The MW Automotive Thread 5.0 GT

[jenius]

Not a fan of the looks... but i'm not in the market for one anyway.

[Agent ONE]

So the the Bugatti Veyron's ten radiators are for show and to mark up the price?

Unless F1 cars have that too, yes.

I am not really laughing at the fact that there is potentially unnecessary cooling going on. I take more issue with the effort of some (usually U.S.) auto makers adding faux vents and ducts so they can make the car look more rear-engine-ish. Some of these vents/ducts are working and to cool something that really doesn't need cooling. Its all for show, and pretty stupid.

This captures my thoughts:

http://autos.ca.msn.com/editors-picks/gallery.aspx?cp-documentid=23546090&page=10

Through its history, the vette has not been much different. Many elements of design that do not follow function. The elements of design have a story of function that is a manufactured excuse. Why don't any front engine Ferrari cars have ducts in the rear? Don't they have brakes?

[areaseven]

Fake vents or not, I want to see some performance numbers from the new Vette.

[areaseven]

Here's another nice ride. There's also a Bentley on this review.

Edited January 16, 2013 by areaseven

[reddsun1]

Fake vents or not, I want to see some performance numbers from the new Vette.

The Dodge Viper called; said it wants its fascia back...

Edited January 15, 2013 by reddsun1

[anime52k8]

The Dodge Viper called; said it wants its fascia back...

I'm glad I'm not the only one who thought that.

Edited January 15, 2013 by anime52k8

[David Hingtgen]

I hate "accent" lights/strips/LEDs in headlights--they just make them look more like "eyes" and give way too many cars a "face". The new vette has a big smile with cartoon eyes. (as does the Viper now). Simple black or chrome headlight housings look better for most cars. Don't "gussy them up"---it looks stupid more often than not.

[David Hingtgen]

This captures my thoughts:

http://autos.ca.msn.com/editors-picks/gallery.aspx?cp-documentid=23546090&page=10

Wow, that article is amazingly spot on--most of the things it lists are true annoyances. Though it fails to mention that spinning rims are actually dangerous and illegal some places. (At an intersection, if the wind catches them and spins them up, it looks like the car just started moving quickly and so other drivers slam on the brakes--I've seen it happen myself and the visual effect is startling)

[anime52k8]

I kind of miss spinners, they where funny as all hell. Now the new thing is giant wagon wheels. admittedly they're funny as hell too but I kind of miss the variety of spinners. Maybe they'll start combining the two and we'll start seeing giant wind turbine wheels.

[myk]

I'm glad I'm not the only one who thought that.

Ferrari called, they want their squeaky, rattling prototype back.

With that being said I'll take one in yellow...

[badboy00z]

Both cars look pretty good to me but I just want a S2000 again...

[slaginpit]

Here's another nice ride. There's also a green Scirocco on this review. Too bad the U.S. will never get the new Scirocco.

I loved my original Scirocco. Yeah to bad it wont hit north america

[areaseven]

And here are some wallpapers for those who like the design.

2014 Chevrolet Corvette Stingray

[badboy00z]

This new Corvette design is very similar to what I came up with a few years ago. The lines of the car in side profile, shape of the headlights and the Supra style "cockpit" like center console.

I never did a detailed drawing of the center console but this new Corvette interior is similar to what I envisioned.

All these were drawn back in 2010.

[Beltane70]

I'm totally unimpressed by the new 'Vette.

[Atharun]

Ever since I was a child the Vette has been my favorite car. While I may be in the minority...I absolutely love the new design minus the rear lights.

[jenius]

I had an 80s Vette and I swore I'd never own another car with a digital dashboard. The gauges on the left and right on this one are analog right? I don't understand why they're calling it "Stingray" but it seems to have nothing in common with the late 60s Vette stylistically.

[areaseven]

Now available for Gran Turismo 5:

Edited September 19, 2013 by areaseven

[areaseven]

And while everyone's talking about the C7, Motor Trend put the outgoing C6 ZR1 against the new Viper and discovered virtually no difference.

Edited September 19, 2013 by areaseven

[anime52k8]

I hate "accent" lights/strips/LEDs in headlights--they just make them look more like "eyes" and give way too many cars a "face". The new vette has a big smile with cartoon eyes. (as does the Viper now). Simple black or chrome headlight housings look better for most cars. Don't "gussy them up"---it looks stupid more often than not.

