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Pio1980 06-27-2016 07:08 PM

Last car I bought intentionally was the 2004 Impala I'm still driving. Dunno what the next one will be.

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ebacon 06-27-2016 08:42 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Tom Joad (Post 321078)
Looks like a cheesy knockoff of the Corvette Stingray.

I give them no points for originality.

The Stingray is a knockoff of the Viper. The Lutz Force is strong. :D

MrPots 06-28-2016 11:01 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Tom Joad (Post 321083)
These days they all look alike to me.

LOL...kinda like old white guys...... :D

Boreas 06-28-2016 11:19 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by ebacon (Post 321155)
The Stingray is a knockoff of the Viper. The Lutz Force is strong. :D

I think you have your influences reversed. The Stingray was introduced in 1963. The Viper didn't come along for another 30 years. If you want to trace the Ford GT '66 back to its roots, you have to go back to 1963 again to the Lola Mk6, the car upon which the Ford GT40 was based.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lola_Mk6

Pio1980 06-28-2016 11:23 AM

I think he was making a point and knew that.

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whell 06-29-2016 07:21 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Tom Joad (Post 321094)
I think that look was inspired by the early Corvettes, especially the Stingray.

Just for kicks, here's the 1964 Stingray:

http://images.classiccars.com/previe...2bStingray.jpg

Hard to see much resemblance to the GT40.

Rajoo 07-01-2016 12:36 PM

These cars are made mainly to bring in curiosity seekers (and car buffs) whom the dealerships hope would be tempted to buy one of their cars on display. Remember the 2003 Corvette 50th anniversary which was designed for this specific purpose limited to 10,000 vehicles.

bobabode 05-21-2021 06:38 PM

The Ford Lightnin' F150 electric pick up

https://www.msn.com/en-us/autos/news...?ocid=msedgdhp

mpholland 05-23-2021 08:39 AM

Pretty capable truck by the looks of it. 563 horsepower and 775 lb.-ft. of torque is pretty good along with 230 to 300 miles on a charge. I would really like to know how much payload affects range though. I can't find that anywhere. Looks like it would be good to have for back-up if the power ever goes out. Should tie into my solar pretty easy.

donquixote99 05-23-2021 09:19 AM

This backup-in-an-outage part--that's just tapping batteries, right? This is not a hybrid that can generate power, right?


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