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Spatule posted:It's closer to a hatch than a proper wagon from what I gathered. Is the V40 on the same platform as the S40, Focus, Mazda3? Sure looks like a Swedish Mazda3 to me.
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davebo posted:When I said it wouldn't be like a V8, I was referring to Keyser's desire for a Prius to "rumble" like a big V8. Badass performance is all well and good but Keyser wants the sound. I still say lightning and thunder is a good alternative, and if they want to implement some speaker system for all EV's so blind pedestrians can hear, you've got the thunder and just add some electric noises like your car is one big Tesla coil. Yeah, you'd never get sound like an ICE out of an electric motor. Noise equals wasted energy and electrics are simply too efficient. Personally, I like the new turbine-like whine you can hear in the cabin under full acceleration, but it's not particularly loud on the outside. I think thunder could be a good "powerful electric motor" sound, especially the whipcrack+lightning sound a lot of special effects guys love. Do a low rolling thunder for lower revs, too.
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MetaJew posted:Is the V40 on the same platform as the S40, Focus, Mazda3? Sure looks like a Swedish Mazda3 to me. I believe it's a newer variant of that platform that is more Volvoized. There's no tech tie-in anymore so the Volvo, Mazda and Focus will continue to diverge. The most apt comparison is Swedish Golf, I think.
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2ndclasscitizen posted:I too judge a car's appearance by photos of it heavily camouflaged. And it's the 599 replacement, not new California.  I told you that was a real back end. It sucks. The side profile is lovely though.
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A5H posted:
It looks good, it's a homage to a 250 gto or something. If you don't like it you can, uh, not buy it?
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ppp posted:It looks good, it's a homage to a 250 gto or something. If you don't like it you can, uh, not buy it? So I can only criticize a design if I can afford a quarter of a million quid eh? Thanks man.
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A5H posted:So I can only criticize a design if I can afford a quarter of a million quid eh? Thanks man. No you can't criticize a design because you post stance scenesters every day :P Nah I'm just joshin' you. It definitely looks like the car is wearing a thong but I don't mind since it is a pretty outrageous car to begin with. My problem is still Ferrari's new mazda smiley face grille. Back to the Volvo though, does anyone feel like the C30 would have been a bigger success if it hadn't been driven by everyone's least favorite vampire douchebag in that douchebag vampire movie? Maybe if someone stuck some wagons and hatchbacks in a Transformers movie we'd actually get some released stateside.
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The issue with the C30 is that it's not really that good. I like Volvos and I test drove one when I was looking most recently, and the GTI destroys it in pretty much every metric other than "Is Made By Swedish Company"
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davebo posted:No you can't criticize a design because you post stance scenesters every day :P I don't know anything about this vampire business because I don't watch movies or read books aimed children. The C30 would have been a bigger success if it was an Impala or an F150. However what it was actually a 2 door hatchback that cost $30k+ and only came with 1 turbo engine. The pool of people who want a car like than and have $30k to spend is exceedingly small. I just saw an interview at the Detroit Auto show with Volvo's head honcho and basically the new S60 is going to replace the C30 and S40.
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KozmoNaut posted:Yeah, you'd never get sound like an ICE out of an electric motor. Noise equals wasted energy and electrics are simply too efficient. Personally, I like the new turbine-like whine you can hear in the cabin under full acceleration, but it's not particularly loud on the outside. You could make all sorts of vehicle sounds with dedicated speakers. Hell, we already have fake interior engine noise in the new M5, why not a Prius outfitted with outward facing 1500 watt 15 inch engine noise subwoofers that rumble at 130db? I guarantee that this kind of stupid poo poo is coming as people will always demand new ways to be obnoxious. 
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Throatwarbler posted:I don't know anything about this vampire business because I don't watch movies or read books aimed children. I would just like to defend myself that I didn't watch Twilight until a few months ago and it was because goons told me the rifftrax for it was one of the funnier ones, and it was. The fact that the guy drove a C30 that they noticeably had to speed up the film footage to make it look like he was driving it fast was just a bonus, and the failed attempt at doing a burnout 180 in a fwd car.
