While helping load auction items into a rental Kia Sportage after the Lemons of Love fundraiser I attended last weekend, I saw this diagram. I’m pretty sure it’s a simple line diagram meant to document damage by the rental agency, but the juxtaposition of a four-door sedan from circa 1990 on a modern CUV just struck me as absurd for some reason. So what kind of car is this line drawing? My first thought, because I’m sick, was an Eagle Premier, but a longer look makes me think Toyota Camry or maybe Nissan Stanza.
Of course, it’s a weird amalgamation of generic car characteristics. Except the front view. What the hell is going on here? Everything below the windshield looks like a Transformers knock-off character from a dollar-store coloring book.
Rental Car Diagram: What Is it?
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16 responses to “Rental Car Diagram: What Is it?”
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Side and plan view suggests Honda Legend.
Front and rear are the stuff of nightmares.-
Profile is definitely second-gen Legend.
https://i1.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/06/Screen-shot-2013-06-14-at-7.07.15-PM.png
Front is a Saab that’s been given the Woll Smoth treatment, while the rear looks rather Panhard-ish to me.-
It looks more Vigor-ish to me. https://uploads.disquscdn.com/images/a38238347a7ae74a76f099a0226a122ad4f3fdfb66e3439c7cdfba1fd0c887dc.jpg
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My first thought as well, followed by 4th-gen Honda Accord as a backup since the Vigor was the upmarket version of the Accord at that time.
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There was actually a JDM variant called the Accord Inspire. But don’t let the visual similarities fool you: Unlike the Accord, which had a conventional transverse I-4 layout, the Vigor/Accord Inspire had a longitudinal I-5 like an old school Audi.
https://img.favcars.com/honda/inspire/wallpapers_honda_inspire_1989_1.jpg
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Never even heard of it, but that’s one sleek sedan.
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I adore stuff like this. Architect drawings used to be a source of nondescript car delight, too, until everything went 3d with a full set of legitimate vehicles.
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Pretty close to a 1994-1996 Infinity Q45.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Infiniti_Q45#/media/File:1995_Q45.jpg -
Dame Edna Saab 9-5 in front,
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Audi 5000/100. It also apparently has testicles and hangs right.
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Well, it’s not an American car, because the drawing is using First Angle Projection.
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nonetheless it could be from an american manufacturer.
http://static.classistatic.de/imagegallery/ford/mondeo/ford-mondeo-for_geb_110_1.jpg
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It also seems to have two fuel filler doors.
That reminds me of the original Jaguar XJ which had two separate fuel tanks, but they were filled through caps not doors. -
Reminds me a bit of a Nissan Cedric
http://auto-database.com/image/nissan-cedric-pics-9245.jpg -
I misread the headline as a Renal Car Diagram and looked for a kidney shaped grille.
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I can’t find it now, but Adesa’s vehicle inspection form is about 95% ’96 Crown Victoria. One of the forms the company I work for uses an illustration of a ’93 Dodge Intrepid ES. Not a stylized pseudo Intrepid. A full, unquestionable drawing of a 24 year old Chrysler (one I’m fond of, mind you).
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