The Opposite Locker - FarOut Fridays - Detroit Auto Show

"Tim (Fractal Footwork)" (fractalfootwork) 01/17/2014 at 18:30 • Filed to: The Opposite Locker, FarOut Fridays, Cool Wall, Detroit Autoshow, OppositeLock

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This is The Opposite Locker - FarOut Fridays where we try and sort out the cool from the square when it comes to the automobiles of tomorrow (concept cars). This is a discussion system detailing how cool a car is, not how fast, fun, or frivolous it may be, but how well it looks in the cat's pajamas.

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The coolness of a concept car is as much about what the concept can spawn when the ideas and design theories reach the marketplace as it is about the car in its current state holding use in one of our current hypothetical lives.

Locker Space

Fly as Hell

Cadillac Elmiraj

Volvo Concept C Coupe

Cool

Audi Sport Quattro

Mercedes S-Class Coupe

Opel Monza

Cadillac Converj

BMW M1 Hommage

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Uncool

Lamborghini Egoista

Jaguar C-X17

Audi Nanuk Quattro*

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Future Kids On The Block - Detroit Auto Show

The 2014 Detroit Autoshow has come and gone, leaving us with a plethora of concepts; some will sway into a better light when the executives hit the boardroom, while others cripple and get tossed into a trashcan. Let's see if we can help them out any...

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Kia GT4 Stinger Concept

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Audi Allroad Shooting Brake Concept

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Nissan Sports Sedan Concept

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Nissan IDx

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Volvo Concept XC Coupe

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Toyota FT-1

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Arch Duke Maxyenko, Shit Talk Extraordinaire > Tim (Fractal Footwork) 01/17/2014 at 11:35

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Had to vote uncool on IDx because CVT

Decay buys too many beaters > Tim (Fractal Footwork) 01/17/2014 at 18:51

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All "meh" for me

Cools and uncools across the board.

JayZAyEighty thinks C4+3=C7 > Arch Duke Maxyenko, Shit Talk Extraordinaire 01/17/2014 at 19:24

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They would be complete fools to not offer a manual transmission. Not being on the Juke Nismo RS AWD is one thing (one stupid thing, considering the target demographic for that car), but keeping it out of a car that would probably have half of its sales be manual-equipped cars would be completely idiotic and suicidal for the model. If you are willing to mate a manual with an SUV engine in the GT car, you should probably consider letting people row their own in a lightweight, small sports car.

Arch Duke Maxyenko, Shit Talk Extraordinaire > JayZAyEighty thinks C4+3=C7 01/17/2014 at 19:27

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This is Nissan, they give no fucks.

Gizmo - The Only Good Gremlin, but don't feed me after Midnight > Tim (Fractal Footwork) 01/17/2014 at 20:04

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I know it must have been a typo, but the ElMirage and Converge are Cool.... the Ciel is Super Fly as Hell!!! Scaring RR and Bentley into upping their game.