What is this car? (Update: Success!)

"Dusty Ventures" (dustyventures)
02/17/2020 at 15:03 • Filed to: None

Thompson Racing Fabrication posted these pics up on Instagram, apparently it’s being turned into a Lemons car. Definitely not a model I’ve ever seen in the States. Anyone know what it is?

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DISCUSSION (37)

MKULTRA1982(ConCrustyBrick) > Dusty Ventures
02/17/2020 at 15:14

2016 Nissan Murano SR

KnowsAboutCars > Dusty Ventures
02/17/2020 at 15:14

Nothing I’ve seen this side of the pond. Mexican Ka derivative crossover thingy?

MonkeePuzzle > Dusty Ventures
02/17/2020 at 15:15

it sure looks a lot like the Suzuki SX4

especially where the doors meet the roofline

Kinja'd!!!

a nd then of course, the overall vibe of it. just general shape and what not

feather-throttle-not-hair > Dusty Ventures
02/17/2020 at 15:15

I am not European. But I feel like guessing: It looks to my American eyes like a Skoda of some sort with ford badges on it. I feel like there’s also a good chance it’s from China, because that’s the sort of things Lemons judges would really get a kick out of. Also, it would be cheap enough considering how new that thing actually looks.

Chinny Raccoon > Dusty Ventures
02/17/2020 at 15:20

Looks like something from South America.

CarsofFortLangley - Oppo Forever > Dusty Ventures
02/17/2020 at 15:20

I’ve spent the past 10 minutes trying to find this answer. I’d really like to know

MKULTRA1982(ConCrustyBrick) > KnowsAboutCars
02/17/2020 at 15:23

That’s my best guess. I think it must be from Mexico

Spanfeller is a twat > MKULTRA1982(ConCrustyBrick)
02/17/2020 at 15:29

Nope, conspires to be Brazilian tho

Aremmes > Dusty Ventures
02/17/2020 at 15:31

It looks like a second-gen Figo , at least as far as the rear-end design and general shape go. The Ford Mexico website shows the Figo for sale there for 2019 and 2020, so that's probably the best match.

Dusty Ventures > MonkeePuzzle
02/17/2020 at 15:31

I thought that too, but the C-pillar is all wrong

Dusty Ventures > Aremmes
02/17/2020 at 15:36

The two-bar grille was Ford’s corporate grille in the late 00's though. So I’m thinking it has to be from around that era

MKULTRA1982(ConCrustyBrick) > Spanfeller is a twat
02/17/2020 at 15:40

How many is that again?

MonkeePuzzle > Dusty Ventures
02/17/2020 at 15:42

certainly not the same version (if at all) that we got. perhaps it was a newer edition of whatever collaboration it was that Suzuki reba dge d for sale here?

Aremmes > Dusty Ventures
02/17/2020 at 15:43

Still looks like a B-platform car. The VIN should show the platform code.

TheTurbochargedSquirrel > Dusty Ventures
02/17/2020 at 15:43

2006 Ford Penalty Box.

If only EssExTee could be so grossly incandescent > Dusty Ventures
02/17/2020 at 15:44

I don't believe it's a Ford. Front and rear badges are both in circular cutouts that look like another badge is supposed to be there

ClassicDatsunDebate > Dusty Ventures
02/17/2020 at 15:45

Yaris.

facw > Dusty Ventures
02/17/2020 at 15:47

Given that the badges don’t fit (replacing something more circular), I’d guess it’s not a Ford at all, but I don’t know what it is.

I like cars: Jim Spanfeller is one ugly motherfucker > Dusty Ventures
02/17/2020 at 15:49

I don’t think it’s a Ford. Look at the surround on the badge. It looks as though the factory badge was swapped for the Ford on- the surround is much bigger.

ClassicDatsunDebate > CarsofFortLangley - Oppo Forever
02/17/2020 at 15:51

Yaris

BvdV - The Dutch Engineer > Dusty Ventures
02/17/2020 at 15:55

The glass and doors look very late-00s Yaris like, maybe some Chinese/ South American continuation of that body style

I like cars: Jim Spanfeller is one ugly motherfucker > BvdV - The Dutch Engineer
02/17/2020 at 15:58

The pull handle on the hatch is giving me Yaris vibes.

dogisbadob > Dusty Ventures
02/17/2020 at 16:06

Looks like a rebadged Yaris

BvdV - The Dutch Engineer > BvdV - The Dutch Engineer
02/17/2020 at 16:07

Apparently GAC motors has a Yaris XP90 license for their Leahead i1 EV, so I’m currently thinking in that direction

Stef Schrader > Dusty Ventures
02/17/2020 at 16:08

Dagnabbit, I wanted to do the “import weird mystery car from overseas” thing, too. (And with a free Ka, no less!)

This looks an awful lot like the “rugged” (read: plastic-cladded) Ka , but the different-shaped lights and the amber instead of white inserts are throwing me off.