[Closed] If you commissioned McLaren to build you a car....

Christ on a bicycle that's horrific.

Well SOMEBODY'S got a windtunnel...

oh. my.

MY EYES 😯

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First thing I thought when I saw that was "old citroen" - they looked like a dogs dinner also.

[quote=glupton1976 said]First thing I thought when I saw that was "old citroen" - they looked like a dogs dinner also.

Yup, same!

Looks like an Audi R8 has crashed into the original (Adam West) batmobile

That's what happens when a major shareholder in a company decides he wants a bespoke car!
It's not the designers or engineers fault honestly....:-)

horrendously ugly but I can't help liking it a little bit 😯

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Citroen Ds?

Should have bought a Citroen SM they are lovely

LOL...just cos you lot couldn't afford it 😉

Oh and the DS is beautiful

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It wouldn't look so bad if the back wheels didn't have those panels over them!

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Yet more evidence of the fact that money doe snot buy taste...

If old Citroens look like dogs' dinners then throw me a bone, nom nom.

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I'd ask for it to be powerful like a gorilla yet soft and yielding like a nerfball.

Rorschach - Member
I'd ask for it to be powerful like a gorilla yet soft and yielding like a nerfball.

Laterally stiff yet vertically compliant?

...cost a grand, fit four bikes and go to the moon and back on an eggcupfull of petrol.

If old Citroens look like dogs' dinners then throw me a bone, nom nom.

Isnt it funny, I genuinely can't think of anything (car-wise) more unpleasant to look at than that vehicle.

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That is "jack right"

I hope he kept his receipt

Coffeeking, you can't be serious?

Ssanyong Rhodius
Suzuki X-90
BMW x6
Renault Vel Satis

Plus lots more...

"[i]I genuinely can't think of anything (car-wise) more unpleasant to look at than that vehicle.[/i]"

May I suggest that sir might like to contemplate the wheel arches on the Peugeot 308 for a start?

has the look of a citroen cx at the front.
mine wouldnt look anything like that.

The front is the only angle the McLaren looks good from...

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i think id be going for the lotus principle of add lightness.
with a probably relatively small engine, but in a very light car.

Ah, then may I interest sir in the Visa Lotus?

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That McLaren is repugnant.

cynic-al - Member
LOL...just cos you lot couldn't afford it

Oh and the DS is beautiful

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and I want stuff and things and them fin things that make it COOOOOOL and a spoiler thats not a spoiler and wheels and stuff. And it has to be BLACK cause thats COOOOOOOOOL

Looks like something that Guigiaro or Ital design did in the late 80's and I suspect it's a vision that the owner had in his head when he was 6 years old and thought "one day, one day..."

An alternative headline...

[b]RICH AMERICAN GIVES BRITISH COMPANY A SHED LOAD OF MONEY[/b]

Pay Ron Dennis enough and he will build you a 200mph turd on wheels. So what.

Maybe he wanted one of these but couldn't get hold of the two that were made:

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I'd rather a McLaren that looked like this.
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I had heard about this but not seen it.

Staging a design competition and building all bespoke bodywork is not cheap. I nearly fell off my chair at how much the guy was willing to spend.

[quote=IanMunro ]Apparently the brief was to create something with the capability of the 12C, but wrapped up in something that reflected his "[b]special[/b] needs and personality".FTFY 😆

In response to the earlier post thinking I might prefer to hate a ssanyong. You're wrong. At least they are not trying to look good, just normal!

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