Obscure Cars You've Never Heard Of

We all know the heavyweights of the automotive world, you know the BMWs, the Porsches, the Lamborghinis and the Detroit Big Three. These are some of the names that are on everyone's lips when

cars

are the topic of conversation, but what about the more unknown companies, the ones you may or may not have

heard

of, there are many car manufacturers from Germany, France , Britain and other countries and I bet you have

never

heard

of them, so let us go through the list of 13 unknown

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you have

never

heard of. and what's up good people I'm Brad Danger this is ideal and we're the

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It is a name that we all know very well, it has been around for a long time and has many cars that have cemented its name in automotive history. You have the RX7 with that rotary or the MX-5 and even the humble Mazda 3. All icons of car culture, but what about the Mazda that wasn't even sold as a Mazda? Well the az-1 was built by suzuki and sold under the mazda auto zam sub brand, don't wait, it's an auto zam whip anyway and the platform is 100 rear. mid-wheel engine joy Even though it predates the supercars it most imitates, the McLaren F1, Lamborghini Diablo and Ferrari Testarossa, the AZ1 is a mix of all but a few hundred horsepower under the hood, but who cares about that?

We mentioned it also has gull wing doors, yeah well it has gold wing doors and we know you already have your wallets out, shut up and take my money so we'll come to that price because they're usually around $26,000 which is. Not bad for a mini supercar, but we don't think you'll take any kids camping with it and next up is a car that sounds more like mouthwash than a supercar, it's called uh lister storm and lister. It sounds like the name of a guy you knew in high school, not like a cool guy, but like the one who spent a lot of time on the wrong side of the jock attention, yeah, lister lister up, I mean listen because this lister He is not fighting.

In its ninth lap, today it sports a seven-liter V12 Jaguar with a lot of power. The Storm debuted in 1993 to celebrate the company's history in motorsports and because the company probably felt there weren't enough V12s in the world, which we tend to agree on. with them they shoehorned one into this badass racer, they also won the fia championship in 2000 and a couple of things to remember with the storm: it's a low production car from a small company in britain so there may be some problems finding one in reliability, it may not even be possible. something so make sure you have an experienced mechanic on speed dial and guess what we were able to find one but not through our usual resources and it was on sale for around two hundred thousand dollars i.e. better to just rip off the belt.

It helps that leaving it right, the lister is a really cool road racer that should definitely be on your radar and if you're enjoying this video so far, hit the like button to check out the YouTube algorithm and check out some of our ideal limited edition tea caps. and other sticker items up here because for a while British roadsters completely disappeared, they were just amazing weekend getaway cars that let the wind and weather flow through your locks, well if you have any mine that goes away, you just have to say you're fine when you're not really fine, but you just can't get into it, but anyway, with a small rear-wheel drive package for maximum fun, unfortunately they were almost completely unreliable and demanded constant attention, so they continued the path. of the dodo and that's where the germans come in now the weissman MF5 is the British roadster made in the German style and we'd be lying if we said it didn't work, it's a small two-seater convertible with rear wheel drive that allows enthusiasts to immerse themselves in the classic British experience in a reliable German package and a quick side note: you can still see the Germans adding reliability to cars like one of my favorites, the Lamborghini Huracan, which has German guts but then Italian skin, the best of both worlds.

Like this one, the Weissman and other models in the Weissman line typically came with BMW inline-six engines, but the MF5 came with something a little different, a crazy V10. You can't say that about your grandfather's Aston Heally, now Kenya, yeah, I don't think so. and you probably can't say that your grandfather's car will cost you around $200,000 either. Don't you love rare foreign cars? Yes, us too, so the next one won't be some weird supercar that we've been completely banned from. Considering it's a weird 90's off-road SUV coupe, we love the parts we're talking about, the incredibly unique Isuzu vehicle, I mean just look at the vehicle, it's the complete opposite of the multitudes of vanilla crossovers that have.

