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Alpine's 'Sinister Six' debuts at CES
Chris is on the floor at CES in Las Vegas and sent back his first report already, which includes details on this little ditty, the ‘Sinister Six’ from Alpine. This was the vehicle’s first showing and there are no professional shots of it, as the car was finished too late to have them taken.
Read on for Chris’s first-hand report of the ‘Sinister Six’ and a few more pics. We’ll try and get more pics of this million-dollar show car for you later…
Based on a BMW 645ci, the Sinister Six project was begun on August 1st, 2005 and finished last Saturday. The bimmer is a single-seater and features a H.R. Giger-inspired paint job (he’s the guy responsible for the look and feel for the Alien films). The concept was conceived by Alpine’s own Steve Brown and Gary Bell.
The project car features custom-made Boyd Coddington wheels measuring 24"x10" in front and 26"x13" in rear and Brembo discs all around (that look tiny behind those massive wheels). The single seat is a motorized “throne” that rotates around for ease of entry and the curved dash features a bank of screens and speakers.
Chris reports the car has a sliding hard tonneau ‘speedster’ cover with what looks to be a rear engine on view like a Ferrari F50. It has to be a mockup, however, since the drivetrain is essentially stock. The rear end does house four 12" woofers with 8,000 watts of power, or at least that’s what Chris thought he heard of the din of 50 Cent being played.
Despite the heavy use of aluminum throughout the car’s structure to keep weight down, Alpine’s Bell reports that it drives "very heavy."
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Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)
FASTERNU426 11:16PM (1/05/2006)
And I thought that GM mobile urban van, apartment, whatever thing was ugly....
I don't even like Bimmers, but I hate to see someone spend a million bucks to ruin one!
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Wilson Britman 2:08AM (1/06/2006)
Further proof that money and taste aren't mutually inclusive.
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Galley 7:51AM (1/06/2006)
It looks like a melted Pontiac GTO.
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Rich 8:46AM (1/06/2006)
That is the meanest looking squid I've ever seen.
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jrhmobile 11:57AM (1/06/2006)
I love it. And all it took was maybe two hits of blotter to out-bangle Chris Bangle. Flame that funky surface, wing-boy ...
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Chris Powell 5:05PM (1/10/2006)
I attended CES and viewed Alpine's "Sinister Six." Despite all of the comments I just read, I'm going to give a little compassion on this. Those pictures of the car do it a deep injustice. Wait until pictures are available in detail with more of the car shown. This car is absolutely amazing, see it in person and it will take your breath away. Don't be so judgemental
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barrett slimmer 6:13PM (1/11/2006)
Another example of paying extra for ugly.If you can't, create something new and sleek, create something unique and ugly.
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Andrea 12:54PM (1/29/2006)
It resembles the Bat Mobile. It would probably make small children cry.
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andrew 10:27PM (12/02/2006)
Man what the hck is wrong with you guys. Go to Alpine's website and look at the pictures, and the install photos to appreciate the car for what it truly is.
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ADAM DRAPCHO 7:52PM (6/13/2007)
So how many of you people with the hateful comments about this car actually saw it in person? I did and it is an unbelieveable car and a very cutting edge concept. Let's try something here... if anyone here can even come close to building something like this or better please by all means let me know!
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Jeremy Kohut 8:11PM (7/14/2007)
Sweet car
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