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perryeyges · 03-10-2006, 12:00 PM

Someone else said it best "looks like an abandoned GM project" TERRIBLE!

shay2nak · 03-10-2006, 02:08 PM

I like the overall design, they just need to tweek it a little. The rear taillights definitely need to change.

ChrisB · 03-10-2006, 02:09 PM

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Originally Posted by perryeyges

Someone else said it best "looks like an abandoned GM project" TERRIBLE!

Most of GM's abandoned projects were pretty good. It's the ones they chose to build / continue building that are the problem.

wallabyguy · 03-10-2006, 02:35 PM

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Originally Posted by ChrisB

Most of GM's abandoned projects were pretty good. It's the ones they chose to build / continue building that are the problem.

The last Buick Skylark and Pontiac Aztec come to mind.

NCElise · 03-13-2006, 05:49 AM

These photos actually make the Europa look pretty good. Well, better anyway...

http://autos.msn.com/as/minishow/pho...tentid=4023837

lotustt · 03-13-2006, 03:58 PM

Its actually an abandoned Proton project.

koolspyda · 04-27-2006, 10:05 AM

no, it's on again

http://webdb4.patent.gov.uk/designs?csbdesign=3018262

it now belongs to proton (rights of design)

fitfan · 04-27-2006, 10:30 AM

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Originally Posted by koolspyda

no, it's on again

http://webdb4.patent.gov.uk/designs?csbdesign=3018262

it now belongs to proton (rights of design)

thats pretty old... I think quite a bit in the business case has changed since then.

paunch · 04-27-2006, 10:51 AM

Is it me or does it look like a 911 in these photos? Anyway, I actually like how it looks in these photos much better than the ones that I saw in the auto mags. The photos that I have seen of it taken at car shows were not that flattering. First, the laser blue that I saw in the mags did not look good on this car. Second, it seemed to have a lot of lines that didn't appeal to me. These pictures, maybe because the car is dirty, show the Europa with more flowing lines.

So, I get the need to build a more civilized Elise and I get trying to leverage as much of the existing platform as possible. But, it's not anything radically different and it doesn't seem to capture much of the edge of the original Europa. So, from that perspective, I'm not a big fan. OTW, it looks nice, to me, but it looks a lot like a subdued Elise, nothing new.

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03-10-2006, 12:00 PM	#21 (permalink)
perryeyges Porsche-Pro Join Date: May 2004 Location: Berzerkley Posts: 3,118	Someone else said it best "looks like an abandoned GM project" TERRIBLE!

03-13-2006, 05:49 AM	#25 (permalink)
NCElise Registered User Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: North Carolina Posts: 357 Images: 4	These photos actually make the Europa look pretty good. Well, better anyway... http://autos.msn.com/as/minishow/pho...tentid=4023837

03-13-2006, 03:58 PM	#26 (permalink)
lotustt Registered User Join Date: Sep 2005 Location: NY Posts: 340	Its actually an abandoned Proton project.

04-27-2006, 10:05 AM	#27 (permalink)
koolspyda Registered User Join Date: Mar 2005 Location: malaysia Posts: 19	no, it's on again http://webdb4.patent.gov.uk/designs?csbdesign=3018262 it now belongs to proton (rights of design)

04-27-2006, 10:51 AM	#29 (permalink)
paunch Puzzled by this addiction Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Agoura Hills, CA Posts: 283	Is it me or does it look like a 911 in these photos? Anyway, I actually like how it looks in these photos much better than the ones that I saw in the auto mags. The photos that I have seen of it taken at car shows were not that flattering. First, the laser blue that I saw in the mags did not look good on this car. Second, it seemed to have a lot of lines that didn't appeal to me. These pictures, maybe because the car is dirty, show the Europa with more flowing lines. So, I get the need to build a more civilized Elise and I get trying to leverage as much of the existing platform as possible. But, it's not anything radically different and it doesn't seem to capture much of the edge of the original Europa. So, from that perspective, I'm not a big fan. OTW, it looks nice, to me, but it looks a lot like a subdued Elise, nothing new.

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