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Giugiaro Vadho studio shots emerge
The Motor Trend blog gave us a heads-up that thay've scored studio photos of the Geneva-bound Giugiaro Vadho concept car that popped onto everyone's radar last week. Looking like something you'd find in a Hot Wheels blister-pack, the Vadho's powered by the same V12 used in BMW's Hydrogen 7. Shifts come courtesy of the automaker's seven-speed SMG.
The driver and one passenger sit underneath the fighter jet-style canopy, and use joysticks (appropriate, given the aircraft-like seating arrangement) to control the car's drive-by-wire system. The engine is located to their right at the center of the car. Damon, Noah and special guest star Alberto Ballestin from Autoblog Spanish will bring you full coverage of this car and the rest of the goodies on display in Switzerland next week.Head over to the MT blog to see a larger rear view of the Vadho concept.
[Source: Motor Trend blog]
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Rick Lyon 5:46PM (3/02/2007)
GO SPEED RACER, GO SPEED RACER, GO SPEED RACER, GOOOOOO!
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que 4:56PM (3/02/2007)
that's got to be the ugliest car i've ever seen.
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wildman 4:56PM (3/02/2007)
"Looking like something you'd find in a Hot Wheels blister-pack" indeed. Try Googling "Hot Wheels Monoposto."
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Bob-o 4:40PM (3/02/2007)
Hey look, the XJ220's back.
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david 4:52PM (3/02/2007)
looks like that battery operated thingy my wife uses when i'm away on business.
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BOB 4:55PM (3/02/2007)
Forget the tandem seating and funny engine! Change the greehouse, give it a menacing front end and some round tail lights, and make the the C-7 Corvette.
Oh. wait! I need to be optimistic GM will do better.
Most people don't know that many of the great US designs of the 50s and 60s were adapted from Italians, but it would be a little much to have Italdesign work on both the next Mustang and next Vette.
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Michael B. 10:58PM (3/02/2007)
I actually like this car. It is a show car that actually made me smile. Nice to see someone is flexing their noggin.
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Daniel Dacey 7:46PM (3/03/2007)
Maybe I am just a frustrated fighter pilot, but I like this car. It is something that actually looks different to any of the current generation of supercars, which is a good thing.
Yes you could make it more conventional as some suggested, but then you just have what everyone else is building now.
Viva la difference.
Dan
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Justin 8:22AM (3/05/2007)
I'd like to see it in action before we knock it further.
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