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Tuesday, February 02, 2010
ASMA Designs - Sweet Grillz
I think these pictures speak for themselves. I can [i]sorta[/i] understand the CLS, being a sportier E-Class. But there's no excuse for a ricey S-Class with the biggest grille this side of a Lincoln.
Aerodynamic + Hummer H1 = Oxymoron
I think this belongs in the catergory of "kill it with fire". It's a Hummer H1. Does it really need to go aero? What kind of mileage savings are you really expecting when your truck weighs about 5 tonnes and is motivated by an engine displacing over 6 Litres? Also, why go through all the trouble when your windshield still has the aerodynamics of a brick?
The front end looks vaguely familiar to me... I think it's a cross between an Argo and an Austin Allegro.
Frem F1
New Lincoln and the MKT
The cow catcher on an old-timey train for one. The baleen filled maw of a right whale for another.
The MKX deserves mention as well on it’s own fugly accord (ignoring the family resemblance), due to it’s weird window kickup that serves only to prevent the small children – the only people who can fit in the third row due to the severe rake of the rear window – from seeing out of the car. That rake also makes the car look more blobby than sleek. Not to mention that the backwards slant to the rear plus the high mounted and narrow tails make the ass end look unnaturally large. Viewed straight on from behind it looks tall and top heavy due to the acres of unadorned sheet metal.
Plus the thing looks gigantic. The tiny headlights in combo with the huge grille, plus the fact that the thing looks about 2 miles long make for a very heavy looking vehicle. “Whale” is a very fitting description for this car in fact. In the picture below, it almost looks like they had to use a wide-angle lens just to capture the car. 3/4 angles make the car look as if it's being contorted through fun-house mirrors.
And what’s with
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