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Tactical Bonnet posted:The same goes for that pink piece of garbage above, but replace "designer" with "custom car builder" The pink thing, I'd be willing to imagine, is more a case of "Frank dumped $100,000 into this thing and then died, I'm sure I can recoup at least $50,000." The Lexus was designed and executed by professionals.
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Well I guess that's one way of hiding front overhang. I would be fine with Lexus selling a completely unmodified version of that concept as long as they also sold the unmodified concept Supra.
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xzzy posted:They built at least one. It looks even worse in real pictures. How did they make it look worse than that god awful render?
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Mar 4, 2014 23:23
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It's literally the antagonist from a Pixar film.
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Mar 4, 2014 23:36
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xzzy posted:They built at least one. Oh drat, didn't realize it was already doing the rounds and yeah, it's worse in the flesh. I shouldn't really be surprised, just look at the other poo poo they are hawking these days... http://www.salon-auto.ch/en/photos/?brand=2232 Seriously everyone should click that link and at least look at the pre-hellaflushed IS with the most bobo bolt-in rollcage. I'd post pics myself but I'm running out of room on imgur.
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I'll have you know they used the very best trampoline frame to build that cage. The option wouldn't cost $10K otherwise.
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Mar 4, 2014 23:49
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It just wants to be fed pedestrians....
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xzzy posted:I'll have you know they used the very best trampoline frame to build that cage. The option wouldn't cost $10K otherwise. I think it might be a CGI cage, actually. It's hard to tell, that entire picture has been post processed to hell.  Probably just wishful thinking.
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PoAD3kUmN9s
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Tha Chodesweller posted:Well if we're going down this road... The car looks like it's sagging its jeans and it poo poo its pants at the same time.
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I was at the Flying J last night and saw this: It's just a panel truck bumper pulling a school bus to Mexico.... but what is that thing sticking out of the back?  Oh for the love of God you have to be kidding me...  I wonder if the guy that drove it in there is still stuck inside?
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Mar 5, 2014 01:41
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Nah, just climb out the rear hatch.
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Yet again Lexus has managed to crash a car even before they've taken pictures of it for the concept render. You'd think they'd get tired of having their stuff ruined like that...
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Citycop posted:I was at the Flying J last night and saw this: There's two Geo Metros in front of the Isuzu. Also the chain/strap/wire/cardboard? towing apparatus  e: figured it out the cardboard is to keep the straps from fraying on the rusty bumper. genius.
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Citycop posted:I was at the Flying J last night and saw this: Efficiency is art. Also that new Lexus is horrid! I actually liked the other ones up until this one. That's just crazy.
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Mar 5, 2014 04:45
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Citycop posted:
I can only assume this must be terrifying to drive.
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I laughed pretty hard at the cop car getting pushed off the ledge. It explodes as it starts to fall off, awesome. What's with the huge grill on everything "high end" lately? Even aside from the comedic Lexus one, they have all been moving to that, and I don't find it all that appealing. I guess it's a way to shove more chrome on the car or something?
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Citycop posted:I was at the Flying J last night and saw this: So if a cop saw this, he'd pull the whole mess over, right?
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subx posted:I laughed pretty hard at the cop car getting pushed off the ledge. It explodes as it starts to fall off, awesome. I heard it might have something to do with pedestrian impact standards in Europe.
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Citycop posted:I was at the Flying J last night and saw this: At least SUV is properly tied down and not rolling about in the trailer with only the door keeping it in the... oh. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XkE029a8bys&t=156s
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subx posted:What's with the huge grill on everything "high end" lately? Even aside from the comedic Lexus one, they have all been moving to that, and I don't find it all that appealing. I guess it's a way to shove more chrome on the car or something? It masks the front end getting taller and flatter for pedestrian safety. Also the hot thing is to use fancy elements to shrink the headlights (see: that Lex) and you've got to do something with the freed up space other than just a big flat surface. I'm sure ostensibly someone somewhere thinks "big grill conveys more power" but I don't think most people buy it.
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Edward IV posted:At least SUV is properly tied down and not rolling about in the trailer with only the door keeping it in the... oh. Argh, I just noticed that the truck pulls off even though they show him "continuing on". I mean, I know TG is scripted, but I never saw that before, now I can't unsee it.
