• Jalopnik
  • spy-photos
  • jalopnik-reviews
  • Profile logout login

#bugattiatlantic

Jalopnik

Share Cancel
   
Upload an image | Add an image URL
×

logging in
  • FAQ. Include # before tag:
  • #offtopic,
  • #tips,
  • #spyphotos,
  • etc.

Detroit, 8:21 AM
Sat Nov 21
32 posts in the last 24 hours

Contact

Tip your editors:
tips@jalopnik.com

Editor-in-Chief:
Ray Wert | Email | AIM

Road Test Editor:
Wes Siler | Email

Weekend Editor:
Murilee Martin | Email

Associate Editor - Houston:
Matt Hardigree

Associate Editor - Detroit:
Ben Wojdyla

Editor-at-Large:
Mike Spinelli

Contributors:
Mark Arnold
John Krewson | Email
Andy Didorosi

Follow Jalopnik on:
Facebook
Twitter

SUBSCRIBE TO Jalopnik RSS

New: Breaking news and daily top stories via email
1753 Subscribers
Jalopnik
  • posts about #bugattiatlantic more →

    Bugatti Type 57 Atlantic Concept: A Car For French Space Aliens
  • Your version of Internet Explorer is not supported. Please upgrade to the most recent version in order to view comments.
    Dsmvwl  Admin  Promote to frontpage Approve user Ban user ×
    Image of LandofMinos, cast thou evil bum dragger to thy scrapyard LandofMinos, cast thou evil bum dragger to thy scrapyard
    06/29/09

    In reply to Bugatti Type 57 Atlantic Concept: A Car For French Space Aliens
    WWWHHAK! THUMP! BASH! SLAP! BURN! BUZZ! ZAP! SLAM! FLOOR!

    What the fuck was that?


    Finally a car for the prototypical Marvel/DC superhero!

     Reply
    LandofMinos, cast thou evil bum dragger to thy scrapyard was starred LandofMinos, cast thou evil bum dragger to thy scrapyard was unstarred
    Image of POLAЯ ON PЯOBATION POLAЯ ON PЯOBATION
    06/29/09

    In reply to Bugatti Type 57 Atlantic Concept: A Car For French Space Aliens
    Is it a coincidence that the designer's name is Brüno?


    I think not, he probably thinks this baby is a man magnet.

     Reply
    POLAЯ ON PЯOBATION was starred POLAЯ ON PЯOBATION was unstarred
    Image of Novaload Novaload
    06/29/09

    In reply to Bugatti Type 57 Atlantic Concept: A Car For French Space Aliens
    It's okay to experiment. Just don't bring one home with you.
     Reply
    Novaload was starred Novaload was unstarred
    Image of DoctorNine DoctorNine
    06/29/09

    In reply to Bugatti Type 57 Atlantic Concept: A Car For French Space Aliens
    I get annoyed when I look at designs that are supposed to be 'aerodynamic', and even without a tunnel, I can see there is gonna be too much lift on the design. Fail.
     Reply
    DoctorNine was starred DoctorNine was unstarred
    Image of Tanshanomi Tanshanomi
    06/29/09

    In reply to Bugatti Type 57 Atlantic Concept: A Car For French Space Aliens
    It looks like Luigi Colani's design for Cadzilla.
     Reply
    Tanshanomi was starred Tanshanomi was unstarred
    Image of X3SoB X3SoB
    06/29/09

    In reply to Bugatti Type 57 Atlantic Concept: A Car For French Space Aliens
    I don't understand all the negativity. This is a great design, like the Holden Efigy.
     Reply
    X3SoB was starred X3SoB was unstarred
    Image of pauljones pauljones
    06/29/09

    @X5SoB mourns bunches of famous people:


    The Efigy was great because it was perfectly executed, complex but clean, retro yet modern.


    This thing is like the Holden Efijy's down-syndrome afflicted younger sister.

