RE: HWA Evo: 'Please don't call it a restomod'
Discussion
je777 said:
Also, is there a technical reason why some people nowadays use mainbeam on dual carriageways?
Yes. They're thick as mince and self centred, like the potatoes who go onto main beam before they've passed you. 
. Actually, the latter scenario has become so prevalent that I suspect it's not just spuds doing it manually but the cars are picking up that the beam from your lights have gone beyond the sensors so they slam back onto mainbeam before they've actually passed you the driver maybe?I'm not sure. I like it, but I think it would look better with the same size wheels front and rear. The dark lights don't do much for me either. Still, as a piece of engineering, it sounds really interesting, so will be fascinating to see how it performs (if any journos are allowed to drive one anyway).
Great to see projects like this either way. The mainstream car market is getting increasingly dull, so stuff like this is a breath of fresh air.
Great to see projects like this either way. The mainstream car market is getting increasingly dull, so stuff like this is a breath of fresh air.
richinlondon said:
taste and lots of money are often uneasy bedfellows...
Unlike a lack of money and bitterness towards those who have it Sandpit Steve said:
Loving all these restomods.
Yes they’re all madly expensive, with thousands of hours of labour going into each one, and thousands more going into design and tooling - but the new supercar market is now filled with big things that all look the same, with automatic gearboxes, hybrid systems, loads of electronics, all coming in several hundred kg overweight.
I’d probably still go for the Singer 911 though, when those lucky numbers come in.
Exactly. People go on about how expensive they are, but for those who buy them it's just an arbitrary number. And why not have a car with some individuality, etc.Yes they’re all madly expensive, with thousands of hours of labour going into each one, and thousands more going into design and tooling - but the new supercar market is now filled with big things that all look the same, with automatic gearboxes, hybrid systems, loads of electronics, all coming in several hundred kg overweight.
I’d probably still go for the Singer 911 though, when those lucky numbers come in.
Other than the GMA T50, I can't remember the last supercar that interested me. Oh look, power I can't use, click to change gear, only the electronics keeping it on the road... and then you add in the even faster ones that emit nothing but an awful whining noise.
DonkeyApple said:
je777 said:
Also, is there a technical reason why some people nowadays use mainbeam on dual carriageways?
Yes. They're thick as mince and self centred, like the potatoes who go onto main beam before they've passed you. . Actually, the latter scenario has become so prevalent that I suspect it's not just spuds doing it manually but the cars are picking up that the beam from your lights have gone beyond the sensors so they slam back onto mainbeam before they've actually passed you the driver maybe?We need laws that prevent people from blinding others: it's a nightmare driving at night with the brightness of modern car lights. And why are lorries allowed to have those roof lights taken off the Glastonbury main stage so that when they flash each other even going in the opposite direction on a motorway it's distracting/blinding?
If you let people do what they want, they behave like pillocks.
GTRene said:
Maccmike8 said:
100% a restomod. Embrace it.
maybe a better fitting word for such Evo beauty = Evocationso its a Evocation.
or Homage.
or Tribute.
If it looks like a duck, swims like a duck, and quacks like a duck, then it probably is a
Snubs said:
Meant as a joke I'm sure but I'd still be intrigued to see that in as much as where would you they go with it? The looks and size were already pretty extreme, the engineering was pretty much all racecar. If anything i could see HWA toning the CLK GTR back down with a more regular gearbox or something that that...
Imagine one of these stupid modern track day specials but looks like the 90s racer. As wild as the original but doesn't need Bernd Schneider to control it. That would have my lottery win money any day.
k about with an original masterpiece of engineering.I’ll just take a standard 190 E 2.5-16 Evolution II thanks and keep the £600k change.
This one would do
https://rmsothebys.com/auctions/lf18/lots/r0073-19...
This one would do
https://rmsothebys.com/auctions/lf18/lots/r0073-19...
je777 said:
Sandpit Steve said:
Loving all these restomods.
Yes they’re all madly expensive, with thousands of hours of labour going into each one, and thousands more going into design and tooling - but the new supercar market is now filled with big things that all look the same, with automatic gearboxes, hybrid systems, loads of electronics, all coming in several hundred kg overweight.
I’d probably still go for the Singer 911 though, when those lucky numbers come in.
Exactly. People go on about how expensive they are, but for those who buy them it's just an arbitrary number. And why not have a car with some individuality, etc.Yes they’re all madly expensive, with thousands of hours of labour going into each one, and thousands more going into design and tooling - but the new supercar market is now filled with big things that all look the same, with automatic gearboxes, hybrid systems, loads of electronics, all coming in several hundred kg overweight.
I’d probably still go for the Singer 911 though, when those lucky numbers come in.
Other than the GMA T50, I can't remember the last supercar that interested me. Oh look, power I can't use, click to change gear, only the electronics keeping it on the road... and then you add in the even faster ones that emit nothing but an awful whining noise.
Capitan Obvio said:
I’ll just take a standard 190 E 2.5-16 Evolution II thanks and keep the £600k change.
This one would do
https://rmsothebys.com/auctions/lf18/lots/r0073-19...
Yep, This one would do
https://rmsothebys.com/auctions/lf18/lots/r0073-19...
I wonder if it's just me, but I dont see the value in this restomod version of the original car. With the Prodrive p25, you can buy the original car for a fraction of the price; is the same true here?
Why on earth would you buy a compromised frankenstein version of a car at huge expense, when you can get the original, PLUS things like purpose built race cars, bikes, planes, helicopters, and art, all for less than the price of one of these, AND still have enough money left over for hookers and blow?
Why on earth would you buy a compromised frankenstein version of a car at huge expense, when you can get the original, PLUS things like purpose built race cars, bikes, planes, helicopters, and art, all for less than the price of one of these, AND still have enough money left over for hookers and blow?
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