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Desiged by Italdesign: Project: Orbit - 1986 - Italdesign
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I’d drive this now
I would be thrilled to drive this, but my partner would get sick of me referring to every trip to the grocery store as an “away mission.”
Dress your partner in a red shirt
Never! She’s definitely a gold shirt.
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But the engine is still running for some reason and shockingly gained 2 horsepower somehow
Yeah, I had one of those back in the day.
That thing is hideous. I want it.
It has not one, but two silhouettes of itself on the dashboard. You could almost take the thing into combat with the Klingons.
Look at all that visibility! Sweet! Based on modern car design, I assume this has a terrible crash test rating and no side airbags.
Now I want an LCARS dashboard
Where have all the cool digital dashboards gone? Had an 80s supra when I was young, still loving it & I wish I haven’t sold it. What a crazy futuristic car. In the night on the Autobahn, full throttle, loud music - good ol’ times.
Actual source is Italdesign, the Italian company that designed this concept car for VW. It was built on the Golf Syncro, which was the first Golf with four wheel drive. Here is a good video explaining Italdesign’s automotive history leading up to the Orbit.
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Slightly bigger wheels and this would be spot on.
Was this car the inspiration for the simpsons episode where home designed a car? (And ruined his brother’s company)
I personally find Bubble Top cars more similar to The Homer.
I miss when car companies made cool-looking concepts like this that would never roll out of a factory for real.
The absolutely ridiculous Pontiac Stinger belongs here. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eUq8JtlrJbM
I’ll take one please.
looks like the sweet love child of an amc pacer and a delorean.
Instead we just ended up with the Silhouette minivan