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Old May 14, 2004 | 04:26 PM
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in the march or april motortrend they wrote a little article about this car (concept-e) and they said it will not have the electric boost engine and will most likely have a v6..But they reported it will look almost like the concept....its a pretty sweet car if they produce it
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Old May 14, 2004 | 04:58 PM
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It actually looks a lot like the third generation of eclipses (97-99) to me - I like the side opening hatch. Bet it will be a V6.
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Old May 14, 2004 | 05:20 PM
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looks interesting...hmmmm
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Old May 14, 2004 | 05:39 PM
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I think I saw that car watching The Jetsons when I was little....
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Old May 14, 2004 | 06:01 PM
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i think im going to hurl
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Old May 14, 2004 | 06:06 PM
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Looks busy, and ugly to me.

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Old May 14, 2004 | 08:29 PM
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isn't this a RX-8 multimedia/photo gallery forum??
I think there is a section where u can put up the other pics somewhere..
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Old May 14, 2004 | 10:04 PM
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I think this is by far the hottest, cleanest looking design they've put out in 10 years. I think they should build it. Every car in their current line is ugly. And that includes the EVO. Fast as hell, but ugly.
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Old May 14, 2004 | 10:16 PM
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i had a 1997 eclipse GSX turbo loved it. the current look sucks. this new model is much better than the current model. i agree with paulie. this is a must do. it has a nissan 350z likeness.
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Old May 14, 2004 | 11:22 PM
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THe glass roof would have to go. I live in Houston and it would turn the seats into a frying pan here. All and all I like the direction they are headed. The present eclipse is a POS.
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Old May 14, 2004 | 11:26 PM
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Originally posted by Hou-TX-RX-8
THe glass roof would have to go. I live in Houston and it would turn the seats into a frying pan here. All and all I like the direction they are headed. The present eclipse is a POS.
I liked the 1st and 2nd model Eclipses. The AWD Turbos were brutal and stylish. The current one looks like a designer from Pontiac got ahold of it. What's with the tranformer Grand Am body cladding? It is one ugly POS.
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Old May 14, 2004 | 11:58 PM
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its purdy
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Old May 15, 2004 | 01:54 AM
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I think it will look nothing like this in the end, is impractical looking as hell and well, it's just too busy and not that good looking.
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Old May 15, 2004 | 05:10 AM
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the leather looks cool!
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Old May 15, 2004 | 09:37 AM
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wow- that's a very exciting concept
I love it overall but agree with Hou-Tx that the glass roof
would turn it into a hot box in hot sunny weather.

Is the gas cap at the front of the car near the windshield? weird.
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Old May 15, 2004 | 10:16 AM
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The designs in concepts usually dont make it. They tend to look very plain and round-ish. You know it looks odd but you can't tell exactly 'how' it looks odd. The roof would have to go, the *** is too round-ish, the front has too many lines. The car looks like its been pushed from the front and back, like it was compressed. Just my $0.02.
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Old May 15, 2004 | 12:56 PM
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its difficult to describe this concept model. It looks clean yet there are alot of small details. I think its a pretty good design overall. ANYTHING will look better than the current eclipse model.
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Old May 15, 2004 | 01:02 PM
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Odd but interesting looking, I wouldnt say it's sexy, not bad looking however.

Mitsu is going under I thought... I would not expect a bunch of new vehicles to be brought to market.
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Old May 15, 2004 | 06:35 PM
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The little opening at the top of those front seats remind meof the rotary symbolthat is on the seats of our Rx8
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