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Old Dec 13, 2008 | 07:31 PM
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Strange 6 wheeled Italian car

Interesting concept..wonder how well it will turn out

http://jalopnik.com/5105964/six+whee...-to-production

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Covini_C6W

sorry if this was posted before. . I didnt see it
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Old Dec 13, 2008 | 07:46 PM
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Interesting concept is a nice way of saying UGLY.
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Old Dec 13, 2008 | 07:52 PM
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lol I wasn't gonna say it..but yes its not exactly appealing to the eye
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Old Dec 13, 2008 | 08:06 PM
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at first i thought it was an ugly photoshop but after watching the video it got even uglier.... the worst thing is that now instead of changing out 4 tires, now you would have to change out 6. and its not just tires, think about the suspensions. OMG!! things just got more complicated! the owner or who ever is going to work on that car is going to commit suicide one day...
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Old Dec 13, 2008 | 08:08 PM
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yep and the back drive tires are bigger than the front 4..

where do you fit 2 spares?
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Old Dec 13, 2008 | 08:24 PM
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lol they been working for over 30 years to get this on production lol

i must say it ugly and i would never buy it
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Old Dec 13, 2008 | 08:37 PM
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it's going to suck on toll roads = 3 axles.
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Old Dec 14, 2008 | 02:27 PM
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Oprah has one of those. I saw it in an article on Yahoo!
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Old Dec 14, 2008 | 04:54 PM
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You know you fail when your car has more axles then people it can fit.
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Old Dec 14, 2008 | 05:15 PM
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Too funny... it actually made the top 10 ugliest cars list... at #9...

http://jalopnik.com/399244/the-ten-u...-united-states
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Old Dec 14, 2008 | 06:02 PM
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Reminds me of the Tyrell P34

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Old Dec 14, 2008 | 06:15 PM
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it would be a nice looking car with out the extra two wheels. i think the designers are a bunch of stoners...

"dude we should totally design a car that has 5....NO 6 wheels! yeah that would be so rad......dude........ .. . . ."
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Old Dec 17, 2008 | 12:18 AM
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It's not ugly so much as it's VERY unlike what you're used to. Sort of like why this is so strange as well:
http://cai17.spaces.live.com/Blog/cn...96F!2002.entry
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Old Dec 17, 2008 | 12:26 AM
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Balant rip-off of Lady Penelope's car, from 1968 -



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Old Dec 17, 2008 | 01:43 AM
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Originally Posted by elysium19
It's not ugly so much as it's VERY unlike what you're used to. Sort of like why this is so strange as well:
http://cai17.spaces.live.com/Blog/cn...96F!2002.entry
wow apparantly instead of a second kidney it morphed into a second left arm.

IMAGINE how wiked this kid would be at guitar... omg
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Old Dec 17, 2008 | 09:05 AM
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Old Dec 17, 2008 | 09:55 AM
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Originally Posted by Renesis_8

That's hot, the other car though, is not
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Old Dec 17, 2008 | 10:51 AM
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Originally Posted by Renesis_8
I must know where this is from.

For some reason, I'm trying to picture a six-wheeled 8.... I can't tell if it's a good-looking car or not...
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Old Dec 17, 2008 | 10:54 AM
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Covini makes diesel powered sport cars, and that's a fail by itself
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