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    Automaker Future "Youthmobile" Concepts Are Wacky

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    Image of LuciferV8 LuciferV8
    11/10/09

    In reply to Automaker Future "Youthmobile" Concepts Are Wacky
    I call BS on this one. We all know that cars "aimed at the young" end up being bought by old people trying to look hip. All of those cars look way too hard to climb into for the real target demographic. #conceptcars
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    Image of oddfish oddfish
    11/10/09

    @LuciferV8: Ugh, the slew of women in their 40s driving Scion xBs was funny in a sad sort of way. #conceptcars
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    Image of Jagvar Jagvar
    11/10/09

    In reply to Automaker Future "Youthmobile" Concepts Are Wacky

    Those aren't the cars of the future! Where are the turbines? #conceptcars
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    Image of Pessimippopotamus Pessimippopotamus
    11/10/09


    @Jagvar: Or nuclear reactors! #conceptcars
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    Image of Pessimippopotamus Pessimippopotamus
    11/10/09

    In reply to Automaker Future "Youthmobile" Concepts Are Wacky
    Once again Audi and Mazda are the only noteworthy examples of clear design direction. While the other manufacturer's run nillywilly with their nonsensical unfocused designs, Audi and Mazda have instantly recognizable elements that hopefully survive to 2030. #conceptcars
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    Image of snapoversteer 'bout to get told snapoversteer 'bout to get told
    11/10/09

    In reply to Automaker Future "Youthmobile" Concepts Are Wacky
    I'm having an irresistable urge to denigrate both the designs and the hare-brained ideas on which they're based. I must be getting old. #conceptcars
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    Image of bzr bzr
    11/10/09

    In reply to Automaker Future "Youthmobile" Concepts Are Wacky
    Once you enter your destination into the navi app on your smart phone, you can play against the vehicle to "win" complete control over the system and gain access to increasingly outrageous driving scenarios.

    I love the sound of this. I think it'll be hilarious to see kids being forced to square off against a War Games computer every time they want to go somewhere. Didn't make the high score? The car's taking you to Boise! Wanna go to Starbucks? Fat chance, gotta beat the Parnelli Jones boss at his own game! Why didn't you go to school today, Junior? I was driving there, but I couldn't get the Star Power 4x multiplier at 48,375 points and the car sent me the wrong way down an on-ramp! #conceptcars
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    Image of Racin_G73 - dirt track legend (some day ... maybe) Racin_G73 - dirt track legend (some day ... maybe)
    11/10/09

    @bzr: "Dangit... I can't remember how to parallel park."

    "Oh, that's simple! Left, Right, Left, Right, A, B, Up and then Down. Easy!" #conceptcars
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    Image of oddfish oddfish
    11/10/09

    In reply to Automaker Future "Youthmobile" Concepts Are Wacky
    There's no room to have sex in any of these cars. What teenagers have they been polling exactly? #conceptcars
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    Image of Scandinavian Flick Scandinavian Flick
    11/10/09

    @oddfish: "the cell phone, internet and Guitar Hero generation" does not have sex. There's an app for that. #conceptcars
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    Image of that ain't the way to have fun, son that ain't the way to have fun, son
    11/10/09

    In reply to Automaker Future "Youthmobile" Concepts Are Wacky
    Crackpipe. #conceptcars
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    Image of that ain't the way to have fun, son that ain't the way to have fun, son
    09/15/09

    In reply to 800 HP Brabus E V12: Lord Vader, Your Clichéd Headline Is Ready
    I'm all for fender skirts making a comeback.

    However, these are styled as if they were an afterthought.

    Additionally, they're not for added speed, probably, but to try and extract an extra 4cm per litre of fuel.

    An automobile with this much power obvioulsy requires AWD, or tracks, to put it to the ground, properly. With these power numbers, and cost, I want to see the theoretical 3 golf bags in the trunk getting to 60 MPH in under 3 seconds.

    Hello, space-time-continuum...meet 1000+ torques in a 'mid-size' sedan.
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    Edited by that ain't the way to have fun, son at 09/15/09 10:38 AM that ain't the way to have fun, son was starred that ain't the way to have fun, son was unstarred
    Image of brandegee brandegee
    09/15/09

    In reply to 800 HP Brabus E V12: Lord Vader, Your Clichéd Headline Is Ready
    Oh no.

