RE: 'Breathtaking' PureSpeed kicks off Mythos series

[smilo996]

Taking one of the most useful but unpopular F1 additions - Halo and putting it on a super exclusive sports car seems very odd.
It is very Mansory but like it. Though there is much too much black at the rear.
Car companies need to push themselves beyond their normal boundaries and constant pandering to baseball cap and white sneaker wearing dimwits who only crave flatulent SUV's.

[LotusOmega375D]

Been done before. Remember this being advertised on here a few months back?

https://www.pistonheads.com/gassing/topic.asp?h=0&...

[MDL111]

I like that they do crazy things like this. The car itself is not for me, but I am still happy they made it. Big car companies selling crazy looking cars as opposed to just doing concept studies is refreshing imo

[nismo48]

It's definitely a head turner and for some that will be enough.
Like the addition of the fancy clock

[SpudLink]

MDL111 said:

I like that they do crazy things like this. The car itself is not for me, but I am still happy they made it. Big car companies selling crazy looking cars as opposed to just doing concept studies is refreshing imo

I agree. Rather than one off design concepts, produce limited run halo cars.
It's OK if they don't appeal to 95% of your usual customers. They can still order an SLS, or more likely a bland SUV in resale grey.

[WCZ]

"part amg one"

- hopefully not the reliability!

[C5_Steve]

LotusOmega375D said:

Been done before. Remember this being advertised on here a few months back?

https://www.pistonheads.com/gassing/topic.asp?h=0&...

Looks a million ties better than the PureSpeed.

[zeta3]

why should I want a f....ng halo / black bar metal blocking my open view? this is totally stupid

[QuickQuack]

SpudLink said:

Super Sonic said:

jorders500 said:

It looks good and if it's intended for the track, the lack of windscreen is OK. But you'd look a bit of a d*** stuck in traffic on the way to the track with your helmet on.

Can you wear a ff helmet on the road?

Of course you can. I do. As do drivers of other windscreen-less track focused cars that are occasionally driven on the road.

Edited by SpudLink on Thursday 23 May 08:49

Yep, and the millions of motorcyclists who wear ff helmets every single day. Brain fart?

[WPA]

Kipsrs said:

Dog’s dinner springs to mind! To me, it just looks a mess!

Agreed

[ettore]

WPA said:

Kipsrs said:

Dog’s dinner springs to mind! To me, it just looks a mess!

Agreed

Agree , you really would look like a plank tooling around in that.

[Thorburn]

VladD said:

So is this halo designed to send things into your face rather than deflect them away?

This. Absolutely bizarre design - gives driver and passenger zero protection, obstructs visibility, and just serves as something to smash your head against in the event of an accident.

I don't have an issue with windscreen-less cars (would love a 3-11) but that's objectively bad, making it worse by trying to forge a tenuous link to F1.