RE: HBH Bulldog GT: The Mid-Engined Aston(ish)
Discussion
If I were into a rear-mid engined car at this level there's about a hundred places were I could spend my dosh, McLaren and those Italians of whom the name escapes me right now being the first ports of call probably (in the latter case I'd invest in a good extinguisher, though - the colour would probably match! 
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Being front(-mid) engined, RWD and as a result being a touch more reserved and assured dynamically is in Astons DNA - why change that?
). Being front(-mid) engined, RWD and as a result being a touch more reserved and assured dynamically is in Astons DNA - why change that?
I think it looks very good. Aggressive, exciting, and modern.
With some tweaking it could be fantastic.
Makes me wonder why Aston don't do something similar?
I'm no expert on Astons but to me while they are great cars they all look the same and not much appears to have changed in a very long time
That said I would have thought the performance of this thing would have been better given the specs
With some tweaking it could be fantastic.
Makes me wonder why Aston don't do something similar?
I'm no expert on Astons but to me while they are great cars they all look the same and not much appears to have changed in a very long time
That said I would have thought the performance of this thing would have been better given the specs
Agoogy said:
Very very intersting looking beast...
In terms of it being generic and boring...given the legislation, engineering, drivetrain, safety, seating and aerodynamics, let alone cooling...lets see something original from those who complain...
How can it be very very interesting, or as you say "intersing", when as you admit right after that it is generic? It lacks any imagination.In terms of it being generic and boring...given the legislation, engineering, drivetrain, safety, seating and aerodynamics, let alone cooling...lets see something original from those who complain...
thewheelman said:
Agoogy said:
Very very intersting looking beast...
In terms of it being generic and boring...given the legislation, engineering, drivetrain, safety, seating and aerodynamics, let alone cooling...lets see something original from those who complain...
How can it be very very interesting, or as you say "intersing", when as you admit right after that it is generic? It lacks any imagination.In terms of it being generic and boring...given the legislation, engineering, drivetrain, safety, seating and aerodynamics, let alone cooling...lets see something original from those who complain...
and I didn't say it was generic and boring...I was suggesting that those that thought it was/is should try and do better given the design constraints...
Agoogy said:
thewheelman said:
Agoogy said:
Very very intersting looking beast...
In terms of it being generic and boring...given the legislation, engineering, drivetrain, safety, seating and aerodynamics, let alone cooling...lets see something original from those who complain...
How can it be very very interesting, or as you say "intersing", when as you admit right after that it is generic? It lacks any imagination.In terms of it being generic and boring...given the legislation, engineering, drivetrain, safety, seating and aerodynamics, let alone cooling...lets see something original from those who complain...
and I didn't say it was generic and boring...I was suggesting that those that thought it was/is should try and do better given the design constraints...
If you were to give me the keys to the Bulldog GT, i certainly wouldn't throw them back at you, but if it were my money, i think i'd go for something that looks more unique.
"HBH reckons on development for the new car taking 12 months to develop, so we could see it in the metal in early 2013"
Yeh right, wish I had a fiver for every " new massively expensive, low volume, supercar with someone elses engine" I have seen. I could probably buy a new vantage !!!!
Yeh right, wish I had a fiver for every " new massively expensive, low volume, supercar with someone elses engine" I have seen. I could probably buy a new vantage !!!!
Twincam16 said:
I like it. It's obviously in the spirit of this:
hence the name. Perhaps AML should licence it - it would certainly broaden their range of identikit cars they have currently.
That looks terrible. It looks like someone bought an old Esprit & made a bodykit for it out of cardboard boxes, & used cotton reels for wheels.hence the name. Perhaps AML should licence it - it would certainly broaden their range of identikit cars they have currently.
thewheelman said:
I guess the one car i can think of that is very different looking to almost everything else, & that's the Gumpert Apollo, now although it's kind of ugly, i do find that quite introsing......;)
If you were to give me the keys to the Bulldog GT, i certainly wouldn't throw them back at you, but if it were my money, i think i'd go for something that looks more unique.
but it's not thopugh, not really...in silhouette especially it shares the same outline as everything else... in detail then it has something different I guess, but that's just detail, shape of grille, lights, air intakes, etc....If you were to give me the keys to the Bulldog GT, i certainly wouldn't throw them back at you, but if it were my money, i think i'd go for something that looks more unique.
Car fanatics should know the difference between cars by blacked out profile alone....and if they can do that then the accusation that these cars are dull and boring doesn't fit.... if you can't tell them apart then find another hobby!
All that said I'd rather have the car it was based on too, and I don't care how many cars they spin from that design... beautiful is beautiful no matter how many times it gets trotted out...
Imagine going to sixth form college and every girl was Megan Fox....(or whatever your fancy is)..personally I wouldn't get bored of attending such a college...
thewheelman said:
Twincam16 said:
I like it. It's obviously in the spirit of this:
hence the name. Perhaps AML should licence it - it would certainly broaden their range of identikit cars they have currently.
That looks terrible. It looks like someone bought an old Esprit & made a bodykit for it out of cardboard boxes, & used cotton reels for wheels.hence the name. Perhaps AML should licence it - it would certainly broaden their range of identikit cars they have currently.
I agree it's not aged well, but as the link below says it was really more about the engineering underpinnings but I did see it at teh Motorshow when it was launched and I think a few years ago in the Gaydon museum and it looks far better in the flesh.
http://www.astonmartins.com/v8/bulldog.htm
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