Weird thoughts...

"PushToStart" (pushtostart) 04/30/2014 at 12:10 • Filed to: None

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So I was thinking about platform sharing/rebranding across manufacturers owned by the same parent companies, and it all seems pretty normal right now... but what if it wasn't? I mean, there's some weird possibilities out there... I thought of some just as a few examples, but if you've got some more, feel free to drop them in the comments. And if you're good at photoshop and want to make some of these, go right ahead!

1. A Lexus based on the FR-S

2. A GMC based on the Corvette

3. A Skoda based on the Aventador

4. A Jeep based on the LaFerrari

5. a Daewoo based on the Camaro

6. a Maybach based on an SLS AMG

Obviously none of these "proposed models" would fit properly in any of the brands' lineups, but it's weird to think about how potentially easy it would be to make some weird shit from preexisting platforms and brands.

For Sweden > PushToStart 04/30/2014 at 12:10

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A Dodge based on an Alfa Romeo

HammerheadFistpunch > PushToStart 04/30/2014 at 12:17

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Thing is, a Lexus FR-S isn't too far fetched. Give it a hybrid drive, ugly it up some and leather up the inside and boom....lexus.

RamblinRover Luxury-Yacht > PushToStart 04/30/2014 at 12:19

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As GMC is more traditionally a truck brand, I will assume that a GMC based on the Corvette would be a Corvette with a hastily-added factory ute conversion.

MontegoMan562 is a Capri RS Owner > For Sweden 04/30/2014 at 12:22

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I see what you did there....

What about a Jeep on an Alfa Romeo?

MontegoMan562 is a Capri RS Owner > RamblinRover Luxury-Yacht 04/30/2014 at 12:22

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SS Cabellero?

Vince-The Roadside Mechanic > PushToStart 04/30/2014 at 12:27

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I would buy a Lexus FR-s in a heartbeat.

RamblinRover Luxury-Yacht > MontegoMan562 is a Capri RS Owner 04/30/2014 at 12:28

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While that would work, I'm thinking more a Corvette with a more clean-lined grill (open), different headlight/interior options, and of course a bed. Compare/contrast the '98s below.

As a side note, there's something wacky in the very top of the first pic - Olds hot rod or something?

HammerheadFistpunch > PushToStart 04/30/2014 at 12:31

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Here you go, Lexus FS

The reds are a little off, but its pretty close.

BugEyedBimmer - back in the Saddle Dakota Leather > PushToStart 04/30/2014 at 12:32

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I had suggested a 4dr FR-S be added to the Lexus lineup a while back. In fact, I think my idea had been to make it the new IS, thug bringing it back in line with the original IS300 concept.

The second one, a GMC Corvette, is a bit harder. I think a lot of people on here are right that GMC is traditionally more for trucks. So how about this idea:

GMC Corvette Dune Buggy!

Nonster > PushToStart 04/30/2014 at 12:41

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It might be cool to make a small sporty lexus sedan based on the FRS, kinda like a new version of the IS300

MontegoMan562 is a Capri RS Owner > RamblinRover Luxury-Yacht 04/30/2014 at 12:49

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I may be way off, but i would think it's a 50s/60s GM pickup to stick with the theme.

and yeah open center grille is cool with me, i was just saying its not like there isn't precedence for a GMC truck/car

RamblinRover Luxury-Yacht > MontegoMan562 is a Capri RS Owner 04/30/2014 at 12:50

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My point is, it's funnier to imagine a lazy ute version of the Corvette with GMC grille than a GMC version of the SSR. YMMV.

PushToStart > RamblinRover Luxury-Yacht 04/30/2014 at 13:11

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Yes, it is primarily a truck brand, hence why a Corvette in the GMC lineup would be so foreign and unusual.

Having a ute version would be badass though...

PushToStart > BugEyedBimmer - back in the Saddle Dakota Leather 04/30/2014 at 13:13

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Yeah, the GMC-Corvette doesn't fit at all, which is why it's in this list. It's a strange idea, which is kind of what the posts intention was. :P