Thread: New Holden?

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Holden ?.... Nah.

where is a new pannie ?

The only thing I could gather from those pics was that the designer is a very angry person.

Like a BMW 7 series at the front and a Panamera on the end.

thats a fine looking car, nice stance and heft.

tone down the chrome, rework the grille, lower the aussie/us macho quotient, give it a decent set of wheels and graft on a bit of classy british understatement especially around the C-pillar and it would make a nice jaguar.

how are you supposed to fcuk in the back seat ?

Originally Posted by baldrick

how are you supposed to fcuk in the back seat ?

2 mates in the back with two spinners sat on them? The ultimate bangkok and manila airport pickup car?

Originally Posted by pseudolus

Like a BMW 7 series at the front and a Panamera on the end.

Exactly. And somehow, the combo works. That's a very nice looking car.

Another GM tacky product, most likely made for china, just a bit of design work for the holden
people now no one wants their local crap in OZ.

Originally Posted by Bettyboo

The frontal 3/4 shot

I 'll give you a frontal 3/4 shot - all over your titties

fcukin pommy cnuts baggin holdens , an aussie icon

Originally Posted by baldrick

I 'll give you a frontal 3/4 shot - all over your titties fcukin pommy cnuts baggin holdens , an aussie icon

The Holden is a badge engineered, mass produced car available in most countries, designed and distributed by the US parent company.
A bit like British Leyland in the 60's and 70's. Shit products in different disguises.
No style no class and as ugly as a wart on the Mona Lisa.
Betty was spot on. That car is monstrously fugly. Aussie icon my arse.

That car is monstrously fugly.

then perhaps you would like to give us an example of a current mass produced car that is not ugly.

Originally Posted by reddog

most likely made for china

Yep. Reason it's called Buick. Chinese love dem.

I ws going to say the Alfa Giulietta

alfa sadly lost their moxie years ago.

car design these days is dictated by safety concerns and bean counters, true individuality of design is hard to find nowadays compared to say the 30's to the 50's, for me the real ages of automobile art.

ferrari and aston martin produce truly beautiful cars, although even aston martin now are reduced to blinging up existing cars is an attempt to attract buyers, but bling is what people seem to want.

porsche and the german design has become smug, bmws and mercedes now are positively ugly, they could be korean. the italians are mostly lost and the rest just copy whatever this weeks popular design features seem to be and graft it on to their latest model as a facelift, and the yanks havent designed a nice looking car since the early sixties.

the land rover defender is still the bees knees though.



its 60 years old, but still perfect.

Design for my four SWB Landrovers wasn't the deciding factor.
It was because they were initially designed to be a small tractor 555!

A triumph of marketing.

How a crude, uncomfortable and thoroughly unreliable vehicle could even to this day still be vaunted as the zenith of off - road capability is a credit to the advertising boys and perhaps an enduring symbol of British gullibility. Actually, this little vignette of engineering hubris is a good metaphor for modern Britain in which many still cling to the notion that they are inherently superior to everyone else when in truth they are are nothing more than an anachronism jerking along on a dodgy gearbox and a dubious big end.

Clapped out but still living the dream. Love the way they came up with the name " Defender "; those boys sure earned their corn that day.

Well, in truth most serious off - roaders the world over choose Jap stuff because of their superior reliability and longevity but what the heck.

Anyway, as far as current automotive design fads go, yes, I wholeheartedly agree with you that current trends are dreadfully overwrought.

I still pine terribly for my old Saab 9- 3. Fucker nearly killed me several times but sitting in it and poodling up any decent carriageway was a joy in itself,and it looked so right.

Re the "Landy", they truly are the biggest piece of shit you could ever have the misfortune of being lumbered with if you need a serious 4WD to get to work and get you home again in the middle of nowhere. I've worked in highly remote and inhospitable terrain around the world for 30+ years, in that time we've tried out Landy's, Hummers, Nissans, Mercedes G-Wagons, Jeeps, Landcruisers, Mitsubishi's and some shitbox made in an Eastern Bloc country who's name eludes me. There's a very good reason that every oil and seismic company on the planet stick with Landcruisers, no matter what people who've never really been offroad (like Jeremy Clarkson ) might say. The final proof in the pudding is when you get into the absolute middle of nowhere and conditions are extreme, see what the locals are driving. I'm in such a place right now, the Bedouin all have Cruisers.

Originally Posted by taxexile

perhaps you prefer this grotesque monstrosity ?

for non racetrack roads the X6 is probably the most efficient speed machine to get around in

Originally Posted by Seekingasylum

and it looked so right.

I am sure your matching handbag and earrings had a lot to do with it

Originally Posted by Headworx

Landcruisers

only off road machine worth considering

for non racetrack roads the X6 is probably the most efficient speed machine to get around in

for non racetrack roads, at speeds up to 90mph, i would suggest this little gem might be a more efficient way to get around in