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What was this car?

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Can any of you car experts out there identify the following make of car? I used to be quite familiar with makes but I don't think I've seen one of these before.


What I presume to be the manufacturer's badge in the centre of the boot lid appeared to be a capital "T". The vertical bar of the "T" was in the style of a downward pointing arrow and the horizontal bar had serifs as in Times New Roman. It may have been on a circular background/badge. The model name/number on the right of the boot looked like "TS III".


It was a "P" reg so I guess it was probably about 20 years old (don't think it was a personal plate). The car had a generally sporty, coupe-type appearance. Did wonder if it may have been a kit-car.


Any ideas?
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  • There's a Hyundai Coupe TSIII
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  • DUTR
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    Can any of you car experts out there identify the following make of car? I used to be quite familiar with makes but I don't think I've seen one of these before.


    What I presume to be the manufacturer's badge in the centre of the boot lid appeared to be a capital "T". The vertical bar of the "T" was in the style of a downward pointing arrow and the horizontal bar had serifs as in Times New Roman. It may have been on a circular background/badge. The model name/number on the right of the boot looked like "TS III".


    It was a "P" reg so I guess it was probably about 20 years old (don't think it was a personal plate). The car had a generally sporty, coupe-type appearance. Did wonder if it may have been a kit-car.


    Any ideas?

    This?
    http://www.rac.co.uk/drive/car-reviews/hyundai/coupe/207528/

    or this?

    http://www.parkers.co.uk/toyota/celica/coupe-1994/owner-reviews/
  • Manxman_in_exile
    Manxman_in_exile Posts: 8,380 Forumite
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    edited 26 January 2017 at 12:52PM
    Ah...thank you interstella


    I did think that it looked like a Hyundai coupe but it definitely didn't have the stylised "H" badge, which threw me.


    I also wondered if it may have been a Japanese import but the rear plate was a standard letter-box shape rather than the square ones that I thought were used for imports.
  • Ah...thank you interstella


    I did think that it looked like a Hyundai coupe but it definitely didn't have the stylised "H" badge, which threw me.


    I also wondered if it may have been a Japanese import but the rear plate was a standard letter-box shape rather than the square ones that I thought were used for imports.

    Or some boy racer stuck a Tesla badge on it
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  • dannyrst
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    Or some boy racer stuck a Tesla badge on it

    All the rage in the modding scene at the moment. :rotfl:
  • Thanks DUTR


    I think it was probably the Hyundai rather than the Celica.


    But it definitely wasn't badged as either a Hyundai or a Toyota (or at least not a badge I recognised) so did wonder if it may have been some sort of non-standard import.
  • Manxman_in_exile
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    edited 26 January 2017 at 1:10PM
    Or some boy racer stuck a Tesla badge on it


    Funnily enough, when it overtook us, my wife said "Is that a Tesla?" (we'd just got back from Amsterdam where Teslas seem to be all the rage). I said no as I thought it was too old...plus it wasn't a Tesla badge.
  • Cornucopia
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    Like this?

    Hyundai~Coupe~(2).jpg
  • davetrousers
    davetrousers Posts: 5,862 Forumite
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    Hyundai are also know as Tuscani somewhere in the world.

    Some Hyundai owners like to swap the Hyundai badge for a Tuscani one for some reason.
    .....

  • Hyundai are also know as Tuscani somewhere in the world.

    Some Hyundai owners like to swap the Hyundai badge for a Tuscani one for some reason.


    OK - that makes sense. May have been an import.


    Thank you all who've replied.
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