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Here's one for rednecks and landscape gardeners everywhere - a pickup truck concept that's based on a Fiat but, of course, isn't a Fiat.
It's the work of Romanian design student called Dragos Prodan, who we believe can trace his, er, bloodline right back to Dracula or something.
And he knocked this up in the final year of his university design course, apparently taking inspiration from Fiat's current design language. Hmm. We can't see much of the 500 in there, and there's certainly no Quboisms. But maybe the grille is a little Puntoesque.
Dracula has made room for a couple of scooters on the flatbed and reckons you could fit a 3.0-litre diesel V6 under that bulgy bonnet, which should be enough to tow a speedboat or whatever else an outdoorsy person likes to drag around.
We'd prefer to wedge a V8 in there and give the HSV Maloo a good seeing-to...
Roman weaponry
Design student dreams up Fiat pickup. We’d prefer the mental HSV Maloo that Richard thrashed in series 13, thank you
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hoebywan commented on this article
at 01:54 pm on 24 August 2009
One for erm err redneck ,eurotrash, yank, Italian, sheep shearer market! There's a niche for you! Thanks Vlad's distant cousin next can we have a submarine with a sun roof!
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livvie commented on this article
at 02:28 pm on 24 August 2009
i hate that green! i have never seen a worst colour on a car!
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ben10Topgear commented on this article
at 03:17 pm on 24 August 2009
wow! soo big!
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TennantsLager commented on this article
at 03:30 pm on 24 August 2009
God, that colour is horrendous. What of the pick-em-up itself? I've seen worse but many better. And I'd rather have the Maloo. Or a Bathurst. Which begs the question - when it was set up so nicely for another Ashes mention, why did you drop the proverbial catch this time? Sheesh, I don't even care about cricket being a steak-and-kidney lock opener Scotch git but still, convert the chance guys....... ;)
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Mikeado commented on this article
at 03:43 pm on 24 August 2009
I think if it's supposed to look like a current Fiat concept car, then he's done a bang-up job. I'd easily believe someone who told me that was an official Fiat concept. However, the chrome-capped headlights, big wheels and letterbox windowline aren't exactly production, but look good. As for Frog Mucus Green however...
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