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So here it is! A 2012 Ford GT Concept war machine for mah love to drive when the zombie apocalypse comes around
It features a powerful 20mm cannon and a devastating 7.62 minigun. This car looks like it's straight out of Death Race or Twisted Metal or something...but either way it's friggin awesome and ready for war!
It features a powerful 20mm cannon and a devastating 7.62 minigun. This car looks like it's straight out of Death Race or Twisted Metal or something...but either way it's friggin awesome and ready for war!
Category Artwork (Digital) / Miscellaneous
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Size 1175 x 612px
File Size 60.2 kB
All you have to do is spin the wheel, point your nose at a target and let blast! ... and hope that you don't end up driving through a brick wall. Of course, a wall machine ought to be well armoured. A ton of so of kevlar and metal ought to slow your machine down enough to give you two or three whole seconds to whip the nose around, fire and whip it back to the painted line on the road. Maybe you should install an ejecton seat and parachute, just in case.
Out to be enough room for a small briefcase or boxed lunch in the space between the front A frames. There usually is in this sort of supercar. Not an ideal place to put the tots, though.
Why was there never a stretch limo of the GT40?
I have a very nice 1/18 diecast model of the car. Doors and rear hatch open, suspension somewhat works, front wheels steer... but that front hatch doesn't open. Probably means not much to see.
Why was there never a stretch limo of the GT40?
I have a very nice 1/18 diecast model of the car. Doors and rear hatch open, suspension somewhat works, front wheels steer... but that front hatch doesn't open. Probably means not much to see.
If I were designing a supercar, I would be as dumb as all those designers at Ferrari, Lamborghini, Pagani, McLaren, Saleen, etc. I'd damn well ensure that anyone who paid me $400,000 or more for a car could carry a small suitcase or a bag of golf clubs. I mean, maybe rich people are stupid enough to buy cars that have only one use -- to cruise up and down fashionable boulevards making far too much racket... but that's no reason to treat them that way.
In fact, I've always wanted to design the world's first 200 mph family car, with plenty of space for luggage, good gas mileage below 70 (all you need to do is turn off half the cylinders) and costs less than $100,000. It could probably be done. A late model Corvette is damned close and an entry level 'Vett is only $60,000...
In fact, I've always wanted to design the world's first 200 mph family car, with plenty of space for luggage, good gas mileage below 70 (all you need to do is turn off half the cylinders) and costs less than $100,000. It could probably be done. A late model Corvette is damned close and an entry level 'Vett is only $60,000...
I saw a 500SS in a car museum in Reno, painted silvery-grey. Beautiful.
My collection of die-cast cars includes 2, one in red, and one with extra touring accessories in white (the Pope's pre-WWII supercar, almost).
In the collection also is both the SLR and SLS.
Also, I've got a Panamera -- interesting car, but hard to say how well the stretched fastback works. I know people who hate it, but iI don't see how it could be done better.
The manufacturer of all the models -- by coincidence -- is a company called Maisto. The SS500s are superbly done. The SLR pretty good, but the SLS and Panamera, both recent releases, are rather basic.
My collection of die-cast cars includes 2, one in red, and one with extra touring accessories in white (the Pope's pre-WWII supercar, almost).
In the collection also is both the SLR and SLS.
Also, I've got a Panamera -- interesting car, but hard to say how well the stretched fastback works. I know people who hate it, but iI don't see how it could be done better.
The manufacturer of all the models -- by coincidence -- is a company called Maisto. The SS500s are superbly done. The SLR pretty good, but the SLS and Panamera, both recent releases, are rather basic.
The Reventon is just a Murcielago with some different body scoops and hub caps... something like that. I can't keep up with the minor difference in Lambo models. But what '63 El Camino is that? The only one I think I'm familiar with in 1/18 is Mattell's -- and it was tarted up to resemble a Hispanic street rod. I have a 1/24 El Camino, less modified and made by Jada I think. But the only one I could find that satisfied me in the larger scale was a later year -- '70 or '71 I think, which looks entirely different. It's the early one with the bat's wings that I really like.
The Jag XJ220 is certainly a classic, even if it wasn't on the market for long.
The Jag XJ220 is certainly a classic, even if it wasn't on the market for long.
Nothing wrong withthe Reventon... it's just that one Murcielago is much like another, and can't tell them apart. If I had a model of each, or at least a set of photos I could compare side by side, I'd see the difference, no doubt. The Reventon was jazzed up a little as I recall, but I just can't say what they did to the basic model.
Or are we talking about a jazzed up Gallardo? I could even be wrong about which one.
The *real* El Camino to me is the original model -- with the same rear end as the '58 and '59 Impala and a roof line/rear window treatment that resembles the first Corvair, (a slight "hood" over the glass). Later El Caminos looked more like ordinary Chevies.
