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04-05-2012, 11:44 AM | #1 | ||
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What do you think Motor Mag's photoshop prediction of the next commodore? Personally, i don't like it's looks, but i think it'll grow on me.
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04-05-2012, 11:48 AM | #2 | ||
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I think they are a bit off what the result will be, the wheel arches will be smaller and I reckon it will have the new global chevy front look - which has the grille continuous connecting the whole width between the front headlights like on the Impala and Traverse
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04-05-2012, 12:16 PM | #3 | ||
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Probably be my next car sadly....
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04-05-2012, 12:16 PM | #4 | ||
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Looks like tehy have merged the FG with the VE.
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04-05-2012, 12:17 PM | #5 | ||
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That design looks way too... pansy. The current VE SS looks a lot more aggressive, so I doubt that would girl it down THAT much.
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04-05-2012, 12:21 PM | #6 | ||
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looks like a cross between a barina and a cruze
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04-05-2012, 12:31 PM | #7 | ||
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First thing I thought of was a C-Class Merc (AMG) - maybe it's the ridges in the bonnet, the grill area, not sure. Not sure if that is on purpose or not - but doesn't look too bad for me. What I do wonder about - is what HSV would do to it - cos that could go either way...
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04-05-2012, 12:32 PM | #8 | ||
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I thought the same thing loftie, at the end of the day its just a Motor photoshop so you cant look to much into it.
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04-05-2012, 12:39 PM | #9 | ||
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Looks shocking. Doubt it will look anything like that.
Looks like something out of the movie CARS.
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04-05-2012, 12:41 PM | #10 | ||
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Looks like an Epica with flared wheel arches to me.
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04-05-2012, 12:47 PM | #11 | ||
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Looks fine by me. If there was no Falcon Id consider it.
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04-05-2012, 12:59 PM | #12 | ||
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if it didnt have the bonnet bulge, I couldn't notice the difference
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04-05-2012, 01:03 PM | #13 | ||
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turbodewd, "If there was no Falcon Id consider it" you may be close to the future with that comment. Ford employees stood down for lack of components, 2 liter "Falcon" People who should know saying things indicating the big Falcon on the way out. Hmmm. I'm an old Aussie who grew up with Falcons, Holdens, Chryslers and big pommie cars. Most of them are gone. Them that's left are leaning too far toward "pansie", even with large, high KW motors etc.
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04-05-2012, 01:17 PM | #14 | ||
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Hmm. Well the Falcon is the only one of the 'big three' to still be around. Back in the 70s the cars were much closer to each other; there wasn't really all that much in it (although the Fords did look so much cooler). These days, the Falcon is so far ahead of the Commodore in every respect that it confuses me why the Commodore sells so much better. The difference was never larger than in the AU vs. VT era IMO.
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04-05-2012, 01:28 PM | #15 | ||
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04-05-2012, 01:30 PM | #16 | ||
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yuk Times 10
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04-05-2012, 02:03 PM | #17 | ||
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Everytime I see the front page of this mag they have a VF commodore prediction seriously give it a rest.
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04-05-2012, 03:42 PM | #18 | ||
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Based on current styling trends set by HSV, I present the E4 >
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04-05-2012, 03:45 PM | #19 | ||
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Nah wont be the E4, will be the F1!! LOL
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04-05-2012, 04:06 PM | #20 | ||
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I doubt it will look like that. All Motor have done is put a cruze front bar on a VE with DRL and given it a bonnet bulge
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04-05-2012, 05:53 PM | #21 | ||
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reminds me of the VZ monaro from the front
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04-05-2012, 06:11 PM | #22 | ||
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That front does not fit the rest of the car...
If anything, the grill will be more sqaure... There is a bit of Malibu in it though...mainly headlights...so it may not be too far from the truth.
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Motor have no way of knowing what the next commodore will look like. Must've run out of things to fill the front cover, so let's get our photoshop guy to whip up a quick picture of a car similar to the VE to get people to read our magazine and call it the VF. |
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04-05-2012, 06:47 PM | #24 | |||
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Perhaps Ford does it too, but no where near to the same level.
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04-05-2012, 07:36 PM | #27 | ||
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My prediction it would be the Very Final Commodore....................
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04-05-2012, 09:37 PM | #29 | ||
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What a crap photoshop. It won't look anything like that.
It looks like it was done by a 12 year old. |
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04-05-2012, 09:49 PM | #30 | ||
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Looks like it runs 24" wheels.
Needs more LED's though.
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