Ramming speed, all engines full ahead!

Dec 19, 2008 16 Replies

I saw one of these today;



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A Mitsuoka Viewt, basically a Nissan Micra made up to look like a



2/3rds scale Jaguar MkII, but in a very shoddy, cheap manner. What kind of daftness brings that into the world?

Believe me, it looks a *lot* worse in real life.

It's gopping enough on my screen.

Nice name too. "Viewt", sort of like "newt" because you'd have to be one to buy one.

"Ian Rawlings" wrote

Could be worse; did you check out their supercar or what they did to the Seven? Having said that, they look more fun (and much more kitsch) than all those bland heaps of metal one sees every day.

We should ask them to re-do a Landie.

Geo

Walking around in Lederhosen and a gimp mask with my hair on fire might make me look fun and different, but if that's the aim then there's better ways to do it IMHO, the Newt just looks so dreadful that I think a chavved up Nova would be less embarassing.. I really did recoil in horror when it trundled round the corner in Frome today.

I'm sure Tata will have something on the books!

I object to your use of the word "gay" in a derogatory meaning. Kindly find another word to express feelings of distate.

Alex

But(t) it _IS_ gay, as gay as you are, probably.

I am gay, and I can honestly say I'd never be seen dead in one.

Alex

Don't worry Alex, I have nothing against gays. In fact, one of my very few _really_ close friends is gay. But gay... is gay. ;-)

OK, that car is really "Alex", how's that ;-)

"Geo" wrote after

I wonder what car they would use as the donor vehicle for a Defender look-alike, Nissan Cube perhaps.

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In article , Ian Rawlings writes

Not that I noticed, but I was quite drunk.

To a degree, in that moaning about it in here isn't likely to help, but we never liked the way the term 4x4 was abused during last year's anti-4x4 fashion craze so I can see the point.

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