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  • 007InAction007InAction Australia
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    JamesCraig wrote: »
    I've seen it somewhere before but I can't remember the brand... :-?
    Mrcoggins wrote: »
    The above is an Alfa one of the Bat Cars

    Spot on.
    1953 Alfa Romeo BAT 5.
    I've never seen an alfa like this before
  • MrcogginsMrcoggins Following in the footsteps of Quentin Quigley.
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    If you like the Bat cars try and find the Disco Volante by Alfa.
  • 007InAction007InAction Australia
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    Mrcoggins wrote: »
    If you like the Bat cars try and find the Disco Volante by Alfa.

    I think the styling of the bat cars is awful compared to most alfas.
    What about your views.
    Disco Volante is a nice name for a car, or boat ala thunderball of course.... :)>-
  • mtmmtm United Kingdom
    edited August 2020 Posts: 14,983
    The Bat cars are pretty revered as being some of the most striking cars ever.

    How about the Superleggera Disco Volante, which was a tribute to some of those early Alfas (more the '52 Disco than the Bats perhaps)?

    disco-volante-02-630x358.jpg

    alfa-romeo-8c-S4246931-1.jpg

    And that second Disco Volante is in the colour 'Blu Largo'... which can't be a coincidence :)
  • PropertyOfALadyPropertyOfALady Colders Federation CEO
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    What's a bat car?
  • JamesCraigJamesCraig Ancient Rome
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    Qn83NVt.jpg

    1954 Panhard Dyna. :-)
  • 007InAction007InAction Australia
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    A Tesla driver using autopilot has admitted to watching a movie on his phone as his car crashed into two police vehicles that were stopped on the side of the road.

    https://www.drive.com.au/news/tesla-on-autopilot-crashed-into-police-car-while-driver-watched-a-movie-124142.html?trackLink=SMH3

    The future of motoring ? I hope not
  • CommanderRossCommanderRoss The bottom of a pitch lake in Eastern Trinidad, place called La Brea
    Posts: 7,978
    mtm wrote: »
    The Bat cars are pretty revered as being some of the most striking cars ever.

    How about the Superleggera Disco Volante, which was a tribute to some of those early Alfas (more the '52 Disco than the Bats perhaps)?

    disco-volante-02-630x358.jpg

    alfa-romeo-8c-S4246931-1.jpg

    And that second Disco Volante is in the colour 'Blu Largo'... which can't be a coincidence :)

    And it's a stunner of a car!
    007InAction wrote: »
    A Tesla driver using autopilot has admitted to watching a movie on his phone as his car crashed into two police vehicles that were stopped on the side of the road.

    https://www.drive.com.au/news/tesla-on-autopilot-crashed-into-police-car-while-driver-watched-a-movie-124142.html?trackLink=SMH3

    The future of motoring ? I hope not

    Tesla keeps on telling people to keep their eyes on the road. But what do they expect? Half the people who drive normal cars won't even do that....
  • JamesCraigJamesCraig Ancient Rome
    edited August 2020 Posts: 3,497
    One of my favourite Benzes: the S 65 AMG from 2007.


    YkjZCLL.jpg
  • 007InAction007InAction Australia
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    JamesCraig wrote: »
    One of my favourite Benzes: the S 65 AMG from 2007.

    YkjZCLL.jpg

    Great looking car.
    Looks better than the recent one.
    2018-mercedes-amg-s65-review.jpg
  • 007InAction007InAction Australia
    Posts: 2,355
    PropertyOfALady wrote: »
    What's a bat car?

    The 1953 Alfa Romeo BAT 5.
  • MajorDSmytheMajorDSmythe "I tolerate this century, but I don't enjoy it."Moderator
    Posts: 13,894
    When it comes to striking looking Alfas, none come close to the SZ. It's a marmite car. Personnally, I love it's angular styling.

    3888_10650089_0.jpg?itok=fuGbk04H
  • 007InAction007InAction Australia
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    MajorDSmythe wrote: »
    When it comes to striking looking Alfas, none come close to the SZ. It's a marmite car. Personnally, I love it's angular styling.

    3888_10650089_0.jpg?itok=fuGbk04H

    You've got to check out this Alfa Romeo SZ official promotional video.


    It's so cool.....
  • MajorDSmytheMajorDSmythe "I tolerate this century, but I don't enjoy it."Moderator
    Posts: 13,894
    007InAction wrote: »
    MajorDSmythe wrote: »
    When it comes to striking looking Alfas, none come close to the SZ. It's a marmite car. Personnally, I love it's angular styling.

    3888_10650089_0.jpg?itok=fuGbk04H

    You've got to check out this Alfa Romeo SZ official promotional video.


    It's so cool.....

    Very nice, thanks for posting. :) It looks even better with blacked out windows.
  • JamesCraigJamesCraig Ancient Rome
    edited August 2020 Posts: 3,497
    007InAction wrote: »
    JamesCraig wrote: »
    One of my favourite Benzes: the S 65 AMG from 2007.

