[Special] Abandoned dealership - Boundary Garage

(All photos by Mr. Gav!)
Somewhere, on a small country road near Ipswich, United Kingdom, one can find this gem of an abandoned dealership. At some point in the last four years, the owner of the small garage obviously had enough of it after more than 50 years (the business was founded in 1954), so all the cars for sale back then are now slowly rotting away.
Eight vehicles are permanently parked on these premises. There are some second hand cars which aren't exactly valuable or interesting, namely a Peugeot 405, a Volvo 850, a Mercedes-Benz 190D and one Ford Mondeo. The other half of the stack deserves more attention, though.
The Peugeot 305 Break from 1988 the workshop used as a service car is quite a rare sight nowadays and looks rather unique with the flashing light on the roof.

Another rare car here is this 1979 Reliant Scimitar. Reliant, a company people outside Britain only know for its three-wheelers, if at all, produced this model in three generations between 1965 and 1986 but only sold a few thousand examples of each generation.

Even rarer, the 1969 Daimler 250 V8 is a sought-after classic. Based on the Jaguar Mark 2, only 4885 examples of this facelifted version left the factory. With lots of rust and moss on its body, this one would need a lot of TLC to shine again.

The oldest car the dealership stores is this 1967 Land Rover Series II. Its license expired in 1992, so if any member of this models' huge fanbase should decide to restore it, they better be prepared for some downtime damage.

(Screenshot from Google Street View)
While all of the photos above were taken in 2013, Google drove past the garage in 2009, when it apparently was still active. Nevertheless, the Land Rover, the Reliant and the Mondeo were already standing in their respective spots back then. And while the Daimler has moved some metres in the last four years, it already had a visible layer of rot on it. The 305 is also present in 2009, but obviously still in use and therefore a lot less brown.

Chrysler Neon

(Photo by Arete Trading Pte Ltd.)

Most abandoned cars are old and used until they didn't work anymore or suffered some kind of damage. The Chrysler Neons in the picture above are different. They are new. Well, not if you take time for measurement (they were produced in 1997), but definitely if you have a look at the odometer. None of them has moved under its own power since they left the factory.
Apparently, quite a lot of right hand drive Neons had simply been forgotten in a storehouse in Singapore (or they were bonded, but that sounds boring).

Ferrari 512 TR

(Photo by Lukas Hron Photography)

An abandoned Ferrari ... where could you find something like that? I'm sure everybody's first guess was Dubai, but this time, that's wrong. Although the plate points to the United Kingdom, this photo was actually taken in Czech Republic. With a flat tire and lots of dust on it, this example is waiting for its owner to return. Maybe he just forgot he still has a car worth at least 60.000€/80.000$ standing in a garage.
This would amaze, especially as this is not just any car. It is a 512 TR, of which only 7500 examples were built, already including the precedessor (Testarossa) and successor (F 512 M). All of these cars leaving the factory between 1991 and 1994 were equipped with a 428hp-V12-engine, making it capable of a topspeed of 314 km/h (196 mph). The speedometer of the car above probably hasn't displayed such a high number for quite a long time, though.

[Multi] Subaru SVX

(Photos by V6CavRS (two), [jonrev] and MindThreat)

Presenting the SVX as the successor of the not quite successful XT in 1991, Subaru was planning on selling 10000 cars per year. In the end, they only sold 25000 till the end of production in 1997.
The Subaru SVX was only available with automatic transmission which not only put off buyers who wanted to use the 3.3-litre-boxer-engine with a stick, but was also known for failing quite often. Therefore, it probably also is the reason why many SVXs can be found on scrapyards today and it is even rarer than it was when it was new now.
There are some fans of this model though who care for their car and keep it looking like this one:

(Photo by Rutch)

Abandoned luxury cars

(Photo by Ackers- Schoolboy Hero!!!!)
While many people would sell their mother-in-law to be able to afford these three cars, someone in Leeds obviously decided to simply not use them any more.
According to the photographer, the 1993 Range Rover is off the road for at least six years and the 1997 E-Class has been standing there ever since at least 2007.
So the current photo of this place you can see in Google Street View was probably taken between 2005 and 2007

The S-Class probably joined the collection in 2010 or 2011.

The first generation of the Range Rover, that was sold between 1970 and 1994, can already be called a classic, the two Mercedes probably are future classics.
The E-Class W124 is often considered "the last real Mercedes-Benz" and is famous for its reliability.

[Special] Abandoned dealership - Jetberg Ltd.

This abandoned dealership is located in Swadlincole, United Kingdom.
The newest photos (from October 2009) show that there are 10 cars left there.

Alfa Romeo 156

This 1998 Alfa Romeo 156 has not only been abandoned in a building area, but also been heavily vandalized.
The 156 was a very important model to save Alfa in the last 14 years.
First introduced in 1997, it is still being built in Egypt today.
Here you see how the car in the photos above looked some months earlier:

(All Photos by FiatTipoElite)

Hyundai Lantra

(Photo by FiatTipoElite)
I don't know why this Hyundai Lantra has been abandoned, but as it is the 1994/95 model, it is comparably new for a car abandoned somewhere else than Dubai (Portugal in this case).
The Lantra was not an especially remarkable or good car, but it was cheap and therefore it was sold in satisfying numbers.
Nowadays, used Hyundai Lantras are so cheap that bigger repairs just don't make any sense, which probably is the reason for the car in the picture having been abandoned.
Even if it was in perfect shape like the car below, it would not be worth more than 2000€.

(Picture from autoplenum.de)

Suzuki Vitara

A quite new abandoned car here.


(Pictures by Leicester-vehicle-photography)
The Suzuki Vitara was sold from 1988 to 1998, the car in the pictures is from 1993.
In some countries it was known as "Sidekick".
Although this example here looks quite good and complete, it is standing in someone's garden not likely to be used ever again. Maybe the engine is broken, otherwise it really looks as if a cleaning would be enough to bring it back on the road. The Vitara is said to be reliable though, so that option also does not seem too probable.
However, this is how the car looked 18 years ago:

(Photo from hasznaltauto.hu)

Jaguar XJ220

Ok, already the second Jaguar here. But this time, it is more exclusive.
A photographer found this in a desert in Quatar: