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Drivetrain feels familiar.

Do they count as pop-ups? Like a sniper peeping over the brow of a hill.....


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Hmmmm - despite the claim that this isn't a new body on an existing car..... it appears to have the exposed shifter mech from a late V6 Exige, Exige stalks, and a very similar set of rotary controls for ze heatings...... :?

This link jumps to approx 7mins in the vid : interior



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edit: and I think they are Exige exterior mirrors too? And seats (with modified harness apertures).
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That’s a v6 exige with a body swap, probably the left over radfords after theirs didn’t work :D
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i don’t get it. it’s not very pretty and doesn’t seem to have any real benefit over an Exige.
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Rich B wrote: Tue Jan 27, 2026 6:49 pm i don’t get it. it’s not very pretty and doesn’t seem to have any real benefit over an Exige.
You're missing the key point. It'll have a completely ridiculous price combined with some faff about being inspired by the sound of thrushes chatting and the feel of vintage screws.
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DeskJockey wrote: Tue Jan 27, 2026 7:20 pm
Rich B wrote: Tue Jan 27, 2026 6:49 pm i don’t get it. it’s not very pretty and doesn’t seem to have any real benefit over an Exige.
You're missing the key point. It'll have a completely ridiculous price combined with some faff about being inspired by the sound of thrushes chatting and the feel of vintage screws.
I think it’s £390k or something. i watched the vid yesterday.
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hmm, looks a bit shit.
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i think it would be better if they just stuck to the barchetta version - it’s a very limited daft thing that will never be driven, so you might as well go the whole way and have it resembling the original.
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That's only marginally silly.
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mik wrote: Tue Jan 27, 2026 5:46 pm


edit: and I think they are Exige exterior mirrors too? And seats (with modified harness apertures).
Rover metro thank you :lol:
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That Peruvian windscreen and the frame and the roof all look carryover S3 too. I'm not sure the newer Hennesseys aren't still guilty of that too.
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I think it looks pretty cool, like a cop car in a 1980s video game.

The price though, hmm, ok.

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V8Granite wrote: Thu Jan 29, 2026 10:28 am I think it looks pretty cool, like a cop car in a 1980s video game.

The price though, hmm, ok.

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Like a video game car - that's fair, it looks like a generic sports car from GTA. Not a patch on the original.
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