30 June 2009 - 12:00
Bug’ to the future
The French are carving a smart niche in improbable modern supercars. Just look at the Bugatti Veyron - OK, so it's built by the Germans, but Bugatti is a French marque, so we're sticking with it - and the ridiculous Citroen GT (which, we hear, is going to enter very limited production).
Could be a while before we see this one get built, though. This is the Bugatti Stratos concept from French designer Bruno Delusso, and it's as production-unviable as, well... the Peugeot Metromorph concept we saw last week.
We still like it, though. Don't worry about inconsequential details like, say, how those wheels actually make contact with the ground, or what the hell it's powered by - we're guessing it distills the power of philosophical disillusionment into zero-emissions energy - and just admire the simple lunacy of the thing.
Just think of it as a cheeky weekend coupe from a parallel universe, a universe without multi-storey parking spaces or speedbumps or, er, other cars. Top Gear's perfect universe, in other words...
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Its also looks quite long and it has a very small grill.
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WTF!!!!. ha ha ha ha ha ha ha. Ok someone has a bad sense of humour.
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Right name me a person who would really like to drive one of them? Be funny if you want, make people giggle, but i cant think of anyone cus its hideous.
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It's a toy car to me.
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Paint it Black and give it some better headlights and it WOULD look like the batmobile.
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Design is very simple to admire it. Looking like to be done by someone who is new in 3D design and still learning. Very sharp edges, small details and poor form
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I like the side detail but it actually looks as if the person driving wouldn't be able to see past the bonnet, of course if there are no wheels driving won't be a problem!
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it looks ugly.
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There's pushing the envelope, then there's just plain pushing it. Should only be made as a Hot Wheels car.
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eeeeeeeeeewwwwwwwwwwwwww
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It's a beautiful feast in praise of the freedom of creativity, isn't it though? Nevermind that it won't be produced, it's a gorgeous dreamscape, nostalgic of the roaring 20's. I can just picture the Titanic and the Hindenburg, sinking or burning in the background, with Dick Tracy casually leaning on the bonnet and looking at the Statue of Liberty. It deserves an old fashioned two-colours graphic billboard.
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The front wheels won't turn I think, now I'm looking at it.
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Don't know why, but it makes me think of FAB1. I really want to know how on earth it moves.
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Mad as a bag of squirrels. Plus d'absinthe peut-etre Bruno?
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Yup, coming soon to a Peugeot dealer near you. Maybe. :P
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Somewhere, there is a Gauloises-smoking, beret-wearing, garlic-mint-breathed Hammster that would love this thing. Somewhere.
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this things reminds me of the Stealth tank in the first Command & Conquer
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Its a Batmobile, without the matt black paintjob and the batty wings...
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WANT! God that's a good looking machine, completely impractical of course but I'm sure they could use a few of the design features on a more realistic car.
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Have we entered what the car industry might term as a 'silly season' of daft ideas? Its more alarming than a police officers boot on a saturday night and uglier than a deep fried squid! TAKE IT AWAY!
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Batmobile.
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This car is ugly. Hopefully Bugatti will sort out its looks if they ever decided that this should go into production. That's very unlikely though.
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oh wow, a giant guillotine for gargantuan cigars.
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Woeful! ...reminds me of a Morgan Aero
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wow !!!!!!!! very innovative!!!!!!!!
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What a desingner:polyphonic digital ^_^. the Citroen gt has spectacular aesthetics almost a future design of the morgan, agree? The alien super car would've been ideal in Transformers 2. Yumm
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Bugatti looks a bit ....
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i see only one purpose for this thing and its garden furniture. i know some people buy old clapped out grey fergusons (ie the tractor) and plonk them in their garden with some flowers growing on the seat. well for people who prefer a car in their garden this would do
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Stiginater commented on this article
30 June 2009
I think it looks like a Morgon but very Futuristic, a another thing that is different is that has huge vents on the sides. {8-)
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