Now if only this thing didn't stand out quite so much...

Course, that's kind of the point of this particular car...

http://www.netcarshow.com/porsche/2010-panamera/800x600/wallpaper_08.htm
http://www.netcarshow.com/porsche/2010-panamera/800x600/wallpaper_0b.htm
http://www.netcarshow.com/porsche/2010-panamera/800x600/wallpaper_11.htm
http://www.netcarshow.com/porsche/2010-panamera/800x600/wallpaper_15.htm
http://www.netcarshow.com/porsche/2010-panamera/800x600/wallpaper_19.htm

Gotta say, it's tough to resist the temptation to give one of my OCs one of these things. I don't care what Kiskaloo says about them, they're gorgeous cars. Now if only they could blend in well enough to actually be practical for what my characters are doing...

Give one of your fratello teams one of these babies when they're on some mission to infiltrate this place where everyone drives swanky cars.

First look at it,I just thought there is just 2 seats.

Jose bought one:





If you want a classy four door sports car, the new Aston Martin Rapide is the logical choice:

Kiskaloo wrote:If you want a classy four door sports car, the new Aston Martin Rapide is the logical choice:

I love that...only in the James Bond or GsG universe could the term "logical" be used to describe a quarter-million dollar Aston Martin.

Super exotic cars are really not part of the canon. Sure Hillshire & the Croce brothers have nice rides, but the story implies that they come from families with money. Other characters like Marco & Priscilla own far more modest transportation.

Still, the super exotics are fun to read about. A clapped out Chevy Beretta with old beer cans patching the muffler and the passenger side mirror held on with duct tape just doesn't seem to fit as well, although having a fratello that's constantly late for missions because they can't find jumper cables could be mined for comedy.

To be fair, we have not seen every handler's automobile.

And Bruno (Cristiano's "Fixer") drove an armored Ferrari 456, which is the same car Michele owned when he joined the Agency (though his was not armored).

Also, Yu Aida changed Franca's other Alfa from a basic 156 sedan to a €150.000 8C Competizione in -IL TEATRINO-. Alfa only made 500 of them, of which 84 went to Italy, so Franca had to have some serious pull with the factory to get one.

Even Princess Diana was driven around in a cheap Mercedes. So I would not know what this 'Swank' people speak of is all about.

Professor Voodoo wrote:
Still, the super exotics are fun to read about. A clapped out Chevy Beretta with old beer cans patching the muffler and the passenger side mirror held on with duct tape just doesn't seem to fit as well, although having a fratello that's constantly late for missions because they can't find jumper cables could be mined for comedy.

Who needs jumper-cables whem you've got a cyborg to push-start it?

Besides, as every good classic driver knows: you always keep jumper-leads in the boot and always park at the very top of the multi-story... so then you've got like, seven floors of ramps to roll start on

Maybe you could jump the car off the cyborg herself.

Alfisti wrote: Who needs jumper-cables whem you've got a cyborg to push-start it?

Besides, as every good classic driver knows: you always keep jumper-leads in the boot and always park at the very top of the multi-story... so then you've got like, seven floors of ramps to roll start on

Another good reason never to own an automatic transmission. I believe Lauro had an automatic in his Land Rover, but if he had a dead battery I think he'd just make Elsa push it all the way home.

Professor Voodoo wrote:

Alfisti wrote: Who needs jumper-cables whem you've got a cyborg to push-start it?

Besides, as every good classic driver knows: you always keep jumper-leads in the boot and always park at the very top of the multi-story... so then you've got like, seven floors of ramps to roll start on

Another good reason never to own an automatic transmission. I believe Lauro had an automatic in his Land Rover, but if he had a dead battery I think he'd just make Elsa push it all the way home.

Amen... though in many cases we're not getting much of a choice these days (Land Rover, I'm looking at you here... and you too Audi, just to name a few).

With the stop-and-go nature of Rome traffic, if Michele's car's had manuals (as opposed to "flappy-paddle gearboxes" with automated clutches) he'd have had another reason to teach Kara to drive since her knee is both artificial and can more easily be replaced when it wears out.