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A5H posted:
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travisray2004 posted:What is that towards the diffusor(s)? An iPhone dock?
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travisray2004 posted:What is that towards the diffusor(s)? F1 style fog/brake light?
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KYOON GRIFFEY JR posted:F1 style fog/brake light? Yea, for people who haven't seen it: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4rQcF8gZRmY&feature=related
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Does today's announcement mean that GM will be selling lovely Peugeots in the US as Chevys instead of lovely Daewoos?
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I really doubt it. Guessing its more to do with developing diesel engines for the European market, I don't think anything that Peugeot or GM is doing there is exactly class leading right now.
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Throatwarbler posted:The C30 would have been a bigger success if it was an Impala or an F150. However what it was actually a 2 door hatchback that cost $30k+ and only came with 1 turbo engine. The pool of people who want a car like than and have $30k to spend is exceedingly small. My friend who is not a car guy was in the market for a hatchback recently. He asked me for recommendations on where to start, and I told him to look at the GTI, the A3, and the Mini. He ended up with a C30. He said "everyone else has a Rabbit a Mini or an Audi". Fair enough. A lot of people don't care if their car is the best. They use feelings and poo poo. Weird.
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niggerstink420 posted:Does today's announcement mean that GM will be selling lovely Peugeots in the US as Chevys instead of lovely Daewoos? Peugeots might be lovely, but at least they look cool.   
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Ive been seeing a Veloster on the way home from work for the last week or so and I gotta say its a very attractive looking car. I could never own one considering I dislike FWD, but an AWD turbo version would get me on board. a RWD would be a deposit-made-take-my-money situation but we all know that would never happen.
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thinking about it, of all the current models of all the brands out there (that are actually affordable, sort of sub £25k), the best looking ones are all French... how did that happen?
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Linedance posted:Peugeots might be lovely, but at least they look cool. An Audi TT raped an Eclipse.
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Linedance posted:Peugeots might be lovely, but at least they look cool. Such a blatant TT ripoff it's not funny.
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I love the double-bubble roof though, god drat.
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VikingSkull posted:An Audi TT raped an Eclipse. 
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VikingSkull posted:An Audi TT raped an Eclipse. Hey now, that front end is 95% indistinguishable from a Mazda 3. Don't you forget it.  
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Wamsutta posted:Such a blatant TT ripoff it's not funny. a dead sexy ripoff...
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The rear end end looks more like a 350Z to me.
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They do look really, really good in the metal, though. That they don't have a mid-rear power train layout is a crime.
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davebo posted:Raped? That Eclipse was asking for it, driving around with half its parts exposed: With the hood and hatch looking like that, it makes the regular doors look as though they're opening the wrong way.
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A TT profile, with a Mazda 3  , the backend of the 350z roadster (that looks retarded), and Cayman hips.I don't think I'd call it sexy, just, strange.
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oRenj9 posted:A TT profile, with a Mazda 3 You forgot the McLaren SLR schnozz.
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Q_res posted:You forgot the McLaren SLR schnozz. I really don't think the nose looks anything like the SLR.
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That's not really what I meant, I was just referring to the little schnozz sticking out in the middle. It doesn't really resemble the SLR, but it's a pretty similar styling element that's reminiscent (to me) of the SLR.
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Its just the (somewhat awkward looking) Peugeot front - standard across all their recent models Even their hillarious Mitsubishi rebadge SUV has a varient: 
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It still lives, hopefully Mazda can stay alive long enough to let it reach maturity http://wardsauto.com/vehicles-amp-technology/mazda-design-breakthrough-may-give-rotary-new-life
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Brigdh posted:It still lives, hopefully Mazda can stay alive long enough to let it reach maturity quote:“I can’t specify how we plan to address this problem,” the Mazda engineer says, “but the rotary’s spark plug is in a recessed position (below the housing surface), compared to that of a piston engine. 
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hedge posted:Looks like a diagram of the female reproductive system. I can't unsee it now. Thanks a lot... 
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When will the nanny state stop? http://www.nytimes.com/2012/02/28/business/us-rule-set-for-cameras-at-cars-rear.html
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