We Drove The VLF Rocket Speedster And Can The LA Auto Show Be Over Please?

"NickMaronese" (NickMaronese) 11/18/2016 at 15:26 • Filed to: None

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Like many of my colleagues did, I could’ve spent the past week in Los Angeles covering the auto show and the unending stream of new car unveils that seem to go on there. I didn’t.

Instead I decided to hold down the fort from home, here in Canada, while I sent a half-dozen reporters there to cover it for me. Been there twice, done it, don’t feel the need to go back.

My writers have done a great job providing coverage, but it still takes an editor – me – to put it all together and get it up on the website. And, God, it just never seems to end.

It was in the midst of proofreading one new-car debut after another that one of my writers poked me about the drive report he’d sent me, sitting in my inbox. “A little birdie told me the VLF Rocket Speedster will be on The Grand Tour ,” he texted.

“Great,” I replied, mentally failing to put together that for many car enthusiasts, that show was debuting that night . (We don’t get it until December in Canada.)

The break I just took to finally post his impressions on the thing was more than welcome, and the article will hopefully wind up on the screens of the Clarkson-Hammond-May fans who over the past 24 hours may have suddenly come up with a whole bunch of questions about the Rocket Speedster.

How to describe VLF’s take on the Mustang? Well— !!!error: Indecipherable SUB-paragraph formatting!!! Fisker’s words, not mine.

That’s the link to the article above, if you want more. Now if you’ll excuse me, I’ve another six or seven crossover unveils to wrap up. Oy.

Bourbon&JellyBeans > NickMaronese 11/18/2016 at 15:34

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Yikes, I forgot how ugly that thing is. It looks like a recently-stung Mustang with a bee allergy.

vondon302 > NickMaronese 11/18/2016 at 15:39

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Did somebody design that thing over the phone. It’s hideous.

LongbowMkII > Bourbon&JellyBeans 11/18/2016 at 15:48

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“Sir, it would appear that your Mustang is overinflated.”

LongbowMkII > NickMaronese 11/18/2016 at 15:57

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Sorry VLF. A modified mustang is still just a modified mustang. I’d rather have a GT350R and $100k.

Wobbles the Mind > LongbowMkII 11/18/2016 at 16:25

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Would you prefer a modified Karma or a modified Viper instead of the modified Mustang?

HFV has no HFV. But somehow has 2 motorcycles > NickMaronese 11/18/2016 at 16:37

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If you call something a Speedster, but has two seats and a full windshield, you’re lying

HFV has no HFV. But somehow has 2 motorcycles > Wobbles the Mind 11/18/2016 at 16:39

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The wheels on the bottom one are hot.

LongbowMkII > Wobbles the Mind 11/18/2016 at 16:52

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Cash.

PS9 > NickMaronese 11/18/2016 at 17:11

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Dealer: What do you need?

Buyer: My Mustang isn’t fucking ugly or expensive enough.

Dealer: Say no more.

IanZ - limited-slip indifferential > NickMaronese 11/20/2016 at 00:40

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The VLF Rocket is better looking then the stock mustang.