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Mobius
06/19/09

In reply to Inside Project M: The Final Episode
As an artist, wouldn't Jason Castriota's works become more valued after his death? And he'd be remembered as the guy who designed the prettiest insect.

I say, buy one, and kill him.

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Now, seriously, I think the car looks alright. It's got some awesome points, like the wings, the doors, and the aggression and angles which is just so Bertone. I'm staring at a pic of the P4/5 right now, which is so athletic, lean and curvaceous, pure Pininfarina. I laud him for switching to such a radically different design philosophy and doing pretty damn well. However, I do think the proportions look weird from the front 3/4 view, kind of like a halfway house between a conventional coupe and a shooting brake, but without any of the functionality of a shooting brake.

Overall, I'd say a decent design, and surely he's gonna sell it all out, if they go ahead with their production plans. ZR1 platform is awesome, exclusivity is, well, exclusive and sought after by those super-rich.
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Boosted Lego Wagon
06/19/09

In reply to Inside Project M: The Final Episode
Go take a look at that '47 Ferrari for a minute, and then come back in and try to say something positive about this horror. Face it: human beings already know what's beautiful.

Classic cars are beautiful because the designers were only concerned with beauty, not trying for "modernity" or "expression" or other bollocks du jour. This thing is trying not to look "new" so hard that it's deliberately ugly.

Bad news Bertone: if I want deliberately ugly, I can buy a Subaru.
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.357
06/19/09

@boosted-lego-wagon -> now boosted to 350hp: Well said.
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smalleyxb122
06/19/09

In reply to Inside Project M: The Final Episode
Who else was disappointed when the little white dog didn't lift a leg?
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combat chuck
06/19/09

In reply to Inside Project M: The Final Episode
Is this a Vector W8 for the 00's, or is that an insult to the Vector W8?
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CJinSD
06/19/09

In reply to Inside Project M: The Final Episode
Does anyone in Europe even try to make attractive cars anymore?
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.357
06/19/09

@CJinSD: Are you fucking serious? Have you looked at an Aston, Jaguar or Lamborghini recently?
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beercheck
06/19/09

In reply to Inside Project M: The Final Episode
I got yer marvel of modern design right here.
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.357
06/19/09

In reply to Inside Project M: The Final Episode
it's a marvel of modern design.

By that token, would a X6 also be considered a marvel of modern design? If so, I quit.
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Evuk
06/19/09

In reply to Inside Project M: The Final Episode
did someone's kid film this?

im hating the camera angles... or it could be that this car doesnt have any good angle to it
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.357
06/19/09

@Evuk: I'm gonna go with both.
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Hello Mister Walrus
06/19/09

In reply to Inside Project M: The Final Episode
So what you're really saying is that the Cylons in the original Battlestar Galactica were a marvel of modern design?
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Mr.choppers - Delenda Carthago Est
04/21/09

In reply to Stile Bertone Mantide: Part Corvette ZR1, Part Italian Model
Wow, for once I'm glad to be in the majority. This is horrible, looks like it was designed only to get attention - success!

Maybe we'll like it in fifty years, just like how the Figoni et Falaschi (aka Phony and Flashy) designs look a lot better nowadays than they did in the thirties.
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Six Flags Over Tomsk
04/20/09

In reply to Stile Bertone Mantide: Part Corvette ZR1, Part Italian Model
It's a modern re-imagining of an '80s concept car.

Next!
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Novaload
04/20/09

In reply to Stile Bertone Mantide: Part Corvette ZR1, Part Italian Model
It has a face--and not a very handsome one--for an ass.
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MushyHeirloom
04/20/09

In reply to Stile Bertone Mantide: Part Corvette ZR1, Part Italian Model
I was getting ready to open the dam and let my mantide gush forth, so to speak... but HOLY SHIT that ass is UGLY.
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bzr
04/20/09

In reply to Stile Bertone Mantide: Part Corvette ZR1, Part Italian Model
The back end looks like it's getting a fierce wedgie.
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Vintage Racer - with V-12 goodness
04/20/09

In reply to Stile Bertone Mantide: Part Corvette ZR1, Part Italian Model
Looks like the lead for "Corvette Summer 2" - where an aging Mark Hamill hooks up with a REALLY old Annie Potts. Hilarious hi-jinks ensue in the Italian countryside....

Wow... this thing is ugly....
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