I like it when cars look like they have big smiling faces. that's part of why I like Porsche's so much.

[dizman]

I like the C7 design, its not as big of a change in design as C5 to C6 but I wasn't expecting that anyways. When someone paints a stinger on the hood then it can be called a stingray, otherwise it's just another vette.

[Agent ONE]

I love the discussion in the Autoweek video about the "Stingray" badge... Like "uh oh... This car is soooooo badass, we need to bust out the double-dog-dare sticker."

Posers nationwide will be rubbing themselves to this.

[reddsun1]

I kind of miss spinners, they where funny as all hell. Now the new thing is giant wagon wheels. admittedly they're funny as hell too but I kind of miss the variety of spinners. Maybe they'll start combining the two and we'll start seeing giant wind turbine wheels.

Oh, for the love. Of. CHRIST...

[Beltane70]

Am I the only one that wishes that Toyota, Nissan, and Honda would just get rid of the Lexus, Infiniti, and Acura brands and sell their cars under their real company names?

[areaseven]

I kind of miss spinners, they where funny as all hell. Now the new thing is giant wagon wheels. admittedly they're funny as hell too but I kind of miss the variety of spinners. Maybe they'll start combining the two and we'll start seeing giant wind turbine wheels.

[eugimon]

Am I the only one that wishes that Toyota, Nissan, and Honda would just get rid of the Lexus, Infiniti, and Acura brands and sell their cars under their real company names?

Would you rather have Volkswagen, Audi, Porsche and Lamborghini or just Volkswagen?

[Beltane70]

Would you rather have Volkswagen, Audi, Porsche and Lamborghini or just Volkswagen?

Not the same idea, really, since Volkswagen, Audi, Porsche, and Lamborghini cars are still sold under the same brand names regardless of where they're sold. An Audi A4 is still an Audi A4 whether you buy it in Germany or the US. This is totally unlike Nissan, for example, which sells the Skyline under the Nissan brand in Japan, but sells it as the G37 now soon to be Q50) under the Infiniti brand.

[anime52k8]

Volkswagen, Audi, Porsche and Lamborghini also all started as independent companies that where bought up by each other where as Lexus, infinity and Acura are marques created for the purpose of selling luxury cars in foreign markets that at the time didn't trust the parent companies to produce said luxury cars.

Edited January 17, 2013 by anime52k8

[jenius]

I still don't

[eugimon]

Nissan may not use the infiniti badge in japan, but they use it everywhere else. Lexus is used globally as well, including in japan and has for sometime. Is it really that different from gm rebadging cars or audi and volkswagen sharing platforms? Bugati was a dead brand before volkswagen bought it just for the name. Differentiating across different retail segments or locations is hardly limited to toyota and nissan.

Edit: i guess i dont see why buying a dying brand and using that name to get into a market segment is okay but building up a new division to get into a market segment is bad.

And audi has spent more time being owned by someone else than being their own company. Why is a dressed up passat okay but a dressed up camry not?

Edited January 17, 2013 by eugimon

[areaseven]

Happy 100th anniversary Aston Martin.

[Vifam7]

Nissan may not use the infiniti badge in japan, but they use it everywhere else. Lexus is used globally as well, including in japan and has for sometime. Is it really that different from gm rebadging cars or audi and volkswagen sharing platforms? Bugati was a dead brand before volkswagen bought it just for the name. Differentiating across different retail segments or locations is hardly limited to toyota and nissan.

I didn't mind Toyota creating Lexus, Nissan creating Infiniti, or Honda creating Acura. However, I do wish that they (Acura, Lexus, Infinti) start giving their cars proper names instead of code letters and numbers.

[Archer]

I really like the new corvette. It's very stylistically similar to the concept corvette stingray which we saw in transformers, and which I absolutely loved.

But alas, it doesn't seem worth the 50k entry point to me, when I could drop the same for a BMW or audi. But, to each his own I guess...

[areaseven]

As part of Aston Martin's 100th anniversary celebration, a Vanquish was airlifted to the helipad of the Burj Al Arab in Dubai. Yeah, they've got balls.

[realreaper]

You toy collectors are so uneducated when it comes to the Auto's.

Challenge me ,PLEASE!!!