What a beautiful car

Diedel · Post by **Diedel** » Fri May 13, 2005 2:55 am

http://www.spiegel.de/auto/aktuell/0,15 ... 23,00.html

Wow.

Admiral LSD · Post by **Admiral LSD** » Fri May 13, 2005 2:59 am

I don't know German and babelfish isn't really helping but if that caption does indeed sya that it weighs 2.8 tonnes and does 350km/h then thats impressive.

llClutchll · Post by **llClutchll** » Fri May 13, 2005 3:13 am

Take that chrome bling off the grill, and I'd agree with you... right now it looks like a Marvel Comics ride (The Punisher came to mind)

HaAGen DaZS · Post by **HaAGen DaZS** » Fri May 13, 2005 4:27 am

it does look a little cartoony. the blingbling really adds some comical/50-60's type character.

i like

Diedel · Post by **Diedel** » Fri May 13, 2005 5:14 am

This car has been custom built for a German tire producer (Fulda) who wanted it to introduce their newest line of high performance tires. It's based on the Maybach 57 S; the engine was modified to deliver about 700 HP and has a torque of 1020 Nm. The designers were aware of the fact that this car could easily look cartoonish and tried to avoid that trap; imo they did well. It's a reminiscence to the Maybach SW 38 - a very famous car from the pre-WW2 era that had been built for the same tire producer to advertise their high-performance tires of that time - it made over 200 km/h.

Flatlander · Post by **Flatlander** » Fri May 13, 2005 5:25 am

Just needs a bat-shield on the front

JMEaT · Post by **JMEaT** » Fri May 13, 2005 6:23 am

Flatlander wrote:Just needs a bat-shield on the front

x2

roid · Post by **roid** » Fri May 13, 2005 6:30 am

heh, yeah it's like batman wrapped in rubber.

i'll stop myself from saying it looks sexy.
oh no i've gone too far!

Flabby Chick · Post by **Flabby Chick** » Fri May 13, 2005 7:21 am

Top Gear says this about somthing similar...great show btw if you can see it.

I thought it looks a bit Germany circa 1939, just needs to do a bit of goose stepping.

EDIT: hmm link dosnt go where i want it to. You'll find it if you search around.

Grendel · Post by **Grendel** » Fri May 13, 2005 12:05 pm

Very nice. Personally I like this one better tho: http://www.spiegel.de/auto/aktuell/0,15 ... 79,00.html

Top Gun · Post by **Top Gun** » Fri May 13, 2005 12:58 pm

Damn

Those are some sexy pieces of machinery.

Krom · Post by **Krom** » Fri May 13, 2005 1:14 pm

Ugly.

[]V[]essenjah · Post by **[]V[]essenjah** » Fri May 13, 2005 1:56 pm

Grendel wrote:Very nice. Personally I like this one better tho: http://www.spiegel.de/auto/aktuell/0,15 ... 79,00.html

Bleck....

[]V[]essenjah · Post by **[]V[]essenjah** » Fri May 13, 2005 3:01 pm

From the perspective view the car looks ok. But then I got a side profile and that car is waaaaay too long for the exterior to look good. That look should be a tad but more stocky in shape to look really nice. Would make a decent batmobile though but I wouldn't want to drive it.

Vertigo 99 · Post by **Vertigo 99** » Fri May 13, 2005 3:14 pm

SPIEGEL ONLINE wrote: EinzelstÃ¼ck Exelero: Sieht aus wie der Dienstwagen von Darth Vader, kann aber nicht fliegen

THE CAR BELONGS TO THE DARK SIDE

Grendel · Post by **Grendel** » Fri May 13, 2005 5:26 pm

Vertigo 99 wrote:
SPIEGEL ONLINE wrote: EinzelstÃ¼ck Exelero: Sieht aus wie der Dienstwagen von Darth Vader, kann aber nicht fliegen

THE CAR BELONGS TO THE DARK SIDE

Sort of: "Looks like Darth Vaders official car, can't fly tho"

SPIEGEL ONLINE wrote:"Wir wollten unter allen UmstÃ¤nden vermeiden, dass der Wagen wie ein Batmobil aussieht. Die Farbe Schwarz war vorgegeben, also verzichteten wir auf jegliche Andeutungen von Flossen, FlÃ¼geln oder irgendwelchen senkrechten Elementen"

"We tried to avoid the Batmobile looks at all costs. We had to use black, so we didn't put on any wings or vertical elements"

Didn't work