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Jimmy Recard said:
LuS1fer said:
Intellectual property and use of trademarks.
Ford once had a massive purge on people making unauthorised merchandise, using their logo and especially the Mustang brand and shut them down they did. rather like the kit car manufacturers who basically copied designs and were similarly ruled against and had their assets seized.
But he wasn't selling the car as a Rolls-Royce. Was he even claiming it was a Rolls-Royce in public? I'm pretty sure the Rolls-Royce grille was just there to reflect the Rolls-Royce engine, not to convince everyone it was a Rolls-Royce. Ford once had a massive purge on people making unauthorised merchandise, using their logo and especially the Mustang brand and shut them down they did. rather like the kit car manufacturers who basically copied designs and were similarly ruled against and had their assets seized.
You could put a Phantom grille on a Ford Escort or Vauxhall Astra. Rolls-Royce could do nothing about it - you own the car and the grille and can do what you want with them.
https://www.classicdriver.com/en/article/cars/john...
LuS1fer said:
Thanks for that. However, you're wrong.
https://www.classicdriver.com/en/article/cars/john...
Having looked it up, he was barred from passing it off as a Rolls-Royce. Therefore I was wrong that I suspected he didn't do that, but right that he can do what he wants with the grille.https://www.classicdriver.com/en/article/cars/john...
deltashad said:
I watched that last night, the design is a total copy of the LS400. Had some interesting little quirks to it though. Especially how it converted into a limousine.
Japanese manufacturers have always had their large sedans. This Hyundai thing was a joint venture with Mitsubishi. The Mitsubishi version was the Proudia. When you look at the various large sedans from the Japanese manufacturers they all look very similar. It has been like that since the 1960's.AppleJuice said:
Infiniti FX50S
One passed me on my commute this morning... Lovely to hear a V8 burble rather than a 4-cylinder drone.
They did a Sebastien Vettel special...for £100k.One passed me on my commute this morning... Lovely to hear a V8 burble rather than a 4-cylinder drone.
The earliest that one can be is a 2012 (which is why it has a private plate on) and it still looks good. They are now called the QX.
NomduJour said:
Two 250 SWBs got Drogo bodies similar to the E Type one. Quite liked them.
This is one of their better attempts:-Ferrari wouldn't sell Count Volpi a 250GTO, so he had Drogo design the 250 Breadvan, based on a 250SWB. Quite legitimately modified within the GT rules of the time, that didn't stop Ferrari using their muscle to have it moved into the prototype class at some races, as it was more advanced than their own GTO.
MXRod said:
Fast Bug said:
P5BNij said:
I came across this yesterday, a one off Rolls Royce...(?)
It's nothing to do with Rolls Royce, it was built by this chap as seen in a later guise of the carThe guy used to have a garage in Locks Bottom near Orpington , his speciality was automatic transmissions , His tag line was “name of garage” the secret of shiiiift
I am sure the car appeared at the Bromley Motoring Pageant a few times
Edited by MXRod on Friday 2nd February 08:02
Halmyre said:
Willy Nilly said:
It would have been better if RR could have come to some arrangement with that him about that car, because it's very cool and could have been a good publicity tool.
It's not cool, it's hideous! It fell out of the ugly tree, hitting every branch on the way down.I don't think either Rolls-Royce the car maker or Rolls-Royce the engine maker are interested in a fibreglass kit car powered by a 70 year old engine.
Willy Nilly said:
Halmyre said:
Willy Nilly said:
It would have been better if RR could have come to some arrangement with that him about that car, because it's very cool and could have been a good publicity tool.
It's not cool, it's hideous! It fell out of the ugly tree, hitting every branch on the way down.I don't think either Rolls-Royce the car maker or Rolls-Royce the engine maker are interested in a fibreglass kit car powered by a 70 year old engine.
couple of bits of weird americana for you
GMC envoy XUV - pickup (ish) that turns into a SUV - watch the vid to understand https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WRDrSPUmHpI
oldsmobile tornado - '400bhp' (old measurement), v8, front wheel drive. The review makes me very glad cars have come a long way
https://www.caranddriver.com/reviews/oldsmobile-to...
GMC envoy XUV - pickup (ish) that turns into a SUV - watch the vid to understand https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WRDrSPUmHpI
oldsmobile tornado - '400bhp' (old measurement), v8, front wheel drive. The review makes me very glad cars have come a long way
https://www.caranddriver.com/reviews/oldsmobile-to...
review said:
The third stop was the one. Describing the situation as mere violent instability would be too flattering. But for the quickness of the test driver, the guard rail along the strip was as good as gone, and a clean, one-owner Toronado would have soon been in need of cosmetic restoration. The power-assisted, disc-braked Oldsmobile Toronado finally came to rest after three breathtaking cycles of sideways oscillation with nothing worse than outrageously smelly brakes and flat-spotted tires. It was a relief. Admittedly, the first stop was exceptional for such a big car but the fade encountered during the following stops and the disastrous lack of directional stability are totally inadequate for travel on crowded, high speed throughways.
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