Is the Range Rover Sport the apex in arsehole wheels ?

[High Voltage]

The Ford Capri is back. Unfortunately, it's an SUV because what else would it be? Nobody cares about that, so here's a picture of a 1979 Group 5 Capri instead.

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I've just googled pictures of the new one

Suffering Fuck

If there's ever a case of "in name only"

 

[Saul Goodman]

I've just googled pictures of the new one

Suffering Fuck

If there's ever a case of "in name only"

It's definitely no Mini or Beetle.

I honestly don't know what they were thinking. The Capri was shite in its time. Very few actual car enthusiasts owned them, as they handled like a new born giraffe, so it was mostly posers who owned them, and those posers wouldn't be seen dead in a Ford now, so I can't see who they're trying to sell the name to.

 

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It's definitely no Mini or Beetle.

I honestly don't know what they were thinking. The Capri was shite in its time. Very few actual car enthusiasts owned them, as they handled like a new born giraffe, so it was mostly posers who owned them, and those posers wouldn't be seen dead in a Ford now, so I can't see who they're trying to sell the name to.

They were great fun to drive and some are now fetching quite a premium.

 

[Saul Goodman]

They were great fun to drive and some are now fetching quite a premium.

I think you might have to define 'fun'.
I drove plenty of them, and I wouldn't call the experience fun.

 

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I think you might have to define 'fun'.
I drove plenty of them, and I wouldn't call the experience fun.

You could drift the rear end easily.

 

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No surprises here

Land Rover makes the most unreliable cars with three models likely to develop faults – Car Dealer Magazine

Land Rover makes the most unreliable cars according to a survey of more than 16,000 car owners. The What Car? research has named and shamed the worst car

cardealermagazine.co.uk

 

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A tasteful addition to the thread just £60,000

2013 Mercedes-Benz Mansory Gronos G63 For Sale By Auction

Vendor supplied imagesAstonishing 840bhp G63 Mansory Gronos Very rare and finished in classic Magic Yellow ‘1 of 1’ bespoke carbon fibre...

www.carandclassic.com

 

[Dogsauce]

That looks like it should be craned off a ship to explore the depths of the ocean.

 

[Saul Goodman]

That looks like it should be craned off a ship to explore the depths of the ocean.

It wants turning into a boat anchor.
Fucking state of it. It's like something a child would draw. It's hard to believe somebody brought that drawing into a board meeting and didn't get a punch in the face, never mind getting it signed off.

 

[T & P]

Waste of a good engine

 

[_Russ_]

Christ! that's some some achievement......Everything about it is wrong, well I mean there must be something to like but I can't fucking see it

 

[Bahnhof Strasse]

There's a few of them around here and they look so ridiculously out of place in a Surrey Hills market town, even the ones that are black or grey just look daft. But in places like LA or the UAE they seem to fit in quite well, not that yellow abomination, but the G Wagon in general has a kind of Blade Runner feel to it.

 

[kebabking]

I, for one, see no connection whatsoever between places like LA and the UAE, and some dystopian nightmare...

 

[Leafster]

Is it just me but does the front end remind anyone else of a Citroen Dyane (flat windscreen, wheel arches, recessed headlights and grill etc)?

 

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Forget SUVs is it time to move attention elsewhere?
"The engines rev, the guitars thrum and a gruff narrator lays out why the vehicle occupying the driveway is more than just a machine. “A truck is a tool,” he says, “but a Ram – a Ram is life.”

Monster pickup trucks accelerate into Europe as sales rise despite safety fears

A Dodge Ram 1500 is bigger than a Panzer I tank and campaigners say heavy trucks are ‘lethal’ in collisions

www.theguardian.com

 

[Chz]

Forget SUVs is it time to move attention elsewhere?
"The engines rev, the guitars thrum and a gruff narrator lays out why the vehicle occupying the driveway is more than just a machine. “A truck is a tool,” he says, “but a Ram – a Ram is life.”

Monster pickup trucks accelerate into Europe as sales rise despite safety fears

A Dodge Ram 1500 is bigger than a Panzer I tank and campaigners say heavy trucks are ‘lethal’ in collisions

www.theguardian.com

I'm leaning towards favouring tyre slashing on pickups that aren't used for real work. It's exceptionally stupid as a recreational vehicle. Even then, somehow farmers and builders managed to ply their trade before pickups were a common thing here.

There's someone locally with a ridiculous (and ridiculously named) "Barbarian" that's now several years old, not a scratch on it, and a cover over the bed at all times. Hateful thing. I know I'm evil and bought an SUV, but at least I do put 5 people, their luggage and a walker into it.

 

[DownwardDog]

The twin turbo EcoBoost F150 is a better bet than the RAM 1500. I wonder why the Dodge is so popular in the UK? Maybe just price.

If you IVA one from Australia you could get an RHD one, but it would be pricey.

 

[T & P]

Spotted today

 

[Saul Goodman]

Spotted today

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Outside Selfridge's, his and his or his and hers. They were immediately behind a McLaren, with a blue badge.