     Reply
    pauljones was starred pauljones was unstarred
    Image of Syrax Syrax
    06/29/09

    In reply to Bugatti Type 57 Atlantic Concept: A Car For French Space Aliens
    That video was quite scary... I could see all sorts of things going wrong.
     Reply
    Syrax was starred Syrax was unstarred
    Image of FrankGrimes FrankGrimes
    06/29/09

    In reply to Bugatti Type 57 Atlantic Concept: A Car For French Space Aliens
    Why don't they get their own salt flats. instead of coming here to Bonneville and telling everyone how great they are?
     Reply
    FrankGrimes was starred FrankGrimes was unstarred
    Image of Tanshanomi Tanshanomi
    06/29/09

    @FrankGrimes:

    Utah: The world's foremost destination for absolute nothingness.
     Reply
    Tanshanomi was starred Tanshanomi was unstarred
    Image of UDMan UDMan
    06/29/09

    In reply to Bugatti Type 57 Atlantic Concept: A Car For French Space Aliens
    This modern interpretation of a Classic Bugatti is actually a lot more stylish that, oh say, a Bugatti Veyron. This is classically shaped, the Veyron is viscerally vulgar. This has sweeping lines, the Veyron has lines that end abruptly. This has wheels that blend in with the body, the Veyron has Ghettotastic over-sized Chrome wheels.


    Which would you prefer?

     Reply
    UDMan was starred UDMan was unstarred
    Image of pauljones pauljones
    06/29/09

    @UDMan: An Aston Martin DBS.
     Reply
    pauljones was starred pauljones was unstarred
    Image of sprale sprale
    06/29/09

    @UDMan:


    Two details: it really needs to have retained the exterior seam along the center of the body and it needs to have at least some reference to visible rivets on the exterior. These design cues were as strong as the shape of the body. The original was designed during a time when aircraft inspired many automobiles.

     Reply
    sprale was starred sprale was unstarred
    Image of pauljones pauljones
    06/29/09

    @sprale: Umm...I think you have that the other way around. Despite cars theoretically coming before aircraft, it's aircraft that influenced cars. The entire quest for aerodynamics in cars was inspired by aeronautical research.
     Reply
    pauljones was starred pauljones was unstarred
    Image of beercheck beercheck
    06/29/09

    In reply to Bugatti Type 57 Atlantic Concept: A Car For French Space Aliens
    It looks like a plane. The kind that smooths out protruding wood.
     Reply
    beercheck was starred beercheck was unstarred
    Image of Franzouse Franzouse
    06/29/09

    In reply to Bugatti Type 57 Atlantic Concept: A Car For French Space Aliens
    This car belongs in the Fifth Element (a French movie btw):
     Reply
    Franzouse was starred Franzouse was unstarred
    Image of engineerd engineerd
    06/29/09

    @franzouse: Mmmmmm...Milla Jovovich


     Reply
    engineerd was starred engineerd was unstarred
    Image of Syrax Syrax
    06/29/09

    @engineerd hates hydrogen leaks: Mmmmm... Diva Plavalaguna
     Reply
    Syrax was starred Syrax was unstarred
    Image of engineerd engineerd
    06/29/09

    @Ambiguously Unfunny Syrax: To each his own, I suppose.
     Reply
    engineerd was starred engineerd was unstarred
    Image of Franzouse Franzouse
    06/29/09

    @engineerd hates hydrogen leaks: Lilu Dallas Multipass?
     Reply
    Franzouse was starred Franzouse was unstarred
    Image of tonyola tonyola
    06/29/09

    In reply to Bugatti Type 57 Atlantic Concept: A Car For French Space Aliens
    Way way way overdone. Chrysler did this Atlantic thing right in the 1990s:


    I though Sky Captain was a fair movie.

     Reply
    tonyola was starred tonyola was unstarred
    Image of Tanshanomi Tanshanomi
    06/29/09

    @tonyola: I couldn't help but think the same thing. And the Chrysler Atlantic got blasted to hell by critics? I thought it was damn sexy. But "That's a sexy Chrysler" is about as uncomfortable as "Your mom is nude."
     Reply
    Tanshanomi was starred Tanshanomi was unstarred
    Image of tonyola tonyola
    06/29/09

    @Tanshanomi drives the Cadillac of Lincolns: Actually, the Chrysler Atlantic mostly got huge raves from the car magazines. As for "sexy Chrysler" being uncomfortable, I don't know about that...



