[Tornado]

Duke

I felt the same way about the NSX Ferrari conversion.

The NSX to F50 one? That looked nice, and possibly even handled better because of it.
I do see your point though, and would like to add that the skinning of such a beautiful car as the 406 Coupe into an equally beautiful 360 seems odd to me, especially since the car is still FWD.

[Delirious]

Whoever said the 406 Coupe was equally beautiful (if beautiful at all) to a 360??

[Tornado]

Quite a few people did, including American journalists who didn't even get the car.

[the Interceptor]

I don't get that as well. You build a fake Ferrari, with not having a single advantage. Car nuts will immediately recognise that it's fake, the ones that don't will ask questions on which the owner will have to answer that it's a fake, which is extremely awkward. So you don't fool anyone, and the risk of it being stolen is even higher than before. You have a lot of work, and all it does is not drive like a Ferrari and embarrass you. What's the point?

The only way I can probably understand it is thinking of it as a hobby, as something to do when you've done anything else with cars. There's no way to be taken seriously with that project though, apart from being a good mechanic maybe.

Regards
the Interceptor

[-Fred-]

Delirious XVII

Whoever said the 406 Coupe was equally beautiful (if beautiful at all) to a 360??

It's way better looking than a 360 Modena... Way better than all the Ferraris that have been on sale in the past 5-6 years, even.

[Diego440]

then why do so many people buy replicas?

[the Interceptor]

Diego440

then why do so many people buy replicas?

'There are only two infinite things: the universe and human stupidity. Of the first one, I'm not so sure ' -- Albert Einstein

[Diego440]

Priceless

[Holdenhsvgtsr]

[opendriver]

Without the huge rims and widebody, thats a sweet car!
Out of all the tings to do to a geo:

[Duke]

Diego440

then why do so many people buy replicas?

Because a replica - lets say, the popular Cobra replicas - are built from the ground up as a reproduction of a car that is simply unavailable to the vast majority of people. It is not taking something that exists and turning it into something that it patently is not. Replicas like the good Cobras do not include fake engines in the back seat. Replicas like that are rarely advertised for or owned by people who are pretending to own the real thing. They are owned by people who want to drive the real thing in a way that poses too much risk for an actual original car.

Imagine a field full of original Cobras going hammer and tongs on a race track - forget it. But Spec Five brings that excitement to the track every weekend without risking multiple millions of dollars in irreplaceable cars.

Also consider that many of the better-resolved Cobra replicas will actually outperform the original, while also handling better, being more comfortable, and above all, being more reliable. Whereas that poor misbegotten 406 is not even going to perform as well as a stock 406 - let alone the Ferrari it is pretending to be.

A Cobra replica with a new 427 crate motor in it still has a 427, even if it is not a 40-year-old car! Whereas that poor Peugeot does not have a Ferrari V8 in it... it's just pretending to.

I guess what I'm trying to say is that people buy replica cars because they want to drive the real thing but can't afford it. Whereas people buy fake cars because they don't care about driving the real thing but they want other people to think they can afford it.

[GT4_Rule]

Wow...

But you can't trick some people...can't get the same engine sound and stuff.

[bondy_1625]

Duke

Because a replica - lets say, the popular Cobra replicas - are built from the ground up as a reproduction of a car that is simply unavailable to the vast majority of people. It is not taking something that exists and turning it into something that it patently is not. Replicas like the good Cobras do not include fake engines in the back seat. Replicas like that are rarely advertised for or owned by people who are pretending to own the real thing. They are owned by people who want to drive the real thing in a way that poses too much risk for an actual original car.

Imagine a field full of original Cobras going hammer and tongs on a race track - forget it. But Spec Five brings that excitement to the track every weekend without risking multiple millions of dollars in irreplaceable cars.

Also consider that many of the better-resolved Cobra replicas will actually outperform the original, while also handling better, being more comfortable, and above all, being more reliable. Whereas that poor misbegotten 406 is not even going to perform as well as a stock 406 - let alone the Ferrari it is pretending to be.

A Cobra replica with a new 427 crate motor in it still has a 427, even if it is not a 40-year-old car! Whereas that poor Peugeot does not have a Ferrari V8 in it... it's just pretending to.

Also if you bought the Cobra replica as a kit,(which im sure a few people do) then got it built up, or better still built it yourself, you're looking at an insurance premium about 10x lower than what a real one would cost.

[Jay]

Could you imagine if some car theif stole it? (the replica Ferrari) Man they would get a dissapointment when they realise it's not a Ferrari.

[Metar]

Here. Three exhausts on each side...

Although, when viewed from other directions, it seemed that the middle ones aren't real. They didn't seem to go anywhere... They're probably the kind of exhaust that propelzz u thru da air and makes you go 250MPH!!!1!

[Pink_the_Floyd]

Why would'nt those be real?

I've seen a Honda Accord with an exhaust of 30 sentimetres (!) and a Saxo with 16 exhausts!


Can't deliver proof though...

[Metar]

Well, it's not real because I've looked around them. They seemed to be simply there, not connected...

[Gen.]

Pink_the_Floyd

a Saxo with 16 exhausts!


Can't deliver proof though...

YOU CALL?

[stumpydino]

thats 12 ya foo

[bondy_1625]

Saw this today near my work, not sure whether i should post it here or not.



If it was one colour only id drive it, even if it was that pink