Spotted Today!

[cawimmer430]

The taxi you saw is an LEVC TX, the new generation of London taxi.

Ah, thanks! Now it looks familiar.



Spotted today!

[BimmerM3]

LOL

So Chrysler put new bodywork on what was largely an old Mercedes platform, then rebadged it as a Lancia after the FCA merger?

[cawimmer430]

LOL

So Chrysler put new bodywork on what was largely an old Mercedes platform, then rebadged it as a Lancia after the FCA merger?

The entire Lancia lineup in Europe are nothing but badge-engineered Chryslers. Wait a minute, I think Lancia is already dead. RIP to one of the most emotional and innovative brands that ever existed. 

[veeman]

I like the seedier side of the Caribbean for partially reasons like that. I love boats, always have; but I just don't see the appeal of those mega yachts. I realize most owners use them like portable resorts, and fly in instead of actually sailing anywhere, but still.

I like the Caribbean in part because of how opposite it is to the U.S. in terms of being a nanny state.  A lot of the beaches don't have life guards. No one gives a shit if an older looking teenager takes an alcoholic drink with his/her family at a restaurant. You usually don't sign a bunch of liability forms when you take an excursion.  Being in a nanny state has some pluses like handicap access and what not, but, I find it often stifling. 

[2o6]

LOL

So Chrysler put new bodywork on what was largely an old Mercedes platform, then rebadged it as a Lancia after the FCA merger?

If you really wanna stretch it, *technically* it's a very heavily reworked Renault 21.

[93JC]

If you really wanna stretch it, *technically* it’s a very heavily reworked Renault 21.

wat


There's nothing in common between a Chrysler 300 and a Renault, any Renault. Even the "old Mercedes platform" trope is stretching the truth.

[Laconian]

The entire Lancia lineup in Europe are nothing but badge-engineered Chryslers. Wait a minute, I think Lancia is already dead. RIP to one of the most emotional and innovative brands that ever existed. 

There's the Ypsilon, but yeah, other than that... Chrysler crap!

[2o6]

wat


There's nothing in common between a Chrysler 300 and a Renault, any Renault. Even the "old Mercedes platform" trope is stretching the truth.

I said *really* stretching it. 


I mean, the LH chassis was an evolution of the Dodge Monaco, no? Which was a sort of americanized Renault 21.


Then LH got reworked into LX.


I mean, obviously, the only real "sharing" between the car is the fact that LH and the Renault 21 have FWD and longitudinal engine layouts, but still....

[93JC]

You're thinking of the 25, not the 21, and no. In fact the 21 engine mounting orientation depended on the particular engine: some were transverse, some longitudinal.

Chrysler's original LX chassis was similar to LH—LH was meant to be front or all wheel drive—but after Daimler took over they turfed that and redesigned it, incorporating some Mercedes parts.

[AutobahnSHO]

There's one of those "Jurassic Park" Jeeps at my work 2 days in a row now.

[cawimmer430]

 

[Eye of the Tiger]

^sex on wheels

[RomanChariot]

^sex on wheels

Reminds me of the time I saw a girl straddling a guy in a pickup truck while he was driving down the freeway. Not very safe.

[Eye of the Tiger]

Reminds me of the time I saw a girl straddling a guy in a pickup truck while he was driving down the freeway. Not very safe.

It's perfectly safe if you wear full leathers and are strapped in tightly.

[AutobahnSHO]

Green old vw bus.

[AutobahnSHO]

An honest to goodness Phaeton.

Setting: we popped up to Philly for a turn and burn trip, stopped for a minute at a famous disc golf park (supposedly one of the very first on the east coast) and there was a tournament going on with ample cases of beers. And in the muddy parking lot, a black Phaeton with "B" wheels. Almost look like the Bugatti logo.

[93JC]

You sure they weren't Bentley wheels? The Phaeton shared a lot of parts with the Bentley Continental Flying Spur.

[AutobahnSHO]

You sure they weren't Bentley wheels? The Phaeton shared a lot of parts with the Bentley Continental Flying Spur.

Might have been, but I wasn't looking super closely.

[cawimmer430]

Spotted today, new Audi A1 and an ABT-tuned Audi RS4 Avant!

[cawimmer430]

[FoMoJo]

What is that weird looking pick-up sort of thing pulling the trailer?

[cawimmer430]

What is that weird looking pick-up sort of thing pulling the trailer?

Fiat Fullback 

[RomanChariot]

I saw a setup like this being towed on a trailer in Salt Lake City.

[cawimmer430]

 

[FoMoJo]

Very sweet.  A couple of styling creases along the sides.  A hint of character.

Cars looked so much better without all the wrinkles and creases, just like people.

[cawimmer430]

Very sweet.  A couple of styling creases along the sides.  A hint of character.

Cars looked so much better without all the wrinkles and creases, just like people.

Indeed. Such simpler times.


Spotted today! Hyundai i30N, Maybach and...

[cawimmer430]

New Mercedes-Benz GLE450 AMG Line. Looks pretty good. One thing that is amazing that compared to its predecessor the car "looks smaller" and "less massive".

[FoMoJo]

If the logo at the front gets any bigger, it's going to start looking like the intake on a turbo fan jet.

[BimmerM3]

If the logo at the front gets any bigger, it's going to start looking like the intake on a turbo fan jet.

#1 requirement for MB drivers is to make sure that everyone else on the road knows that they're driving a Mercedes.

[cawimmer430]

If the logo at the front gets any bigger, it's going to start looking like the intake on a turbo fan jet.

It's actually a "bird shredder"...