    Both of those look pretty damn sexy to me.

     Reply
    tonyola was starred tonyola was unstarred
    Image of Tanshanomi Tanshanomi
    06/29/09

    @tonyola: Most of what I recall reading about the C. Atlantic was akin to the reviews of Pat Benatar's version of "Helter Skelter": "regardless of execution, this should not have been attempted.
     Reply
    Tanshanomi was starred Tanshanomi was unstarred
    Image of engineerd engineerd
    06/29/09

    In reply to Bugatti Type 57 Atlantic Concept: A Car For French Space Aliens
    As a concept, it's quite interesting. Trying a modern interpretation of the most beautiful car ever in the history of the world is a dangerous understanding.


    Proving the danger, they came up with something not quite hideous, but not exactly beautiful. Basically, they tried to re-create Megan Fox and produced Cameron Diaz instead.

     Reply
    engineerd was starred engineerd was unstarred
    Image of pauljones pauljones
    06/29/09

    @engineerd hates hydrogen leaks: I wouldn't say no to Cameron Diaz.
     Reply
    pauljones was starred pauljones was unstarred
    Image of Deartháir II Deartháir II
    06/29/09

    In reply to Bugatti Type 57 Atlantic Concept: A Car For French Space Aliens
    Reminds me of the girl in the suite next door to me in University. Everything from the waistline forward was no screaming hell, but an ass-end to die for.


    And it reminds me of her because she loved that cobalt blue colour. Honest.

     Reply
    Deartháir II was starred Deartháir II was unstarred
    Image of pauljones pauljones
    06/29/09

    @Deartháir - Now with more Age™!:


    When I was in university, a couple clever guys down the hall from me came up with a solution to that problem: paper grocery bags.


    This car needs one. Or a hundred.

     Reply
    pauljones was starred pauljones was unstarred
    Image of Deartháir II Deartháir II
    06/29/09

    @pauljones: The term of choice in university was to "cover 'er face with a flag, and do your duty for king and country". Drape a large flag over the hood, and this would be a pretty decent looking car.
     Reply
    Deartháir II was starred Deartháir II was unstarred
    Image of pauljones pauljones
    06/29/09

    @Deartháir - Now with more Age™!: We were too poor for flags.


    However, I do have a better understanding of the Canadian flag...

     Reply
    pauljones was starred pauljones was unstarred
    Image of Serious Mopar Jones- Incurable Serious Mopar Jones- Incurable
    06/29/09

    In reply to Bugatti Type 57 Atlantic Concept: A Car For French Space Aliens
    Rear quarters and roof are awesome.. nose needs help, but isn't bad... otherwise- I like cars, I'm not into podracers.
     Reply
    Serious Mopar Jones- Incurable was starred Serious Mopar Jones- Incurable was unstarred
    Earlier discussions Other discussions Show all discussions Show featured discussions only Start a new discussion

Login

Enter your username and password.

Please enter a username.
Please enter your password.
logging in
Login via Facebook | Sign Up | Forgot Password?

Reset Password

Please enter your email address to have your password reset.

Please enter your email address.
Please enter a valid email address.
requesting password reset

Register

Registering will give you a user profile and the ability to add other users as friends. To become a commenter, however, you need to audition.

Want to know more? Consult the Comment FAQ and legal terms.

Please enter a username.
Please enter a password.
Please confirm your password.
Passwords are not identical.
Please enter a valid email address.
registration sent, waiting for reply

Submit Your Comment

You don't need to login to comment. Just enter your email address below.

See how your address will be displayed in the Comment FAQ.

Please enter a valid email address.
Please enter a valid email address.
logging in

Login with your Facebook or Jalopnik account.

Sign up here.



  • Archives
  • About
  • Advertising
  • Legal
  • Help
  • Report a Bug
  • FAQ
Original material is licensed under a Creative Commons License permitting non-commercial sharing with attribution.