RE: Equus Bass 770

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Engineer1

10,486 posts

210 months

Wednesday 25th September 2013
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Looks cool, seems to have an engine that matches the looks, ok the look is retro but it's better than some of the modern designs.

jamespink

1,218 posts

205 months

Wednesday 25th September 2013
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At that money, why on earth would you not buy a big Mustang and take a year or two off with the change?

anonymous-user

55 months

Wednesday 25th September 2013
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A Challenger at the front, a Mustang in the middle and a 69 Charger at the rear.

If you have that money and like the look you could afford to buy examples of the original cars - you'd get far more respect than hauling yourself around in this ersatz calamity.

killingjoker

950 posts

194 months

Wednesday 25th September 2013
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Now if Hyundai would only lower the price and put it into mass production.

soad

32,914 posts

177 months

Wednesday 25th September 2013
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Phil303 said:
A Challenger at the front, a Mustang in the middle and a 69 Charger at the rear.

If you have that money and like the look you could afford to buy examples of the original cars - you'd get far more respect than hauling yourself around in this ersatz calamity.
yes

Spot on, chap.

killingjoker

950 posts

194 months

Wednesday 25th September 2013
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Exactly. So why not mass produce it? Oh, i forgot its not diesal, white, and only has two doors. Who'd not want those things?

danielj58

123 posts

175 months

Wednesday 25th September 2013
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Ex Boy Racer said:
What the hell was that film all about?????
^ This.


Turbobanana

6,293 posts

202 months

Wednesday 25th September 2013
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Equus was also a rather angular 1978 concept car. By Vauxhall.

soad

32,914 posts

177 months

Wednesday 25th September 2013
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Turbobanana said:
Equus was also a rather angular 1978 concept car. By Vauxhall.
I didn't know that.

toppstuff

13,698 posts

248 months

Wednesday 25th September 2013
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soad said:
Turbobanana said:
Equus was also a rather angular 1978 concept car. By Vauxhall.
I didn't know that.

TommyBuoy

1,269 posts

168 months

Wednesday 25th September 2013
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No 'Bambi on Ice' logo for me thanks.

Oh, and I'll take it in Black.

MGZRod

8,087 posts

177 months

Wednesday 25th September 2013
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They need to drop the bass.

Bash Brannigan

211 posts

188 months

Wednesday 25th September 2013
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Equus was also a rather delightful play I had to study for GCSE English Literature where a kid becomes obsessed with taking out horses for moonlit rides whilst totally naked and then one day gets even more crazy and stabs their eyes out.

There are going to be a lot of people who had to study this and shiver at the word 'equus', and the play is the highest result when you google the word so it would seem that it's a very well known thing and one from which brands would usually seek to distance themselves.

Jenny Agutter got naked in the film though...so not all bad.


tomv1to

144 posts

168 months

Wednesday 25th September 2013
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Bash Brannigan said:
Equus was also a rather delightful play I had to study for GCSE English Literature where a kid becomes obsessed with taking out horses for moonlit rides whilst totally naked and then one day gets even more crazy and stabs their eyes out.

There are going to be a lot of people who had to study this and shiver at the word 'equus', and the play is the highest result when you google the word so it would seem that it's a very well known thing and one from which brands would usually seek to distance themselves.

Jenny Agutter got naked in the film though...so not all bad.
Harry Potter got naked for it on the stage!

I thought part of the appeal of muscle cars and what helped to cement their popularity and cult status was their pricing making them the blue collar hero of the sports car world. The under dog if you like. Surely this video and price tag means Hyundai have completely missed the point of the muscle car.

Don't get me wrong I think this looks fantastic, but they should mass produce it and make it cheaper, if only then for me to be able to buy one.

Motorrad

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6,811 posts

188 months

Wednesday 25th September 2013
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tomv1to said:
The under dog if you like. Surely this video and price tag means Hyundai have completely missed the point of the muscle car.
Hyundai didn't make this ve-hicle. They produce one with a similar name in the US. biggrin

edit to add:

here's a pic of Hyundai's effort (they make some good cars in the states BTW)





Edited by Motorrad on Wednesday 25th September 16:42

Harry Flashman

19,384 posts

243 months

Wednesday 25th September 2013
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It looks and sounds great, actually, and if it was £60k, it would make sense. But the cost is ridiculous when it buys you a Chip Foose modified classic muscle car, or less than (far less than) half the cost gets you stuff like this:










PHMatt

608 posts

149 months

Wednesday 25th September 2013
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You'd have to be absolutely insane to spend 250k on anything remotely related to Hyundai.

V8Bart

788 posts

191 months

Wednesday 25th September 2013
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It's the best looking muscle car to come out in 40 years!
for that money though it needs to be louder, like bleeding ears loud! lol.

Love it.

TommyBuoy

1,269 posts

168 months

Wednesday 25th September 2013
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MGZRod said:
They need to drop the bass.
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airbrakes

10,401 posts

161 months

Wednesday 25th September 2013
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Why is everyone comparing to a mustang? It looks far far more like a Plymouth Barracuda!