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"415s30 W123TSXWaggoIIIIIIo ( •_•))°)" (415s30) 07/28/2019 at 15:18 • Filed to: None

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Oh he likes that booty

ranwhenparked > 415s30 W123TSXWaggoIIIIIIo ( •_•))°) 07/28/2019 at 15:32

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I know they’re not good cars at all,  and the styling is pretty tacky, but I’ve always kind of wanted a bustle back Seville. Especially an Elegante with the two tone paint and that extra chrome strip. 

Full of the sound of the Gran Fury, signifying nothing. > 415s30 W123TSXWaggoIIIIIIo ( •_•))°) 07/28/2019 at 17:28

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I recall a quote, probably from R&T or CD, that said something along the line of that it looked like someone backed the clay model into a wall, and before it could be fixed they put it into production...

arl > 415s30 W123TSXWaggoIIIIIIo ( •_•))°) 07/28/2019 at 17:39

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I like the guy laughing in the background (thinking to himself “ let’s see how many of these turds we sell” ).

BoxerFanatic, troublesome iconoclast. > 415s30 W123TSXWaggoIIIIIIo ( •_•))°) 07/28/2019 at 20:56

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Keep in mind, this is a retro and homage design... it was supposed to be an homage to old Rolls Royce. A champagne look on a beer budget. Good beer, but beer none-the-less.

ranwhenparked > BoxerFanatic, troublesome iconoclast. 07/28/2019 at 21:24

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It was the last new design Bill Mitchell signed off on before he retired. He started his career before the war and always had a big thing for trying to work in elements of prewar coach built luxury cars. Most of the time, it worked out unquestionably well (1963 Riviera, 1966 Toronado, 1976 Seville, 1977 B-bodies, 1978 intermediates ), sometimes it was polarizing (boat tail Rivera), sometimes there were just huge misses (1980 Seville).

I think the problem was that he didn’t quite understand why  the general public was going crazy for retro touches in the ‘70s - like padded fabric roofs, coach lights, hood ornaments, upright grilles, and opera windows. People weren’t buying them because they looked old, they were buying them because they looked expensive.