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Geneva Motor Show: Stola Phalcon coupe
Not terribly much is known about the Phalcon coupe debuted by a company called Stola that's based in the Italian town of the same name. It's powered by a BRABUS-tuned biturbo V12 from Mercedes, and reportedly 25 will be produced. The twin-turbo V12 produces 750 horsepower and just over 1,000 ft-lbs. of torque. Clearly straight line acceleration will not be a problem, though we shudder to think how the Phalcon would react to a series of slalom cones. The design is certainly striking, though we find it hard to draw much of a connection with the noble peragrine beyond the falcon-head hood ornament. The combination of a thin track width and extremely long hood remind one of the Maybach Exelero, and the one-piece windshield that extends all the away to the back of the car is a nice touch. You can check out more live shots of the Stola Phalcon over at the Straightline Blog, as well as a video of the car at Stola's website.
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BKadalur 4:40PM (3/08/2007)
does this remind anyone of a maybach exelero?
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mk 5:59PM (3/08/2007)
Both this and the Excelero (sp?) have escaped into the full-color world from their origins in Batman, the Animated Series.
Way weird, and HUGE. Right at home in Gotham.
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Fabulo 5:05PM (3/08/2007)
No it reminds me of a Scion tC crossed with a huge penis.
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riverhead 5:09PM (3/08/2007)
It looks like the child of an Exelero and a Camry Solara ... and I don't mean that in a good way.
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John F 5:09PM (3/08/2007)
John, you forgot to mention that it's a complete ripoff of the Maybach Exelero!
http://www.exelerocar.com/
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mike k. 5:11PM (3/08/2007)
Seriously, is nobody going to reference the name of this thing ... "Phalcon". Who's going to say thats not a reference to a penis! come on look at the thing, its basically a phalise on 4 wheels.
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Quattrofan 5:24PM (3/08/2007)
John F, check that link of yours again, this time read the text that accompanies the photos.
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oren 5:29PM (3/08/2007)
that thing must be a pita to parallel park...
http://www.montrealvip.com/montrealgrandprix.html
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Jit 5:59PM (3/08/2007)
I also thought this looks alot like the Maybach Exelero until I read www.exelerocar.com and found that both this and the Maybach Exelero were made by Stola. Guess by graftin on the new face and rear they will now sell it as a Stola,
Looked much better as a Maybach though
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Js 6:02PM (3/08/2007)
Stola did the design for the Excelero if I am not mistaken...thats probably why it looks the same.
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Jit 6:03PM (3/08/2007)
This looks like the maybach exelero because they were both made by Stola. Stola has simply changed the front/rear to make it look different and are selling it as their own. Go to www.exelerocar.com to find out more
Pity because the Maybach Exelero looked much better
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Jit 6:05PM (3/08/2007)
The design was actually done by Mercedes own design team back in germany somewhere. Stola only made the Exelero as a prototype.
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TheSwener 6:34PM (3/08/2007)
Looks like they "stole-a" Maybach! Get it?!?
HA!
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Stéphane Dumas 6:41PM (3/08/2007)
It reminds me a bit of this sketch of this Duesenberg proposal
http://www.autoblog.com/2005/04/08/duesenberg-torpedo-to-make-comeback-in-2007/
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nagmashot 1:48AM (3/09/2007)
The Exelero was designed by student of the the Pforzheim Polytechnic's Design Department and the Design Department of DaimlerChrysler AG!
Four students were ellected to design the Exelero!
Wolf Seebers
Andreas Hellmann
Stefan Barth
Fredrik Burchhardt
The car was build by Maybach under the lead of project engineer Jürgen Weissinger with the help of engineer specialists in the Mercedes Car Group Untertürkheim.
The only true story about the Exelero you find here...
http://www.das-projekt.com/EN/maybach_homepage_en.html
The complet stroy about the Fulda Maybach Exelero ...from the idea till the finished car...
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