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KeyserSoze
10/28/09

In reply to Next-Gen Nissan Skyline Coupe Speculated
WTF is going on over there? Why does every car coming out of Japan look like it was carved by a sushi chef on acid? Enough already with the stretched, sharp, carved, pointy, angular, exaggerated styling. There, I said it... #nissanskyline
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pauljones
10/28/09

@rligeti: Why does every car coming out of Japan look like it was carved by a sushi chef on acid?

Sushi chefs on acid? Dude, we call those Ninjas. #nissanskyline
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Pessimippopotamus
10/28/09

In reply to Next-Gen Nissan Skyline Coupe Speculated
It's getting even more melty... #nissanskyline
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ManicSquirrel is preparing for winter
10/28/09

@Pessimippopotamus: that is indeed a good description. I felt is looked very similar to the current one. And it does...only more melty. #nissanskyline
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Pessimippopotamus
10/28/09

@ManicSquirrel is preparing for winter: Exactly! #nissanskyline
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ManicSquirrel is preparing for winter
10/28/09

In reply to Next-Gen Nissan Skyline Coupe Speculated
Those look as if they could almost pass as old drawings of the concept for the current generation G coupe. The back is nearly the same (albeit in sketched concept style), and the front is not that far of a departure. #nissanskyline
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GreenN_Gold
10/28/09

@ManicSquirrel: I agree. The only thing this brings to mind is the current G37. #nissanskyline
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ManicSquirrel is preparing for winter
10/28/09

@GreenN_Gold: looks this needs to be clicked on to see the whole picture, but I put them next to each other to see the similarities
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UDMan
10/27/09

In reply to The Other Ford SEMA Show Cars
Oh dear god. I just took a look at these custom Fords, and I think I'm going to regret covering the show. Can they get ever more tasteless than these creations?

Oh well, just got to stand up tall, and report what I see. Maybe they will look better in person. #ford
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dolo54 blows minds and blows engines!
10/26/09

In reply to The Other Ford SEMA Show Cars
If you watch this video you can see the fswerks focus chirp it's tires going into 2nd. sounds good.
[www.youtube.com] #ford
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TR3-A
10/26/09

In reply to The Other Ford SEMA Show Cars
Lets see... a bunch of custom FWD cars. Can I hear you say poser? I knew you could. Another example of the triumph of style over substance. #ford
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philibuster
10/26/09

@TR3-A: But some are AWD! #ford
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I was drivin' that Model A
10/26/09

In reply to The Other Ford SEMA Show Cars
I just want a SHO with a very selective pick-and-choose list of stuff which adds mass. #ford
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weatherman
10/26/09

In reply to The Other Ford SEMA Show Cars
That Flex hardly "breaks the mold of cookie-cutter project vehicles on oversized chrome rim" in fact, it seems more to me that they actually used the definition of "the mold" as an instruction manual.

And I just can't get behind this Transit obsession. Sorry, it just doesn't look like a passenger vehicle to me, and no attempt to Westphallicize it will make me think different. #ford
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mickyslick
10/26/09

@weatherman: it could just be that I know who's doing the Flex, but it seems to me that the recent trend is to put really large wheels on a car, and not bother to fix the ride height. Without giving anything away, this car is gonna be slammed, with large wheels. But again, I'm biased. #ford
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ManicSquirrel is preparing for winter
10/26/09

@weatherman: I was thinking the same thing...

"breaks the mold of cookie-cutter project vehicles on oversized chrome rims" followed by "Rolling on 22inch falken tires and wire spoke dayton wheels".

I get behind the Transit obsession though, but for commercial reasons rather than passenger reasons #ford
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Maymar
10/26/09

In reply to The Other Ford SEMA Show Cars
Re. "coolover" - that word must be stricken from the collective vocabulary. I'm almost tempted to carpet bomb the English language so that it is never spoken again.

I want the FSWERKS Focus though, however they forced in 500hp. The MRT-Direct SHO is pretty nice looking too, maybe how it should have looked from the factory. #ford
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MaWeiTao
09/23/09

In reply to Fisker Granted $528 Million Loan By Feds To Develop “Low-Cost” Plug-In Hybrid
I thought Fisker was a Finnish company. Why aren't they providing the loan?

But then I see Fisker is based in California, no doubt to benefit from US government handouts.

What sucks is that this thing wont even be manufactured in the US; it's going to be build in Finland. So much for creating American jobs.
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HoonThatFerrari
09/22/09

In reply to Fisker Granted $528 Million Loan By Feds To Develop “Low-Cost” Plug-In Hybrid
I like the lines of the Panamerikarma... wonder how their electro-box will look? I'm not a big fan of their proposed price tag, though - nor that of the VaporVolt... maybe someday these car companies will figure out that you can already get an electric forklift that has more Mean power demands than any electric car needs - plus enough torque to lift several thousand pounds - for less than what they're proposing to build their electric cars for, and decide that they can do it for less.
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skierpage
09/23/09

@HoonThatFerrari: That's an instructive, but poor, comparison. Electric forklifts have low speeds with occasional bursts of power, and it's a benefit if their battery packs weighs more than a ton. (Crown 4500: max speed 10 mph, battery weighs up to 4000 pounds!).

Hydrogen fuel cells from Ballard and Hydrogenics are already a reality for fork lifts, they claim benefits in eliminating the space, time, and hassle of recharging and swapping out hefty battery packs in a 24-hour operation.
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HoonThatFerrari
09/23/09

@skierpage: It's certainly not an apples-to-apples comparison, nor was it intended to be... it was just there to illustrate that a level of price efficiency for a certain sector of electric powered vehicles - that are far from toys, by the way - has already been attained, so it seems senseless that they can't get there with regard to pricing for electric cars.

Different purposes, different engineering, yes - but ferpetessakes, the car industry has been working on this for many, many years now & seem to not have made much progress on it.
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NiceNurseRatched
09/22/09

In reply to Fisker Granted $528 Million Loan By Feds To Develop “Low-Cost” Plug-In Hybrid
A half-billion dollars - ARE YOU FUCKING KIDDING ME???

I pay six figures a year in taxes for this bullshit!!! The assholes in Washington are taking the fun out of being rich! What in the name of Dagny Taggert should I do next? I'm getting ready to shrug...
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Cognitive Friction
09/23/09

@NiceNurseRatched: is it time for Project X yet?
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jodark
09/22/09

In reply to Fisker Granted $528 Million Loan By Feds To Develop “Low-Cost” Plug-In Hybrid
Might as well call this company Associated Steel run by Orren Boyle.

What a fucking waste.
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Captain Liverspots
09/22/09

In reply to Fisker Granted $528 Million Loan By Feds To Develop “Low-Cost” Plug-In Hybrid
If you people think $39,900 is expensive, wait 'til you see the price tags on projects PINTA and SANTA MARIA.
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MrHowser
09/22/09

@Captain Liverspots: You just earned yourself a Christopher Columbus-approved heart-click.

Also, you win the internet, or something.
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Timtoolman, going ASH
09/22/09

In reply to Fisker Granted $528 Million Loan By Feds To Develop “Low-Cost” Plug-In Hybrid
Friggin' money pit. How about giving it to GE or someone with a history of success?
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HoonThatFerrari
09/22/09

@Timtoolman, still looking for work.: Because GE's success is just that... history.
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