Kiskaloo wrote:With the stop-and-go nature of Rome traffic, if Michele's car's had manuals (as opposed to "flappy-paddle gearboxes" with automated clutches) he'd have had another reason to teach Kara to drive since her knee is both artificial and can more easily be replaced when it wears out.

Here you do have a point... having spend the last few days punting variously the Disco, Alfetta and 33 through stop-start city traffic (ferrying stuff around for the exhibition) I'm fairly certain my left leg is at least twice as muscled as my right now =P

Car and Driver magazine drove one for 24 hours and summed it up as more sports car than luxury sedan with performance rivaling a 911 Turbo. Like almost every reviewer, they praised the interior and panned the exterior.

Personally, I think the exterior is ugly, so you'd stand out because Italians would be offended at such poor vehicle design aesthetics. But I'd put the interior up against any New Generation Bentley (the Continental family) in terms of luxury, opulence and craftsmanship. Old World Bentley (Arnage, Azure, Mulsanne) is on another level, of course.

Alfisti wrote:having spend the last few days punting variously the Disco, Alfetta and 33 through stop-start city traffic (ferrying stuff around for the exhibition) I'm fairly certain my left leg is at least twice as muscled as my right now =P

off-topic advice: play drums for a punk band and they'll even out.

The Renault Avantime also stands out and it's also very rare (it was a terrible seller). However, I think it looks hella cool and it's flexible, so in "The Next Generation", this will be Michele and Noël's "city car" since Noël doesn't like Michele's exotics.





Of course, this one will have paid a visit to the "SWA Technology Center" for some tricking out.

Any shot of tweaking that suspension to negative camber?

Kiskaloo wrote:


Of course, this one will have paid a visit to the "SWA Technology Center" for some tricking out.

The Stig is moonlighting at the SWA "Q" division!? They say he can make a Ferrari bullet-proof just by riding in it, and he has a larger teddy-bear collection than Triela. All we know is...

The last time when the SWA ordered a car from Renault, they failed on their delivery service...

i hope that thing has airbags !

"Woooo!!! Hope you got airbags!" *Ejects, punches alien*



"Now that's what I call a close encounter."

No matter how many times you tell the money spending handlers, its hard to find indoor parking for a 747!


Nor can you sneak about unannounced in one around and about in the city!

A 747-400 is too slow for Kara:

(squinting really hard) Is that Brock Sampson & Rusty Venture I see in the cockpit of the top pic?

Kiskaloo wrote:A 747-400 is too slow for Kara:

Oh how I miss the days when every single concept rendering looked like it belonged in Spacebase 2000:



*immediately runs off to find a copy of that book since he's been meaning to buy it since highschool.

Alfisti wrote:Oh how I miss the days when every single concept rendering looked like it belonged in Spacebase 2000...

I have all four of the original Terran Trade Authority Books that I snagged back in 1978 or 1979 when they were first published.

Kiskaloo wrote:

Alfisti wrote:Oh how I miss the days when every single concept rendering looked like it belonged in Spacebase 2000...

I have all four of the original Terran Trade Authority Books that I snagged back in 1978 or 1979 when they were first published.

I loathe you right now
Man, in highschool I pretty much had Spacebase memorised.

For the next time Britney and Triela decide to party in Vegas.

So I actually saw a Porsche Panamera the other day and it didn't look that bad, though the jet black paint probably helped, as it hid most of the lines.

Still, compared to the Porsche Cayenne behind it, it was downright beautiful.

Kiskaloo wrote:So I actually saw a Porsche Panamera the other day and it didn't look that bad, though the jet black paint probably helped, as it hid most of the lines.

Still, compared to the Porsche Cayenne behind it, it was downright beautiful.

I saw my first one in Galveston about 2 weeks ago, but didn't get a very good look at the car. It is a lot bigger than I expected.

Kiskaloo wrote:For the next time Britney and Triela decide to party in Vegas.

I can see them riding in...that while this is playing in the background.