On Mon, 11 Sep 2006 18:02:32 +1200, Anybody
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>In article <0nu7g2tkjkvqies8uo382pfo7p3p9pc4n2@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
>, Ed Chilada
><nospam@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:
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>> On Sun, 10 Sep 2006 07:43:07 -0400, "Wombat-Pipex-News"
>> <wombat@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:
>> >
>> >Just dont think that a vampet up plastic molded peace of ****e modern
car
>> >will do the trick. The Trans-am styling was almost Perfect.
>>
>> For 30+ years ago!
>
>It's still a great looking car. Most of the "supercars" are far too
>wide and many of today's more normal s****ts cars are simply ugly.
Whether it's great looking is irrelevant. It's *dated* and it's not
even been in production for .. how many years?
>> >To be honest I think that KITT and the nose is 110% a better design
>> >than any of the Original Trans-ams styling produced in stock.
>> >Most of the modern cars made today are based on the same floor pan
>> >designes anyhow, and All are pants.
>>
>> Yeah, the Koenigsegg's probably based on a Ford Focus!
>
>Nope. It's one of the few companies that aren't owned in an ever
>spinning circle of "normal" car comapnies.
I was being sarcastic.
>> > Dukes of Hazard car is what makes Dukes of Hazard and
>> > the movie. Same goes for Starskey and Hutch.
>>
>> Neither of which were supposed to have *futuristic* cars.
>
>There's your mistake. KITT was never meant to be a "futuristic car" -
"I am the prototype of the car of the future" (KARR actually, but same
appearance of course).
>it was meant to be a normal looking car with "futuristic" abilities.
Huh? So how come it had a red scanner across the front? Hardly normal
looking!
>That's why they used a TransAm in the first place and not some silly
>looking prototype / custom car.
Please provide a reference for this. I largely suspect that basing it
on a production model was mostly budget related.
Oh, and you'll find that the Koenigsegg isn't a "prototype / custom",
car. It's a current production model (albeit exotic), that is simply
from this century, not the last one.
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