RE: McLaren's shocking one-off X1
Discussion
Whilst that is far from the greatest piece of design ever and understandably splits opinions with ease, it is properly stylish. Anything that supports my aspirational vision of being welcomed as a regular at Villa D'Este gets a thumbs up from me.
Sure it'd be a lot less trouble to turn up in anything good looking from the 1960s, but still.
Sure it'd be a lot less trouble to turn up in anything good looking from the 1960s, but still.
greggy50 said:
Always associate Pininfarina with Ferrari myself :/
The 458 for Eric Clapton was made by Ferrari themselves I believe though and personally whilst not great I think it was a work of art compared to this monstrosity.
I know the standard 12c coupe looks a bit dull (like the convertible however) but they have managed to make it a whole lot worse with this, the 3/4 view especially wtf where they thinking
Ask the owner - they designed it, not McLaren.The 458 for Eric Clapton was made by Ferrari themselves I believe though and personally whilst not great I think it was a work of art compared to this monstrosity.
I know the standard 12c coupe looks a bit dull (like the convertible however) but they have managed to make it a whole lot worse with this, the 3/4 view especially wtf where they thinking
Its,,,,, erm,,, optically challenging but definitely all the BETTER for it.
I imagine it akin to discovering an unknown Warhol during a visit to a gallery sporting 500 photos of the same dreadfully dull subject, all of them exactly the same bar the fact each has been captured using a different camera.
B O R I N G ,,,, and definitely not super.
Refreshing to see anything other than the uninspiring generic supercar silhouette thats been doing the rounds for at least the last 15 years.
I imagine it akin to discovering an unknown Warhol during a visit to a gallery sporting 500 photos of the same dreadfully dull subject, all of them exactly the same bar the fact each has been captured using a different camera.
B O R I N G ,,,, and definitely not super.
Refreshing to see anything other than the uninspiring generic supercar silhouette thats been doing the rounds for at least the last 15 years.
Pistonwot said:
Refreshing to see anything other than the uninspiring generic supercar silhouette thats been doing the rounds for at least the last 15 years.
My thoughts exactly. You are very, very rich. You want a modern supercar. You are bored by their identikit styling and have some eclectic tastes of your own. This is the result. Not to my tastes, but you can bet that the only person who counts loves it.toppstuff said:
I really like it.
It reminds me of classic cars like Bugatti, Delahaye and the like, but at the same time being totally up to date.
It vastly better than some of the Zagato abominations. And much nicer than that awful thing Ferrari made for Eric Clapton.
Good job, fellas.
Same here. I had the same reaction as everyone else initially, but when I read the article for some reason I warmed to it. I like it!It reminds me of classic cars like Bugatti, Delahaye and the like, but at the same time being totally up to date.
It vastly better than some of the Zagato abominations. And much nicer than that awful thing Ferrari made for Eric Clapton.
Good job, fellas.
A lot of people seem to be struggling to understand this project. Read the words next to the pictures.
The design was led by the customer, it's what he wanted. If you don't like it, get McLaren to build you a car to your design.
I quite like it and I happen to like Mr Clapton's 458 too.
The design was led by the customer, it's what he wanted. If you don't like it, get McLaren to build you a car to your design.
I quite like it and I happen to like Mr Clapton's 458 too.
MoBeanz said:
A lot of people seem to be struggling to understand this project. Read the words next to the pictures.
The design was led by the customer, it's what he wanted. If you don't like it, get McLaren to build you a car to your design.
I quite like it and I happen to like Mr Clapton's 458 too.
The words make no difference to what in my personal opinion is a gash piece of design and if this was a back street one off by barry and his mates without the prestige of McLaren and the vision of someone with a bit of financial clout it would be getting mocked by all here The design was led by the customer, it's what he wanted. If you don't like it, get McLaren to build you a car to your design.
I quite like it and I happen to like Mr Clapton's 458 too.
I mean really are we looking at the same car .
Put it this way if this had a Ferrari badge it would be getting slaughtered , the Clapton mobile got slaughtered and it was tame in comparison
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