    YkjZCLL.jpg

    Great looking car.
    Looks better than the recent one.
    2018-mercedes-amg-s65-review.jpg

    Agreed. I do like the current S, but this AMG looks too "funky".

    Take off the badges of the 2007 S and you won't even notice that it's an AMG, especially when it's a black or dark grey car.
  • 007InAction007InAction Australia
    Posts: 2,355
    JamesCraig wrote: »
    007InAction wrote: »
    JamesCraig wrote: »
    One of my favourite Benzes: the S 65 AMG from 2007.

    YkjZCLL.jpg

    Great looking car.
    Looks better than the recent one.
    2018-mercedes-amg-s65-review.jpg

    Agreed. I do like the current S, but this AMG looks too "funky".

    Take off the badges of the 2007 S and you won't even notice that it's an AMG, especially when it's a black or dark grey car.

    The Twin turbo V12 in that car will be a dinosaur when they release an electric version...?
  • GoldenGunGoldenGun Per ora e per il momento che verrà
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    007InAction wrote: »
    MajorDSmythe wrote: »
    When it comes to striking looking Alfas, none come close to the SZ. It's a marmite car. Personnally, I love it's angular styling.

    3888_10650089_0.jpg?itok=fuGbk04H

    You've got to check out this Alfa Romeo SZ official promotional video.


    It's so cool.....

    Awesome. Some of that looks like a Dario Argento movie :D
  • JamesCraigJamesCraig Ancient Rome
    Posts: 3,497
    007InAction wrote: »
    JamesCraig wrote: »
    007InAction wrote: »
    JamesCraig wrote: »
    One of my favourite Benzes: the S 65 AMG from 2007.

    YkjZCLL.jpg

    Great looking car.
    Looks better than the recent one.
    2018-mercedes-amg-s65-review.jpg

    Agreed. I do like the current S, but this AMG looks too "funky".

    Take off the badges of the 2007 S and you won't even notice that it's an AMG, especially when it's a black or dark grey car.

    The Twin turbo V12 in that car will be a dinosaur when they release an electric version...?

    They will still have the V12 in the next generation, which is forthcoming and they have had an electric one for quite a while now.

    I just think that the V12 won't come to Europe anymore.
  • 007InAction007InAction Australia
    edited September 2020 Posts: 2,355
    2021 Porsche Mission E Cross Turismo: A Fully Electric Wagon Aimed at Tesla
    Looks ugly imo Anyone like it ? Surely not............. ;;)
    porsche-mission-e-cross-turismo-concept-25-cars-worth-waiting-for-309-1527113315.jpg?crop=1xw:1xh;center,top&resize=980:*
  • JamesCraigJamesCraig Ancient Rome
    Posts: 3,497
    It does look ugly. :|
  • CommanderRossCommanderRoss The bottom of a pitch lake in Eastern Trinidad, place called La Brea
    Posts: 7,978
    007InAction wrote: »
    2021 Porsche Mission E Cross Turismo: A Fully Electric Wagon Aimed at Tesla
    Looks ugly imo Anyone like it ? Surely not............. ;;)
    porsche-mission-e-cross-turismo-concept-25-cars-worth-waiting-for-309-1527113315.jpg?crop=1xw:1xh;center,top&resize=980:*

    What do you expect? It's a Porsche.... I know, I shouldn't have complained about the lack of design effort on the 911s for so many years! Now I'm longing back to that....
  • zebrafishzebrafish <°)))< in Octopussy's garden in the shade
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    A Porsche definitively needs round headlights. What does the rest of it look like?
  • mtmmtm United Kingdom
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    It's a Taycan; I think they're pretty striking looking.
  • UnivexUnivex
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    It looks like Mario Moreno. Just saying.
  • 007InAction007InAction Australia
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    Jaguar XJ13
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  • UnivexUnivex
    Posts: 6,677
    007InAction wrote: »
    Jaguar XJ13
    1068873-1024.jpg

    Lovely. Brilliant, really.
  • 007InAction007InAction Australia
    edited September 2020 Posts: 2,355
    Sebastian Vettel reportedly buys ex-Mansell Williams
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    Great looking f1 car.

    Just six Williams FW14Bs were made for the 1992 season and last year another sold for £2,703,000.00 at a Bonhams at the Goodwood Festival of Speed.
    https://uk.motor1.com/news/442016/sebastian-vettel-reportedly-buys-ex-mansell-williams/
  • 007InAction007InAction Australia
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    Volvo P1800 restomod
    volvo-p1800-cyan-vi.jpg?width=1024
    Swedish racing division celebrates motorsport success and 60 years of iconic Volvo coupe with jaw-dropping restomod that will be available to buy
    https://www.motoring.com.au/cyan-racing-reveals-shock-volvo-p1800-restomod-126003/
  • mtmmtm United Kingdom
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    That works rather well.
  • 007InAction007InAction Australia
    Posts: 2,355
    mtm wrote: »
    That works rather well.

    Nice color too.
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