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Saturday, May 08, 2010

Mercedes SL


Given the nature of the SL (more of a grand touring type of car) and the extra chrome slathered on the vents, I highly doubt giant spoiler and rear airfoil are all that fuctional. And what's with the Mugan/Lumma Design random body panel paint job?

Hamann Tycoon EVO M

Hanamm - thy name is overkill. The X6 is lame enough in it's own right - a "4 door coupe SUV". It existance is pointless and defies logic (coupes don't have four doors, and what's the point of an SUV that lacks utility?). When it comes to SUVs, BMW has gotten to be one of the industries worst offenders. They now offer two SUVs that are nearly identical to two other SUVs (X1/X3, X5/X6). But I digress...

If this SUV had any more scoops, spoilers or LEDs, it'd just be giant hunk of metal covered in scoops, spoilers and LEDs.

BM Double-Eww

Wow - I'm getting witty with my titles... So I don't really know what's going on here, other than atrocities against first generation 3 series. One can never have too many headlights or BMW badges. Or notches and scoops that look as if they would rip off at speeds over 60 km/h.

Mugan Civic Type RR


The car itself doesn't look that bad, but Mugan has started to get into this trend of leaving the modified pieces of it's cars unpainted. Which leaves them looking like the accident victims too poor to paint match the new pieces. I've noticed Brabus has started doing this too. It looks like crap people.

Mustanger

Sweet fancy molasses - pickup bastardization fever is spreading from GM products.

Attack of the Clones: Infiniti Camry?



Maybe it's just me, but I was behind a 2010 Infiniti M the other day and thought it was a 2010 Camry at first - I found the Camry's revised tails with the clear portion in the centre look a lot like those on the M, and the trunk lids both his a similar Bangle-butt thing going on....

Zagato Autech Stelvio



Zagato is at it again! Some of you may be wondering what the hell an Autech Stelvio is in the first place. I know I was... Apparently, Autech was a special tuning division of Nissan in the late 80's, and the Stelvio is basically a Leopard coupe rebodied by Zagato. The strangely bulging front fenders house rear view mirrors. But then again I suppose it was the 80's - pretty much everything was weird back then.

Honda Pilot needs directions

Save the mug, the Honda Pilot doesn't look that bad. But the huge headlights and massive plastic grille are a bit much. And they even had some bad feedback during the concept stage, yet did nothing.

Ferrari 330 GTC Zagato


Apparently it's "Rag on Ferrari Day". I suppose maybe this car was ahead of it's time being that it's from 1967 and it looks like bad kit car for a late 80's Renault Alpine. Still though - wouldn't you rather have an au-natural 330 GTC?

Ferrari FX - Fug Xtreme


The Ferrari FX was a one off made by Ferrari for the Sultan of Brunei. Well - seven were made in total. Let's just say I'm grateful there's only seven. Made from a late model Testarossa (well - a 512M) in 1995. Although by 1995 the Testarossa looked quite dated, it still looks a lot better than this.