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As recruitment programmes go, this sure beats handing out leaflets at a careers fair.
These pair of modified muscle cars have been commissioned by the US Air Force to encourage fresh-faced sophomores (which TG always though was some sort of long-distance communication system, but never mind) to sign up with Uncle Sam to defend the Star Spangled Banner.
The stealthy black thing is a modified Dodge Challenger named ‘Vapor', while the shiny white monster is a Ford Mustang dubbed 'X-1'.
If we had to take just one... well, it's a tough decision. We love the radar-absorbing matte black paintjob (honest, we're not making that up) of the Challenger - and the carbon fibre wheels, and the 360-degree roof-mounted thermal imaging camera - but just take a look at the cabin of the Mustang.
It's a bloody jet fighter! It's got a joystick! And an ejector seat! And, er, loads of buttons and screens that definitely do important things related to explosions!
Yep, we think we're edging towards the Mustang. Especially with its six-inch-wide bodykit (that's six inches on either side) and nitro-assisted, 500bhp V8.
Which one would you take?
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What do you think?
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AshHorne commented on this article
at 03:20 pm on 04 June 2009
I'd take the Challenger. It's more menacing (Almost like something from 'Death Race'). Also, the Mustang might be a jet fighter inside, but the Challenger's interior is very 'Batmobile'. So really it's 'Batmobile VS Jet Fighter'...
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USAF1FAN commented on this article
at 03:35 pm on 04 June 2009
isnt the government bankrupt? Couldn't we have kept making the F-22 instead of these, but as cars, they look cool
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Ben27 commented on this article
at 03:46 pm on 04 June 2009
Can I have both please? No? Batmobile, Jet Fighter, Jet Fighter, Batmobile..... Jet Fighter
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AlKim commented on this article
at 03:51 pm on 04 June 2009
You'd look like a nerd in both.
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Cobra_13 commented on this article
at 04:10 pm on 04 June 2009
I had the idea to put a joystick and flight control in a Camaro and then paint it like a B-52 bomber. Someone always takes my ideas...
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