The Jada El Camino I have is black, but the manufacturer usually released models in two or more colours. Indeed, it has been modified somewhat -- chromed up engine and wire spoke wheels with knock off caps. I think the body is slightly lowered and there are fuzzy dice hanging from the rear view mirror. It was close enough to stock that I wanted it. Later, Jada stopped making anything remotely stock, and all their cars had ribbon tires, 24 inch chrome wheels, bodies only high enough to clear the painted stripe down the middle of the road, and gaudy paint jobs -- I hated them. When Maisto started to move in the same direction, and cheapened the product also, I abandoned 1/24 scale.
Or are we talking about a jazzed up Gallardo? I could even be wrong about which one.
The *real* El Camino to me is the original model -- with the same rear end as the '58 and '59 Impala and a roof line/rear window treatment that resembles the first Corvair, (a slight "hood" over the glass). Later El Caminos looked more like ordinary Chevies.
The Jada El Camino I have is black, but the manufacturer usually released models in two or more colours. Indeed, it has been modified somewhat -- chromed up engine and wire spoke wheels with knock off caps. I think the body is slightly lowered and there are fuzzy dice hanging from the rear view mirror. It was close enough to stock that I wanted it. Later, Jada stopped making anything remotely stock, and all their cars had ribbon tires, 24 inch chrome wheels, bodies only high enough to clear the painted stripe down the middle of the road, and gaudy paint jobs -- I hated them. When Maisto started to move in the same direction, and cheapened the product also, I abandoned 1/24 scale.
Okay then it's a different one :P But actually I have a picture of a Reventon on this profile...also a different picture from Forza 4 on my DA I'll post the link here :3
http://jeffthehusky.deviantart.com/.....57099#/d4ywes9
The Reventon is based off the F-22 Raptor btw
http://jeffthehusky.deviantart.com/.....57099#/d4ywes9
The Reventon is based off the F-22 Raptor btw
From what I can see of your photo, the Reventon is basically a modified Gallardo, rather than the Murcielago. The Merci is Lambo's flagship model, priced around $450,000-$500,000. The basic Gallardo is an "entry level" Lamob, a mere $225 to $250,000 and less powerful. I may look up the Reventon on Wikipedia to see whether they did more to it than modify the body shell and give it flashier mags.
Actually the Murci has been replaced by the Aventador as Lambo's flagship model. Believe me I know my Lambos :P But no the Reventon is it's own standalone car, only 20 were ever built, and they cost well over 2 mil a piece. As for the Murci being almost have a mil...idk if it was THAT expensive...but I could check...
I read up on the Reventon when I went on-line today, and thought it looks something like a revamped Gallarldo from the front, the rear bears little resemblance. Apparently, most of the underpinings are based on the Murci, but the newer model seems a lot more expensive. For only another $200,000 you can have a touch pad dash board, just like your iphone. Sheesh. Does anyone have more balls than an Italian auto maker? All for a car that seems no faster than the model two design changes back...
As for the looks, I prefer the Murci... I like the highly streamlined, simplified lines -- Transformer Robot angles and hinge lines don't appeal to me, though that seems to be the coming rage with the idiot designers in Automotive Land. (I hated the new Chryslers, Camaros and Challengers because they looked like Hot Wheels... now it's Transformer toys... the latest concept Corvette looks like a suit of friggin' Samurai armour! What next? Cars that look like Spongebob Squarepants? Cars with bobblehead passenger compartments? )
The article said that only 20 were meant to be built, but at $2,000,000 each, they somehow managed to find a way to build more like 100.
As for the looks, I prefer the Murci... I like the highly streamlined, simplified lines -- Transformer Robot angles and hinge lines don't appeal to me, though that seems to be the coming rage with the idiot designers in Automotive Land. (I hated the new Chryslers, Camaros and Challengers because they looked like Hot Wheels... now it's Transformer toys... the latest concept Corvette looks like a suit of friggin' Samurai armour! What next? Cars that look like Spongebob Squarepants? Cars with bobblehead passenger compartments? )
The article said that only 20 were meant to be built, but at $2,000,000 each, they somehow managed to find a way to build more like 100.
I was wrong about the 100. I read the Wiki article, and it was only a rumour that Lambo was builing 100. They built 21 -- one for their own museum. I'm surprised even they can afford one...
If I were insanely wealthy and had more disposable income than Nature or God ever intended a mortal being to have, I'd never by a Ferrari or a Lambo. I don't think they're good value for the money, and I don't like the artsty-fartsy way Ferrari (in particular) treats its customers. (First the do a background check on you to judge if you *deserve* one of their cars, then, if you pass, you go on a long waiting list.) I also suspect they build cars that are far more expensive than they need to be. Does hand-stitched leather seats, made by blind monks in an isolated monestary on an isolated Alpine peak make a car better than one with ordinary stitched leather seats? Is it worth an extra $2,000 to have a bit of gold on the Ferrari emblem in the steering wheel boss?
My choice might be an Aston Martin. The higher value models are no slower than any by the absolute top-of-the-line Ferraris (the F-50, one of the various Enzos), and the difference is 10 mph or less. But the DB 9 and Vanquish are themselves quarter-of-a-million dollar, or more, cars. Who needs such speed unless your weekends are spent at a track.
