HMC Hidalgo 2010

[Tsukishima]

HMC Hidalgo '10

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The HMC (Helvetic Motor Company) Hidalgo is based on a Mercedes-Benz SLK 55 AMG, it has obvious styling influences from the 1930-era Bugatti Type 57 models including the iconic Atlantic. It's the work of a Swiss firm called Helvetic Motor Company (H.M.C.)

The drivetrain remains the same as the SLK 55's. So that means a 5.5 litre V8 pumping out 360 horsepower, and 376 lb-ft (510 Nm) of torque @ 4,000 rpm. Power is sent to the rear wheels though Mercedes' seven-speed 7G-Tronic transmission.

To give credit where it's due, some of the team behind the Hidalgo are ex-F1 technicians.

Specs:

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Think of the Hidalgo as something like the European equivalent of Japan's Mitsuoka Himiko.

 

[Aero2000]

Help! I don't know what I think of this car, one half of me "that's cool! press like" the other half say "what a ugly front and that interior don't seems to have something to do with the rest of the car" But yeah you have my vote

 

[JKgo]

.....That brown interior is not my cup of tea, and the white bits on the outside really detract from the overall design, but I can't stop looking at it. Wish it wasn't based on a SLK55 though - that car is far too old....
Anyways, got my vote.

Oh, and this, too. Hope HMC won't get sued for naming rights...

 

[CORRUPTEDDISC]

Oh, and this, too. Hope HMC won't get sued for naming rights...

I don't think that they will, since it's named after the real horse Hidalgo rather than just the movie.