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By myownalias
#224783
Hopefully Santa will leave one for me under the tree :hehe::clap: !!

I hope you have a big tree? unless of course you want a model Stratos delivered by Santa!

But it looks like a nice car and it makes a nice noise too; let's hope it lives upto the rally legend!!!
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By texasmr2
#224789
Hopefully Santa will leave one for me under the tree :hehe::clap: !!

I hope you have a big tree? unless of course you want a model Stratos delivered by Santa!

But it looks like a nice car and it makes a nice noise too; let's hope it lives upto the rally legend!!!

I don't have the room, nor could afford the payments or premiums, so the 'model' version will be fine :D . Now now lets not start with all the comparison stuff simply because it is a joy to see such an iconic car brought back to life. Can anyone just enjoy something for what it is without picking it apart in any way?

Kansas ain't that far so don't make me drive all those hours just to put an unwilling participant over my knee :P:hehe: .
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By McLaren
#224790
Hopefully Santa will leave one for me under the tree :hehe::clap: !!

I hope you have a big tree? unless of course you want a model Stratos delivered by Santa!

But it looks like a nice car and it makes a nice noise too; let's hope it lives upto the rally legend!!!

I don't have the room, nor could afford the payments or premiums, so the 'model' version will be fine :D . Now now lets not start with all the comparison stuff simply because it is a joy to see such an iconic car braught back to life. Can anyone just enjoy something for what it is without picking it apart in any way?


Nope looks like a cheap kit car to me.Although the original fell apart pretty quick :D
#224835
Would you drive one though?


No because you would have to explain it to everybody "it is a legendary rally car, it won WRC 7 times...."

It looks like a mini lambo, to modern for a classic car
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By madbrad
#225018
Well it's a might better than the Stratus!

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By myownalias
#225021
Would you drive one though?

If someone wanted to donate one; but I wouldn't buy one... let's hope the build quality is better than the original... and I guess the insurance payments would be extortionate?
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By scotty
#225542
Front end looks like a boxy Nissan 350. Rear end is good though (probably cause it still bears resemblance to the original!), and it sounds sweet.

Can't help but think it's car blastphemy to remake it though, it's a truly legendary car. :( ie, imagine if Lambo remade the Miura?
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By texasmr2
#225648
Seems most are missing the point of it all but too each their own.
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By scotty
#225705
Seems most are missing the point of it all but too each their own.


Why don't you explain what you think the point is then.

Seems to me like they are just making a few (25) of these in tribute to the original, but still.. meh.
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By texasmr2
#225725
Seems most are missing the point of it all but too each their own.


Why don't you explain what you think the point is then.

Seems to me like they are just making a few (25) of these in tribute to the original, but still.. meh.


Ok my point is that all seem to be expecting an exact replica of the original and since that Rally era is gone how can one expect anything near the original?
The original was built purely as a rally car and this one is not but imho atleast lives up to the design and engine.
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By scotty
#225729
Er ok my point was that they shouldn't have redone it at all in my opinion! :hehe:
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By texasmr2
#225734
Er ok my point was that they shouldn't have redone it at all in my opinion! :hehe:

Why not man it's a great way to remember such iconic cars. I was watching the original Strato's compete and I would hope that if you were aswell it would be a great thing to see?

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