But I hope it does. Way out of my budget, but it sure appeals to me.
But I hope it does. Way out of my budget, but it sure appeals to me.
Needs smaller wheels.
Sounds like they're pulling a GRM and dropping an old, cool body on a new chassis. Fun.
Looks like it was designed by one of those caricature artists at the county fair.
"I'll make all the little design features BIGGER"
One could argue that it's pretty because the original was pretty, but I do especially like the way they resolved the rear end. That said, I'm not sold on the front horizontal vent that makes it look like the hood is always popped.
The thing that always bothers me about these "old body's grafted to new chassis" swaps is how HIGH the beltline ends up relative to the original designs. The wheels could and should stay modern sizes but the body needs to be about 5" lower. Settle the greenhouse down and push the wheels up into the fenders more.
People always end up doing kinda silly looking sill extensions to try to hide the fact that the doorsill is like 15" off the ground.
That is a damn pretty car.
But that engine isn't a V8.
Matt B (fs) said:
That said, I'm not sold on the front horizontal vent that makes it look like the hood is always popped.
That's how it was from the factory on the stepnose ones.
Matt B (fs) said:One could argue that it's pretty because the original was pretty, but I do especially like the way they resolved the rear end. That said, I'm not sold on the front horizontal vent that makes it look like the hood is always popped.
That is a nod to the Alfa "step nose" GTVs. A design feature that a lot of enthusiasts go gaga over but I am unsure of
Frankly, it looks like they started out with the first picture as the basis for their rendering
Streetwiseguy said:I bet it won't look as good in real life
...And it doesn't even look that good in virtual life.
I love the step-nose Alfas, but if I were to drop some serious coin it wouldn't be on this. I'd get on the Alfaholics site and start ticking boxes.
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