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subx posted:What's with the huge grill on everything "high end" lately? Even aside from the comedic Lexus one, they have all been moving to that, and I don't find it all that appealing. I guess it's a way to shove more chrome on the car or something? Maybe it's a style following form thing? Super cars have the huge grills to take advantage of the airflow for cooling so lesser cars imitate it with non functional huge grills as a nod towards the high end performance cars? It's another thing to differentiate the higher end models from those meant for the proles? Personally I'm ok with the big grills for the most part, I just hate everything else about the Lexus.
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Bajaha posted:Super cars have the huge grills Ferrari 458 Italia  Lamborghini Aventador  Bugatti Veyron  All huge grills. Okay, let's go with front-engine cars: Corvette ZR1  Dodge Viper  Gigantic front grills.
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DropShadow posted:So if a cop saw this, he'd pull the whole mess over, right? And do what with it? Options: - Cite an undocumented person with no identification for a class c traffic and summon him to court in a random city in Texas then allow them to continue down the road. (What did I accomplish? Did they even give me a correct name?) - Demand that they fix it all and make it safe on the side of the road. (Is that even possible? How many hours is that going to take?) - Impound the whole mess and make them pay to get it out. (They most likely cannot prove ownership of it and do not have proper insurance papers AND they don't speak English so they are going to have a bad day getting it back on the road.) - Leave it alone and hope it makes it out of your jurisdiction before something bad happens. I'm listening if you have any better solutions. (I really am, I see these car trains all the time.) Cadillac is moving to big grills soon too, as evidenced by this new concept car:  Citycop fucked around with this message at 06:05 on Mar 5, 2014 |
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Safety Dance posted:
My bad, for some reason I was remember them having bigger intakes on the front, I might have had these more on my mind when I posted that    Thing is, even some of the ones you used as examples are physically big (The lambo, buggati, and viper all have a relatively large portion of their front ends as air intake) it's styled in a way that makes it looks nice and fits the cars. Some of the huge grills you see on new cars (again looking at you lexus) look like they're tacked on and hiding some flaws with the body design, as mentioned earlier in the thread, rather than flowing in.
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Uncle ShortyB posted:I saw this on my way in to class the other morning. This is pages back but I just caught up and I want to fight you
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That lexus concept is nothing compared to the ugliness of the latest Lincoln SUVs. These are cars on the road right now that people actually buy. 
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8ender posted:That lexus concept is nothing compared to the ugliness of the latest Lincoln SUVs. These are cars on the road right now that people actually buy. 
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8ender posted:That lexus concept is nothing compared to the ugliness of the latest Lincoln SUVs. These are cars on the road right now that people actually buy. 
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Citycop posted:Cadillac is moving to big grills soon too, as evidenced by this new concept car: In case the youth don't know the reference 
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Safety Dance posted:Gigantic front grills. Here's problems with the supercar theory: - With the exception of the Bugatti and the Audi, all of those huge grills are below the bumper line, meaning if you're over four feet tall and not lying on the ground to take a glamor shot, you won't see them. - Again excepting Bugatti, those are short and wide. It's the height that most people find offensive. Tall grills don't look like short wide grills, the ratios are all wrong. - The Audi wears a corporate grill that was on the regular cars first, not vice versa. One could say the same of the Vipers. - The Bugatti tombstone is supposed to be a throwback to their classic cars - I've never heard anyone say the Bugatti 'looks good' If anything, the supercars (especially the Lambo) are styled to look like jet fighters, and that definitely doesn't carry over to mainstream cars.
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8ender posted:That lexus concept is nothing compared to the ugliness of the latest Lincoln SUVs. These are cars on the road right now that people actually buy. That's still mostly inoffensive and a million times less fugly that that loving Lexus though. The NX looks like something out of a 90s film about 'the future'.
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Snowdens Secret posted:If anything, the supercars (especially the Lambo) are styled to look like jet fighters, and that definitely doesn't carry over to mainstream cars. Says you https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PM3woO0AbCw 
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8ender posted:That lexus concept is nothing compared to the ugliness of the latest Lincoln SUVs. These are cars on the road right now that people actually buy. Are there any crossovers that look even ok? That said I do quite like that body line that follows up the edge of the headlights and forms a shoulderline. Certainly less offensive than say the entire Mazda lineup at the moment.
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So we all agree that the QX56 is an abomination, right? Well I discovered this morning that they have the most useless rear wiper that I've ever loving seen: Like a tiny rainbow of stupid.
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