[15x01] June 27th, 2010

[NOHC]

The new SiaRPC will be the Cruze. It was confirmed last month in TG magazine.

 

[Creed3020]

Thread moved.

Finally new Top Gear! That Hilux segment should be good...

I am also really looking forward to whatever they have cooked up for that Hilux segment. Considering the amount of media coverage and impact the Eyjafjallajokull volcano has had that bit should be with the times

 

[Conan]

I guessed new Reasonably priced car will be Suzuki sx4.

 

[brydie76]

Kia C'eed -- no saloon shape, but price is right and the Australians might recommend it

Say what? Don't even get that over here (and the disproprotionate number of Kia Rio's on the road are just because people are cheap, thankyou very much! )

 

[laxmax613]

Say what? Don't even get that over here (and the disproprotionate number of Kia Rio's on the road are just because people are cheap, thankyou very much! )

you get hthe Cerato, which we americans call the Fort?. it's a pretty good car, supposedly, which rules it out from SIARPC

 

[t3h r0x0rs]

The new SiaRPC will be the Cruze. It was confirmed last month in TG magazine.

So, it turns out that it's not a Chevy Cruze, nor the Dacia Sandero. Bad news!

I can confirm that it?s not a Chevrolet Cruze. Nor is it a Dacia Sandero. We asked, and Dacia was quite keen. But it?s not available in the UK yet, which rather ruled it out

http://transmission.blogs.topgear.com/2010/06/23/tg-15-preview-3/

 

[gtrNL]

Start guessing, there is a picture.

http://www.topgear.com/uk/photos/tg-15-episode-1_rehearsals?imageNo=3

 

[narf]

Start guessing, there is a picture.

http://www.topgear.com/uk/photos/tg-15-episode-1_rehearsals?imageNo=3

I wouldn't be surprised if the car pictured under the cover during rehearsals actually isn't the new RPC. The two previous ones were silverish, why go red now?

 

[gtrNL]

Good point, probably true.

If this one is real, the headlights suggest a Focus (1st gen) to me.

 

[LP]

Start guessing, there is a picture.

http://www.topgear.com/uk/photos/tg-15-episode-1_rehearsals?imageNo=3

It looks like a... Lexus?

This is why I don't play in the 'Guess the car game' threads.

 

[narf]

If this one is real, the headlights suggest a Focus (1st gen) to me.

While the lights do match a facelifted mk1 Focus, the raised hood with the visible creases doesn't. Besides, I don't see them using old cars, with all the punishment the RPC gets it needs every bit of car life.

The thing that kills of most ideas I have are the fog lights. They aren't circular, ruling out most cars.

 

[NecroJoe]

Corsa?

 

[narf]

Corsa?

Most likely too small for the image, and has circular fog lights.

 

[Aces High]

Looks like a Vauxhall Astra (the newer one)

 

[NecroJoe]

It really is hard to find a cheap car with non-round foglights. I found a lot of images of Corsas with rectangular, but those might have been the previous gen...

 

[gaasc]

http://img9.imageshack.**/img9/9927/670x377images.jpg

http://img9.imageshack.**/img9/9140/782pxchevroletaveodreit.jpg

Hell, even the rims match up.

 

[NecroJoe]

The nose between the two hood creased seems too narrow, and the foglights are round...

 

[LP]

The foglights don't though.

 

[Avalange]

Looks like the new Astra to me.

 

[narf]

I'm pretty sure the car under the cloth is a Kia Cee'd.

http://img9.imageshack.**/img9/9927/670x377images.jpg
https://pic.armedcats.net/n/na/narf/2010/06/25/Kia-Ceed-Facelift.jpg

Non-round fog lights, slightly angled? Check.
Pronounced hood crease, wide grille? Check.
Projector lights on the outside, slightly outside of the fog lights? Check.
Reasonably priced? Check.
Sized as the Liana and Lacetti? Check.