Guess what ultra-rare car (<200) I spotted today

"MarquetteLa" (marquettela)
04/08/2015 at 14:53 • Filed to: guesslopnik

Hints:

American

Modern

Four-door

Five-seat

2010 decade

Not a Ford or GM product

Single-gear transmission!

Fisker has delivered a few thousand Karmas, at least, so that's not it

Begin.

WE HAVE A WINNER. !!!error: Indecipherable SUB-paragraph formatting!!! correctly guessed the CODA Sedan, an all-electric car that had about 115 examples delivered to customers.

DISCUSSION (89)

itschrome > MarquetteLa
04/08/2015 at 14:54

STS-V?

For Sweden > MarquetteLa
04/08/2015 at 14:54

Chevrolet SS

itschrome > MarquetteLa
04/08/2015 at 14:55

mercury Marauder?

505Turbeaux > MarquetteLa
04/08/2015 at 14:55

Aspen hybrid

MarquetteLa > For Sweden
04/08/2015 at 14:57

Incorrect!

MarquetteLa > itschrome
04/08/2015 at 14:57

Nope!

MarquetteLa > 505Turbeaux
04/08/2015 at 14:57

Good guess, but nope!

MarquetteLa > itschrome
04/08/2015 at 14:58

Nope nope nope.

Steve > MarquetteLa
04/08/2015 at 14:58

G8 GXP

MarquetteLa > Steve
04/08/2015 at 14:59

Nope.

Party-vi > MarquetteLa
04/08/2015 at 14:59

Charger Hellcat?

Denver Is Stuck In The 90s > MarquetteLa
04/08/2015 at 14:59

Pontiac G8 GXP

Takuro Spirit > MarquetteLa
04/08/2015 at 14:59

Chrysler 200.

MarquetteLa > Party-vi
04/08/2015 at 14:59

Incorrect.

Brian, The Life of > MarquetteLa
04/08/2015 at 14:59

Give us a decade?

Cherry_man1 > MarquetteLa
04/08/2015 at 15:00

What year was it?

MarquetteLa > Brian, The Life of
04/08/2015 at 15:00

2010 decade! Added hint to OP.

itschrome > MarquetteLa
04/08/2015 at 15:00

Pontiac GXP G6 with a whale tail?

MultiplaOrgasms > MarquetteLa
04/08/2015 at 15:01

Camry

MarquetteLa > Cherry_man1
04/08/2015 at 15:01

Just added 2010-decade to the hint list.

Steve > MarquetteLa
04/08/2015 at 15:01

What part of the country?

OPPOsaurus WRX > MarquetteLa
04/08/2015 at 15:02

Saab? (GM)

Milky > MarquetteLa
04/08/2015 at 15:02

Kinja'd!!!

MarquetteLa > Steve
04/08/2015 at 15:03

I'm in Denver, CO.

njp1589 > MarquetteLa
04/08/2015 at 15:03

Caprice PPV

Denver Is Stuck In The 90s > MarquetteLa
04/08/2015 at 15:03

Saab 94x

MarquetteLa > Denver Is Stuck In The 90s
04/08/2015 at 15:04

Just added a not-GM hint to the OP.

MarquetteLa > itschrome
04/08/2015 at 15:04

Just added a not-GM hint to the OP.

MarquetteLa > njp1589
04/08/2015 at 15:06

Just added a not-GM hint to the OP.

nermal > MarquetteLa
04/08/2015 at 15:07

Fisker?

Denver Is Stuck In The 90s > MarquetteLa
04/08/2015 at 15:07

p85D

MarquetteLa > OPPOsaurus WRX
04/08/2015 at 15:07

Just added a not-GM hint to the OP.

njp1589 > MarquetteLa
04/08/2015 at 15:08

Tesla Model S 65kw?

MarquetteLa > Milky
04/08/2015 at 15:08

Just added a not-GM hint to the OP.

PushToStart > MarquetteLa
04/08/2015 at 15:08

Tesla

itschrome > MarquetteLa
04/08/2015 at 15:08

!!! UNKNOWN CONTENT TYPE !!!

davesaddiction @ opposite-lock.com > nermal
04/08/2015 at 15:08

Has to be this, right? Nope, seats 4.

MarquetteLa > Denver Is Stuck In The 90s
04/08/2015 at 15:09

I've seen a few of those around already, but I'm pretty sure there are more than 200 of them. You're thinking along the right lines, though.

itschrome > MarquetteLa
04/08/2015 at 15:09

fucking tesla model s p85d

MarquetteLa > nermal
04/08/2015 at 15:09

Good guess, but nope!

Steve > MarquetteLa
04/08/2015 at 15:09

Tesla 65KW?

MarquetteLa > itschrome
04/08/2015 at 15:09

I've seen a few of those around these parts already, but that's not what I saw today.

MarquetteLa > Steve
04/08/2015 at 15:10

Not a Tesla!

MarquetteLa > njp1589
04/08/2015 at 15:10

Not a Tesla!

MarquetteLa > PushToStart
04/08/2015 at 15:10

Not a Tesla!

SidewaysOnDirt still misses Bowie > MarquetteLa
04/08/2015 at 15:11

Tesla

itschrome > MarquetteLa
04/08/2015 at 15:11

I DON'T CARE ANY MORE!!! UGH! why toy with us...

MarquetteLa > itschrome
04/08/2015 at 15:11

Nope, not a truck!

boxrocket > MarquetteLa
04/08/2015 at 15:11

CODA sedan

TheVancen- In Pursuit of a Greater Payday and Car Parts > MarquetteLa
04/08/2015 at 15:11

Fisker Karma?

