New Bandit T/A concept car.

MNFatz · Post by **MNFatz** » Thu Feb 02, 2006 9:51 pm

I have no idea if it's a genuine concept or old news, but just in case here it is:

The Dark Side of Will · Thu Feb 02, 2006 9:52 pm

Screaming Chicken!

Series8217 · Post by **Series8217** » Thu Feb 02, 2006 10:14 pm

Cool. Looks like a photoshopped Camaro concept..

S8n · Post by **S8n** » Thu Feb 02, 2006 10:14 pm

Is Burt Reynolds driving?

Shaun41178(2) · Post by **Shaun41178(2)** » Thu Feb 02, 2006 10:28 pm

looks like a camaro. ghey. Change it up a bit damn.

BigRedDeckSpoiler · Post by **BigRedDeckSpoiler** » Sat Feb 04, 2006 3:02 am

The grill on the new Camaro sucks. The Firebird treatment doesn't look quite as gawdawful, but it still ain't pretty.

crzyone · Post by **crzyone** » Sat Feb 04, 2006 6:47 am

So far Dodge has the best looking retro car imo.

Blue Shift · Post by **Blue Shift** » Sat Feb 04, 2006 7:18 am

I'm not a big fan of any retro look. It's sort of like if they can't do the body style just about exactly like the original, why pose?

That said, I don't thinkt he Camaro looks so bad - the front end needs some "de-modernization" if they're going to run with the retro. I like the upturned spoiler on the back and even the Corvette like double bubble cockpit style too.

product1620 · Post by **product1620** » Mon Feb 06, 2006 6:53 pm

So far Dodge has the best looking retro car imo.

huh I can't believe my ears, try MUSTANG! j/k but seriously ford did pretty much start the retro muscle car thing, now everybody else wants in.

I know i'm gonna get flamed for this but I'm gonna do it anyway :la:
F.O.R.D. First.On.Race.Day!!!!

crzyone · Post by **crzyone** » Mon Feb 06, 2006 7:31 pm

I think chrysler started it with the Prowler in the 90s. And before the Mustang there was the retro Thunderbird.

product1620 · Post by **product1620** » Mon Feb 06, 2006 10:30 pm

I think chrysler started it with the Prowler in the 90s.

but was there an earliar version of the prowler? I was thinking more along the lines of making famous muscle cars look more like the originals, not creating a new age hotrod.

And before the Mustang there was the retro Thunderbird.

Yah I meant that I thought the mustang was the best looking retro and that ford was the first to start the retro muscle car thing (I think the thunderbird qualifies as a muscle car, well at least it used to

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The Dark Side of Will · Mon Feb 06, 2006 10:47 pm

If Ford had put the supercharged mod-motors into the T-bird and Marauder, they might have actually sold some.

But instead they built a soft, slow, nostalgic boulevard cruiser that the guys old enough to have nostalgia about remember being a Corvette competitor, and a Mercury boat that's slower than an 8 year old Chevy with 50 fewer HP (Impala SS).

crzyone · Post by **crzyone** » Tue Feb 07, 2006 8:01 am

I would say that you don't have to remake a certain car to call it retro but I understand what you are talking about.

The Prowler is retro in the same way the PT Cruiser is.

Prowler is still one of the sexiest cars ever made. Everytime I see one on the road it looks... just awesome.

Dodge Challenger concept > Mustang GT > Camaro concept

The Dark Side of Will · Tue Feb 07, 2006 10:44 am

crzyone wrote: Prowler is still one of the sexiest cars ever made. Everytime I see one on the road it looks... just awesome.

Until you remember that it's got a V6, comes with automatic transmission only and has the chassis stiffness of a wet noodle.

Wonder if anyone's putting new Hemi's into Prowlers...

Series8217 · Post by **Series8217** » Tue Feb 07, 2006 2:30 pm

The Dark Side of Will wrote:
crzyone wrote: Prowler is still one of the sexiest cars ever made. Everytime I see one on the road it looks... just awesome.
Until you remember that it's got a V6, comes with automatic transmission only and has the chassis stiffness of a wet noodle.

But it looks soooooooo bad ass. I always stop and stare when one drives by. It surely wont defeat a Fiero in the twisties, but 250 hp with an auto ain't bad for a cool car to cruise around in.

Wonder if anyone's putting new Hemi's into Prowlers...

No but they do have this:
http://www.prowleronline.com/misc/lpe_prowler/

crzyone · Post by **crzyone** » Tue Feb 07, 2006 5:02 pm

The Dark Side of Will wrote:
crzyone wrote: Prowler is still one of the sexiest cars ever made. Everytime I see one on the road it looks... just awesome.
Until you remember that it's got a V6, comes with automatic transmission only and has the chassis stiffness of a wet noodle.

Wonder if anyone's putting new Hemi's into Prowlers...

Prowler weighs 2800lbs with 253hp 255lb/ft. I imagine they go pretty good with just the 3.5 sohc V-6. There are also supercharger kits for the Prowler as well.

Not a car I would think was designed for super performance, just a wicked cruising car.

Performance
0-60 mph: 6.1 sec
0-100 mph: 20.1 sec
Quarter Mile: 14.9 sec @ 90.3 mph
Skidpad: .83g
Top Speed: 147 mph
Braking, 60-0 mph: 159 ft
Slalom Speed: 59.7 mph

Retro

Series8217 · Post by **Series8217** » Tue Feb 07, 2006 5:19 pm

With the bumpers removed.
Looks like a train from hell.
Note this is also a newer model; headlights and hood are different as well as some other minor differences, and of course the higher output motor.. the old ones were only like 215hp

product1620 · Post by **product1620** » Tue Feb 07, 2006 7:55 pm

It definately looks better with the bumpers on IMO, still a hot looking car.

MNFatz · Post by **MNFatz** » Tue Feb 14, 2006 9:41 pm

It's a sin that car doesn't have a V8. It's out of production too, isn't it?

It would have been perfect for a hemi, except they'd have to put valve cover blisters on the cowl and run the exhaust through the panels.

Not that there's anything wrong with that.

The Dark Side of Will · Tue Feb 14, 2006 9:47 pm

MNFatz wrote: Not that there's anything wrong with that.

Nothing at all...

Except the absense of a blower...