You say it’s sheet metal is on display. Do you think they just take the finished body and sick vinyl on it?
You say it’s sheet metal is on display. Do you think they just take the finished body and sick vinyl on it?
Man, no shit: when I did the launch drive for this car back in 2014, they had all this British stuff everywhere. Union Jack flags, The Who and the Stones playing all over the place. But all the engineers there were German guys! “You like the new Mini, ja? Das ist ein kleiner Rennwagen, ja?”
Also interesting to note is what appears to be a small camera mounted on the roof just above the B-pillar. Similar cameras have been seen on the roofs of other Supra mules and prototypes, like in the picture above, where the camera appears to be facing forward.
It’s to hide subtle styling cues in spy shots, so there’s some interest and surprise left when there’s an actual reveal of a finalized design. It’s based of the Dazzle camouflage of WWI battleships.
It hides the lines of the bodywork. Compare the vents in the nose of the P1: without camo, they’re HUGE! With camp, they’re practically invisible.
Man. I became sick of this thing the minute it wasn’t going to have a manual.
PLOT TWIST: This is the C8 Corvette and that mid-engine prototype thing is the new Z5/Supra
Definitely.
“Ford Escape RPF1" came up empty. Bummer. I might have to be the first.
Your scientists were so preoccupied with whether or not they could, they didn’t stop to think if they should.
I’m convinced.
Yep, he binned a Jag F-Type in The Perfect Road Trip 2.
Cars that Hammond has wrecked to date:
In his defense, storing anything other than gas in a gas can is not a wise move. Unless it had huge labels on it.
Not only did the public hate the new Skyline’s lack of any road car looks...
I’m just happy a major automotive publication finally explained the difference between the Group C Skyline Turbo C and the Super Silhouette version it always gets confused with.
Great article! I never knew that Nissan ran their motorsport programs in such a manner. Bummer Nissan repeated history on the Nismo GT-LM.
And also BlueMazda2, he helped a lot.
I’ve been trying to get featured on Jalopnik for years, and now that I have...I wasn’t expecting it to be for this.
I remember being a kid and falling in love with the Twingo because of those press pics you posted. Fist I saw the ones with the sumo wrestlers in a magazine and I immediately fell in love with the Twingo. Then later I went to the closest Renault dealership and asked them for the sales brochure, which was shaped like a…