See today and at the time of its conception and production, most other automakers were looking back to design their cars, not behind their backs, but literally like back in time because we got things like the pt cruiser and the ford thunderbird which looked a lot like their the past was a little uglier and at the same time we got the vihi cross and it looked to the future with its design and this little isuzu had some serious off road gifts and you can take your kids to the supermarket and give it style and unlike some of the other cars on this list, we can find a few for sale in the US and thanks to their strange place in the market and their kind of lack of attention, most will probably cost you between 10 and 15,000 dollars, and if If you want to be weird in the wild, then the Viki Cross is the car for you or it is an SUV or a truck that the world will never know, but what we do know is that almost anyone who is an enthusiast knows what is a mclaren f1 and If you don't know well, it is the world record with a gold plated gullwing and a supercar from the 90s, but did you know that Toyota had its own version of the F1 and her name was Sarah with a e and you couldn't find Sarah on a dating app because this was before dating apps were a thing and this fact is about to blow your mind because did you know that the design of the golden doors of the Sarah actually inspired Gordon Murray to put the golden doors in F1?

If that is. True, the king of 90s supercars was inspired by a four-cylinder Toyota and the Sarah is so unconventional it almost hurts, it's a hatchback that was sold in 1995 in Japan to compete with many other small sports cars in the market and there were only 16,000 units sold, so they may be quite rare, but thanks to the 25-year rule they can be imported into the United States and because Sarah hits that back gray area between not being too well known but Also be quite rare, prices can fluctuate quite a bit. a bit, although typical sales range between 5,000 and 15,000, depending on condition and import sources, and honestly import one if you can because this little JDM delight is something we'd like to see more of now, French cars tend to be some of the They are becoming more extravagant.

The French seem to have a talent for things outside of Le Box. Yes, I know I've been practicing on the French and that's why they named one of these quirkier SUVs after a cactus. Yes, the Citrul C4 cactus concept involved several air. Bumps on the rear and side of the car giving it an exceptionally rusty look, especially in brown. Fortunately, although the concept stayed on the production model, these bumps were designed to minimize scratches in the parking lot and I don't think, why don't all cars have them? This Cactus mainly sets its sights on Mini Countrymen and the Nissan Juke but it honestly looks like it would fit in much better cruising around the beach.

The Cactus fits into the category of cars that are so weird they're kinda cool and we'd like to see something in United States, unfortunately we can't have the strange bubble-wrapped European minivan SUV in its native lands, the cactus ranges from 17 to 26k depending on trim level and if you're seeing this across the pond, we appreciate it. first your support, we would also like to say hello and second, um, if you are looking for a quirky mini off-roader to take your kids to school in the cactus, it might be the hardest path to follow and continue our journey through the euro, the Dutch.

They contributed a lot to the world, you have things like the telescope, the microscope, wi-fi, they participated in most of the things that we take for granted today, but there is one thing that no one would have expected from the Dutch and that is a spectacular sport. The Spiker C8 is one of the more unusual sports cars to hit the market, but all those aeronautical-inspired details make it really cool. You see, the original C8 was put into production in 2001 and lasted nine years before its next generation used an Audi. Got the v8 again the germans helped with reliability and what was so cool was it had a retractable soft top or fixed glass canopy with an integrated roof scoop so this was like before the 600 lt and if you open the door, the interior is heavy. inspired by Spiker's history in aircraft with the dashboard and steering wheel all taking cues from early aircraft design, the gearbox even includes fully exposed components for added coolness and you're probably already thinking this, but yeah, It's one of the most expensive cars on this list right up there with the list we mentioned above, it's worth the cost in our eyes and nothing screams better than a car built like a board, but back to the land of red, white and blue, the Ford F550 is a monster of a truck and You usually see it for commercial applications and there is very little chance that you will see one on the road for someone's everyday life, so if you want something with this kind of size and intimidation factor, there are really only a few options available, unless we are willing to contact Carl Mann and we are willing to have an F550 chassis completely trashed, that's the king for you.

A one hundred percent rough conversion of an already impressive truck. Here are some of the specs: You get a 6.8-liter V10 that pulls around 4,500 pounds a top speed of 87 miles per hour Now we know those numbers don't really impress you, but we don't care and neither should you because you'll be riding on the from behind watching satellite TV or just playing PlayStation and We're not kidding when we say this is a rolling movie mansion. The King also boasts the highest price of any truck available. You'll need 2.2 million to get your hands on Carl Man King, so I hope you can. saving your pennies and if you want to learn how to save money or what financial mistakes I shouldn't make or what side hustles make the most money this summer, check out our other ideal money channel, give it a quick sub and come back. and then learn how to make enough money for your own car man king and I know that was a pretty heavy truck literally and figuratively so let's go a little lighter and the bmw z series are some of the most iconic series of coupes and convertibles our friend sam just bought a beautiful z4 and we all know the infamous clown shoe m coupe and even james bond drove a z car but there's one we think you may not have heard of before and it's the predecessor of them all the z cars called the z1 and it was built in 1989 and the z1 holds the title of granddaddy of the z series but it is almost completely unique from the rest of the lineage to start with the design is unlike anything bmw has done before or since in its production. get little kidney grilles for the once slanted headlights and the interior design screams 90's weirdness and the most unique part of the z1 was the doors yeah you don't want to miss this because they weren't just regular doors or doors golden, even these were magic doors and what that means is that you can slide up the sides of the car, this is a design feature we have never seen since and it's a shame but before you ask, yes you can drive with the doors completely closed. something like a bmw coupe slash tina jeep hybrid and we found one hundred nine thousand nine hundred dollars and I'm sorry after the carl men shock that it actually sounds cheap and then we'll warn you This is a truck but before you go , hear us out because we're including a minivan on our list because of how special it is.

