RE: Bristol Bullet revealed: reborn company fires its
Discussion
In my heart I hold high all the principals that stand behind Bristol since its inception but why is it sooo hard, even with the clout to make a brand new car and with a clean design sheet, to produce something truly beautiful?Why on earth not commission a great design (250 Ferrari/DB5/Cobra/E-type/dozens of others for example) and end up with a REALLY desirable car? Instead, Bristol (even under new ownership) sign off a deeply flawed body shape echoing all the previous deeply flawed designs of their past. Tragic!
k for 'the enlightened' to fawn over, so they can feel superior telling everyone else they don't get it' when they are challenging the sI recall the expectations Bristol had raised during their hibernation. Words like "sophisticated", "innovative hybrid powertrain", "exciting" etc. come to my mind.
Remember, that's from a company which had brought us the Fighter.
What I unfortunately cannot avoid to take notice of is another "play it again, Sam" style retro car. I do think the Bristol 405 drophead was a great lookin gcar back in it's day. Stylingwise, the Bullet is nothing but a lukewarm copy of this masterpiece.
The mountain laboured and brought forth a mouse.
I hate to say that Bristol had been better off as a corpse than it's now as another zombie car company. May they rest in peace again - as soon as possible.
Remember, that's from a company which had brought us the Fighter.
What I unfortunately cannot avoid to take notice of is another "play it again, Sam" style retro car. I do think the Bristol 405 drophead was a great lookin gcar back in it's day. Stylingwise, the Bullet is nothing but a lukewarm copy of this masterpiece.
The mountain laboured and brought forth a mouse.
I hate to say that Bristol had been better off as a corpse than it's now as another zombie car company. May they rest in peace again - as soon as possible.
It's totally Bristol!
If you think quirky, unconventional, luxurious with a big V8 and two (leather glove clad) fingers up to the establishment, then here it is - the modern interpretation.
You have to 'get' Bristol to like it I think. They never followed the trends but always seemed to have loyal customers who appreciated 'bespoke'.
I bet if Tony Crook was alive now, he wouldn't sell one to you anyway, if he didn't feel like it that day.
If you think quirky, unconventional, luxurious with a big V8 and two (leather glove clad) fingers up to the establishment, then here it is - the modern interpretation.
You have to 'get' Bristol to like it I think. They never followed the trends but always seemed to have loyal customers who appreciated 'bespoke'.
I bet if Tony Crook was alive now, he wouldn't sell one to you anyway, if he didn't feel like it that day.
I *want* to like this. I really really do.
I'm just having trouble liking it, as with pretty much all past Bristols.
I also want the company to do well, so hopefully this is simply a big splash to say "we're back!" while designing something we have no problem liking.
Thing is, this is aimed at people who like wearing red bloody trousers, so it's hardly surprising I'm having problems "getting" / liking it...
I'm just having trouble liking it, as with pretty much all past Bristols.
I also want the company to do well, so hopefully this is simply a big splash to say "we're back!" while designing something we have no problem liking.
Thing is, this is aimed at people who like wearing red bloody trousers, so it's hardly surprising I'm having problems "getting" / liking it...
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