Filed under: Concept Cars, China, Misc. Auto Shows
Geely Forwind Concept takes stage in Beijing... mass vomiting ensues
We're so sorry to bring this to you on a holiday, as your gullet full of turkey bird and oyster stuffing could make en encore after viewing the large photo gallery we've assembled after the jump of the Geely Forwind Concept. We showed you the Forwind last week when our colleagues at Autoblog Chinese caught it outside the Beijing Motor Show unattended. The post turned out to be incredibly popular, likely because the Forwind is a wreck on wheels, so the boys went back and took more shots (AND VIDEO!) of the Forwind on the show floor.
This is a car that really shakes the world's confidence in the Chinese auto industry. In fact, we'd rather have Chinese automakers continue copying designs from around the world than strike out on their own and produce turds like this.
Follow the jump for repulsive Geely Forwind shots from every angle (AND VIDEO!)
[Source: Autoblog Chinese]
VIDEO:
PHOTO GALLERY:
_opt_thumbnail.jpg)
Reader Comments (Page 1 of 3)
armandd 8:11AM (11/23/2006)
scrap metal.
Reply
Timothy 8:16AM (11/23/2006)
I was thinking the same thing. In all sincerity, please, please continue to copy other world designs.
Reply
flintstrike 8:39AM (11/23/2006)
Wow -- this thing looks like something out of a bad sci-fi movie.
Reply
isrltrkfn 8:40AM (11/23/2006)
um, i kinda like the way the badge is next to the little headlight but thats it. if thats all they took from this concept car it would be ok
Reply
Mikey 8:42AM (11/23/2006)
wow that is horrible. Included in this awful mess is a copy of the BMW turn signal on the side
Reply
John 8:45AM (11/23/2006)
My eyes! The goggles do nothing!
Reply
ATL 8:49AM (11/23/2006)
Dodge Hornet to be built off this platform!!
Reply
Galley 8:53AM (11/23/2006)
Great Googly Moogly! That ugly bastard of a vehicle makes the Pontiac Aztek look like Charlize Theron.
Reply
whofan 8:58AM (11/23/2006)
Stealth car? I wonder if you cns evade police radar with this?
Reply
Jason_801 9:04AM (11/23/2006)
I think it's more designed to evade purchase and ownership.
Reply
A 9:07AM (11/23/2006)
I see both BMW Z4 and Fiat Stilo details in that heap of trash.
Reply
R 9:11AM (11/23/2006)
From the back, it kinda looks like a modern Cadillac. Overall it looks like the stealth fighter.
Reply
mikomichan 9:21AM (11/23/2006)
Well, it works very well as an attention grabber. Unfortunately, it is for all the wrong reasons.
Reply
Kowell 9:32AM (11/23/2006)
ok...I think I managed to work out the gag reflex... It's almost as if they tryed to best the last Batmobile. There is absolutely no way such a hidious thign could find a market... other than 3-4 lunatics. But the biggest question about this "thing" is.... Shouldn't the headlights be BIGGER than a roll of quarters?
Reply
riverhead 9:57AM (11/23/2006)
The design looks as if it was forced through a paper shredder and then taped back together by a 3-year old. Seriously, get out of the auto business before you hurt yourself.
Reply
Jim P. 10:22AM (11/23/2006)
Wow, it looks like one of those Transformers my brother used to have when he was a kid. From the looks of this, I think it transforms into a metal turd.
Reply
joe 10:25AM (11/23/2006)
Someone call GM and tell them we found their 2007 Aztek!
:)
DAMN that's ugly...
Reply
LaughingTooHard 10:42AM (11/23/2006)
No really the outside - um - misdirected. But the INTERIOR rocks for me. How much time was spent on that? 2 hours? 3? OK find they hacked that up before lunch then jumped off the nearest bridge. Overall, it is poor, pitiful and really very unattractive. Sounds like the male designers were just making a statement about their prospects for a wife. After getting prespective with a model, it was even more painful (what is she 15 and 4'6"?). This is a subcompact made from spare parts of a crashed F117, Wal-Mart Housewares and Geo Metro wheels. If it had some decent sized tires and wheels and maybe a wheel arc it might be less repulsive but honestly - How? Why? and What can we do about it? After Stallone finishes Rocky 6 he can do a movie about how an aging ex-Blackops/ex-Foose-like designer flies to Bejing with a Blue Devil Bond style equipped Vette to save the world from Geely. Lots of explosions and flaming wrecks please...
Reply
Reg Kirby 10:49AM (11/23/2006)
Maybe Brinks will use these as mini armoured cars. Or camoflage it and mount a machine gun on top. This won't improve its looks but it will look like it is built with that in mind. This is as ugly as the Chrysler Imperial Concept.
Reply
JG 10:51AM (11/23/2006)
IN SOVIET CHINA.... car pukes on you!!!
Reply