It's the Toyota Previa SC All Track and it looks like a giant egg with four wheels, but we promise it's a lot. More than meets the eye, the preview's sc motor is mounted under the front seats, directly in the middle. I think you know where I'm going with this. It's incredibly supercharged, yes it only has 161 horsepower, but who cares?It matters, it's a supercharged truck and the power goes. to all wheels and can be sent through a manual transmission. Let's review the list of trucks with a mid-engine, supercharged all-wheel drive and manual transmission. Well this is the one and it seems like a complete package to me, plus you get all that. in a minivan package it's practical and fun to drive, good luck finding one on the market, these things are in high demand and speaking of impractical vehicles, the hummer is an icon of car culture, it's big and bold, no thanks to his military origin. but there was a huge suv that predated the best road legal military car and funnily enough it's from our good friends at lamborghini.

The LM002 is a massive truck that completely fits Lambo's reputation for extravagant vehicles, while the LM002 started out as a rear-engined model using an American-made V8, the final production vehicle had a front-mounted V12. of the countach much better and we think it's a fair deal because the LM002 fits perfectly with the level of scandalous decadence of the 80s, lambo even had two modelsI participated in the Paris Dakar rally in 1988. The production models had fully leather upholstered interiors with power windows and full air conditioning, and you have to remember this was in the 80's when that was considered luxury, so how much would a fully militarized lambo cost? i found one for a measly 275k. that's a lot but this is a complete monster of a vehicle that's a million times cooler than an h1 or let us know below in the comments because it's the polar opposite of the v12 powered military vehicle once.

Again we are talking about Mazda in this list, another sports car from the Zoom Zoom guys themselves and it is the cosmo, but we are not talking about your rather strange father, this is one of the first rotary sports cars that ever existed and it marked the setting for mazda's obsession and success with the little wankel unit the cosmo is a rare little sports car but the search will be worth it the little rotary engine loves to rev and the cosmo's makes 110 horsepower at 7 100 rpm now the cosmo was Mazda's main flagship in the 60's, much like the Toyota 2000 GT which is one of the most beautiful vehicles ever created, the cosmo simply showed the world what Mazda was capable of, so get on it to the driver's seat and you know.

We're driving an important part of automotive history and we hope that takes a little off the price because most examples will set you back around $150,000. Yes, the little Mazda doesn't have much to offer, but they only made 343 of the first one. series still, if you buy one, you can say a lot of wankel and let's complete this list with something a little more domestic and this car was manufactured by Vector Aeromotive Corporation and no, it is not an airplane hybrid, although you might want to. run out to really make this sound because the w8 is one hundred percent built for speed thanks to Vector's expertise in aerodynamics and aerodynamic technology.

The Vector was built from the ground up with complex materials and has a twin-turbo V8 to launch it. In the Stratosphere even 5,000 aircraft-specification rivets were used in the construction of the car and when put into production the W8 claimed to be capable of reaching 242 miles per hour, which is exactly what it did on the Bonneville Salt Flats and that's with a rear wing with more downforce and a less powerful version of the production w8 engine and because this car is from the '90s, there are early digital dashboards for your radical enjoyment and all of this can be had for just six hundred grand dollars, nobody said it.

It was going to be cheap, so outside of our list of unknown cars, you've never heard of what you thought of our list. Were there any cars we missed that we should have included? Let us know in the comments and out of the ones We Covered which one you would like to see in your ideal garage again, let us know below and if you are new here, I'm Brad Danger, subscribe and hit the notification bell and as always, keep living the ideal lifestyle.