "Getaway" editions of the Camry and Tarago(Previa/Estima) which was basically metallic paint and air conditioning.

what about Renault clio Mecano (a 90's spanish group band), peugeot 206 playstation or ford focus vodafone?

I cannot believe you didn't mention the Nissan Micra K11. Loads of special edition models, including the 'Micra Wave'. What wally in Nissan's marketing department decided that was a good idea?

In the UK, the polo Genesis was a fairly standard trim and spec, with rather nice tartan seats. There was also a G40 Genesis , which was a competition prize to tie on with band touring. 10? produced, based on the Supercharged G40, in the Purple with uprated sound system, only one in right hand drive. Feel free to look in on the owner's club, clubpolo, if you ever want to check details before recording a video.

205 forever. That was also a good name for a last edition.

what the heck is a Renault Kwid. We don't have that one over here in France.

Two more. Fiat Seicento Sporting Michael Schumacher and the Mercedes-Benz A160 Hakkinen Edition. The later had very limited production run. Both are associated to racing drivers on cars which are, well not very sporty.

I still think one of the best Ltd editions was the Nissan Micra wave..presumably it got you to your destination much faster then went "ding"

My mates mother had a mini studio2, I had a cortina crusader

With respect, although the 205 Junior originally started out as a limited edition, after the launch of the 106 and 306, the 205 range was reduced as the model was phased out. By 1994 there were only two specs available, The Junior (with denim interior) and the higher spec Spectre. This reflected the Mini, the Mayfair had also been a limited edition, but sold so well it became a regular model and replaced the HLE. It is also the reason why Austin Rover named many of the limited editions after London boroughs, Park Lane, Piccadilly and Chelsea, with specs either above or below the Mayfair.

Just the right amount if snarkiness. Here in the USA we are inundated with easily forgotten "special editions" usually conjured up out of failing sales figures, or to clear out a backlog of already built cars. Mostly tape stripes and the odd interior treatment, they were seldom interesting, and I suspect seldom successful.

I had a metro casino sr. Nicer headrests and slightly better wheeltrims. Had a manual choke.

"Marbella" 🤣

Not forgetting the Jeep Renegade Dawn of Justice special edition

I once owned a 1983 1/2 GLX Escort . A sunroof and weird tire and door led monitor thing on the dash and a stripe. That's all.

I owned a saxo with all the interior details like on this video it was called an east coast .

Another run-out special was the Renault Clio Campus - budget price, aimed at students.

A lot 9f these special editions will be worth a few quid more than a standard one. Factory made and not done by a dealer. The Ford dealer near me had a stack of base model 1L fiesta's in white. MK2 From what I got told they were supposed to be cop cars but the order got cancelled. They got the body shop to paint the mirrors and bumpers in white and fitted a set of alloy wheels then put a set of bright yellow stripes on them . If I recall they had a stupid name like FUNSHINE.

When I was at uni I had a friend who drove a mk5 Escort of some special edition. There was various nonsense her dad convinced her about what made it ‘special’ but its main party piece was a rear spoiler. Which I’m sure probably all mk3-6 special edition Escorts had - but in her eyes was really unique and made it a truly sought after Escort. Anyway, one night we were all out at a bar and she was getting chatted up by a lad who seemed to absolutely lose his nut over her car being an Escort, ‘the one with the spoiler’ The rest of us realised he must have thought it was an Escort RS Cosworth and had grown weary of her constantly banging on about this bloody car by this point - so we were weren’t so annoyed that this interaction had given credence to her delusion that the Escort ‘shite edition’ or whatever it was called was actually a highly regarded car… It was more the fact that this lad seemed to think someone would drive an Escort RS Cosworth an yet refer to it as ‘the one with the spoiler’ 🤣

That 106 headrest look like they broke into a children's bedroom and put their favorite plush as headrest. Also, Renault Kangoo Bebop. Don't know if it fits as a special edition. Better name than the Tepee.

Nissan took the rogue and offered the rogue one with a Star Wars theme and you got a plastic Darth Vader head to mount on your desk. Other than the badging and the plastic head it was still just a rogue.

What about panda 4*4

Nissan micra wave or micra Dot was always a funny one

You missed he greatest run out/special edition, the Ford Australia XC Cobra.

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The Ford Capri Laser was always a strange choice for a run out special edition in my opinion. It looked like the poor relation to the S model that it replaced . Unless it was offered at much less than an S it really didn't seem to make sense .

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Your forgetting the granddad of special editions to my mind the very first was the Morris minor when it sold a million units the first car to do so and they made about 400 moggy millions available only in lilac with white leather seats 👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻

👍 Cordialement,

MS-RT is NOT part of Ford - it is a Welsh company that does Ford authorized bodykits and tuning.

I would like to have that Isuzu 😁

Weird and funny

Peugeot also did the 205 and 309 Look

I think it was fiat who made a World Cup car with football alloys

The ranger and transit msrt are good

No Fiat 126 BROWN?

The Hyundai Kona couldnt be sold in my country with that name....😄😄😄😄

MG badged montego and meisro

The modern MINI was pretty big on special editions. I like the *Goodwood Bespoke Edition.* The 2001-2004 Buick Regal *Joseph Abboud Edition* was also quite nice. ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-v9vlsSh3CQ4.html

The fiat sporty brand abarth have made many a special edition :- trofeo pista f595 695 Maserati and 695 Ferrari 695 xsr Yamaha monster Yamaha and there's more after these too proves rover group are not alone

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Then there are the rather useless attempts to turn average family hacks and tradie trucks into "special editions" like the Holden / Vauxhall W427, GTS and Maloo. None have any thing on the superb Suzuki swift sports girl edition!!!!! Holden's 1971 to 1979 HQ to HZ sandman vans and Ute's came with standard full length headlining, 4.2 or 5.0 litre v8, sports rims, dash, highlight striping and a tailgate decal that screemed look at me. Valiant / Chrysler fired back with the drifter van and Ute's. Ford retaliated with the facon, escort, transit ( and even an F100 could be special ordered from dealers with sundowner motif) The 2.0 litre manual escorts seriously motored and handled well, but lacked the nessesary shag, surf, shag, cruze, shag, get stoned and crash out on a beach for a dawn patrol surf that the big vans became synonymous with. For my part, a Holden fan and one time sandman owner, the valiant drifters and ford escorts actually look the best overall.

Enthra......zzzzzzz...... sorry, nodded off there; anyway, "enthralling."

Wow just WOW how wrong your about Isuzu Vehi Cross , the iron man was named after the marathon not the comic hero !

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You need to do another one ,you've missed loads good video to