BigBob52
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Another Daewoo link:
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I posted this link before but it reinforces a lot of what you say - and adds in a few prototypes I had never heard of before with links to the present.It all makes sense though, in the same way we end up with cars like the Peugeot 406 Coupe and the Ferrari 456 sharing lines, both penned by Pininfarina - cars are partially designed based on the styles of the time, meaning similarities are inevitable.
Look at the 70s / 80s wedge cars as an example, especially any penned by Giugiaro, like the Lotus Esprit and BMW M1, or the Maserati Bora and (i think) some ItalDesign Porsche concept that shared the odd rear window arrangement, or that Vector and the Lambo Diablo (and the other obscure supercar at the time that was virtually identical to a Diablo...)
Wow that is one Stunning Sports Car.OMG. I wish they had built this:
Alfa Romeo 2uettottanta by Pininfarina | Concept Cars | Diseno-Art
www.diseno-art.com
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Rob.
The purists could all then moan about a GM block!Wow that is one Stunning Sports Car.
I hope that was RWD and had at least a 3.0 V6 up front.
OMG. I wish they had built this:
Alfa Romeo 2uettottanta by Pininfarina | Concept Cars | Diseno-Art
www.diseno-art.com
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Challenge accepted. Alfa only made 18 of these - the sound is almost as good as it looks.Still look so great today. A waste of a design....Should have daily this.
It sounds really petty; but the designers never seem to allow for a licence plate that can potentially ruin the looks of a stunning design....And where do you put the front number plate when you get one?
Volkswagen W12 anybody?
Another one that didn't make it...with the same design problem. In 1997, at the Tokyo Motor Show, Volkswagen debuted their first sports car concept, a bright yellow W12 Syncro (also known as the W12 Syncro Coupé) with a 5.6-litre W12 engine producing 309 kW (420 PS; 414 bhp) with Syncro four-wheel drive. This, and the W12 concepts after it, were all designed by the Italdesign firm in Italy.