Yes, it was this Adenauer-Benz, in the condition as visible on the photos.

It was on a trailer with German plates going northbound on the A45 from Frankfurt direction Dortmund.


@Sandie: when I had been on Gran Canaria over 20 years ago, I was bewildered about the plenty of cars with expired and/or forged German and other Middle European plates...

I've not added anything to this thread for a long time, let's start with a badge-engineered obscurity:


90s Volvo police car spotted on the set of a period film:


Quantum kit car:


Nice SAAB:


Ugly Escort:


Some sightings from the Canary Islands:








Who says the Panda is an endangered species?


Possibly the last car in the world one would expect to be plastered in Harley Davidson logos:



Would have been more suited to this thing:


Exumed Shogun badly facelifted by the Koreans:


Exumed Series Land-Rover badly facelifted by the Spanish:





Back to Britain for a badly photographed Cortina:


Retro Fleur de Lys van used by Tunnock's Teacakes as a marketing tool, spotted parked outside my local supermarket:


Something similar, but for Animatronixx, an Imperial hearse based on the chassis of an old London Taxi:

Optimus !

Very nice. Not really that exotic, but the hideaway headlights and slightly more aerodynamic front end gives it a bit of distinction, even if the rest of the car is just a standard 1970's 5-door hatchback.

I saw this Ram 3500 towing a 1970's Kenworth K-100, a Clark forklift and other items on a flatbed last March.

We've identified this vehicle using the details you provided
MERCEDES 300 1954
Registration number: PVF6
Body type: Saloon
Colour: Black
Date of first registration: April 1954

https://encrypted-tbn0.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcR9UI6Av4nnprvRzDXMbN1FcYEKQYgtyf5JSx2AS4ZYq- yHrZ2xw3A , https://encrypted-tbn0.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcQLDHH3c7em7ZEULzYnnBXBkCK5GlCV_NHQgRCJC4IJu- Zzl7mh-IQ

or http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-m3LcKDk5BkU/Vm3psSnF9-I/AAAAAAAAfzs/uUajOacCMa4/s1600/mercedesbenz300td19801.jpg ??

1992-1993 Volvo Polar Super, only sold in Italy spotted today in Krakow:

unfortunately a photo was not possible

In Eupen/Belgium I spotted today a car dealer with two illuminated "Lada official dealer" signs from the 80ies.

I'd say, that noone else of us ever saw this car.

It's a Felber Lancia, based on the Beta.
Wiki says
https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Felber_Automobiles
(sorry, not on English) "a few of them were built" - so the exact numbers are unknown.



Yesterday I saw a bunch of Opel-prototypes, as it seems the next Insignia and Mokka, also a few camouflaged large Pick Ups in US style.
We had a meeting of the association of German classic car clubs, hold as the years before at the Opel Test Center in Rodgau-Dudenhofen nearby Rüsselsheim

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sQg3s7yQqkk
(Dutch, but the best pics from Dudenhofen - making pics is absolutely forbidden there).


And now for something completely different!
For our DVLA-checkers:

PVF 6

spotted yesterday, too.

Well here's something I never saw before:
1976 Lancia ß (Beta) FF Felber

It's not my photo, but someone I follow on Flickr.

Judging by the sliding side door, this was made from 1972-74.

Remember that flashback on the episode of "New Girl" where Jess was approached by a sleazy looking guy in a van as a kid, and it turned out to be legitimate?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N4LZCyUg6IU

BTW, I know somebody who actually put tailfins on a Pontiac Astre.