Sweet mother what have they done!
Sweet mother what have they done!
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nekrum

Original Poster:

588 posts

307 months

Tuesday 5th November 2024
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I’m all for tasteful restomods but wtf have they done!.. looks like will.i.am has been let loose on it (remember his DeLorean thing)..

Proof money does not buy taste or style..

https://www.autoexpress.co.uk/maserati/364911/mase...



Edited by nekrum on Tuesday 5th November 22:05

Super Sonic

14,594 posts

84 months

Tuesday 5th November 2024
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I quite like that.

M.F.D

956 posts

131 months

Wednesday 6th November 2024
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Lose the strange spoiler at the bottom of the windscreen, otherwise I actually think that looks great!

CraigyMc

18,369 posts

266 months

Wednesday 6th November 2024
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The original biturbo shamal looked like this.

State your objection to the revamp.


cobra kid

5,596 posts

270 months

Wednesday 6th November 2024
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Cut and shut lookalike.

MustangGT

13,846 posts

310 months

Wednesday 6th November 2024
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Super Sonic said:
I quite like that.
Yes, me too!

RicksAlfas

14,558 posts

274 months

Wednesday 6th November 2024
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M.F.D said:
Lose the strange spoiler at the bottom of the windscreen, otherwise I actually think that looks great!
That's original!
biggrin

decafbeermerchant

43 posts

24 months

Wednesday 6th November 2024
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To be honest, on the whole, I think that works.

I'd prefer a narrower B-pillar (though that's an original feature so whatever), two fewer tailpipes and the omission of the weird wing thing below the base of the windscreen, but otherwise I think it's neat, well-proportioned and reasonably subtle.

KAgantua

5,190 posts

161 months

Wednesday 6th November 2024
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I like it - very late 70s/ early 80s

valiant

14,261 posts

190 months

Wednesday 6th November 2024
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Nowt much wrong with that.

Front end is a little aggressive and could be toned or smoothed down a bit but that's about it. Not keen on the colour but that's just me.

Limpet

6,627 posts

191 months

Wednesday 6th November 2024
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Not a very good looking car to begin with IMO, so it's not like anything has been ruined.

LittleBigPlanet

1,209 posts

171 months

Wednesday 6th November 2024
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MustangGT said:
Super Sonic said:
I quite like that.
Yes, me too!
Me three

Geoffcapes

1,313 posts

194 months

Wednesday 6th November 2024
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The front is horrendous. As is the rear.

As for the paint job. It looks like panels from different cars have been put on it and it's awaiting a respray.

No the original wasn't a classic beauty, it looked purposeful (think Alfa SZ), but this. Well. It's just st!

cayman-black

13,268 posts

246 months

Wednesday 6th November 2024
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Terrible paint match.....

mac96

6,557 posts

173 months

Wednesday 6th November 2024
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I like it too, and the original isn't that great anyway. Presumably apparently mismatched panel colours are just a photo illusion- the colour itself I like as well!


M1C

2,241 posts

141 months

Wednesday 6th November 2024
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I like it smile

Robertb

3,890 posts

268 months

Wednesday 6th November 2024
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LittleBigPlanet said:
MustangGT said:
Super Sonic said:
I quite like that.
Yes, me too!
Me three
Me four!

Half a million though, so I'm unlikely to be a buyer.

DodgyGeezer

49,027 posts

220 months

Wednesday 6th November 2024
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on the whole I quite like that, however... this bit looks too pronounced IMO


AmyRichardson

1,992 posts

72 months

Wednesday 6th November 2024
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CraigyMc said:
The original biturbo shamal looked like this.

State your objection to the revamp.

The original was brutally purposeful and very much of its time (or about a decade before, by the time it was discontinued) whereas this looks like an AI "draw me a 2024 version of a Shamal Biturbo."

My feelings on all these sort of things are the same; a new design can look good, a legit new design that references a past glory can look good, but an old design with modern material-tech detailing and some edges knocked off just comes across as naff and lazy.

carinaman

25,262 posts

202 months

Wednesday 6th November 2024
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It's not too different from the original.

Have they ditched the Gandini rear wheel arch?

Is it an actual car or just a render?