RE: Bowler Nemesis Joins Spyker At CPP
Discussion
chazwozza said:
Digga said:
Sounds like good news.
I can certainly see Spykers running Jaguar power plants...
That would be cool, or maybe Aston V12's.....I can certainly see Spykers running Jaguar power plants...
All British, sublime sound, and a step up from the usual Chevy-powered plastic 'Cobra' alternative.
Jgtv said:
Am I the only one wanting the Spyker 4x4 with a Bowler bloodline?
Could be an interesting if expensive alternative to the RR sport.
I think you're bang on the money here, Bowler's 4x4 expertise would go perfectly with that previous concept car and it's clearly an ever-burgeoning market in the East/Russia.Could be an interesting if expensive alternative to the RR sport.
I know this thread is more about the Nemesis being built at CCP, but it looks like such a fun toy:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x3Ismn3IWck
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x3Ismn3IWck
Twincam16 said:
chazwozza said:
Digga said:
Sounds like good news.
I can certainly see Spykers running Jaguar power plants...
That would be cool, or maybe Aston V12's.....I can certainly see Spykers running Jaguar power plants...
All British, sublime sound, and a step up from the usual Chevy-powered plastic 'Cobra' alternative.
JHS said:
OOHH THIS IS GREAT NEWS RETURN OF THE BRITISH MOTOR IDUSTRY SOMETHING TELLS ME CPP IS GONNA BE A MASSIVE COPORATION IN THE FUTURE.
jake15919 said:
JHS said:
OOHH THIS IS GREAT NEWS RETURN OF THE BRITISH MOTOR IDUSTRY SOMETHING TELLS ME CPP IS GONNA BE A MASSIVE COPORATION IN THE FUTURE.thewheelman said:
Syker own Saab, so now they're British too? Or do GM still have money in Saab? Either way, this is great news for the British motor industry, & i wish them the best of luck.
I don't think they're still involved with saab, but it hurt my brain last time I tried to figure it out.Insight said:
jake15919 said:
JHS said:
OOHH THIS IS GREAT NEWS RETURN OF THE BRITISH MOTOR IDUSTRY SOMETHING TELLS ME CPP IS GONNA BE A MASSIVE COPORATION IN THE FUTURE.Insight said:
Thinking about it, with the new McLaren we already have the re-birth of the British Motor Industry, that'll at least produce a few hundred cars a year. For the full list of British car manufacturers (although most are kits) go here: http://www.totalkitcar.com/tkc_article_119.php
Our cottage motor industry is second to none, and we can clearly still do mass manufacture, but when I think of the British motor industry I always think of this poem by ShelleyI met a traveller from an antique land
Who said: Two vast and trunkless legs of stone
Stand in the desert. Near them, on the sand,
Half sunk, a shattered visage lies, whose frown
And wrinkled lip, and sneer of cold command
Tell that its sculptor well those passions read
Which yet survive, stamped on these lifeless things,
The hand that mocked them and the heart that fed.
And on the pedestal these words appear:
"My name is Ozymandias, king of kings:
Look on my works, ye Mighty, and despair!"
Nothing beside remains. Round the decay
Of that colossal wreck, boundless and bare
The lone and level sands stretch far away
jake15919 said:
Insight said:
Thinking about it, with the new McLaren we already have the re-birth of the British Motor Industry, that'll at least produce a few hundred cars a year. For the full list of British car manufacturers (although most are kits) go here: http://www.totalkitcar.com/tkc_article_119.php
Our cottage motor industry is second to none, and we can clearly still do mass manufacture, but when I think of the British motor industry I always think of this poem by ShelleyI met a traveller from an antique land
Who said: Two vast and trunkless legs of stone
Stand in the desert. Near them, on the sand,
Half sunk, a shattered visage lies, whose frown
And wrinkled lip, and sneer of cold command
Tell that its sculptor well those passions read
Which yet survive, stamped on these lifeless things,
The hand that mocked them and the heart that fed.
And on the pedestal these words appear:
"My name is Ozymandias, king of kings:
Look on my works, ye Mighty, and despair!"
Nothing beside remains. Round the decay
Of that colossal wreck, boundless and bare
The lone and level sands stretch far away
Which grows larger and closer.
"My name is Bowler Nemesis, four by four:
Look on my workings, ye MB, and despair!"
Sorry to dampen things, I feel this is an over expansion for cpp, a business I very much respect, it is I assume awash with cash from it Russian owner, acting like a spoilt child in a toy shop, just wait till the child gets bored with his toys and they end up in the skip. He'll realise he's soon ruined a perfectly good if not small business, remember tvr anyone, even Mg-rover had a similar ending. Sometime small is beautiful.
Let's us agree that mass manfacturing British cars is over, for now. And let's be proud that rolls, bentley and Aston even now Mclaren are all built on these shores, cars that the rest of the world is envious of, let alone all the f1 companies we have, we have great automotive industry here, let's play to our strengths.
Let's us agree that mass manfacturing British cars is over, for now. And let's be proud that rolls, bentley and Aston even now Mclaren are all built on these shores, cars that the rest of the world is envious of, let alone all the f1 companies we have, we have great automotive industry here, let's play to our strengths.
I don't think it's too much of an expansion. Bowler is effectively a "blokes in sheds" organisation, where crucially, the profit margin is not so much based upon production scale.
Besides, Spyker would have needed to buy in a lot of licensed stuff to build this:
so it probably makes sense to just buy the company and avoid the extra spending. CPP also get a lot of chassis technicians, which I guess they wouldn't have had before.
Besides, Spyker would have needed to buy in a lot of licensed stuff to build this:
so it probably makes sense to just buy the company and avoid the extra spending. CPP also get a lot of chassis technicians, which I guess they wouldn't have had before.
Gassing Station | General Gassing | Top of Page | What's New | My Stuff