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That doesn't mean you have to like him :D
Since the F1 he's not been in the manufacturing side, so to say he's not finished things is unfair; he finished his bit for TVR, that they've not built it isn't his failing. He was saying the top speed stuff before the F1 hit the road. There's more to it than "I don't care about top speeds" and I think you'd agree with it. I doubt he'll ever put widened arches on anything though.
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It's the clarity of vision that impresses me, although it's clear he has a top team behind him making the whole thing come together.

I don't mind the overbite at all because it clearly has a purpose.
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nuttinnew wrote: Mon Jan 31, 2022 9:19 pmI doubt he'll ever put widened arches on anything though.
this is the deal breaker for me...😃
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RobYob wrote: Mon Jan 31, 2022 9:37 pm I don't mind the overbite at all because it clearly has a porpoise.
No, I think an underbite is more common.

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Underbite,
Overbite,
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GMA officially don't care about overbite/underbite any more cos they've sold them all.

They've functionally just made over £100m.
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Beany wrote: Fri Feb 04, 2022 9:03 pm GMA officially don't care about overbite/underbite any more cos they've sold them all.

They've functionally just made over £100m.
they've still got to finish developing it and then actually build them.

TVR have been taking deposits on the new Griff designed by GMA since 2017.

Again, I hope he finishes these.
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Good video - I mostly agree with all his comments.
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Still not sold on the visuals, but finish looks good.

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Needs the eyeliner removed from the lights and a normal car windscreen wiper arm rather than something sourced from a high speed train and it will look much nicer.
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mik wrote: Fri Mar 17, 2023 2:03 pm Still not sold on the visuals, but finish looks good.

I guess that central London a cool testing ground for hypercars because 99% of the cars sold will sit on double yellow lines along Sloane Street while the teenage son of a billionaire revs the tits off it, surrounded by YouTubers jizzing themselves.
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The front end looks a bit bland compared to the back doesn't it? Kind of derivative of what a lot of supercars look like at the moment.

Does that text on the back really say "fancar"?
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As I've said before, surely carbon fibre construction opens up limitless design possibilities for interesting shapes and aerodynamic solutions, yet they seem to have gone with the most dull and easy to make shapes that could have easily been made in metal or fibre glass.

However, all that goes out the the window when compared to that monstrosity of a windscreen wiper! 😂
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Shirley the wiper is an interesting shape? :geek:
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mik wrote: Sat Mar 18, 2023 10:21 am Shirley the wiper is an interesting shape? :geek:
looks like a giant bit of stamped metal. Is it off a train?
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mik wrote: Sat Mar 18, 2023 10:21 am Shirley the wiper is an interesting shape? :geek:
It's probably a practical aero design so that the wiper remains fully functional at very high speed.
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McSwede wrote: Sat Mar 18, 2023 12:08 pm
mik wrote: Sat Mar 18, 2023 10:21 am Shirley the wiper is an interesting shape? :geek:
It's probably a practical aero design so that the wiper remains fully functional at very high speed.
yeah, he probably forgot to include it in the design, then when it came to adding it, it needed to be huge because it hadn't been incorporated into the aero in any way. Clumsy.
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