Anyone remember when this...

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11/04/2015 at 01:01 • Filed to: None

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...was supposedly a lock for production until it wasn’t and was never heard from again?


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Kinja'd!!! phenotyp > Bob Loblaw Made Me Make a Phoney Phone Call to Edward Rooney
11/04/2015 at 01:08

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Kinda the Zeitgeist.

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The worst one, though? The Dodge M80.

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The suppliers were all ramped up to build it, and it didn’t happen.


Kinja'd!!! Bman76 (no it doesn't need a WS6 hood) M. Arch > phenotyp
11/04/2015 at 01:11

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They’d have sold so many M80s.


Kinja'd!!! phenotyp > Bman76 (no it doesn't need a WS6 hood) M. Arch
11/04/2015 at 01:15

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The tour of the empty building I got in 2003 will stick forever.


Kinja'd!!! promoted by the color red > Bob Loblaw Made Me Make a Phoney Phone Call to Edward Rooney
11/04/2015 at 01:22

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It looks like the lovechild of a RX8 and a Impala.


Kinja'd!!! Bob Loblaw Made Me Make a Phoney Phone Call to Edward Rooney > phenotyp
11/04/2015 at 01:25

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Your sketch is exactly what reminded me of it, actually.

Didn’t realize the M80 was actually that close to production, but I remember hearing rumblings.

Also on the list that got a lot of momentum in the press re: production:

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Kinja'd!!! phenotyp > Bob Loblaw Made Me Make a Phoney Phone Call to Edward Rooney
11/04/2015 at 01:28

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Yeah, the M80 was that close .

Goddamn shame. The empty wing of a building, the empty chairs... it left a big, lasting impresssion when I saw it in 2003.


Kinja'd!!! BReLp7dzHM3ytYsE > Bob Loblaw Made Me Make a Phoney Phone Call to Edward Rooney
11/04/2015 at 01:50

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Saw it in person in like ‘05


Kinja'd!!! PS9 > Bob Loblaw Made Me Make a Phoney Phone Call to Edward Rooney
11/04/2015 at 04:42

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Naaaaa that was never getting made. The Magazine rumor mill desperately wanted it to, but nah.


Kinja'd!!! samssun > Bob Loblaw Made Me Make a Phoney Phone Call to Edward Rooney
11/04/2015 at 05:35

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Production models never look quite like the concepts:

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Kinja'd!!! Sweet Trav > Bob Loblaw Made Me Make a Phoney Phone Call to Edward Rooney
11/04/2015 at 06:52

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And then Mazda stole the design cues for the RX-8


Kinja'd!!! boxrocket > Bob Loblaw Made Me Make a Phoney Phone Call to Edward Rooney
11/04/2015 at 06:56

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It’s like a Chevy version of a Tesla Model S with RX-8 accents around the wheels. If it weren’t so bland-looking (the front, that is, where I see too much modern Malibu) it'd almost be likeable.


Kinja'd!!! jjhats > Bob Loblaw Made Me Make a Phoney Phone Call to Edward Rooney
11/04/2015 at 07:57

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what are you talking about? you can buy one of those mazda 6 today from a mazda dealer


Kinja'd!!! shop-teacher > Bob Loblaw Made Me Make a Phoney Phone Call to Edward Rooney
11/04/2015 at 16:41

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Man, I forgot how ugly and awkward that thing was!


Kinja'd!!! MontegoMan562 is a Capri RS Owner > Bob Loblaw Made Me Make a Phoney Phone Call to Edward Rooney
12/08/2015 at 16:05

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And I’m just sitting here going...

What happened to these?!

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Chevy STAHP

(EDIT: just realized this post was over a month old...oh well lol)