MarquetteLa > itschrome
04/08/2015 at 15:11

Because it's fun! ;)

PushToStart > MarquetteLa
04/08/2015 at 15:13

Yeah, they've made more than 200 of those anyway. Not sure why I guessed that lol

OPPOsaurus WRX > MarquetteLa
04/08/2015 at 15:13

Focus electric?

G_Body_Man: Sponsored by the number 3 > MarquetteLa
04/08/2015 at 15:14

Ford Focus Electric?

C-MAX?

Fusion Plug-in?

MarquetteLa > OPPOsaurus WRX
04/08/2015 at 15:14

Is that a thing? It isn't what I saw today, though.

SidewaysOnDirt still misses Bowie > MarquetteLa
04/08/2015 at 15:14

Saleen GTX?

ArmadaExpress drives a turbo outback > MarquetteLa
04/08/2015 at 15:15

The V-8 Driven "Fisker"? I can't remember what it's called and I don't want to look it up.

MarquetteLa > SidewaysOnDirt still misses Bowie
04/08/2015 at 15:15

Good guess, but what I saw today was way more boring.

crowmolly > MarquetteLa
04/08/2015 at 15:15

Dodge Caliber SRT4

OPPOsaurus WRX > MarquetteLa
04/08/2015 at 15:15

yep and it has a single speed trans

MarquetteLa > crowmolly
04/08/2015 at 15:15

Nope, those have lots of gears.

Steve > MarquetteLa
04/08/2015 at 15:16

Focus E?

itschrome > MarquetteLa
04/08/2015 at 15:16

if it's not a Ford Focus electric I hope you only ever get to drink luke warm root beer till the day you die!

MarquetteLa > ArmadaExpress drives a turbo outback
04/08/2015 at 15:16

What I saw today definitely didn't have a V8.

MarquetteLa > itschrome
04/08/2015 at 15:17

Drinking cold root beer right now, and it was not a Ford!

MarquetteLa > Steve
04/08/2015 at 15:17

Nope, not a Ford.

MIATAAAA > MarquetteLa
04/08/2015 at 15:18

I want to say the Coda, but I don't think it's an American car.

EDIT: Just looked it up and Coda is American. I thought they were Chinese. And I looked through the answers and found that it was a Coda. Excitement abounds!!!!

ArmadaExpress drives a turbo outback > MarquetteLa
04/08/2015 at 15:18

oh derp, you did say single-gear....

4muddyfeet - bare knuckle with an EZ30 > MarquetteLa
04/08/2015 at 15:18

Coda?

MarquetteLa > boxrocket
04/08/2015 at 15:18

BOOM nice job!

Vítor > MarquetteLa
04/08/2015 at 15:19

A Lincoln MKZ Hybrid

SidewaysOnDirt still misses Bowie > MarquetteLa
04/08/2015 at 15:19

Electric Wrangler

OPPOsaurus WRX > MarquetteLa
04/08/2015 at 15:19

chrysler 100

Vítor > MarquetteLa
04/08/2015 at 15:20

Mercury Milan Hybrid

itschrome > MarquetteLa
04/08/2015 at 15:22

Well I hope you walk away and it gets nice and room temp before you finish it!

MarquetteLa > MIATAAAA
04/08/2015 at 15:22

Yeah, good job! You weren't entirely wrong about it being Chinese. Coda took the Hafei Saibao bodies (designed by Pininfarina!), modified the front and rear fascias, then added the electric drivetrain.

R Saldana [|Oo|======|oO|] - BTC/ETH/LTC Prophet > MarquetteLa
04/08/2015 at 15:24

EV-1 ?

MarquetteLa > 4muddyfeet - bare knuckle with an EZ30
04/08/2015 at 15:24

Yep, someone got it a few minutes before you did!

4muddyfeet - bare knuckle with an EZ30 > MarquetteLa
04/08/2015 at 15:25

To be fair, I cheated:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Plug-in_e…

kanadanmajava1 > MarquetteLa
04/08/2015 at 15:28

I though about that but I thought that it wasn't "American". It's basically a rebodied old Lancer built in China and then modified again in US.

boxrocket > MarquetteLa
04/08/2015 at 15:29

woohoo!

MarquetteLa > kanadanmajava1
04/08/2015 at 15:32

It's a modified Pininfarina-styled body on an American electric drivetrain.

kanadanmajava1 > MarquetteLa
04/08/2015 at 15:41

I'm not expert in this thing but wikipedia told me this: "The Coda adapted the body of the existing Hafei Saibao III, modifying the front and rear fascias."

But rare it is.

MarquetteLa > kanadanmajava1
04/08/2015 at 15:50

Wikipedia also says the Hafei Saibo was designed by Pininfarina.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hafei_Sai…

kanadanmajava1 > MarquetteLa
04/08/2015 at 16:06

I wonder if they are fun to drive. Last time I heard there was still severalof unfinished Codas hiding somewhere.

MarquetteLa > kanadanmajava1
04/08/2015 at 16:19

I doubt they're fun to drive. Here's what happened to the leftover Codas: http://jalopnik.com/heres-the-sad-…

ranwhenparked > MarquetteLa
04/08/2015 at 16:22

Kinja'd!!!

A Hafei Saibao EV? I can't believe anyone bought those - wonder if it was something left sitting in Coda's headquarters when they crashed and someone picked it up cheap at the bankruptcy auction.

MarquetteLa > ranwhenparked
04/08/2015 at 16:24

Here's the weird part: It had stickers on the side that indicated it was owned by a car-sharing service.

kanadanmajava1 > MarquetteLa
04/08/2015 at 16:40

Yeah, now I remember that post.

I have driven with couple of electric cars and some were quite fun. Euro spec MiEV is pretty fun.