    Speed spads are the new portholes.
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    Image of tonyola tonyola
    09/15/09

    In reply to 800 HP Brabus E V12: Lord Vader, Your Clichéd Headline Is Ready
    Notice that the clock on the LCD display doesn't show the same time as the clock in the instrument cluster. Nice touch, Brabus. Goes well with the fender skirts.
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    Image of that ain't the way to have fun, son that ain't the way to have fun, son
    09/15/09

    @tonyola:

    What I find humorous is, on my 15 year old W124, the IC analogue clock keeps better time than the digital one on the moderately-priced (not cheap, but not high-end, for it's time) in-dash CD/MP3 deck. I think it's a German-sounding brand, too, but not Becker of Blaupunkt.

    I think Becker still makes 8-tracks...with tubesets.

    Alpine...that's it. Wait, that's not Germanic....

    /grabs for more caffeine
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    Image of Dhillaz 2.0 Dhillaz 2.0
    09/15/09

    In reply to 800 HP Brabus E V12: Lord Vader, Your Clichéd Headline Is Ready
    Solid, brutal square styling: enough to live up to the classic AMG Mercedes E...OH GOD WHAT IS THAT ON THE REAR WHEEL!?

    It might help aerodynamics, but this car is meant to beat Bob Lutz not Danny Zuko.
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    Image of UDMan UDMan
    09/15/09

    In reply to 800 HP Brabus E V12: Lord Vader, Your Clichéd Headline Is Ready
    Wes, how many times are you going to refer to your pending Laguna Seca brawl with Maximum Lutz in the same article. We get it, You, Lutz, Showdown of the year.

    Onto the topic at hand. If any American Car Company re-introduced rear fender skirts, you wouldn't be so charitable. This thing may be very fast, but Brabus made it look like ass.
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    Edited by UDMan at 09/15/09 6:35 AM UDMan was starred UDMan was unstarred
    Image of Naturally Exasperated shaves his legs. It's just common courtesy. Naturally Exasperated shaves his legs. It's just common courtesy.
    08/11/09

    In reply to Disqualified Cash For Clunker Deals Accepted
    Does this mean that MX83 Cressida's will be eligible? Just imagine being the dealer who has the horrible duty of putting several 7MGE engines to death.
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    UDMan promoted this comment Naturally Exasperated shaves his legs. It's just common courtesy. was starred Naturally Exasperated shaves his legs. It's just common courtesy. was unstarred
    Image of UDMan UDMan
    08/11/09

    @Naturally Exasperated: Now with even more chrome.: Hey, you should cruise YouTube. Someone put an FJ62 to death....
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    Image of MushyHeirloom MushyHeirloom
    08/11/09

    In reply to Disqualified Cash For Clunker Deals Accepted
    I think that early-'90s Voyager started out that faded-turquoise colour, but got partially spray-painted orange. I'm glad I can't see any more of it...
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    Image of Canuck Chinaman Canuck Chinaman
    08/12/09

    @FP - Funny how it seems quiet around here, eh?: no, even worst, that's fake wood paneling from the factory.. possibly a Town & Country..
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    FP - Funny how it seems quiet around here, eh? promoted this comment Edited by Canuck Chinaman at 08/12/09 10:23 AM Canuck Chinaman was starred Canuck Chinaman was unstarred
    Image of MushyHeirloom MushyHeirloom
    08/12/09

    @Canuck Chinaman: Yeah, I see it, in that awful brown colour. Couldn't tell whether that was the case (thought about it for a minute) 'cos the wheel was deceivingly spray-painted orange, and the angle isn't great. I'm agreeing, though, on second glance, because it stops in the right places, and I doubt the dealer/owner would mask the bumpers and not the tire.
    The woodgrain doesn't look all that rubbish with the white or light-blue vans, but with that colour it's just a horrible clash. Glad it's finally where it belongs.
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    Image of FTGDWolverineEdition'09 FTGDWolverineEdition'09
    08/11/09

    In reply to Disqualified Cash For Clunker Deals Accepted

    In Russia they have been doing this shit for a long time. Even cop cars.
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    Image of Flathead Smith Flathead Smith
    08/11/09

    @It'sHateOhioDayToday: That's only because the cars made in Russia belonged in the trash even when brand new.
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    Image of mr_dude mr_dude
    08/11/09


    @Flathead Smith: But could you say that to this kind face?
    (Granted it's probably still designed and built in the UK).
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