For far less -- about $120,000 -- you can by a Corvette ZO-6, and barely acknowledge that your betters have 20 mph over your top speed. The Vette still handles like a dream and if there's no gilding on the car keys and the dashboard isn't teak, who misses it?
If that's not unusual enough, there are a whole range of small companies that make exotic cars, such as TVR, Morgan and (in the US) Panoz. Hardly any of these cars are ever seen on the street -- I've on seen one Panoz with my own eyes and one TVR in a film. Generally, their top speeds are more in the 160 to 180 mph range, not 190 to 210, but few drivers ever get to press the gas pedal all the way to the floor mat in any of these cars. You'd pay a lot of money still, but probably under $200,000, andhave one way wicked drive that would make most Ferrari owners stop and stare, wondering what where you got such a cool thing.
If I were insanely wealthy and had more disposable income than Nature or God ever intended a mortal being to have, I'd never by a Ferrari or a Lambo. I don't think they're good value for the money, and I don't like the artsty-fartsy way Ferrari (in particular) treats its customers. (First the do a background check on you to judge if you *deserve* one of their cars, then, if you pass, you go on a long waiting list.) I also suspect they build cars that are far more expensive than they need to be. Does hand-stitched leather seats, made by blind monks in an isolated monestary on an isolated Alpine peak make a car better than one with ordinary stitched leather seats? Is it worth an extra $2,000 to have a bit of gold on the Ferrari emblem in the steering wheel boss?
My choice might be an Aston Martin. The higher value models are no slower than any by the absolute top-of-the-line Ferraris (the F-50, one of the various Enzos), and the difference is 10 mph or less. But the DB 9 and Vanquish are themselves quarter-of-a-million dollar, or more, cars. Who needs such speed unless your weekends are spent at a track.
For far less -- about $120,000 -- you can by a Corvette ZO-6, and barely acknowledge that your betters have 20 mph over your top speed. The Vette still handles like a dream and if there's no gilding on the car keys and the dashboard isn't teak, who misses it?
If that's not unusual enough, there are a whole range of small companies that make exotic cars, such as TVR, Morgan and (in the US) Panoz. Hardly any of these cars are ever seen on the street -- I've on seen one Panoz with my own eyes and one TVR in a film. Generally, their top speeds are more in the 160 to 180 mph range, not 190 to 210, but few drivers ever get to press the gas pedal all the way to the floor mat in any of these cars. You'd pay a lot of money still, but probably under $200,000, andhave one way wicked drive that would make most Ferrari owners stop and stare, wondering what where you got such a cool thing.
I developed a bit of a taste for old pick-ups -- back in the 30s they could be quite stylish. The '37 Studebaker pick-up is a classic. Even the 1950's Ford & Chevies are appealing in a sort of homely way. But modern pickups are all about the same, I think, and are environmental disasters on four wheels. Most people buy them to idle in parking lots at the 7-11, or cruise the main drag hoping the truck will impress babes. Or at least other males who can't afford one. Hardly anyone has a truck so they can drag dead buffaloes off the back forty while a 60 mph wind blowing four foot drifts of snow as it whistles down the front slope of the Rockies. Modern trucks also cost too much -- originally they were work vehicles for ordinary farmers, and fairly inexpensive.
Of course, there are more modest pickups, used by urban contractors, plumbers, langscapers or other businesses. They are less elaborate, cost less, and I have no beef with them. But they aren't very exciting unless you're really into business vehicles per se. I have a couple of Ford vans that are pretty snazzy -- one from 1922, I think, and the other 1931 -- both painted as Ford Motor Co. delivery vehicles.
Of course, there are more modest pickups, used by urban contractors, plumbers, langscapers or other businesses. They are less elaborate, cost less, and I have no beef with them. But they aren't very exciting unless you're really into business vehicles per se. I have a couple of Ford vans that are pretty snazzy -- one from 1922, I think, and the other 1931 -- both painted as Ford Motor Co. delivery vehicles.
Well... if its a Jeep maybe it can't be so bad. Jeeps and Land Rovers are the real thing -- honest to gawd off-road vehicles that don't actually have to be military. I'm not familiar with this particular one, though. Maybe it's been tarted up to become an embarrassment to the brand name... I'll look, later.
My brother-in-law has an older model Jeep... maybe ten years old -- that he bought used. He has earthly use for it. He just likes to drive it to a place outside the city with a lot of dirt roads and hills that he pays $20 or something to use for an hour, and drive up and down pretending to be grown up. It's a kind of sport, I gather, but one without any clearly defined goals or competition. If I were into this sort of thing, I'd want to drive a fire engine, I think. Or maybe a stage coach.
My brother-in-law has an older model Jeep... maybe ten years old -- that he bought used. He has earthly use for it. He just likes to drive it to a place outside the city with a lot of dirt roads and hills that he pays $20 or something to use for an hour, and drive up and down pretending to be grown up. It's a kind of sport, I gather, but one without any clearly defined goals or competition. If I were into this sort of thing, I'd want to drive a fire engine, I think. Or maybe a stage coach.
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