Kar Wai Wong Wins!

"mkbruin, Atlas VP" (mkbruin) 05/08/2018 at 16:18 • Filed to: None

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Presenting the Castagna Imperial Landaulet Concept.

According to designer Gioacchino Acampora, this imposing concept was inspired by some of the Isotta Fraschinis of the ‘20s and ‘30s

The Isotta Fraschini link has some historic resonance. After all, Castagna was a principal coach-building source for these grand motorcars in the ‘20s and ‘30s. Tracing its origins to the carriage trade of the 1840s, the Milan-based company closed its doors in 1954, and the name was revived by Acampora in 1995. The Imperial, according to Acampora, is a work in progress, and will eventually become the property of an unspecified individual who commissioned the one-off super luxury sedan. Details were equally unspecified, other than the car’s imposing size — over 20 feet long — and its power: over 800 hp, according to Acampora, from a twin-supercharged 4.5-liter V-8 of unknown origin. Pricing info was also unknown, but if you have to ask...

WilliamsSW > mkbruin, Atlas VP 05/08/2018 at 16:28

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“world’s most expensive PT Cruiser”

interstate366, now In The Industry > mkbruin, Atlas VP 05/08/2018 at 16:28

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Kar Wai Wong > mkbruin, Atlas VP 05/08/2018 at 16:31

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It’s so surreal seeing my name on a headline.

Rusty Vandura - www.tinyurl.com/keepoppo > mkbruin, Atlas VP 05/08/2018 at 16:44

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That was my next guess, but I got sidetracked. Damn.

davesaddiction @ opposite-lock.com > Kar Wai Wong 05/08/2018 at 16:44

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Did you know it? If not, how’d you find it?

farscythe - makin da cawfee! > mkbruin, Atlas VP 05/08/2018 at 16:45

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woah....

car way wrong is right..... damn

Rusty Vandura - www.tinyurl.com/keepoppo > mkbruin, Atlas VP 05/08/2018 at 16:45

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A car that ugly needs 800 hp as a redeeming feature. Those rims? Ew!

Rusty Vandura - www.tinyurl.com/keepoppo > farscythe - makin da cawfee! 05/08/2018 at 16:46

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That car is hideous, but 800 hp... Until the transmission fails...

Kar Wai Wong > farscythe - makin da cawfee! 05/08/2018 at 16:49

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You’d be surprised how many people think they’re clever for coming up with that. :)

farscythe - makin da cawfee! > Kar Wai Wong 05/08/2018 at 16:52

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lol i actually thought it was the car brand.....

looks like a cheap knock off....

(bare with me..... i cant sleep and im on the early shift... my reading comprehension has been affected)

Kar Wai Wong > davesaddiction @ opposite-lock.com 05/08/2018 at 17:06

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Shit ton of typing in variations of“Rolls-Royce knock-off concept” followed immediately after with “Bentley knock-off concept”. I knew it was Italian, so I thought it was probably a coach built car, so I ended up rapidly typing “Zagato Rolls-Royce knock off concept”, than “Zagato Bentley knock off concept” than“Pininfarina Rolls-Royce knock off concept” etc. I was running out of companies, when I thought to look up a list. “This was it!” I thought! Until...

Um, that’s a lot more companies than I thought... Am I really going to spend the next 15 minutes of my life rapidly typing “[company] Rolls-Royce knock off concept”, only to find nothing, and return to the post to find out someone already got it?

I was clicking through the links, about to kick the towel when...

davesaddiction @ opposite-lock.com > Kar Wai Wong 05/08/2018 at 17:09

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Haha! Nice!

EL_ULY > mkbruin, Atlas VP 05/08/2018 at 17:19

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On the next episode...

Chariotoflove > Kar Wai Wong 05/08/2018 at 17:28

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That is a ridiculous amount of work in the middle of a week day to track down a useless bit of trivia no one cares about.

This is perfect Oppo. Well done.

AuthiCooper1300 > Kar Wai Wong 05/08/2018 at 17:35

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That looks like a lot of work! I went directly to the Wikipedia index pages for “Italian car designers” “Italian car design houses” and “Italian coachbuilders”. I was looking for new names/firms in the latter, realised that Castagna had been “revived”... and reached exactly the same page you did.

And almost cried, of course.